Jacob Zuma

Old water infrastructure a challenge: Sonjica

Water Affairs and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says the country is faced with the challenge to upgrade old water infrastructure and reverse the lack of skills. She was speaking during the launch of the R200...

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Govt must plan ahead - Zuma

Richards Bay - President Jacob Zuma on Saturday called for an urgent end to water contamination, saying that spillage of sewerage into South Africa's water supplies would lead to water being undrinkable. If we don't deal with...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Life expectancy drops

JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2009 (IRIN) - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.

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Police brace for FIFA World Cup in crime-troubled South Africa

By Martin Williams JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- With just over 200 days left before South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, South African Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Saturday unveiled a comprehensive...

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SA moves to create 'World Cup courts'

ALEXANDRA LESIEUR | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Nov 21 2009 07:29 South Africa plans to create special courts dedicated to handling crimes committed during the Soccer World Cup, aiming to speed up the judicial process,...

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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF, MDC in Fresh Attempt to Mend Ties

Fresh negotiations to deal with the so-called outstanding issues in the unity government are expected to begin in earnest this weekend nearly two weeks after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika directed at...

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Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Parties to Hold Secret Weekend Talks

A top official from the mainstream MDC on Thursday said there were doubts Robert Mugabe would implement the Global Political Agreement, even if party negotiators manage to strike a deal. Negotiators from the three parties are...

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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Launches Attack on MDC-M for Delaying Talks

The mainstream MDC on Friday launched a stinging attack on negotiators from the MDC-M, branding their counterparts as 'mischievious and insincere' for delaying talks to resolve the outstanding issues in the unity government.

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Jennifer Hudson 'honoured' to play Winnie Mandela in biopic

Johannesburg - Oscar-winning US actor Jennifer Hudson said she was honoured to be chosen to play Winnie Mandela in a film about the controversial ex-wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela. The biopic...

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PREVIEW-S.Africa's COSATU meets to review strategy (at Reuters)

COSATU needs to rethink strategy towards ANC * Central bank, inflation and rand may be discussed By Marius Bosch JOHANNESBURG, Nov 20 (Reuters) - South Africa's powerful COSATU trade union federation meets next week to take...

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