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2005-01-17 International-UN-NGOs

Britain's 'Marshall Plan' for Africa gets legup from Mandela

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Posted by .com 2005-01-17 16:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "My first impression is that it is a good scheme," said Mandela in remarks broadcast on Monday by SABC radio.

You got that right, Nellie...

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-17 5:11:04 PM|| 2005-01-17 5:11:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 South Africa used to be a First World country. Maybe they should implement the Marshall Plan?

Posted by Fred 2005-01-17 10:02:32 PM|| 2005-01-17 10:02:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd like to see some side-by-side vital national stats for South Africa ten years after apartheid's end and Iraq one year after fascism's downfall. Unemployment, the % of the female population that's been raped, % of the capital city's population that suffers violent crime (eg carjackings) in any week, and the % of the adult and child populations that's HIV+ ....

Posted by lex 2005-01-17 10:07:07 PM|| 2005-01-17 10:07:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember a description of a client of mine that lived there (Johanesburg) until '97: The living room was a steel vault. Or rather, there was a vault of almost the size of the room, inside his large living room. All amenities, water tank, stocked fridge, plenty of guns. It drove him nuts and far away (USA), later on.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-01-17 10:50:40 PM|| 2005-01-17 10:50:40 PM|| Front Page Top