South Africa
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Mandela back in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said today. Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year, most recently earlier this month when he underwent what authorities said was…
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Mandela’s recovery is good, says Zuma
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones, according to an announcement yesterday by President Jacob Zuma. Doctors say that Mandela, 94, has made “steady progress and that clinically, he continues to improve,” according to a statement issued by Zuma's office. Mandela was hospitalised for…
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SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION TALKS CRICKET WITH CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Faith Doreen Radebe, the High Commissioner of South Africa to Jamaica will pay a courtesy call on His Excellency Edwin Carrington Secretary General of the Caribbean Community on Thursday 16 February at his office at CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana. The High Commissioner is visiting the Secretariat with a delegation from South Africa…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH CARICOM/JAPAN CONSULTATIONS, 8 NOVEMBER 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Co-Chairs, His Excellency Director General Takahiko Horimura of Japan and Her Excellency Elisabeth Harper of Guyana Other Distinguished Members of the Japanese Delegation Other Distinguished Members of the Delegation of CARICOM Member States and Associate Institutions Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: On this highly symbolic day, Diwali – the Hindu festival of Light – it is for me…
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PRESIDENT MANDELA FOR CARICOM SUMMIT
The President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Nelson Mandela has accepted an invitation from the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr the Hon Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada to attend the XIX Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The Meeting will take place in Castries, St Lucia from…
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CARICOM SOUTHERN AFRICA LINK GOOD FOR BUSINESS
The Caribbean recognises that Southern Africa is the sub-region within the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of countries with which it “can perhaps best do business”. In making this point on Monday morning at the Park Hyatt Johannesburg Hotel while addressing representatives of the South African Chamber of Business (SACOB) and members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade and…
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GRENADA LEADS CARICOM ON SOUTH AFRICA MISSION
Grenada’s Foreign Minister Dr the Hon. Raphael Fletcher will lead an 85-strong CARICOM Ministerial Trade and Investment Mission to South Africa at the weekend. The Mission is a joint effort between the public and private sectors and will include four other government ministers as well as CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington. St Lucia’s Foreign Affairs Minister the Hon. George Odlum,…
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