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28% of the population…

The RSA is a comparatively large country, covering 1,221,042 square kilometres and with an estimated population of about 40 million. 28% of people in South Africa have been affected by HIV / AIDS, and 13% of

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AIDS in South Africa

A news article on the Democratic Alliance website, July 13 2003. Submitted by Mike Waters (ldr):

Today, Sunday 13 July 2003, actuarial calculations show that one million South Africans will have died of AIDS. On the basis of the most recent census information, it is equivalent to one out of every 45

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A national disgrace

Lying in front of the tv last night – like I usually do looking exactly like Jack’s insomnia scene from Fight Club – I happened to stumble on an Earth Report on BBC World called Children of Rio.

The report focuses on the 10 years between … view full post

 

South Africa is a seam state

The Pentagon’s New Map – By Thomas P.M. Barnett, U.S. Naval War College

Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has been trying to come up with an operating theory of the world – and a military strategy to accompany it. Now there’s a leading contender. It involves identifying the problem parts of the

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