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Brits heading east for sunshine
17.07.2008 03:05
bbc.co.uk
BBC News Europe correspondent Chris Mason meets families tightening their belts abroad as the value of the pound slumps against the Euro.
World
Tourism
State Too Dominant in Economy - OECD
17.07.2008 03:05
allafrica.com
SA MUST do more to improve competition in its economy, and is giving the state too big a role in tackling the constraints to growth, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said.
South Africa
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Workers Urged to Boycott Zimbabwe Bound Goods
17.07.2008 03:05
allafrica.com
Workers from around the world have been urged to refuse to handle goods destined for Zimbabwe, as part of a policy of solidarity put forward by South Africa's trade union federation, COSATU.
South Africa
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'SA Should Be Proud of Major Economic Achievements' - OECD
17.07.2008 03:05
allafrica.com
South Africa should be proud of its economic achievements, despite a number of shortcomings, Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria said on Tuesday.
South Africa
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EU Weighs Ban on Country's Ostrich Meat
17.07.2008 03:05
allafrica.com
THE European Union (EU), the main export market for SA's ostrich meat, is considering banning ostrich exports as the agriculture department continues to falter on the monitoring of health standards.
South Africa
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Charging Bashir a Block to Peace, Says SA
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
THE government yesterday defended its opposition to the move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue charges of crimes against humanity against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
South Africa
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Opportunity Lost
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
SA is said to be a world leader in environmental legislation, and the country is widely respected for the conditions it has created for the establishment of sustainable industries based on biodiversity.
South Africa
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Land Bank
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
TROTTING Finance Minister Trevor Manuel out to rescue the Land Bank from the misguided meddling of Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana is all very well in the short term - be grateful for small mercies that individuals such as Manuel have stuck it out this long - but it is clearly not a strategy that will work in the long run or on the scale that is required to fix the underlying causes of the problem.
South Africa
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Country Urged to Stay the Course With Fiscal Prudence
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
THE failure of faster growth to reduce SA's steep jobless rate is probably the main reason for popular discontent with the government's economic policies, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said yesterday.
South Africa
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Khayelitsha Restaurant Set to Draw Tourists
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
The City of Cape Town is to launch a restaurant at Khayelitsha's Look Out Hill in a bid to attract more tourists to the township.
South Africa
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Sombre 46th Birthday for Ebrahim Rasool
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
It was probably not such a happy birthday for Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool.
South Africa
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'Unga' Joins Tik As Cape Drug of Choice
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
"Unga", a highly addictive heroin-based drug, has reached a tipping point across communities of the Western Cape, and is now a major drug of choice on the Cape Flats.
South Africa
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Unions to Press On With Food Protests
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
Trade unions are to protest outside company gates as part of their campaign against soaring food and petrol prices and Eskom's electricity hikes.
South Africa
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Court Urged to Convict Ex-Cricketer
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
A Prosecuter on Tuesday asked the Wynberg Regional Court to convict former South African cridketer Garth Le Roux and his accountant on a string of tax fraud charges.
South Africa
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Global Mobile Marketing Code of Conduct Released
17.07.2008 03:04
allafrica.com
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) yesterday, Tuesday, 15 July 2008, released its Global Code of Conduct, designed to provide guidelines that all mobile marketers should consider and build their mobile marketing initiatives around.
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