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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:09:00 +0200

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DRC gets 1,300 SA troops

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:59:00 +0200

Tight security has been thrown around the deployment of more than 1,000 heavily armed South African troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Obama's itinerary for his Africa trip

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:32:00 +0200

WASHINGTON USA: President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday (20 May) bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland.
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SA to maintain relations with UAE

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:00 +0200

The South African government says it respects the independence and judiciary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite the challenges that emerged during Professor Cyril Karabus' ordeal.
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Lesotho Highlands scheme gets the nod

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:00 +0200

The R12bn phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which will secure a continued supply of water for SA and hydroelectric power for Lesotho, was approved in principle by the two countries this week.
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Time to unlock Africa's travel potential

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:56:00 +0200

The South African Tourism Indaba should expand its platform by attracting even more exhibitors and buyers from the African continent, Tourism Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk said on Sunday (12 May).
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State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:00 +0200

African governments should own at least a 50% of any new mining venture in order to ensure that the country gets more of the revenue from mining projects.
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Agriculture offers real growth potential

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:24:00 +0200

Although structural impediments such as poor logistics render the search for new avenues of deeper intra-African trade challenging‚ there is an immediate and compelling growth potential in the trade of agricultural products‚ Standard Bank research analyst Simon Freemantle said last week.
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Taxes hammering Africa's aviation

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:51:00 +0200

Government policies towards aviation in Africa tend to see it as an "elite" product‚ rather than as a critical component of the continent's economic infrastructure.
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Loss of commercial farmers hurts SA

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:57:00 +0200

It is "worrisome" that South Africa is losing many of its commercial farmers to countries to the north of it, academic and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele said on Sunday (24 March).
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