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10. February 2009
IEC ordered to allow citizens living abroad to vote
It is unclear if President Kgalema Motlanthe will announce the election date today as expected, after yesterday’s Pretoria High Court ruling that South Africans working abroad should be allowed to...
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06. February 2009
SA to fight economic slowdown with spending
The global financial crisis is a serious threat to SA’s economy and the government will continue an ambitious spending programme to help offset its impact, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday....
|+| [more]FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review, Topnews
06. February 2009
Motlanthe: 2010 to change perceptions
Cape Town – South African President Kgalema Motlanthe says the 2010 Fifa World Cup to be hosted in South Africa should be used as a catalyst to shift perceptions about South Africa and the rest of...
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04. February 2009
"Land claims to be finalised by 2014 despite challenges"
Chief Land Claims Commissioner, Andrew Mphela, says there are 4 500 claims that are still to be completed. The commission says it hopes to finalise the claims by 2014. Mphela was addressing the media...
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03. February 2009
Budget to be Manuel’s toughest ever
THE NATIONAL budget to be unveiled next week is likely to be finance minister Trevor Manuel’s toughest budget by a long shot, Investec Asset Management said on Tuesday. "Back in September last year,...
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02. February 2009
South African wine industry ages well
Smooth and elegant with a medley of tastes as diverse as the terroir which yields it, South Africa's wine industry has proved it ages well 350 years after grapes were first pressed in the Cape. On...
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02. February 2009
AU takes further steps toward United States of Africa
African Union (AU) chairperson and Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, says African Heads of State have resolved to transform the African Commission into an AU authority that will be mandated to...
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