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Politics, Press Review
13. February 2009
President ‘creating confusion’ over poll
PRESIDENT Kgalema Motlanthe has gone ahead and promulgated the election date — April 22 — even though the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) will ask the Constitutional Court to give South Africans working...
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12. February 2009
Enthusiastic under-30 voters provide a pleasant surprise
SA’s young people proved this past weekend that they are not as politically apathetic as was claimed during previous election campaigns. More than 78% of citizens who registered to vote during the...
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12. February 2009
Election on track as judge throws out poll challenge
PRETORIA — Freedom Front Plus member Willem Richter’s urgent application to interdict President Kgalema Motlanthe from proclaiming the election date was struck off the roll yesterday, clearing the...
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11. February 2009
OC happy with 2010 FIFA World Cup™ budget allocations
Johannesburg, February 11, 2009 -- The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee (OC) South Africa is happy that Government has constantly delivered on the guarantees it made to FIFA when South...
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11. February 2009
Manuel: More cash for 2010 stadiums
Trevor Manuel, the finance minister, said the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be one of the sources of output growth improvement next year.
Presenting his Budget in Parliament, Manuel said he...
Press Review
11. February 2009
Election date to be contested
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced that the general elections will be held on April 22 2009 -- this came ahead of today's application from the Freedom Front Plus in the Pretoria High...
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10. February 2009
UK demands visas as SA fails safe passport test
The British government is to finally clamp down on fake South African passports being used to enter the UK illegally by imposing a new visa requirement on all South African travellers from next...
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