Mbeki speech to focus on poverty
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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is under pressure over crime but his annual speech is expected to highlight poverty.
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President Thabo Mbeki hailed the launch of a rolling news network in South Africa on Friday as an opportunity to break free of Western news agendas and give a more rounded picture of the continent.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki urged members of the new Pan-African Parliament to be the &quot;fearless champions&quot; of people who are hungry for change and hope to see a &quot;humane Africa&quot; finally born.
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The new head of South Africa's ruling  ANC, Jacob Zuma, is expected to call for party unity on  Saturday in his first public address to the African National  Congress on its 96th anniversary.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu warns that poverty in South Africa could explode into social unrest.
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Heads of state from some two dozen African states were to gather to craft a jobs creation plan that would lift hundreds of millions out of poverty and advance development on the world's poorest continent.
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President Thabo Mbeki has urged delegates attending the Nepad Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue to &quot;speak frankly&quot; about finding solutions to challenges hindering the implementation of the plan.
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Nelson Mandela is to urge crowds in London to join the largest ever campaign against poverty.
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The world's media is urged to find ways of making the global battle against poverty more engaging.
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President Thabo Mbeki called on Friday for a renewed effort to make rugby in South Africa truly multi-racial as he headed to Paris to rally the Springboks for their World Cup final showdown with England.
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Tory leader David Cameron is to label poverty a "moral disgrace" and make a pledge to tackle it.
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South Africa will overcome an electricity "emergency" that has damaged the economy and cast doubts over its hosting of the 2010 soccer World Cup, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 9 -- President Thabo Mbeki on Friday sought to reassure worried South Africans that his government is stepping up its fight against crime but offered little new detail on how it can curb levels of rape, robbery and murder that are among the highest in the world.
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LUSAKA: Africa must move away from conflicts and begin to pool its resources to develop the impoverished continent and reduce poverty, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
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South Africa was set Monday to ration electricity in a bid to stem a spiralling crisis which has dealt a severe blow to its status as the continent's economic powerhouse.
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The President prepares to make a pitch for "global liberation" from tyranny, poverty and disease
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South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged on Friday quickly to overcome a power crisis that has damaged Africa's biggest economy and raised questions over whether it can host the 2010 soccer World Cup.