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FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review
18. May 2009
Enthusiasm growing in SA ahead of Confeds Cup: survey
Today marks exactly a month before the kick-off of the Confederations Cup and operational plans are in place for the 14 day FIFA event. Tomorrow marks five years since South Africa was awarded the...
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18. May 2009
FIFA to aggressively market Confederations and World Cup tickets
World soccer governing body, FIFA, is to aggressively market the Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup to speed up ticket sales. Just over 50% of the Confederations Cup tickets have been...
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15. May 2009
SA keen to help bank weather economic downturn
SA IS considering a substantial increase of its shareholding in the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help the bank raise more capital to weather the global economic downturn.
Treasury...
Press Review
14. May 2009
SA Rugby bids for 2015 and 2019 World Cups
South African Rugby has made a compelling bid for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup tournaments to the International Rugby Board (IRB) in Dublin. SA Rugby believes it has a chance of hosting one of...
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14. May 2009
SA wine maker wins trademark victory
THE European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of a South African firm in a dispute with Irish glassware group Waterford Wedgwood. After a 10-year dispute, Assembled Investments will now be able...
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14. May 2009
ANC welcomes appointment of Plato as Mayor of Cape Town
The ANC has welcomed the election of Dan Plato as the new Mayor of Cape Town. The party's Chief Whip in the city council, Peter Gabriel, says they will support him if he delivers equitable services....
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12. May 2009
Economic crisis to halve African GDP
The current economic crisis will have severe consequences for the African continent, cutting its expected GDP growth in half and ballooning its regional budget deficit, according to the 2009 African...
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