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Pretoria – Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed as the chairman of the committee of eminent persons which will assess the decision making framework of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of IMF on Thursday announced the appointment of the committee which will also investigate and advise on any modifications that might enable the institution to fulfil its global mandate more effectively.

The committee,...

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Johannesburg - A new R2.3-billion central terminal building at the OR Tambo International airport outside Johannesburg opened this week.

Passengers can now be processed through the new international arrivals facilities, which includes a more user-friendly customs control process, reports SouthAfrica.info.

Once arriving passengers have been processed through customs, they will be received into a new international arrivals public concourse, which is two...

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By Michael Appel

Pretoria – South Africa’s second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rebounded somewhat to 4.9 percent for the second quarter of 2008 after recording 2.1 percent in the first quarter.

“This improvement in growth in the second quarter of 2008 reflected strong increases in real value added by the primary and secondary sectors.

“The expansion was concentrated in mining and manufacturing, and could partly be attributed...

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By Luyanda Makapela

Cape Town – The City of Cape Town is pulling out all stops in celebration of World Tourism Month, concluding with World Tourism Day on 27 September.

In a statement released by the city on Friday, this year’s theme, “Tourism responding to the challenge of climate change” supports the United Nations Millennium Development Goal to promote environmental sustainability by announcing 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth.

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