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Fri, 16 May 2008 12:27:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA celebrates 11 years at Cannes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To mark the country's 11th year at Cannes, South Africa will host a special pavilion at the prestigious film festival, as well as a networking event for industry professionals across the globe and a conference dubbed "South Africa, your co-production partner of choice".]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 14:21:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA['Healthy' growth for SA's IT market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's highly matured IT services market has been growing at a healthy pace, fuelled by economic growth and national development projects, with research and advisory firm IDC expecting the market to exceed US$4-billion this year.]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Chester Williams back in SA rugby fold]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chester Williams, a Rugby World Cup winner in 1995, has been named as the new coach of the Emerging SA team to defend their IRB Nations Cup title in Romania next month. He succeeds new Springbok coach Peter de Villiers who led the team to the title in 2007.]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Non-compliant listed companies targeted]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African government is to embark on a drive within the next few weeks to ensure that companies listed on the JSE comply fully with employment equity legislation, with the offenders being taken to the Labour Court.]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 10:12:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Govt slams xenophobic attacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African government has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" this week's outbreak of attacks against foreign nationals in Johannesburg's Alexandra township and other parts of the country, calling the xenophobic violence a front for criminal looting.]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 10:21:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA sends condolences to China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa has extended its condolences to the government and people of China following the devastating earthquake that struck the country's Sichuan province on Monday, leaving more than 14 000 dead and over 26 000 trapped in rubble.]]></description>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 07:38:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Bakers: SA cricket's heartbeat]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Bakers Mini Cricket established a Guinness world record for the most children playing cricket at one time in a celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the longest developmental sport sponsorship in southern Africa.]]></description>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 16:26:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[The day Fifa gave Africa the nod]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When, four years ago, Fifa President Sepp Blatter opened an envelope with South Africa's name on it, many believed it signified the beginning of new things to come - not just for South Africa, but for the continent. The excitement that has gripped the country ever since has been palpable.]]></description>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 14:34:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[World Cup lessons from 2006 hosts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Not for the first time, South Africa finds itself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Tensions are running high in Alexandra, Johannesburg after a series of attacks on immigrants in the township north of the city. There's no denying that South Africa faces formidable challenges in the post-apartheid era. But we're not alone.]]></description>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 13:34:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Shell opens Cape Town call centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell has opened a global call centre in Cape Town, which will be used to service the company's customers in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, with centre operators conversing with their clients in Flemish and Dutch.]]></description>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 11:31:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa in a world divided]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As centre of global economic power shifts eastwards and southwards, the gulf between the rich and the poor grows ever wider. This is the world in which ANC president Jacob Zuma recently landed on a whistle-stop tour of the UK, France and Germany.]]></description>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 08:26:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Limpopo lodge goes 100% green]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using decades of expertise as a chemical engineer, Dr Hans Hahn runs a Soutpansberg-based eco-tourism lodge that is detached from Eskom's grid and powered entirely by alternative, renewable and sustainable energy, from solar power to thermal gasification.]]></description>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[McGeechan to coach Lions in SA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After winning the Rugby World Cup in 2007, it was clear that many of the Springboks viewed their next great challenge as a tour of South Africa by the British and Irish Lions in 2009. It has been 12 years since their last tour and the Lions have turned to the man who led them to a series win in 1997, Ian McGeechan, to coach them again.]]></description>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 10:58:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Comrades moves for Fifa spectaculars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With South Africa set to host the Fifa Confederations Cup in 2009 and the Fifa World Cup in 2010 the dates for the running of the Comrades Marathon in those years have been changed.]]></description>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 11:29:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[IFC calls for private fixed investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The International Finance Corporation has called for more private investment in South Africa's infrastructure sector, adding that it was ready to engage with stakeholders to find solutions to the country's power shortage and increase private investment in health, education and other social infrastructure.]]></description>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 09:54:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Gauteng in R11bn highway upgrade]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency has awarded seven contracts for the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement project, which will see 125.5 kilometres of highways in the highly urbanised province being upgraded at a cost of R11.5-billion.]]></description>
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Tue, 13 May 2008 12:43:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA launches schools football WC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African Schools Football World Cup will raise awareness of the tournament among the country's 12-million students, expose them to other countries' languages, cultures and cuisines, and also encourage them to lead a healther lifestyle and shun substance abuse.]]></description>
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Tue, 13 May 2008 11:10:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Cape Town prepares for rising sea levels]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town is undertaking an in-depth study into the predicted impact of rising sea levels on the city's vast coastline, so as to identify risks and begin planning for strategies to minimise the implications of climate change.]]></description>
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Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[PSL title race down to the wire]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Premier Soccer League is heading towards a thrilling climax. Only one point separates the top two clubs, SuperSport United and Ajax Cape Town. Depending upon results, the winners could be decided on Thursday, but it might all come down to the final round of matches on Sunday.]]></description>
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Mon, 12 May 2008 12:53:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Ibsa commits to advancing the 'South']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The foreign ministers of three of the world's leading developing democracies - India, Brazil and South Africa - have committed the initiative to advancing democracy, increasing trilateral trade and seeking better representation for developing countries in international organisations like the United Nations, World Bank and others.]]></description>
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