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AllAfrica News: South Africa
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Townships in Turmoil Raise Fears That Xenophobia Will Spread
Violence against foreigners has flared up over the past week in Alexandra, a township in northern Johannesburg, South Africa, leaving two dead and more than 60 injured. Up to 1,000 people are still seeking refuge at a local police station and there are fears that xenophobic attacks will spread.
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'Xenophobia' Added to Union's Grievance List
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), which is organising protest action across the country tomorrow, has added xenophobia to its list of concerns.
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Task Team to Probe Attacks
The cabinet has decided to urgently establish an interdepartmental task team to investigate the causes of the attacks on foreigners in Alexandra township and elsewhere.
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Zuma Trial Likely to Start Early Next Year
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma's corruption trial will not formally start on August 4, but his supporters plan to bring Pietermaritzburg to a halt in solidarity when he appears in the high court for a postponement.
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Where is Our HIV Prevention Campaign?
While science battles to find an HIV vaccine, there have been real advances in the field of HIV prevention. So why isn't South Africa taking advantage of these?
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Task Team to Probe Causes of Attacks On Foreign Nationals
An inter-departmental task team is being urgently set up to investigate the causes underlying the recent attacks on foreign nationals in Alexandra township and elsewhere, Government Spokesman Themba Maseko said Thursday.
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Imported Skills 'Add 15 Percent to SA Project Costs'
THE recruitment of foreign engineers to implement infrastructure projects worth billions of rands is adding as much as 15% to the cost of projects as the global scramble for these skills has seen demand far outstrip supply.
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Government 'Has Plan to End Alex Violence'
THE government is confident that it has a plan to end violence in Alexandra by next week, following a meeting yesterday between ministers and local structures in the township.
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Everybody Hurts
CRYPTIC comments about chicken wings and fillet will go down in history as one of the colourful turns of phrase which Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has used to make a point.
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Outlook for Trade Reaches New Low
TRADE activity in SA stayed stuck at low levels last month, while expectations over a six- month horizon fell to a record low, a survey from the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) showed.
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Investec Weathers the Storm to Beat Forecast
INVESTEC has weathered a tough year, including the subprime mortgage crises in August, with full-year results beating market expectations.
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Alec Has a Dream
IF IT wasn't so misguided there'd be something almost touching about Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin's vision for a vastly expanded state-owned industrial empire. It will, he says, thrive on massive infrastructure spending by the state in the next two decades.
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Inspections Back After Two Decades
FOR the first time in 24 years SA's schools are to be visited by inspectors this year, Education Minister Naledi Pandor told Parliament yesterday.
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Axed CEO Mpofu Tells Court SABC 'Broke Rules'
SUSPENDED SABC group CEO Dali Mpofu's lawyer told the Johannesburg High Court yesterday that the public broadcaster's board broke corporate governance rules when it suspended Mpofu.
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When Spin is Swallowed Hook, Line And Sinker
My colleague, Mohau Pheko, who writes a regular column in the South African newspaper, the Sunday Times, appears to have swallowed the Zimbabwean government's propaganda, hook, line and sinker.
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Catholics Deplore 'New Apartheid' of Xenophobia
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa has joined its voice to that of the government and others in expressing dismay at increasing attacks on immigrants.
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Why South Africa Will Never Be Like Zimbabwe
OUR government's stand on Zimbabwe has once again distressed many South Africans. How can President Thabo Mbeki say there is no crisis in Zimbabwe? He later claimed he was not talking about the social and economic reality but about the elections in Zimbabwe.
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Editor's Memo - Country Must Contain Hate Crimes
VIOLENCE against Zimbabweans and other foreigners flared up in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township on Sunday as locals used whips and guns to attack foreign-born residents on Sunday.
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Citizens Go Down With Cosmos
FOUR Namibian players who play for Jomo Cosmos in South Africa will see themselves going down the playing ranks after their team was relegated from the Absa Premiership to the National First Division on Wednesday night.
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Africa's Indispensable Partnership - Celebrating 10 Years of Official Ties Between South Africa and China
Ten years of official diplomatic relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa have been marked by a series of celebratory events in both countries.
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