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Dissecting the nationalisation debate

Source: Business Day , Nov 27 2012, 12:06am CST

THE election of Julius Malema as African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president in Mangaung in April 2008 marked a turning point in the mine nationalisation debate in South Africa. Before this, the conventional wisdom was that the debate ha ...

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18 hours ago

Workers on illegal strike at chrome mine in S.Africa-union

Source: Reuters  |   May 18 2013, 4:56am CDT

JOHANNESBURG May 18 (Reuters) - Operations at a chrome mine in South Africa owned by chemicals group LANXESS have been suspended since Thursday after workers started an illegal strike over bonus payments, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said o ...

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19 hours ago

South Africa Gupta family: President Zuma could face embarrassment

Source: Keralanext  |   May 18 2013, 4:46am CDT

The possibility of expulsion for business tycoon Atul Gupta, brother of the influential family, from the ruling parting, the African National Congress (ANC) is looming as discussions to institute disciplinary proceedings agains ...

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24 weeks ago


Quote:
"What is the alternative to nationalisation?"


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1 day ago

Murder probe after 23 youths die in South African initiation ceremonies

Source: Irish Independent  |   May 17 2013, 11:11pm CDT

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests. South African police yesterday opened 22 murder cases into the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga. I ...

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1 day ago

Sham elections in Swaziland

Source: Morning Star Online  |   May 17 2013, 3:32pm CDT

South Africa's policy of constructive engagement with Swaziland hit the buffers this week when the kingdom began voter registration for an election charade after scorning advice from the African National Congress to introduce de ...

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South Africa hero hits out at police brutality

Source: Morning Star Online  |   May 17 2013, 3:18pm CDT

Leading anti-apartheid fighter Ronnie Kasrils hit out at South Africa's police force today. After a succession of accusations about its brutal methods, Mr Kasrils, who served in the first democratically elected South African government, said: "T ...

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1 day ago

South Africa's Economic Fault Lines

Source: Council on Foreign Relations  |   May 17 2013, 10:48am CDT

Nearly two decades after the collapse of apartheid, South Africa is a pluralistic democracy with a robust free press, an independent judiciary, and a commitment to the rule of law. The country's mixed economy is the largest- ...

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1 day ago

23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa

Source: Kens5.com San Antonio  |   May 17 2013, 9:05am CDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in ...

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1 day ago

Indian envoy’s chartered jet landing at South Africa base debate moved forward

Source: IndiaVision  |   May 17 2013, 8:58am CDT

Johannesburg - A Parliamentary debate on the unauthorised landing of a chartered plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base by Indian High Commissioner in South Africa Virendra Gupta has been moved forward. The plane was carrying guests for Gup ...

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1 day ago

Going platinum: South Africa's miners in fresh strikes

Source: MinnPost.com  |   May 17 2013, 8:27am CDT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Fresh unrest in South Africa’s troubled platinum belt has ignited fears of a return to the violence that last year left more than 50 people dead and roiled the country’s mining industry. Workers at Anglo American Pla ...

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