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New vaccines to combat child mortality
outhAfrica.info - Friday, September 12, 2008
outh Africa is to introduce two more vaccines, pneumococcus conjugate and rotavirus, to the country's immunisation programme. The introduction of the drugs, which combat pneumonia, meningitis and diarrhoes, is aimed at reducing the mortality rate of children under the age of ... more
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SA climbs ease of business rankings
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
outh Africa climbed from 35th to 32nd place in the World Bank and International Finance Corporation's Doing Business 2009 , an annual survey of the time, cost and hassle involving in doing business in 181 countries around the ... more
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Dale Steyn: test cricketer of the year
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
outh African fast bowler Dale Steyn was rewarded for a magnificent season when he was named Test Player of the Year at the International Cricket Council's annual awards in ... more
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Eskom secures R2.8bn loan for Medupi
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
tate-owned electricity utility Eskom has secured a ?250-million export credit financing loan from Germany's KfW-IPEX to partially fund the six boilers that the Hitachi Power consortium will supply for the construction of the new Medupi power station, being built in Lephalale in the Limpopo ... more
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Gauteng's development think-tank
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
he Gauteng government, Wits University and the University of Johannesburg are to set up a multi-million rand think-tank to help the province achieve its vision of becoming a leading global ... more
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Social grants clean-up saves billions
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
he government has made good progress in its three-year-old campaign to rid South Africa's social security system of fraudulent grant recipients, with over 330 000 grants worth more than R1-billion a year scratched from the system so far - translating to future savings of around ... more
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Vuvuzelas given the thumbs up
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
new survey conducted by market research company African Response has found that 71% of South Africans believed that the use of the ubiquitous vuvuzelas during the 2010 Fifa World Cup matches will actually improve the atmosphere in the ... more
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Social security clean up saves billions
outhAfrica.info - Thursday, September 11, 2008
he Department of Social Development has made significant progress in its three-year-old campaign to rid the social security system of fraudulent grant recipients, having removed 333 233 grants with an annual value of over R1-billion from the system to date, with future savings estimated at ... more
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Bond Exchange secures growth capital
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
he Bond Exchange of South Africa has secured the necessary approvals in support of its rights issue to raise new capital, with the underwriting partners including the New Zealand Exchange and other financial institutions, including local banks, securing the ... more
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Bafana hit a new low
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
any South African soccer fans took heart from the quality of Bafana Bafana's performance against Nigeria on the weekend, despite the 1-0 loss. But there was little consolation in Atteridgeville, Pretoria on Tuesday when Bafana lost 1-0 in a friendly international against ... more
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Don't give up on Bafana yet
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
outh Africa's failure to qualify for the 2010 African Nations Cup is a major blow for the country's World Cup campaign, but there is still cause for hope for bruised Bafana ... more
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Social Innovator: Margie Owen-Smith
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
or many South African school children, the difficulty of getting to grips with maths formulae is compounded by having to do so through a second language. Enter Margie Owen-Smith and the Home Language ... more
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Gauteng launches development think tank
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
he Gauteng provincial government has entered into a multi-million rand partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg to set up a think tank that will advise the government on how best to achieve its vision of becoming a major economic ... more
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Bank gives SMEs a helping hand
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
edbank has created a specialised credit risk management unit to help South African small business owners manage their debt ... more
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SA Paralympians in winning form
outhAfrica.info - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
outh Africa's Paralympic Team has continued to make waves in Beijing following Natalie du Toit's first gold in the S9 100 metres butterfly on Sunday. By the close of action on day three, the team had won five gold medals and one ... more
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UN 'must tackle causes of genocide'
outhAfrica.info - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
outh African Navanethem Pillay, in her first major speech as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the UN had to do everything in its power to prevent genocide - and "the cycles of violence, the mobilisation of fear, and the political exploitation of difference" that lead to ... more
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Rattray has world title in his sights
outhAfrica.info - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
actory Red Bull KTM racer and leader of the FIM MX2 World Championship, Tyla Rattray, is on the brink of taking the world title after registering his fourth Grand Prix victory of the season with a double moto triumph in The Netherlands in the penultimate round of the 15-race ... more
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Joburg gears up for Kenya Trade Fair
outhAfrica.info - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
ohannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre is gearing up for the first annual Kenya Trade Fair and Conference, which aims to exploit the "huge untapped growth potential" between two of Africa's strongest ... more
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Nedbank gives SMEs a helping hand
outhAfrica.info - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
edbank has created a specialised credit risk management unit to help small business owners to better manage their debt, in a difficult economic environment that is characterised by high interest rates, double-digit inflation and elevated fuel ... more
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Everyday Hero: Tracey Matube
outhAfrica.info - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
ith more than one million Aids orphans in South Africa today, Dr Tracey Matube decided she couldn't sit back and watch a parentless generation fend for ... more
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