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08PRETORIA1197	DELIVERED: JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC [...] (U) Mission passed on 03 June reftel non-paper to DFA Chief Director: United Nations (Political) Xolisa Mabhongo, DFA Director: Civil and Political Rights and International Crime Pitso Montwedi, and DFA Director: USA Fadl Nacerodien. To date, we have received no substantive response. BOST [...]	2008-06-05 10:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNAUS UNSC KWMN PHUM SF

08PRETORIA1198	DELIVERED: IAEA/IRAN LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S. [...] (U) Mission delivered reftel points on 05 June to DFA Director: Disarmament and Non-Proliefration Titi Molaba. To date, we have received no substantive response. BOST [...]	2008-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNVC PARM IR SF IAEA
08PRETORIA1204	MDC LOSING HOPE IN SADC [...] (C) On 04 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's foreign policy and security advisor Stuart Doran told PolOff that the MDC is losing hope that SADC as a collective, or even a majority of SADC countries, will take any public stance against the current regime in Zimbabwe, the ongoing violence, or [...]	2008-06-05 13:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1216	BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATION - MODELING AND MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral cooperation on energy modeling as a key aspect of planning for electricity supply and demand is proceeding. Meanwhile, Post raised energy cooperation, both in energy modeling and in nuclear energy, at the Embassy's Annual Bilateral Forum discussions on May 29, 2008. T [...]	2008-06-06 11:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KNNP EPET EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA122	CODEL JOHNSON VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 9-12, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Infrastructure Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) led a nine-member congressional delegation of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (including one member from the Energy and Commerce Committee) on a fact-finding mission to [...]	2008-01-18 13:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAIR PGOV PINR PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA1222	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, May 2008, Volume 3, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- CT INSTALL SOLAR GEYSERS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE -- GREEN SCORPIONS' CEME [...]	2008-06-06 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1226	ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Johnson & Johnson, [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria is pleased to nominate the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies South Africa (J&J/SA) for the Secretary's ACE Award for Corporate Excellence in the multinational enterprise (MNE) category. J&J/SA's groundbreaking work to establish the Johnson & Johnson Burn Center (B [...]	2008-06-09 05:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF
08PRETORIA1227	ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Eli Lilly and [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Pretoria nominates Eli Lilly and Company, South Africa (Lilly SA) for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multi-national enterprise (MNE) category. Lilly SA's pioneering initiative to fight the rapidly growing threat of multi-drug resistant tube [...]	2008-06-09 05:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF
08PRETORIA1276	JOINT DECLARATION: GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). Prior to this session, representatives of the Republic of Burundi and the Palipehutu-FNL released a Joint Declaration upon their arrival on June 8, 2008. Text follows. [...]	2008-06-11 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1278	SEACOM ONLY UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE PROJECT SLATED TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. SEACOM representatives called on Ambassador Bost on June 4 to discuss SEACOM's undersea cable project. SEACOM (developed by U.S. group Herakles Telecom) is based in Mauritius with 75 percent African ownership and 25 percent U.S. ownership. The project will provide the first true [...]	2008-06-12 05:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EINT ETRD EAID BEXP TINT SF
08PRETORIA1283	REVISED PROGRAMME OF ACTION TO FURTHER THE BURUNDI [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). Prior to this session, The SAG distributed a revised program of action to further the Burundi peace process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Revised programme of acti [...]	2008-06-12 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1288	ESKOM SAYS OUTAGES POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power supplier Eskom repeated its mea culpa and way forward themes in a business forum, admitting that there is still substantial risk of load-shedding during this southern hemisphere winter. Eskom called for consumers to implement ten percent reduction in use through con [...]	2008-06-12 15:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP AMGT SF
08PRETORIA1310	SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION MONITORS FEWER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa has increased its election monitoring team by only ten members, bringing the total to 70 observers. An advance team of 20 observers left on 9 June, while the remaining 50 are meant to depart on 20 June. However, SAG's DFA is considering a proposal by the Institute f [...]	2008-06-13 16:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF
08PRETORIA132	DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR - BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The local media is abuzz with complaints from businesses and consumers about increasing electricity load-shedding and unplanned outages. State power company Eskom and the government offer no quick "silver bullet" solutions, and are asking consumers to bear up and conserve energ [...]	2008-01-18 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EINV BEXP SF
08PRETORIA1320	INDIAN CONSUL GENERAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GROWING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian Consul General Navdeep Suri spoke to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) on June 11 about the increase in economic ties between South Africa and India. Suri described opportunities for the two countries to increase trade and investment including the [...]	2008-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CASC IN SF
08PRETORIA1328	SAG/UN PUSHING IDEA OF ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) On 17 June Sydney Masamvu debriefed PolOff on his 16 June talk with UN Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios. Masamvu said Menkerios requested to speak with him before departing for Zimbabwe, and that overall he was very encouraged by Menkerios' outlook, namely his ack [...]	2008-06-18 16:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1339	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI - MAGALIESBURG DECLARATION [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). After this session, the SAG distributed the Magaliesburg Declaration on the Burundi Peace Process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Magaliesburg Declaration on the Bur [...]	2008-06-19 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1340	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI - MAGALIESBURG COMMUNIQUE - [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). After this session, the SAG distributed the Magaliesburg Communique on the Burundi Peace Process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Magaliesburg Communique on the Burun [...]	2008-06-19 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1358	ANC PLANS TO MEDIATE ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met on 23 June with Mo Shaik, one of ANC President Jacob Zuma's advisors, to discuss the ANC's plans to mediate the Zimbabwe crisis, which essentially rehashes Mbeki's current proposals for a government of national unity. Shaik said in no uncertain terms that the ANC will [...]	2008-06-23 15:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1387	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-06-26 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1388	SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO RENEW [...] (SBU) Econ OMS Larry Johnson presented reftel draft text to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Llia du Buisson on June 26, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor B [...]	2008-06-26 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SF
08PRETORIA139	EXILED ZIMBABWEANS NCUBE AND MASIYIWA INTRIGUED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The emergence of a "united front" or "third way" opposition force led by former ZANU-PF minister Simba Makoni, if it became reality, would be a positive development for Zimbabwean politics, according to exiled businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa. Publisher Ncube enthusi [...]	2008-01-22 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1392	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI [...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The second meeting of Special Envoys on Burundi was held in Magaliesberg, South Africa June 9-10, 2008. The SAG Minister of Safety and Security, Charles Nqakula, hosted this meeting along with the SAG [...]	2008-06-26 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1396	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S JULY 1-6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only seven months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]	2008-06-26 15:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1397	UNHCR / SAG CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR ANTICIPATED [...] UNHCR Regional Representative Mr. Sanda Kimbimbi briefed PolOffs on the UNHCR's Contingency Plan for potential mass refugee flows from Zimbabwe after the June 27 runoff election. The Plan provides for refugee camp sites in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Zambia to shelter up to 285,0 [...]	2008-06-26 17:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1422	ANC YOUTH LEADER'S CALL TO ARMS SPARKS PROTESTS IN [...] (U) Press reports indicate that recent remarks by ANC Youth League (African National Congress) President Julius Malema are being interpreted by some as a "direct threat to the proper administration of justice and to judicial independence." Malema stated June 16 during a Youth Day rally, "We ar [...]	2008-06-30 15:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1426	KWAZULU NATAL - THE GREENING OF A PROVINCE [...] Summary. The Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot, a floristic, climatic and geologically complex area, runs throughout KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. EST Officer met with KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan, [...]	2008-07-01 08:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI SF
08PRETORIA1428	YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS IDENTIFIED FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Post identified the following five young Muslim entrepreneurs and leaders in South Africa for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference as tasked in reftel: - Nazmeera Moola. Moola is Head of Macro Strategy at Macquarie First South. She was selected South African Economist of th [...]	2008-07-01 10:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1431	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (SBU) Econ OMS Larry Johnson presented reftel demarche to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Llia du Buisson on July 1, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce [...]	2008-07-01 13:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SF
08PRETORIA1453	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, June 2008, Volume 3, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- GLOBE PROGRAM BRINGS 500 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS TOGETHER IN CA [...]	2008-07-03 12:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1459	ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL LOBBYING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court and Cape Judge President John Hlope swapped allegations of breaching judicial protocol and attempts to suborn high court judges in a high-level corruption case. Hlope is alleged to have tried to influence two judges who will preside over aspects of the r [...]	2008-07-07 12:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1460	GERMANY ABORTS PROBE INTO SOUTH AFRICAN ARMS DEAL [...] (U) The following message is based on local press reports detailing events in Germany of great interest to the South African public. German prosecutors aborted their probe into a decade-old arms deal between the South African Navy and German arms manufacturer, ThyssenKrupp. Despite repeated [...]	2008-07-07 13:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	GM KCRM MARR PREL SF
08PRETORIA1462	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ANC PRESIDENT ZUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a cordial July 2 meeting with the Ambassador, a confident ANC President Jacob Zuma said he shared U.S. concerns about the deteriorating political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, but supported President Mbeki's approach toward the crisis. Like Mbeki, Zuma claimed that [...]	2008-07-07 14:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC OVIP SF
08PRETORIA1463	ILLICIT ARMS DEALS CONTINUE TO HAUNT ZUMA [...] (U) Press reports indicate the legal saga of ANC President Jacob Zuma and his illicit arms deals with former financial adviser Schabir Shaik continues. While Germany dropped its probe into ThyssenKrupp, a German arms manufacturer, and its deal in the late 1990s involving ANC President Zuma (re [...]	2008-07-07 14:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS MP PGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1467	PAHAD OUTLINES SAG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) At his July 4 public press conference, DepForMin Aziz Pahad expressed opposition to the USG-proposed UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe (refs A & B) and outlined current South African Government (SAG) thinking on Zimbabwe policy. Repeating familiar SAG arguments, Pahad: -- claimed that the "h [...]	2008-07-08 11:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI SF
08PRETORIA1474	Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in [...] Summary. EST Officer met with KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan to discuss climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation within KZN province, with an emphasis on the eThekwini Municipal [...]	2008-07-08 14:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI SF
08PRETORIA1483	NEDBANK - SOUTH AFRICA'S GREENEST BANK [...] Summary. Environment, Science and Technology FSN met in mid-June with Nedbank Group Executive Chief of Governance and Compliance Advocate Selby Baqwa and Senior Manager Briggete Burnett in June 2008 to discuss Nedbank's environmental and sustainability programs. The officials advised that Ne [...]	2008-07-09 13:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1506	Anglo-American Targets Workers' Families to Tackle HIV in [...] Summary: Anglo American Plc (Anglo) has approved a country-wide expansion of its employee HIV and anti-retroviral treatment program (ART) for AIDS to encompass the families of its 75,000 workers. South Africa's Business Times reported that this is the first time a major South African company ha [...]	2008-07-11 08:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO ECON EMIN EAID KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08PRETORIA152	MDC FORMATIONS AGREE ON ELECTORAL PACT, [...] (C) The two formations of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, agreed to form an electoral SIPDIS pact during January 19-20 meetings in Johannesburg. IDASA Executive Director Paul Graham and Deputy Ivor Jenkins brief [...]	2008-01-24 05:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1548	ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT APPOINTED TO CABINET [...] (U) President Thabo Mbeki on 12 July appointed ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to cabinet, making him responsible for "the coordination of government business." This existing portfolio historically resides in the office of the deputy president, which means that Motlanthe, at least on pa [...]	2008-07-15 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1549	SOUTH AFRICA DEBATES IMMIGRATION & BORDER POLICY [...] In the aftermath of recent xenophobic violence, public debates (reftel) highlighted unresolved problems and wide divisions on immigration policy and border management. Stoked by alarmist media reports, South African society often misperceived foreign migrants as a burden or threat rather than [...]	2008-07-16 07:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1561	SAG NOTES POSSIBLE PROBLEMATIC AREAS IN INDIAN [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said that the South African Government (SAG) was "studying" the proposed India Safeguards Agreement, but strongly hinted that the SAG is inclined to sup [...]	2008-07-16 14:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC SF
08PRETORIA1570	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-17 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR SF ZI
08PRETORIA1572	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-18 07:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1592	PRESIDENT MBEKI TO CONTINUE AS SOLE MEDIATOR ON [...] (U) On 18 July, President Mbeki briefed AU Chairperson Jean Ping, UN Special Representative Haile Menkerios, and SADC Organ on Defence Politics and Security Special Representative George Chikoti on the SADC-mandated mediation process in Zimbabwe. According to a public statement by the Preside [...]	2008-07-21 14:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
08PRETORIA1595	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-07-22 07:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1618	IRANIAN COMPANY EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE SF IR
08PRETORIA1619	UNHCR MOVES SAG FORWARD ON ASSISTING ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Press statements by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) called attention to Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa in growing numbers, some in whole family units and some with injuries from violence. UNHCR renewed appeals to the SAG to suspend deportations, give access [...]	2008-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1624	Safety in South African Mines - a Moral Imperative [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Persistent fatalities in South African mines (increasing to 221 in 2007 from 199 in the prior year) have galvanized industry, government, and labor into taking a harder look at the way safety is communicated and implemented on mines. Both Anglo American and Gold Fields, the thi [...]	2008-07-25 08:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1625	SOUTH AFRICA "WELL AWARE" OF IRAN URANIUM RISKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said the South African Government (SAG) is "well aware" of its obligations regarding Iranian attempts to procure new stocks of uranium. Speaking [...]	2008-07-25 11:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PARM EMIN ENRG KNNP IR SF
08PRETORIA1631	NAM COUNTRIES FAR APART ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Work on drafting on the NAM ministerial statement on the Iranian nuclear program has virtually come to a halt because of the "wide distance" between the Iranian draft and the revisions proposed by "core NAM countries," including South Africa, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA [...]	2008-07-25 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM TRGY IR SF
08PRETORIA1632	MASIYIWA FLOATS MDC-ZANU-PF POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African businessman and unofficial MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told Harare PolEconChief and Pretoria PolOffs July 24 that he believed a power sharing agreement would be signed between ZANU-PF and the MDC within two weeks. Masiyiwa has drafted a proposed agreement under wh [...]	2008-07-25 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1634	Donor Coordination on Health Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang (Minister) at a recent high-level Annual Donor Consultation Meeting stressed that the national Department of Health (DOH) must coordinate donor efforts in the health arena in order to ensure equitable allocation of resources across provi [...]	2008-07-25 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA SF
08PRETORIA1635	ZUMA ADVISOR SAYS TALKS WITH NPA UNDERWAY TO DROP [...] (C) Key advisors to African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma have entered into secret talks with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) about the corruption charges pending against Zuma, according to businessman and former diplomat Moe Shaik. Shaik, who is part of the Zuma team, [...]	2008-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1648	FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION [...] (U) Post has scheduled formal consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) in Midrand. The consultations will begin with a kick-off meeting at the SACAA headquarters on July 30. The final outcomes meeting will take place at the Department of Transport headquar [...]	2008-07-28 11:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICAN PLATINUM COMPANIES' LONG VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African platinum companies take a long-term view on the ore deposits, investments, politics, and economics of Zimbabwe, which hosts the second largest platinum deposit in the world in the "Great Dyke". They are realistic about the challenges and ambiguities of doing busine [...]	2008-07-29 13:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET PGOV ZI SF
08PRETORIA1659	ZIMBABWE MEDIATION REACHES IMPASSE [...] (C) On 28 July, talks to reach a power-sharing agreement between President Robert Mugabe and MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai reached a stalemate after both sides presented drastically different proposals. According to numerous Embassy contacts, Mugabe's negotiators were under instruction to off [...]	2008-07-29 13:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1661	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE: AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES NEED TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the ongoing Zimbabwe political talks to DepForMin Sue van der Merwe on July 28. He underscored that the outcome of any negotiation must respect the will of the Zimbabwean people, which we believe does not include President Mugabe retaining a positio [...]	2008-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
08PRETORIA1662	UNMEE DEMARCHE: SOUTH AFRICA PLEASED WITH UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO BPTS ET ER SF
08PRETORIA1667	ANSAC SODA ASH IMPORTS AT RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: American National Soda Ash Corporation (ANSAC) CEO John Andrews told Ambassador that the company was going to reduce soda ash shipments to customers in South Africa because of uncertainty related to its on-going competition case and its separate application to the Department of [...]	2008-07-30 09:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EMIN SF
08PRETORIA168	LOAD-SHEDDING WORSENS - COAL SUPPLY WOES SHUT MINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's state electricity supplier Eskom's load-shedding (rolling outages) is getting worse before it gets better. Major gold and platinum mines have substantially shut down due to Eskom's inability to guarantee electricity supply due to coal supply and quality negative [...]	2008-01-25 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN EPET EINV SENV BEXP SF
08PRETORIA1682	SOUTH AFRICAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SF
08PRETORIA1689	ANC PRESIDENT SUFFERS ANOTHER LEGAL SETBACK [...] (U) On 31 July, the South African Constitutional Court upheld a Supreme Court of Appeal decision and ruled against ANC President Jacob Zuma (and arms manufacturer and co-conspirator Thint) in his attempt to stop seized evidence from being used against him in his upcoming corruption trial. Ni [...]	2008-07-31 15:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA169	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MO SHAIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met Mo Shaik, advisor to ANC President Jacob Zuma, on 24 January to discuss Zuma's win last month and where the Zuma camp is headed over the next year. Not surprisingly, Shaik viewed Zuma's victory as a "triumph for democracy," but complained that President Mbeki was a so [...]	2008-01-25 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1740	SWEDEN SHARES USG CONCERNS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Swedish diplomat Jon Ecklund (protect) on 6 August shared his government's concerns that fundamental issues will not/not be addressed in a unity government agreement brokered by President Mbeki between MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. He specifically mentioned that [...]	2008-08-07 13:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1751	ESKOM AVOIDS LOAD-SHEDDING - FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South African state power utility Eskom has managed to avoid load-shedding this Southern Hemisphere winter, but still faces short and long-term shortfalls in power generation and distribution capacity. The power crisis - which reached its height with significant mine closures i [...]	2008-08-08 12:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP AMGT SF
08PRETORIA1782	IRI DOUBTFUL THAT MDC WILL MEET ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 8 August, PolOff met with IRI Zimbabwe Country Director Djordje Todorovic to gather his impressions of the MDC since moving to South Africa in March. He admitted that he had difficulty getting started, but that MDC members are much more responsive to him now, though he is oft [...]	2008-08-13 09:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1791	FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The FAA has successfully concluded formal International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA),validating South Africa's safety oversight system. Key stakeholders participated in the final outcomes meetin [...]	2008-08-13 14:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA1795	UN ENVOY MENKERIOS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) French diplomat Irchad Razaaly (protect) told PolOff he met on 8 August with UN Special Envoy Haile Menkerios, who did not seem optimistic about the effectiveness or longevity of a power-sharing agreement between MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Mugabe. Menkerios complained that [...]	2008-08-13 16:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA180	USTR: SAG RESPONSE TO SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary. ICT Officer provided the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) with a copy of the USTR question regarding the rules that govern market access for foreign satellite operators and the industry comments USTR has received concerning the telecommunications regul [...]	2008-01-28 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD USTR SF
08PRETORIA1810	CODEL BERMAN CALLS ON OFFICIALS AND VISITS PEPFAR [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Berman completed an extensive visit to South Africa, July 1-6, 2008. In Cape Town, the delegation visited the Port of Cape Town to learn about trade and port security issues and met with a major supermarket chain CEO to hear about his pioneering efforts to promote black [...]	2008-08-15 07:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA1831	SAG DEFENDS ZIMBABWE POLICY IN CODEL BERMAN MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 3, 2008, DepForMin Aziz Pahad thanked CODEL Berman for visiting South Africa and expressed appreciation for congressional funding to combat HIV/AIDS and support for legislation removing anti-apartheid activists from the U.S. terrorist list. During a lively and at times [...]	2008-08-18 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA1832	CODEL BERMAN MEETS ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Berman met in Johannesburg on July 3 exile members of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change. They were told that: the June 27 run off was a farce; Mugabe's presidential claim was illegitimate; and a Transitional Authority -- not a Government of National [...]	2008-08-18 13:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP ZA SF ZI
08PRETORIA1847	SADC SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH NO ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Against a backdrop of high expectations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ended its 28th annual Heads of State and Government Summit in Sandton, South Africa on 17 August with barely a mention of the Zimbabwe crisis. Both the outgoing and incoming SADC Organ on Politics, D [...]	2008-08-19 06:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC SF ZI
08PRETORIA1856	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-08-20 08:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA189	CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR REMOVING SITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION. Since Jacob Zuma won the ANC Presidency in late December 2007, speculation among ANC members, political analysts, and the media has been rife about how long South African President Thabo Mbeki will remain in office. Mbeki's second and final five-year term ends i [...]	2008-01-29 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA190	OPPOSITION TO TABLE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (U) On 29 January, Patricia de Lille, leader of the Independent Democrats (ID),announced her party will invoke Article 102.2 of the Constitution and table a motion of no confidence in President Mbeki and his Cabinet for "failing the South African people" when Parliament begins its 2008 sessio [...]	2008-01-29 15:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1900	IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL: SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (S) Summary: South African authorities notified us that, based on reftel advisory, South African firm Columbus Stainless (pty) Ltd. had withdrawn from an agent-arranged transaction with Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. Columbus also assured the SAG that it would take additional measures [...]	2008-08-26 13:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	IR MTCRE PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA191	CONSTITUTION QUIET ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fact that ANC President Jacob Zuma's upcoming corruption trial (Ref A) is likely to span over two presidential terms is giving rise to questions of presidential immunity. Views are mixed, as neither the Constitution nor domestic law explicitly address the question. Retired [...]	2008-01-29 15:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA192	PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2008 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund includes two activities to be held in South Africa. This proposal was developed among EST/Econ, PAS, and USDA/FAS. Additionally, we considered GSA and NGO representatives input to establish this propos [...]	2008-01-30 06:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
08PRETORIA1937	SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (U) This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph five of Reftel A. Post will provide responses to paragraph six and seven through additional reporting prior to the October 1 deadline. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (U [...]	2008-09-02 11:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OTRA ASEC SF
08PRETORIA1959	Platinum Group Metals - Rising Star at Risk [...] (SBU) Platinum has been the star performer in the South African mining industry for a number of years. South Africa is the world's number one producer of the platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium, while Russia supplies the bulk of the world's palladium. The co [...]	2008-09-04 12:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF ZI
08PRETORIA1968	CHAVEZ COMES TO TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic September 2 state visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to South Africa resulted in an excited announcement of energy cooperation agreements. It is not clear that the vague and broad agreements will result in any actual energy cooperation, because there may not [...]	2008-09-05 12:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN SENV EWWT ELTN SF VE
08PRETORIA1976	ICT FORUM DISCUSSES NEED TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) sponsored a forum on ICT Developments and Regulations on September 4. The forum included members of South Africa's Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development, who promoted increasi [...]	2008-09-08 08:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND EINV EINT ECIP SF
08PRETORIA2005	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-09-10 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2007	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, August 2008, Volume 3, Number 8, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- AFRICAN PENGUINS ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION -- DEAT LAUNCHES PLAN T [...]	2008-09-10 10:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2012	ZUMA ADVISOR THREATENS TO EXPOSE POLITICAL [...] (C) On 28 August, Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that Zuma's legal team intends to subpoena "everyone" if Zuma loses his bid to have his case reexamined. Shaik specifically named President Mbeki, suspended National Police Chief Jackie Selebi, former and Acting Head of National Director of [...]	2008-09-10 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA2013	CALLS FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR ZUMA GROW [...] (SBU) Calls for a "political solution" to Zuma's legal problems are mounting, with options such as the complete dropping of charges, amending the Constitution to give Zuma some sort of amnesty or immunity from prosecution, or allowing Zuma the opportunity to plea-bargain being proposed. Predi [...]	2008-09-10 13:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA2016	NEW INVESTMENT PLANS ROBUST IN SPITE OF SLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Record levels of new investment spending plans were announced in South Africa in the first six months of 2008. New planned spending by Eskom led the way, but private sector spending plans were also robust. Investment spending will compensate for falling consumer spending and [...]	2008-09-11 07:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SF
08PRETORIA2019	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT INTENT TO EXTEND [...] As requested reftel, Post provided information received reftel to Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) Marine International Cooperations Senior Policy Advisor Mngoro and to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Americans Desk Director Nacerodien. Both DEAT and DFA subsequently [...]	2008-09-11 12:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS SF
08PRETORIA2024	ZUMA'S REHABILITATED IMAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past several months, ANC President Jacob Zuma's public image has softened, with former foes, international leaders, and big businesses changing their tune with regards to Zuma from one of gloom and doom to one of acceptance, and in some cases, even adoration. Since being [...]	2008-09-11 16:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2025	ZUMA SUPPORTERS ENERGIZED AHEAD OF KEY RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ruling African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's supporters are turning to the streets and intensifying their rhetoric ahead of the Pietermaritzburg High Court decision tomorrow. The court is expected to rule on a petition by Zuma's defense team that calls the cour [...]	2008-09-11 16:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA2072	SECOND QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's real GDP rebounded in the second quarter of 2008, reflecting a recovery in mining and manufacturing production as electricity supply improved. Export volumes benefited from the increased production, higher international prices of key export commodities increased, a [...]	2008-09-19 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
08PRETORIA2079	AFRICAN NATION CONGRESS LEADERSHIP TO RECALL THABO [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, 2008 the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Council announced that they decided by consensus to recall Thabo Mbeki as President of the Republic of South Africa. Mbeki's spokesman said he meant it when he told the ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe [...]	2008-09-20 15:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2093	SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S RESIGNATION [...] Summary: In a September 21 televised address to the nation, Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation as President of South Africa. Mbeki said he respected the African National Congress (ANC) September 20 decision to recall him (reftels). He thanked the nation and the ANC for the opportunity to [...]	2008-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2095	ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATEMENT [...] On 21 September, The National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) announced that President Thabo Mbeki was told to step down, which he did the following day. In explanation of this decision, ANC Secretary Gwede Mantashe said the ANC admired Mbeki's many year [...]	2008-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2096	ANC MAY TAP KGALEMA MOTLANTHE FOR ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) There are strong indications the African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe may replace President Thabo Mbeki on an acting basis until elections are held within seven months. (Note: Mbeki in a nationally televised speech on September 21 agreed to abide by the AN [...]	2008-09-22 17:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2100	ANC LAYS THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR KGALEMA MOTLANTHE [...] (SBU) Parliament appears ready to formally nominate African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President and Minister in the Presidency Kgalema Motlanthe to replace President Thabo Mbeki on September 25. ANC National Chairperson Baleka Mbete, who is likely to become the Acting Deputy President, [...]	2008-09-23 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2102	SAG DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ONE THIRD OF CABINET [...] Summary: The resignation of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka came as no surprise, due to her loyalty towards President Thabo Mbeki, and her controversial standing with the new African National Congress (ANC) senior leadership. Although the ANC said her resignation was regrettable, and w [...]	2008-09-23 17:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF

08PRETORIA2128	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-09-26 09:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA214	ESKOM AND MINES: AIMING FOR THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's electricity crisis continues unabated. Economists debated the costs of most of the country's mines being shut down for almost one week, as they started to move back into partial production on January 30-31. The government has announced a stabilization plan to ac [...]	2008-02-01 12:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP MGMT SF MZ BC
08PRETORIA2142	KIMBERLEY PROCESS TACKLES ARTISANAL MINING [...] SUMMARY: The Kimberley Process (KP) for certifying rough diamond trade is recognized as broadly successful in combating conflict diamonds. In order to improve its control over alluvial diamond trade, particularly in Africa where this is prevalent, KP has sought to identify best practices for [...]	2008-09-29 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD SENV EINV SF CG
08PRETORIA2144	SAG SERVICES FALLING SHORT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] Challenges the SAG faces in extending social services to the rural poor were evident on a recent visit to the tiny township of Tigane, in the mostly rural Northwest Province, to observe a community forum between local social workers and government officials. Discussion centered on provision o [...]	2008-09-29 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SF
08PRETORIA215	FUEL PRODUCT SUPPLY ADEQUATE - THE MARKET WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some observers have predicted potential shortfalls in the diesel fuel market as some South Africans respond to the electricity crisis by purchasing generators (Refs and Septel). All fuel product providers and analysts spoken to note that the market is functioning and providing [...]	2008-02-01 12:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN SENV MGMT SF
08PRETORIA2156	SOUTH AFRICA's RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN [...] This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph six and seven of Reftel A. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (Uddinsd@state.gov or +27-12-431-4344) and Economic Specialist Christo Esterhuizen (EsterhuizenJC@state.gov or + [...]	2008-10-01 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG EPET OTRA ASEC SF
08PRETORIA2165	SAG ALMOST READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 08:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
08PRETORIA217	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-02-01 14:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2174	SOUTH AFRICA: XENOPHOBIA VICTIMS FACE EVICTION [...] (U) At Camp Akasia sheltering foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks in May, the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) dispatched a private security crew to confiscate army tents from residents, leaving hundreds of men, women, and children without shelter. The action was deplored by UNHCR [...]	2008-10-02 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2181	MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION REMAINS A SERIOUS [...] (U) Inadequate math, science and technology (MST) education remains a serious problem in South Africa. The Department of Education (DOE) and non-government education experts agree that there are multiple causes for the lack of MST skills, including under-qualified teachers, minimal resources, [...]	2008-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2195	SOUTH AFRICA INPUT FOR 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, Post provides the following input for the 2009 AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 48.7 million in mid-2008. In 2007, South African Gross National Income [...]	2008-10-06 15:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AGOA SF
08PRETORIA2217	LAPTOPS IN LIMPOPO: INTERNET COMES TO A SOUTH [...] MIT Media Labs' "One Laptop Per Child" initiative has arrived in South Africa, bringing portable computers and internet access to an initial few hundred school children in deprived communities of Soweto, Durban, and Limpopo. U.S. college students from Indiana University raised $60,000 to buy [...]	2008-10-09 10:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SF
08PRETORIA2219	EXPANDING PUBLIC SERVICES TO SOUTH AFRICA'S RURAL [...] In a continuing series of USG-funded dialogues between rural communities and local government representatives (reftel),SAG officials briefed poor rural women of Limpopo Province on their rights to SAG assistance and on the mechanisms for accessing public services. Officials listed an array [...]	2008-10-09 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2249	IOM SURVEY: HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSIDE SOUTH AFRICA [...] A survey of internal trafficking in persons (TIP) due for release on October 29 reveals that TIP is a nationwide problem in South Africa, with domestic as well as cross-border victims. Funded by USAID under the auspices of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the survey indica [...]	2008-10-15 08:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2250	Palabora Mine - Still Churning Out Copper Next to Kruger [...] (SBU) Palabora mine is South Africa's largest copper mine, producing 148,000 tons of copper per year at its peak in 1998 and about 4.5 million cumulative tons since the start of full production in 1966. The open-pit was one of the world's biggest and lowest cost copper producers but it closed [...]	2008-10-15 08:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2259	SAG WELCOMES BILATERAL RIGHTS DIALOGUE FOR EARLY [...] DFA Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Pitso Montwedi thanked Washington for its response (Ref A) to his inquiry (Ref B) regarding the scheduling of the next USG-SAG annual human rights consultations. Montwedi understood the USG could not fit the meetings into 2008, and [...]	2008-10-16 12:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2261	SOUTH AFRICA SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2007 STATUS REPORT [...] In FY07, Embassy Pretoria selected ten projects for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program with total allocations of USD 100,000. All of the projects are on-going and performing satisfactorily in providing social and economic services to the vulnerable populations of the affected communiti [...]	2008-10-16 13:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SF
08PRETORIA2274	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, September 2008, Volume 3, Number 9, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- RHINO POACHING INCREASING IN KRUGER PARK -- NON-GMO MAIZE SHORTA [...]	2008-10-17 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2310	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 09:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2316	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008 [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, less than two months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President un [...]	2008-10-22 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA234	AQ KHAN TRIAL: DANIEL GEIGES PLEADS GUILTY [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Swiss citizen Daniel Geiges was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and for associated export control violations on 05 February. This mes [...]	2008-02-05 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
08PRETORIA2379	UNHCR REVIEWS ASSISTANCE TO XENOPHOBIA IDP'S [...] On October 23, UNHCR Regional Representative Sanda Kimbimbi reviewed UNHCR's support to the SAG in protection of foreign victims of xenophobic attacks. After alerting officials and police to signs of coming violence, UNHCR negotiated for registration of internally displaced persons (IDPs),l [...]	2008-10-30 10:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PREF PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2382	SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS VIEWS ON TIDCA AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's business community is pleased that the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) SACU and the U.S. will begin talks under the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA),and hopes that TIDCA can pave the way to a free trade agreement. [...]	2008-10-31 08:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2395	WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) - ANNEXURES [...] This cable provides annexures to reftel cable, "WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA: BUILDING ON SUCCESS." --------------------------------------------- --------------- IV. "FINAL PROGRAM DESIGN" --------------------------------------------- --------------- 2. Per the format requested by [...]	2008-10-31 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2400	U.S. OIL FIRM FOREST'S TRAVAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. firm Forest Oil Company's local presence - Forest Exploration International - is struggling to move its production license application out of a three-year regulatory limbo. Forest is frustrated with bureaucratic slowness and/or incompetence. Forest believes that it can pr [...]	2008-11-03 12:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA2401	ASME NUCLEAR STANDARDS WORKSHOP SUPPORTS WESTINGHOUSE BID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Pretoria supported the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop October 7-9 in Johannesburg, which successfully promoted Westinghouse's bid for significant new nuclear build in South Africa. State power utility Eskom and t [...]	2008-11-03 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2402	COLUMBUS STAINLESS STEEL AND ASME NUCLEAR STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy supported the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop in Johannesburg, which successfully promoted Westinghouse's bid for significant new nuclear build in South Africa (septel). Delegates visited Columbus Stainless L [...]	2008-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
08PRETORIA2403	Eskom Faces Challenges - Thin Margin and More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with new Eskom Chairman Bobby Godsell was a good opportunity to assess the state-of-play in South Africa's power crisis. Godsell's new position is emblematic of Eskom's serious attempts to address a confluence of management gaps that led to last year's load-shedding. [...]	2008-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2404	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-11-03 12:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA241	ICANN [...] (SBU) Summary. ICT Officer provided the South African Department of Communications (DOC) with a copy of the talking points regarding the mid-point Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) review (reftel). Post encouraged DOC to provide its comments on ICANN's progress as a pa [...]	2008-02-07 06:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS SF
08PRETORIA2446	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Deputy Economic Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel demarche to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on October 28, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy [...]	2008-11-05 16:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM SF
08PRETORIA2454	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: SAG GAINING MOMENTUM [...] To combat trafficking in persons (TIP),South Africa is active across multiple fronts -- from legislation and prosecution, to training and development of response procedures, to victims' support and public awareness campaigns. While passage of a draft anti-TIP law remains the key hurdle to m [...]	2008-11-06 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2456	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP SF
08PRETORIA2462	SOUTH AFRICAN RESPONSE TO FATF GUIDELINES ON IRAN [...] (C) Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Financial Intelligence Centre Senior Manager (Legal and Policy) Pieter Smit on November 6. Smit said that the FATF guidance of October 17, 2008, dealing with UNSCR 1803, would be circulated to South African financial regulators (incl [...]	2008-11-07 07:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA2464	DIPLOMATS IN SOUTH AFRICA TALK ZUMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, 2008, Ambassador Bost briefed Chiefs of Missions (COM) to South Africa on African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's October 20-25 trip to the U.S. (report septel). The COMs discussed who was making South African Government (SAG) policy on Zimbabwe now an [...]	2008-11-07 09:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF ZANU ZM
08PRETORIA2466	AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Bost hosted members of the Pretoria diplomatic corps to discuss African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to the U.S. and the latest developments on Zimbabwe power-sharing talks (report septel). The Ambassador briefed on Zuma's official meeting [...]	2008-11-07 09:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CG EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF
08PRETORIA2474	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP SF
08PRETORIA2476	HOME INVASIONS ON THE RISE [...] (U) Summary: On November 4, 2008 RSO attended a presentation hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on the "Incidence of House Robberies in South Africa." Presented by a Senior Lecturer on Forensic Investigations at the University of South Africa (UNISA),the seminar focused on th [...]	2008-11-07 15:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ALOW ABLD SF
08PRETORIA2477	A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...]	2008-11-07 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2478	FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE'S CABINET [...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe completed his Cabinet appointments November 5. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. Agricultural and Land Affairs Minister - Lulama Xingwana Agricultural and Land Affairs Deputy Minister - Dirk du Toit Arts an [...]	2008-11-07 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA250	SAG NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BURUNDI PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolCouns and PolOff on 4 February met with SAG Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, to discuss recent developments concerning the possible resumption of peace talks between the CNDD-FDD government and the Palipehutu-FNL after a six month stalemate. Tho [...]	2008-02-07 11:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA2501	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2008, Volume 3, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS FIGHT SOUTH DURBAN PETROLEUM PIPELINE -- S [...]	2008-11-13 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2513	READOUT OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH EVENTS [...] SUMMARY From September 15 - 19, Dr. Chris Wozniak, Biotechnology Special Assistant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),was in South Africa under the auspices of the State/EB agricultural biotechnology outreach program to make presentations on the U.S. coordinated framework and risk ana [...]	2008-11-14 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
08PRETORIA2541	"SEEING YOU IN THE WORLDWIND": PALLO JORDAN ON [...] (C) Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan, one of the African National Congress' (ANC) sharpest minds, opened up to a small group of students and professors at a University of Johannesburg lecture on November 13. Jordan began his address by steeping his remarks in a theoretical, Marxist fra [...]	2008-11-19 08:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2544	EMAIL FROM PROFESSOR MEANT TO CONVEY ANC MESSAGE [...] (C) University of South Africa professor Rok Ajulu -- husband of Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu -- sent Poloff an email on November 19 discussing his take on the recent formation of the Congress of the People (COPE) and its prospects for success. Ajulu's message is significant for two reaso [...]	2008-11-19 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2546	ZIMBABWE FEATURED AT SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET MEETING [...] On November 19, 2008 the South African Government's (SAG) cabinet discussed Zimbabwe and other issues. The SAG released a statement on November 20. Text related to Zimbabwe follows: 2. Begin text: Cabinet is extremely concerned about the political impasse that is creating a humanitarian c [...]	2008-11-20 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2556	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-11-24 12:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2560	SOUTH AFRICA STUDIES TRADE POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is preparing a policy document to set forth the basic goals and objectives of South African trade policy. The document will be completed by mid-2009 and then approved by the cabinet. The exercise is being driven by Deputy [...]	2008-11-24 13:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2573	JUDICIAL WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CASE [...] (U) Summary: More than 200 South African regional magistrates attended a USG-funded IPR workshop near Johannesburg on November 13-15. The workshop follows earlier USG-funded programs on the investigation and prosecution of IPR offenses. These programs have enhanced the capacity of South Af [...]	2008-11-25 13:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR SF
08PRETORIA2576	ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...]	2008-11-25 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2586	RIO TINTO TAKES A PAUSE FOR BREATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rio Tinto's Africa Office in Johannesburg told Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist that Rio Tinto was well positioned to withstand the current global commodity downturn given its long-term reserves, technological expertise, and exploration prowess. They were bullish on doing [...]	2008-11-26 14:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2605	COURT HEARS STATE'S APPEAL OF ZUMA DECISION, WILL [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Appeal on November 28 reserved judgment until January 12 in the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) appeal against a high court ruling that halted the prosecution of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma. The atmosphere outside the court was reporte [...]	2008-11-28 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2612	NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES BRIGITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Public Enterprises Brigitte Mabandla brings little technical experience to her new position as government point-person for a diverse, troubled portfolio of state-owned enterprises. There is a high probability for delay in state power utility Eskom's capital expan [...]	2008-12-01 09:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECPS ELTN ENRG PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2617	SOUTH AFRICA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS [...] (C) Summary: South Africa is one of the few African countries that not only provides public funding of political parties, but also regulates and monitors those expenditures. However, public funding is not sufficient to run most larger political parties, especially during the run-up to election [...]	2008-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM SF TW
08PRETORIA2623	ANIMOSITY BETWEEN ZUMA, LEKOTA MAKE RETURN OR [...] (C) Personal animosity between African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma and Congress of the People (COPE) leader and former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is emblematic of the divisiveness that has created the split of the ruling party and could inhibit cooperation down the road. [...]	2008-12-02 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2624	COPE LEADER MOSIUOA LEKOTA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota discussed his party's campaign platform, the broader politics surrounding the election next year, and his party's prospects for success at a lunch with Ambassador Bost, the DCM, Polcouns, and Poloff on December 2. Lekota said his party i [...]	2008-12-02 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2628	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, November 2008, Volume 3, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- US EMBASSY AND UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA INAUGURATE U.S. SCIENCE R [...]	2008-12-03 14:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2641	WHY CALLS FOR AN ARMS INQUIRY MAY GO UNHEARD [...] (C) Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk on December 2 delivered a letter to President Kgalema Motlanthe asking the South African leader to institute an independent and public judicial commission of inquiry into the controversial 1998 arms deal. Their decision to present a letter fol [...]	2008-12-04 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2643	CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] Summary: An outbreak of cholera has been reported in South Africa. This is a result of cholera cases crossing the Zimbabwean border into the South African town of Musina in the Limpopo province and slowly spreading throughout the country. South African Government spokesperson Themba Maseko said [...]	2008-12-05 07:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMGT AMED KSTH KSCA SENV SF ZI
08PRETORIA2649	AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit discussed the challenges of job security, pleasing new policymakers, and crafting effective policies in a meeting with Poloff on December 4. Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination and Advisory Services for the Presidency Vusi Gu [...]	2008-12-05 14:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2650	STRONG INDICATION OF MBEKI INVOLVEMENT IN COPE [...] (S//NF) Former President Thabo Mbeki reportedly had a hand in drafting a six-page policy document for the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) and has influence in how COPE is drafting a foreign policy vision, according to prominent University of South Africa professor Dirk Kotze. Kotze [...]	2008-12-05 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2653	IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S CONTINUED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08PRETORIA2654	ESKOM POSTPONES NEW NUCLEAR BUILD PLANS [...] (SBU) Eskom announced its decision to postpone the development of a second nuclear power plant. The local press reports that a fleet of nuclear power stations, rather than a single one, will probably be built in partnership with suppliers, bringing down the total unit cost. A task team will [...]	2008-12-06 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2665	FIRMS INCH CLOSER TO ACQUIRING LICENSES TO DEVELOP NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S.-based DBI Broadband provided an update on positive developments in the drawn-out, South African value-added network services (VANS) license conversion process on November 28. Minister of Communications Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri finally conceded and announced that she would [...]	2008-12-08 11:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP USTR SF
08PRETORIA2666	CISCO ADDRESSES ICT SKILLS SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA ONE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM),Commercial Counselor, Economic Counselor and ICT Officer attended the graduation of the inaugural class of Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program on November 28. The DCM provided the key-note address at the graduation ceremony. Cisco executives outlined [...]	2008-12-09 05:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI TINT USTR SF CH
08PRETORIA2677	ZIMBABWEAN EXODUS STRAINS SAG BORDER RESOURCES [...] On December 5-6, U.S. and U.K poloffs together with senior CDC and DFID officers traveled to Musina, near the Zimbabwe border. The trip aimed to take stock of growing migrant flows, observe the SAG's capacity to process and protect vulnerable migrants, and assess SAG efforts to contain a rec [...]	2008-12-10 10:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2689	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 18-22 VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, just three months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President under pressure from the [...]	2008-12-10 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA269	SOUTH AFRICA ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS, [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, January 2008, Volume 3, Issue 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- HI-TECH PRAWN FACILITY OPENED IN SA -- SA TO ROLL-OUT GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS -- PO [...]	2008-02-08 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2691	FOLLOW-UP ON AFRICAN UNION SOMALIA FORCE [...] (SBU) On December 9, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director of East Africa division Graham Maitland to discuss the USG's willingness to provide logistical, training and equipment support to military units that are committed by South Africa to deploy to the African U [...]	2008-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SO AU ZU SF
08PRETORIA2707	READOUT OF MADAGASCAR AND MOZAMBIQUE BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] SUMMARY: From August 20 - 27, 2008, Dr. C.S. Prakash, Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics, Tuskegee University, and Dr. Martin Lema, Advisor to the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture and Professor of Biotechnology, Quilmes University, travelled to Madagascar and Mozambique to lead two agricul [...]	2008-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
08PRETORIA2709	LEKOTA'S ASSISTANT TALKS PARTY LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Mosiuoa Lekota's personal assistant, Dr. Tseliso Phomane, talked with Poloff about the Congress of the People's (COPE) leadership situation and logistics ahead of the party's manifesto conference on December 13. Phomane was confident that Lekota would emerge as the party's leader followi [...]	2008-12-12 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA271	TELECOMMUNICATION LIBERALIZATION MOVING AT A [...] (SBU) Summary. ICT Officer met with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) officials to discuss implementation of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). Market analysis, licensing, and spectrum management were identified as the main focus for implementation. ICASA ex [...]	2008-02-11 05:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD USTR SF
08PRETORIA2714	DEMARCHE DELIVERY: ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials and diamond industry leaders on illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe. Although this activity threatens the local diamond industry, it appears the South African Government (SAG) has tak [...]	2008-12-15 15:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC EMIN ZI SF
08PRETORIA2715	THE END OF THE ANC INTELLECTUAL? [...] (C) The ascendancy of African National Congress (ANC) leaders such as Julius Malema, routinely described as "uneducated" and "unpolished" by South Africans across the socio-economic spectrum is raising questions about the future of the ruling party as a place of ideas. The ANC still holds po [...]	2008-12-15 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2716	SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]	2008-12-15 16:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2718	MAURITANIAN DELEGATION IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, 2008 Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime met with the National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) delegation from Mauritania led by National Assembly Speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir. Boulkheir explained the urgent need for action against the military junta [...]	2008-12-17 10:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR AU SF
08PRETORIA2730	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-12-18 09:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2732	SISHEN IRON REFUSES A PAUSE - EXPANSION ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore Mine at Sishen in the Northern Cape Province is gigantic by any scale, boasting a 12.5 kilometer-long open pit. Sishen produces 30 million tons per year, transported by dedicated rail to the Atlantic port at Saldanha (Reftel C). Most of the tonnag [...]	2008-12-18 12:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA2733	HOTAZEL MANGANESE - BIG RESERVES BUT GLOOMY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Northern Cape Province possesses significant iron ore (septel) and a remarkable 80 percent of the world's manganese reserves. Like iron ore, manganese is a necessary input to steel-making, but it is used in small quantities, making it vulnerable to the current gl [...]	2008-12-18 13:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA2735	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 50 basis points to 11.5 percent, on December 12, 2008. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation and weakening domestic and international [...]	2008-12-18 14:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
08PRETORIA2736	COPE, ANC SQUARE OFF ON RECONCILIATION DAY IN [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) and the African National Congress (ANC) held events on December 16 in Bloemfontein that indicate where South Africa is headed ahead of the election next year and beyond. COPE's December 13-16 inaugural conference ended on December 16 with the election of [...]	2008-12-18 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2742	SOUTH AFRICA'S VIEWS ON UN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS IN POLAND [...] Summary. EST officer and EST Assistant met with South Africa Climate Change officials on December 18, 2008. Atmospherics were cordial. The South Africans expressed minimal satisfaction with the Poznan talks, noting that progress towards long-term resolutions would have to be reached by June [...]	2008-12-19 12:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SF SENV
08PRETORIA2754	SAA ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN DESPITE GLOBAL DOWNTURN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways (SAA) recently announced network expansion plans amidst a global downturn in tourism. The airline is expected to complete a two-year restructuring program in March 2009, which would allow it to increase service and implement a strategy to create hubs in Jo [...]	2008-12-24 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA2763	MOTLANTHE MAKES SOLID FIRST CHOICE FOR [...] (C) President Kgalema Motlanthe is drawing praise from the media and community activists for his appointment of Edwin Cameron to the Constitutional Court, South Africa's highest court. Motlanthe finalized the appointment last week and will have the opportunity to confirm four more justices i [...]	2008-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2764	BIOS FOR COPE'S NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The newly elected leaders of the Congress of the People (COPE) bring a wide range of experiences to their positions within South Africa's newest opposition party. With the exception of Deputy President Lynda Odendaal, a political novice who was seemingly chosen out of "nowhere," most of t [...]	2008-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2773	PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT DEALS WITH FUTURE, PAST [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit are working on a host of projects that offer insight into the clash of ideas the South African Government is currently dealing with. The President's Policy Unit, which is the most prestigious and important decision-making body for the g [...]	2008-12-31 08:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA279	GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL [...] (U) Summary: During his January 25 visit to Pretoria, Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul emphasized that PEPFAR represents a transformation in donor aid from a donor/recipient mode to an equal partnership with host countries. He also highlighted the importance of prevention, part [...]	2008-02-11 13:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV PREL SF SOCI
08PRETORIA280	GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL [...] (U) Summary: During his January 25 visit to Pretoria, Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul emphasized that PEPFAR represents a transformation in donor aid from a donor/recipient mode to an equal partnership with host countries. He also highlighted the importance of prevention, part [...]	2008-02-11 13:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV PREL SF SOCI
08PRETORIA306	NQAKULA FORMALLY PROPOSES FOLDING SCORPIONS INTO [...] (U) Minister for Safety and Security Charles Nqakula proposed before the National Assembly on February 12 that the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Directorate of Special Operations, popularly known as the "Scorpions," and the South African Police Service's (SAPS) Organised Crime Unit be [...]	2008-02-13 15:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KCRM SF
08PRETORIA315	POWER CRUNCH MAJOR CONCERN AT ANNUAL MINING INDABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The nadir of South Africa's electricity crisis may have passed - when mines were shut-down for lack of electricity guarantees (Ref C),but electricity supply problems will persist for the next four-five years until significant coal-fired power plants come on line. In the interi [...]	2008-02-14 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP AMGT SF
08PRETORIA323	DEFUELING THE DRC RESEARCH REACTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 11:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG PREL AORC KNNP IAEA CG SF
08PRETORIA327	NOTIFICATION RE AUTHORIZATION TO ENGAGE NRO [...] (SBU) DCM provided reftel notification to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director General Abdul Minty by telephone at 21:50 local (14:50 EST) on 14 February. Minty had no substantive reaction, but expressed appreciation for the information and noted he had seen the CNN coverage of [...]	2008-02-15 14:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PREL MARR SF
08PRETORIA328	SA - THE BAD BOYS OF THE EU EPA NEGOTIATIONS? [...] (C) Summary. South Africa is refusing to enter into the European Union - Southern African Development Community's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),even though all four other Southern African Customs Union countries have initialed the interim EPA. While South Africa blames EU negotiating [...]	2008-02-15 14:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD SF
08PRETORIA330	ZUMA CONTINUES TO FIGHT CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. ANC President (and national presidential hopeful) Jacob Zuma is pulling out all stops in his effort to avoid prosecution for corruption, filing two cases with the Constitutional Court and personally traveling to Mauritius to try to block the handover of documents to South African [...]	2008-02-15 15:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA342	NEW ANC LEADERSHIP NOT NECESSARILY MORE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite media portrayals of a newly-elected "left-leaning" ANC, the new National Executive Committee (NEC) is no more left-leaning than the previous one under Mbeki's ANC presidency, according to Neva Makgetla, an economic advisor in the presidency, and Michael Sachs, one of Fina [...]	2008-02-20 09:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
08PRETORIA348	MDC TREASURER BENNETT SAYS PARTY WILL "SHOCK THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer Roy Bennett claimed that support for the MDC is growing and that the party will "shock the world" in the March 29 presidential and parliamentary elections. Bennett says he has raised "significant" funds for the party in recent weeks [...]	2008-02-21 09:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA351	OIL AND GAS PATCH FEELS THE BLUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil/gas industry players and observers in South Africa criticize what they perceive as the SAG's arbitrary "taking" of pre-existing rights under exploration and production contracts. However, most are not prepared to "walk", having made significant investment, and are therefore [...]	2008-02-21 13:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN SENV AMGT SF
08PRETORIA352	NOTIFICATION RE ENGAGEMENT OF NRO SATELLITE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 13:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PREL MARR SF
08PRETORIA375	ANGLICAN CHURCH AND IDASA TO SEND 'UNOFFICIAL' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Anglican Church and South African think-tank Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) will send unofficial observers to monitor the March 29 Zimbabwean elections. The Church will send an initial team of 10 trained observers to assess the election environment, fol [...]	2008-02-25 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA38	MDC'S BENNETT HOPEFUL ON ANC CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MDC is hopeful that the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President will lead to changes in South Africa's policy toward Zimbabwe, according to MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai recently met with South African Community Party (SACP) leader Blade Nzimande, a [...]	2008-01-08 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PREL SF ZI

08PRETORIA381	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA386	SALDANHA: RED AND GREEN PORT MOVES IRON ORE AND CRUDE OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Saldanha Port processes increasing quantities of bulk commodities iron ore and crude oil, aiming to build up its volumes through a significant expansion, given demand for iron ore in China and elsewhere. Development in and around the Western Cape Saldanha Port h [...]	2008-02-26 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ENRG EPET EMIN ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA4	BIOTECH OUTREACH ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Summary: From September 15-28, 2007, FAS/Pretoria hosted Thomas C. Nesbitt, Outreach and Communications Specialist/Biotechnology Regulatory Service(BRS)/ Animal Plant Health Inspection Service(APHIS)/USDA to undertake biotechnology outreach activities funded by the Department of State's Bu [...]	2008-01-02 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA407	SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO FORMIN DLAMINI-ZUMA ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 09:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IR SF
08PRETORIA418	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 16:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA419	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA420	SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSSING UNSCR ON FDLR [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Director, United Nations (Political) Directorate Simon Cardy told PolOff February 28 that South Africa is discussing internally the idea of a UNSCR on the FDLR (ref A). The French Embassy delivered a demarche on the same issue February 27, and provided [...]	2008-02-29 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CG RW SF
08PRETORIA421	DEMARCHE ON SOMALI PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SO SF
08PRETORIA428	SOUTH AFRICA OUTLINES NEW BURUNDI PEACE PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 22-23 South African Government (SAG)-sponsored seminar, Facilitator Charles Nqakula and Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined SAG plans to reinvigorate its Burundi mediation through creation of a "Political Directorate" that would include the Government of Buru [...]	2008-02-29 17:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA440	WESTINGHOUSE STILL IN THE GAME AFTER SARKOZY SPLASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French President Nicholas Sarkozy led a senior commercial delegation on his state visit to South Africa February 28-29. He succeeded in catalyzing a media campaign of announcements of French cooperation and deals focused on the troubled energy sector, thereby seeking to advanc [...]	2008-03-04 10:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP PREL KNNP SF FR
08PRETORIA448	VAN ECK SAYS FNL-SAG TIES IMPROVED, PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Relations between the South African Facilitation and the Burundi rebel movement the Palipehutu-FNL are improved, albeit fragile, according to South African-based Burundi analyst and informal FNL advisor Jan van Eck. Although the FNL is the only rebel group outside the peace proc [...]	2008-03-05 09:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SF BY
08PRETORIA454	SADC-PF DENIED ACCREDIDATION TO OBSERVE ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Government of Zimbabwe has refused to accredit the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) as observers for the March 29 Zimbabwe elections. In an 04 March letter to Pretoria-based regional USAID Director, SADC-PF Secretary General Kasuka Mutukwa reported that the Government of Zimbabwe [...]	2008-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA455	NUCLEAR JSCNEC MEETING POSTPONED AGAIN - HOPE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Chief Director: Nuclear informed Embassy that the bilateral Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC) planned for June in South Africa would unfortunately have to be postponed because of the overwhelming distrac [...]	2008-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP SF
08PRETORIA468	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In yet another blow to the embattled Directorate of Special Operations, also known as the Scorpions, the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) has released a report that criticizes the Scorpions for intelligence gathering, among other things, and for puttin [...]	2008-03-07 08:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM SF
08PRETORIA475	MAMABOLO SAYS FNL AND GOB ON BOARD WITH PEACE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Burundi (GOB) and the Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) fully endorse the South African "Programme of Action" to conclude the FNL peace process in 2008, according to DFA Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo, who just returned from meetings in Dar es Salaam and Buju [...]	2008-03-07 13:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA482	ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICA TO SEND 50 [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy approximately 50 election observers to Zimbabwe as part of the SADC delegation. Angola, as chair of the SADC Troika, will lead the SADC delegation, which the South African Government hopes will include at least 100 regional observers. Ambassador Kingsle [...]	2008-03-07 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA483	RESULTS FOR FY 2007 SOUTH AFRICA AMBASSADOR'S [...] Per reftel request, U.S. Mission to South Africa implemented ten Special Self Help (SSH) projects during FY 2007. Following are the results for these projects: Total number of people benefited from SSH projects: 3,380 Of total, number of women: 945 Of total, number of men: 480 Of total, [...]	2008-03-07 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SF
08PRETORIA504	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT: A SOUTH AFRICA VIEW [...] Summary. According to Stellenbosch University's Centre for Chinese Studies Executive Director Martyn Davies, while the Western world views Africa as a "development burden", China sees Africa as a "commercial opportunity", which has focused China's strategy in developing a parallel market for [...]	2008-03-11 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN CH SF
08PRETORIA505	SOUTH AFRICA'S BLACK MIDDLE CLASS: GROWING FAST, [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's black middle class is growing rapidly, but definitions of "middle class" vary widely and the group may be smaller than many assume. Middle class blacks support the economic policies of Thabo Mbeki and have a strong attachment to the ANC. However, they are not [...]	2008-03-11 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SF
08PRETORIA516	SARKOZY AND MBEKI DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST, G-8 [...] (C) During their February 28 meeting in Cape Town, French President Sarkozy and South African President Mbeki discussed the Iranian nuclear issue, the Middle East peace process, the situation in Darfur, and the "democratization" of international institutions, specifically the expansion of the [...]	2008-03-12 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF FR
08PRETORIA520	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY SENATOR RICHARD [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]	2008-03-13 10:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA527	ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]	2008-03-13 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA548	SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS FINAL PEACE EFFORT IN COMOROS [...] (C) South Africa is involved in "one final effort" to resolve the Anjouan issue peacefully, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Chief Director Graham Maitland. Maitland confirmed to PolOff March 14 that South Africa had received a letter from Anjouan's Colonel Bacar promising to hold e [...]	2008-03-14 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SF CN FR
08PRETORIA565	Gold's Glitter is Fading in South Africa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African gold mining industry has not been able to fully capitalize on record gold prices during 2007-2008. Gold mining was disrupted by a number of events, which have cost millions of dollars in lost production and export revenues. First, a power crisis came to a head [...]	2008-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
08PRETORIA576	ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT TO BE 'DEPLOYED' TO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) decided on 17 March to "deploy" ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to government in order to smooth the transition from current national President Thabo Mbeki to the next administration, which presumably will be led by new ANC President Ja [...]	2008-03-19 12:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SF
08PRETORIA584	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSMAN BARNEY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]	2008-03-19 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF GH CV
08PRETORIA585	IMPALA PLATINUM ON DOING BUSINESS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Impala Platinum (Implats) Executive Director Les Paton told Energy Officer and Specialist on March 18 that Implats remains confident that they can continue successfully mining platinum in the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe via Zimplats (86.9 percent held by Implats, headquartered in Joha [...]	2008-03-19 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET PGOV ZI SF
08PRETORIA589	SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. India and South Africa have made major inroads in re-establishing ties and strengthening economic relations since 1995. Trade statistics, the number of joint ventures and the amount of foreign direct investment are all indicative of the rapid growth in economic relations, espe [...]	2008-03-20 08:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV IN SF
08PRETORIA604	(S/NF) MASIYIWA PREDICTS MDC VICTORY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will win the March 29 election, predicted respected Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa (strictly protect). The only question is the extent of ZANU-PF rigging and whether this might force a second round presidential poll. Masiyiwa downplayed th [...]	2008-03-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA605	KZN ANC COMING TO TERMS WITH ZUMA'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 15:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA606	SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVER HEAD SAYS SADC IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The goal of the SADC election observation delegation is to "assist the Zimbabweans" to ensure the holding of "credible elections," according to the head of the South African component of the SADC delegation, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo. In press briefings on March 13 and 19, Mamabolo s [...]	2008-03-20 15:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA609	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-03-25 09:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA610	KZN ANC COMING TO TERMS WITH ZUMA'S TRIAL BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the top three political parties in KwaZulu-Natal province, ANC President Jacob Zuma's stronghold, shared conflicting opinions with PolOff and Durban PolAsst on Zuma's performance thus far as ANC President and his future. Like other opposition parties, the Inkatha Freed [...]	2008-03-25 10:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA633	FEW ZIMBABWEANS RETURNING HOME TO VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Only a small number of Zimbabweans living in South Africa will return to Zimbabwe to vote in the March 29 election, according to Mathula Lusinga, a Zimbabwean exile community activist and head of a DFID-funded project on diaspora voting. The reasons vary: many Zimbabweans live [...]	2008-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA639	HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TAKE WAIT AND SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 27 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held its last Interagency Contingency Planning meeting on Zimbabwe before the 29 March election. Everyone in the room agreed that a spontaneous mass exodus of Zimbabweans into neighboring countries is the least likel [...]	2008-03-28 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ZI SF EAID
08PRETORIA640	IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Deputy Economic Counselor to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director (UNSC) Simon Cardy on March 28. 2. (C) Cardy said that the content of UNSCR 1803 would be notified to concerned South African government departments (including the Natio [...]	2008-03-28 11:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV SF
08PRETORIA642	MASIYIWA ALLY LOBBYING ZUMA TO BE TOUGH ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma reportedly said that the ANC is "fed up" with President Mugabe, according to Embassy contact and Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa told Ambassador McGee (speaking by conference call),PolCounselor and PolOff that one of M [...]	2008-03-28 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA643	CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES [...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...]	2008-03-28 13:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SF ZI
08PRETORIA644	XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past month, South Africa has experienced a spate of violent attacks against foreigners, especially Zimbabweans living in informal settlements just outside the capitol city of Pretoria. Xenophobia is not new to South Africa, but has been growing over the past couple of ye [...]	2008-03-28 15:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA66	MBEKI AVOIDS FIRST ANC NEC MEETING; ZUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its first meeting since newly-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma's victory at Polokwane, the new ANC National Executive Committee elected a National Working Committee comprised almost entirely of core Zuma supporters that collectively are more leftist and less experienced than [...]	2008-01-11 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
08PRETORIA666	SOUTH AFRICA WATCHING ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS CLOSELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 15:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA677	SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS AND THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: South African banks have implemented extensive money-laundering controls since the Financial Intelligence Centre Act was passed in 2001. The major banks now employ large anti-money-laundering staffs and use sophisticated software to identify suspicious transactions. They also f [...]	2008-04-02 06:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SF
08PRETORIA724	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-04-07 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA727	ZUMA ADVISOR APPEARS AT A LOSS REGARDING ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 7 April Mo Shaik, one of ANC President Jacob Zuma's advisors, met with PolOff to discuss current thinking within the Zuma camp regarding the Zimbabwe crisis. Contrary to media hype surrounding Jacob Zuma's meeting with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on 7 April, Shaik portrayed th [...]	2008-04-08 12:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA729	ZUMA ADVISOR TRIES TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS ON [...] (C) On 08 April, ANC President Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that the international community should not expect ANC President Jacob Zuma to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis. When PolOff mentioned that the extensive media coverage surrounding MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 07 April meeting with [...]	2008-04-08 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF
08PRETORIA73	FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. Post delivered results of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) to South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) officials on January 7, 2008 (reftel). Economic Counselor used the opportunity to discuss continued civil aviation cooperation including logistics f [...]	2008-01-14 11:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA737	GAUTRAIN CEO PROVIDES UPDATE ON ITS RAPID RAIL PROJECT [...] (U) Summary. Gautrain CEO Jack van der Merwe outlined strategic objectives and current project developments for the Gauteng Province's new rapid rail project at the National Press Club on April 1, 2008. Van der Merwe expected the first-phase of the project to be completed in time for the 2010 [...]	2008-04-09 11:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELTN EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA739	POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON IN WORKS FOR ZUMA [...] (C) During reftel discussion on 08 April, Mo Shaik received a phone call from SAG Ambassador to the U.S. Welile Nhlapo while sitting with PolOff. He told Ambassador Nhlapo, whom he called "Comrade Willie," that he understood Nhlapo would be the point man for the "issue." Later on in their co [...]	2008-04-09 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS SF
08PRETORIA740	SAG OFFICIAL FAVORS TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) DFA's Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, who headed South Africa's SADC election observation team in Zimbabwe, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 08 April about the current Zimbabwe crisis. He started the conversation with the admission that "it looks bad [...]	2008-04-09 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA744	AUSTRALIAN ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Acting Australian High Commissioner Jane Lambert (protect) on 08 April called PolOff to share the points she planned to make to her Foreign Minister, who was expected to call later that afternoon for a Zimbabwe update. Lambert said she would emphasize that her contact within the MDC told [...]	2008-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA756	Explosive Growth of Dual TB-HIV Infection in South Africa [...] (U) Summary: South Africa (SA) is experiencing explosive twin epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). The HIV epidemic in SA is fuelling the rise of an exploding TB epidemic since individuals infected with HIV are much more susceptible to TB and other serious infections. Poor diagnosi [...]	2008-04-10 13:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08PRETORIA758	ESKOM/SAG IMPROVISE RATHER THAN STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa continues to grapple with its short- and long-term power crunch as it approaches three months from its January 24 nadir when state power supplier Eskom cut off electricity to mines and large industrial consumers. Eskom is implementing rationing plans and imposing sc [...]	2008-04-10 13:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA768	MAKONI ALLEGEDLY BEING APPROACHED BY BOTH MDC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean businessman and publisher Trevor Ncube on 10 April told PolOff that presidential candidate Simba Makoni is being approached by both the MDC and some members of both ZANU-PF and the security services to join their camps, but did not reveal in [...]	2008-04-11 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA77	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]	2008-01-15 08:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA771	ZUMA WARNS OF CRISIS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On 10 April, ANC President Jacob Zuma addressed the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual dinner. While not the focus of his remarks, Zuma specifically took up the issue of Zimbabwe. Laughing incredulously at one point, he said "all things we never thought of are happening in Z [...]	2008-04-11 15:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SF ZI
08PRETORIA774	SOUTH AFRICA-RUSSIAN TRADE: ROOM FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Russia and South Africa have identified each other as important emerging economies, but bilateral trade flows remain minimal. Foreign direct investment between the two countries lingers behind South Africa's other major economic partners. South Africa has shifted its trade di [...]	2008-04-14 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV RS SF
08PRETORIA775	BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) DFA Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Kingsley Mamabolo, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 8 April about Burundi's stalled peace process. Only a month ago, Mamabolo was upbeat about negotiations, believing the FNL was serious about the peace process (reftel). Mamabolo now a [...]	2008-04-14 12:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA781	DE BEERS - REFORMED EX-MONOPOLIST AS MARKET LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: De Beers remains committed to South Africa, even as the former diamond cartel company has adopted significant strategic changes and has rationalized its business in South Africa. The diamond company's processing and marketing headquarters is situated in its historical capital [...]	2008-04-14 14:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET EINV SF
08PRETORIA782	NO NEW FUNDING FOR SOUTH AFRICA/CONGO BINATIONAL [...] (U) Amid concerns that South Africa has not lived up to its promises to fund projects agreed to during past binational commissions, President Mbeki on 2-3 April hosted Congolese President Kabila in Pretoria for the 5th South Africa-DRC Bi-National Commission. Press reports note that the two c [...]	2008-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SF CG
08PRETORIA787	ZIMBABWE NEXT STEPS: INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On 10 April, PolOff attended a conference entitled, "Building International Consensus on Zimbabwe," during which diplomats, academics, and Zimbabwean civil society members shared similar interpretations of the 29 March election, but differed on a way forward. While everyone agr [...]	2008-04-15 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA799	FNL FEELS SHUT OUT [...] (C) On 10 April, FNL-insider Jan Van Eck expressed concern to PolOff about stalled negotiations between the FNL rebels, the SAG, and the GoB, describing the entire Burundi facilitiation process as "hostile." Van Eck, who said he talks to the FNL by phone almost everyday, said that the good wi [...]	2008-04-15 16:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA812	MDC UNDECIDED ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC advisor Kathi Walters (strictly protect) told PolOff on 15 April that MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai is still in Johannesburg, having received death threats. She does not believe Tsvangirai is afraid to go back, but could not say if or when he was going to return. Today, Tsvan [...]	2008-04-16 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA820	AMBASSADOR REQUEST TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN [...] (C) As you may be aware, there is currently a Chinese vessel outside the port of Durban carrying six containers of small arms ammunition, mortar ammunition, and mortar tubes. The containers are consigned to the Zimbabwean Air Force. I understand that technically the shipment is legal. Accordi [...]	2008-04-17 15:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA821	EUROPE COURTS ZUMA [...] (C) According to press reports, ANC President Jacob Zuma will travel to London, Paris, and Berlin during the last week of April. A French diplomat told PolOff on 11 April that Zuma was originally invited to France by the French equivalent of South Africa's Business Council, but will now also [...]	2008-04-18 05:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF UK DE
08PRETORIA840	PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR R&D [...] Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. The Embassy has received diplomatic note FA3/D8 dated April 17, 2008 from the DFA with a proposed change to one paragraph in the IP Annex for the draft US - SA Agreement on Cooperation in R&D in Nuclear Energy. The text of the diplomatic note is as follo [...]	2008-04-21 13:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL SF
08PRETORIA859	SOUTH AFRICA WRITES OFF CUBA'S DEBT [...] (C) Summary. The South African government has written off nearly one billion rand (about $130 million) of Cuban debt. The government does not believe that Cuba is able to meet its obligation in the foreseeable future. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) pressed Cabine [...]	2008-04-23 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN CU SF
08PRETORIA906	AFRICA ELECTRICITY CONGRESS - LIGHTING THE DARK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power supplier Eskom and the South African Energy Minister used the recent Africa Power & Electricity Congress as yet another opportunity to highlight plans to augment demand side management and increase energy efficiency as short term methods to address the South African [...]	2008-04-30 09:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA908	SOUTH AFRICA-BRAZIL TRADE: THE WEAKEST LINK IN [...] (U) Summary. Brazil and South Africa's economic relations, although growing, are still comparatively small. South Africa and Brazil have already formed the trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Forum, established closer trade ties through the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)-Merc [...]	2008-04-30 11:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV BR SF
08PRETORIA921	MDC LEADERSHIP GROWING DISCONNECTED FROM HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Advisor Kathi Walther (protect) on 30 April revealed to PolOff that the Johannesburg-based MDC leadership does not have a concrete plan for moving ahead, is growing alienated from MDC members in Harare, and is suffering from serious cash flow problems. The MDC leadership beli [...]	2008-05-02 10:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA934	OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey briefed the Pretoria contact group on April 25 on OECD Enhanced Engagement with South Africa, one of five designated target countries with the possibility of leading ultimately to membership. South Africa has expressed strong interest [...]	2008-05-05 10:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	OECD ECON EINV PREL SF
08PRETORIA937	DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16, [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...]	2008-05-05 12:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE
08PRETORIA950	MISSION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 15:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA951	SAG SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) PolOff received identical readouts from Swedish and Irish diplomats who visited DFA Director: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania Edward Xolisa Makaya separately on 06 May regarding the SAG's current position on Zimbabwe. Both diplomats said that they were told that the SA [...]	2008-05-06 16:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA972	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-05-08 08:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA982	SAG PREPARES ELECTRICITY SUMMIT AS WAY OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. There are big hopes for the South African Government/ANC-convened electricity summit of stake-holders on May 16. Hoped-for outcomes include high-level leadership and consensus on the way forward out of the power crisis, including consensus on power tariffs and the use of load [...]	2008-05-09 08:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA983	PEER REVIEW MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ross Herbert met with PolOffs to discuss his new book, "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Lessons from the Pioneers," which examines APRM's pitfalls and yet to be unleashed potential, nearly six years after its formal adoption. The APRM's intent of fostering good gover [...]	2008-05-09 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AU SF
08PRETORIA997	MDC LEADERSHIP DELAYS RETURN TO HARARE AMIDST [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's return to Harare will now be delayed until at least Sunday 11 May due to increased security concerns for not only Tsvangirai, but also MDC Spokesperson Tendai Biti. At least one SAG official, however, doubts that Tsvangirai will return anytime soon [...]	2008-05-09 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA998	Alarming AIDS Statistics, But Are They Valid? [...] (U) Summary: South African media reported on Sunday May 4 that new HIV statistics attributed to the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) revealed that 2 million more South Africans are HIV-infected than present estimates show. The report also claimed that these statistics are more reliabl [...]	2008-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08RABAT469	GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO
08RABAT651	MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...]	2008-07-14 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO
08SANTIAGO850	CHILE RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaime Acuna, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs, and Olivia Cook, Third Secretary, of the same office, on September 16. Chile agreed that, in principle, individual countries should not be allowed to block country-specific state [...]	2008-09-17 16:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CI IN SF
08SOFIA27	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON SYRIAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 15:51:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN
08STATE104948	A/S FRAZER'S SEPT 21 MEETING WITH TANZANIAN PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (C) SUMMARY. AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi E. Frazer met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on September 21 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kikwete called South African President Thabo Mbeki,s resignation unfortunate and said he expects the Vice President [...]	2008-10-01 18:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TZ SF ZI RW CG
08STATE105880	A/S JENDAYI E. FRAZER,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: A/S Jendayi E. Frazer met with Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Gadio September 25 on the margins of UNGA. They discussed South African President Mbeki,s resignation, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Senegal,s relationship with Iran, and the state of Senegal,s democratic institutions. END SUM [...]	2008-10-03 13:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR SF SG SU ZI
08STATE109819	IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S CONTINUED INTEREST IN PROCURING VACUUM FURNACE FROM SOUTH AFRICA (S) [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 19:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08STATE123126	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on application 050115687 for the export of accelerometers to South Africa. Post is requested to complete [...]	2008-11-20 13:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF GM
08STATE18379	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO SF
08STATE19686	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050031210 for the export of defense hardware to Singapore. Posts are request [...]	2008-02-27 16:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC SF SN KOMC
08STATE27603	WTO DEMARCHE REQUEST - U.S./EC TEXTILES, APPAREL, [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Action Request: In coordination with European Commission representation, Post is requested to approach host government at the Econ Counselor or other appropriate level and seek co-sponsorship of a joint U.S./ European Communities (EC) propo [...]	2008-03-17 15:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON SF
08STATE53303	IRANIAN COMPANY INTEREST IN PROCURING VACUUM [...] This is an action request. Embassy Pretoria, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that as of mid-February 2008, Iran-based Sabalan Company was provided with technical specifications for a possible South African-origin VGT-1200-1200 high temperature vacuum f [...]	2008-05-19 20:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08STATE54685	TRAVEL ALERT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] This Travel Alert advises American citizens of an increase in violent attacks on foreigners, particularly refugees or immigrants from other African nations. American citizens in South Africa are urged to monitor media reports and to avoid areas where attacks may be likely to occur. This Trav [...]	2008-05-22 02:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC SF
08STATE55618	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050101974 for the export of a Bell UH-1H helicopter to South Africa. Post is requested to co [...]	2008-05-23 18:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
08STATE62767	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) India has a longstanding position at the UN against the use of country-specific language in resolutions and it seems they are extending that position to statements issued by the Community of Democracies (C [...]	2008-06-11 13:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN ZI SF PO CA
08STATE67405	IRANIAN COMPANY EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that in July 2007, a company affiliated with Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) concluded a contract with the Iranian firm Taghtiran Kashan Company to purchase South African-origin [...]	2008-06-23 20:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08UNVIEVIENNA643	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY,S CAMPAIGN PITCH TO WEOG [...] (C) Meeting with Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Ambassadors, at his request, on December 1, South African Governor Abdul Minty fielded a wide range of pointed questions on Agency priorities as a prospective candidate for IAEA Director General. Minty informed WEOG members that his Mi [...]	2008-12-05 14:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM IAEA KNPP JA AR SF
08UNVIEVIENNA97	IAEA/BOG: AFRICA GROUP IN UPHEAVAL; SYRIA SEEKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Mission received an inexplicable dipnote from Syria requesting U.S. support for its candidacy on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. The Middle East South Asia group (MESA) is not expected to have a contested election requiring a [...]	2008-02-15 16:17:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PREL KNPP SY EG SF
08USUNNEWYORK361	MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON [...] (C) On the margins of the April 16 High Level Meeting of the UN Security Council on Africa (reported septel),South African (SAG) President Thabo Mbeki pulled aside Ambassador Khalilzad and asked him to convey a message to President Bush. Mbeki said he was concerned the President might think [...]	2008-04-17 19:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SF ZI
08USUNNEWYORK890	UN GENERAL DEBATE: VENEZUELA, ERITREA AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: In the final plenary session of the 63rd UNGA General Debate on September 29, speakers included: Ireland, Ethiopia, Belize, Nigeria, South Africa, Eritrea, Thailand, Canada, Cambodia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Belarus, Switzerland, Mauritius, Maldives, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of [...]	2008-09-30 22:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON AORC UNGA EI ET BH NI SF ER
09ABUJA2108	NIGERIA SEEKS TO REKINDLE ITS DILAPIDATED MINING SECTOR - [...] Nigeria is a leading hydrocarbon producer and has allowed its mineral sector to decline through an overdependence on oil and the relative neglect of its non-oil sectors. The GON now seeks to restore its mineral sector and to declare itself "open for business." It implemented new policy and l [...]	2009-11-23 06:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF NI
09ANTANANARIVO856	MADAGASCAR: SECURITY MINISTER STOPS POLITICIANS' RETURN [...] (SBU) The de facto GOM has clarified its intention to keep rival political leaders from returning to Madagascar after their summit in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel A and B). Minister of Internal Security Organes RAKOTOMIHANTARIZAKA issued a note on December 11 listing 25 individuals who were to b [...]	2009-12-14 14:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF

09ANTANANARIVO857	LETTER: FMR PRES RATSIRAKA TO SECRETARY CLINTON ON AGOA [...] (U) Below is the full text of a letter regarding AGOA from former Malagasy President Didier Ratsiraka to Secretary Clinton, delivered to Post by fax on December 12. The original fax, written in English, will be delivered via email to AF/E. [BEGIN TEXT] FROM: Mr. Didier Ratsiraka Forme [...]	2009-12-14 14:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO872	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maputo [...]	2009-12-21 18:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO874	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maput [...]	2009-12-22 04:46:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING118	PRC SCHOLARS SAY CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government has distanced itself from Zimbabwean President Mugabe but will not pressure him to step down unless the South African Development Community (SADC) or African Union (AU) calls for his resignation, Chinese scholars recently told PolOff. The scholars agreed t [...]	2009-01-15 08:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING198	CHINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR TALKS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: China supports the African Union (AU) position that continued negotiations offer the best way to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a Chinese diplomat. China also supports mediation efforts by South Africa and the South African Development Community (SADC) an [...]	2009-01-22 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING2670	SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH [...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...]	2009-09-17 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF
09BEIJING778	SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING870	CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...]	2009-04-01 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI
09BERLIN283	BLUE LANTERN REPONSE LICENSE 050115687: ASC SITE [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to Ref A, EconOff conducted a site visit to Advanced Sensors Calibration (ASC) GmbH. Based on this site visit, we assess that ASC is a reliable handler of United States Munitions List (USML) items. On March 3, EconOff met with ASC GmbH CEO Peter Bay at ASC's headquarter [...]	2009-03-11 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SF GM
09BERLIN344	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...]	2009-03-24 12:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH
09BERLIN418	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]	2009-04-08 13:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN485	MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU, IRAQ, OBAMA, TALIBAN, CIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico 3. Secretary Clinton in Baghdad 4. President Obama's First 100 Days 5. Pakistan's Fight against the Taliban 6. CIA/Rule of Law 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks 8. Turkish Reaction to Obama Remarks on Armenia 9. [...]	2009-04-27 13:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ PK SF IC
09BERLIN67	BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, after an initial investigation, we assess that ASC is a reliable recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. We will conduct a site visit on March 3, 2009 to complete this investigation. 2. (SBU) Ms. Renate Bay, ASC's Marketing and Customer Service Di [...]	2009-01-16 16:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SF GM
09BRASILIA605	IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR
09BRUSSELS788	EU PROPOSES JOINT DEMARCHE TO SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (C//NF) Summary and Guidance Request: On June 5, representatives of the Czech EU Presidency and the EU Council Secretariat's Directorate General for Defense Issues proposed a joint U.S.-EU demarche to inform the government of South Africa of our bilateral pilot project on geospatial intelli [...]	2009-06-05 15:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL EUN SF
09CAPETOWN102	FIRST SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 13:33:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN105	WESTERN CAPE PARLIAMENT ELECTS ZILLE AS PREMIER [...] (U) On May 6, at the same time that the first session of the National Parliament was taking place, so was the inaugural session of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. During the session Helen Zille was elected and sworn in as Premier of the Western Cape. 2. (U) Cape High Court judge Denni [...]	2009-05-08 06:01:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN110	WESTERN CAPE HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES THE WAY [...] (U) On May 14, Poloff and CG attended a dinner in honor of newly elected Western Cape Housing Minister, Bongi Madikizela. Madikizela, a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) is the only black member of the all male Western Cape Cabinet and is also the nephew of Winnie Mandela. Although he [...]	2009-05-15 15:09:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09CAPETOWN111	WHY THE ANC LOST THE WESTERN CAPE [...] (C) Summary. On May 14, Poloff met with Chris Nissen, who spearheaded the ANC,s political campaign in the Western Cape. Nissen discussed the ANC,s failure to win the Western Cape in the recent April 22 elections as well as the ANC,s plans for the future in both the City of Cape Town and the [...]	2009-05-15 15:10:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN128	GLOBAL CONDITIONS MORE LIKELY TO IMPACT SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary. The Port Elizabeth Regional Chamber of Commerce organized a briefing on April 21, to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis and the implications of a Jacob Zuma presidency on the country's economic policy. Keynote speaker Econometrix Chief Economist Dr. Azar Jammine not [...]	2009-05-27 14:48:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EIND ETRD ENRG PGOV SF
09CAPETOWN129	ZILLE SETS AGENDA, SOUNDS CONCILIATORY TONE, IN [...] (SBU) Summary: New Western Cape Premier Helen Zille laid out an ambitious policy agenda for the province in her May 29 speech that opened the provincial Parliament, noting that poverty alleviation, infrastructural development, and job creation will be the Democratic Alliance (DA) government's [...]	2009-05-29 14:49:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
09CAPETOWN136	ZUMA DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) On June 3, Charge and Cape Town Poloff attended President Jacob Zuma's first State of the Nation address to Parliament. Zuma's theme for the Address was "Parliament entrenching people-centered democracy in achieving development goals." The event, attended by former Presidents Nelson Mandel [...]	2009-06-04 06:16:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN137	ZUMA DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) On June 3, Charge and Cape Town Poloff attended President Jacob Zuma's first State of the Nation address to Parliament. Zuma's theme for the Address was "Parliament entrenching people-centered democracy in achieving development goals." The event, attended by former Presidents Nelson Mandel [...]	2009-06-04 06:17:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN138	ZUMA DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) On June 3, Charge and Cape Town Poloff attended President Jacob Zuma's first State of the Nation address to Parliament. Zuma's theme for the Address was "Parliament entrenching people-centered democracy in achieving development goals." The event, attended by former Presidents Nelson Mandel [...]	2009-06-04 06:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN145	STATE OF THE NATION DEBATE [...] (U) The State of the Nation Debate was concluded in Parliament on June 9, 2009 with President Zuma responding to the issues raised by the various opposition parties regarding his address last week. In his earlier State of the Nation Address Zuma placed emphasis on poverty alleviation, impro [...]	2009-06-10 14:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN148	N2 GATEWAY/JOE SLOVO EVICTION RULING [...] (U) Summary: On June 10, 2009 the Constitutional Court upheld an order of the Cape High Court whereby residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement would be evicted and moved to the more remote area of Delft in order to facilitate the building of houses as part of the N2 Gateway Project. The [...]	2009-06-17 06:42:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN15	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO SA ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff attended the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting where the recently-arrived Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev Steinberg, appeared to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza. In general, the proceedings [...]	2009-01-22 16:49:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IS GZ SF
09CAPETOWN152	DEBATE ON THE BUDGET VOTE OF THE PRESIDENCY [...] (U) On June 24 Poloff attended the budget vote of the Presidency in Parliament. This vote complements the State of the Nation debates held earlier this month. During the State of the Nation Address 10 priorities for government over the next five years were outlined and government made a com [...]	2009-06-29 13:46:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN166	ANC DISBANDS WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE [...] (U) On July 19, the ANC's National Executive Council (NEC) disbanded its Northern and Western Cape (WC) provincial executive committees. About 300 general council members were informed in Cape Town that the NEC's decision to disband the provincial executive was unanimous and that a task team wo [...]	2009-07-23 16:03:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN169	PROTESTS OVER LACK OF HOUSING CONTINUES [...] (U) On July 30, 2009 about 300 people gathered at the entrance to Masiphumelele, an informal settlement near Fish Hoek in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town to protest against lack of housing. The protesters blocked Kommetjie Road obstructing access to motorists on their way to work and burnt [...]	2009-07-31 19:14:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN188	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] (U) In response to Reftel, Cape Town Poloff spoke to Mr. Tertius LeRoux, prior owner of Digital Image Warehouse and current owner of Safari and Outdoor, which he started in July 2008. Mr. LeRoux sold Digital Image Warehouse in September 2008. While still the owner of Digital Image Warehouse M [...]	2009-08-25 13:36:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09CAPETOWN189	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) has been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs ar [...]	2009-08-28 07:10:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN195	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) have been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs a [...]	2009-09-03 14:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN196	National Commitee for arms control fails to disclose arms [...] (SBU) On September 2, Poloff attended the Defence and Military Veterans committee meeting in Parliament where Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, briefed the committee on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). This was originally supposed to be a [...]	2009-09-04 15:21:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN201	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE LAUNCHES NEW HOUSING POLICY [...] (U) On September 8, Poloff attended the launch of the Democratic Alliance's (DA) new national housing policy. Party leader and Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, DA Shadow Minister for Human Settlements, Butch Steyn and DA Deputy Shadow Minister for Human Settlements, Archibold Figlan [...]	2009-09-09 16:10:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN204	GOVERNMENT SPENDS EXCESIVELY ON LUXURY CARS [...] (U) In recent months government Ministers and senior officials have spent roughly 4 million USD on luxury vehicles. Although the spending is in accordance with the Ministerial Handbook and no regulations have been broken, the public outcry has been enormous. (Note: Ministers are entitled to [...]	2009-09-15 16:39:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN207	EASTERN CAPE ANC PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) On September 12 the African National Congress (ANC) concluded its sixth Eastern Cape Provincial conference by voting for the new Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) and Chairperson. A total of 1963 delegates were accorded a voting status at the conference despite earlier gl [...]	2009-09-21 14:19:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN228	ZUMA PUTS AIDS DENIALISM TO REST [...] (U) Summary: On October 29, President Jacob Zuma delivered his annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) under the theme "Together finding solutions to achieving the goal of a better quality of life for all." Zuma highlighted two critical challenges, which have the potential t [...]	2009-11-03 14:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN29	PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE'S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe, the unelected "caretaker" president of South Africa, delivered his first and only State of the Nation Address at the opening of parliament on 6 February 2009. Motlanthe found himself in a unique situation as, not only is he essentially holding office for ANC Pre [...]	2009-02-06 16:48:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09CAPETOWN30	ANC, COPE TO SLUG IT OUT IN EASTERN CAPE [...] (C) Summary: South Africa's Eastern Cape province is the spiritual home of the African National Congress (ANC) and one of the ruling party's strongholds since the 1994 transition to majority rule, but the ANC breakaway Congress of the People (COPE) thinks it can give the ANC a run for its money [...]	2009-02-09 10:28:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
09CAPETOWN33	COPE IN HOLDING PATTERN IN FACE OF UNCERTAINTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of the People (COPE) has yet to decide upon a presidential candidate for the election and increasingly is focusing its efforts on Eastern Cape and Limpopo, according to party National Spokesman Philip Dexter. Dexter met with members of the diplomatic corps on Febru [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
09CAPETOWN34	LEGAL EXPERTS AGREE ZUMA CASE UNLIKELY TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two prominent legal experts -- one a harsh critic of Jacob Zuma and one a strident defender -- agree that Zuma's legal travails are unlikely to be resolved in the next year, and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) mishandling of the case is to blame for the government's inabili [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
09CAPETOWN35	HOLOMISA CLAIMS UDM DOING WELL, REALISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: United Democratic Movement (UDM) President Bantu Holomisa told members of the diplomatic corps that his party is poised to perform as well as it did in the 2004 election, when it won 9 parliamentary seats. Holomisa met with diplomats for breakfast on February 10 in Cape Town. [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
09CAPETOWN42	CANDIDATES FOR WESTERN CAPE PREMIER [...] (U) Summary. The race for the Western Cape has gained momentum as political parties announced their candidates for the Premiership of the province. The Democratic Alliance's (DA) candidate is Helen Zille, currently the mayor of Cape Town and the leader of the DA. The Independent Democrats (ID) [...]	2009-03-04 13:26:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN43	UPDATES ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff met with Dr. Gerard Koornhof an ANC Member of Parliament serving on the Portfolio Committee on Defense. Koornhof told Poloff that the current spending on defense is 1.2 percent of South Africa,s gross domestic product (GDP),noting that South Africa,s defense spendin [...]	2009-03-05 13:11:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SF MARR MOPS
09CAPETOWN44	LOCAL CAPE TOWN NGO WORKING TO REHABILITATE GANG [...] (U) On February 27, Poloff and PAO met with Reverend Jacobus Nomdoe, Director of Teen Challenge. Among other things, Teen Challenge targets gang members by removing them from the gang and placing them in the center. The program aims to rehabilitate these former gang members primarily throug [...]	2009-03-06 13:39:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KCRM SF SOCI
09CAPETOWN55	UPDATES ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff met with Dr. Gerard Koornhof an ANC Member of Parliament serving on the Portfolio Committee on Defense. Koornhof told Poloff that the current spending on defense is 1.2 percent of South Africa,s gross domestic product (GDP),noting that South Africa,s defense spendin [...]	2009-03-10 14:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SF MARR MOPS
09CAPETOWN56	SOUTH AFRICA IS HYDROCARBON POOR, BUT HAS BIG PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) This cable is not for Internet distribution. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate General Cape Town. Summary. South Africa has limited reserves of crude oil and natural gas and imports 70 percent of its requirements, which are for the most part refined l [...]	2009-03-12 12:33:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
09CAPETOWN58	THE UPHILL BATTLE OF HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The administration of South Africa's Eastern Cape province is widely derided as the worst in the country, and the province's inability to effectively provide health services to its citizens epitomizes the challenges -- both self-inflicted and inherent -- faced by provincial gove [...]	2009-03-17 13:04:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF SOCI
09CAPETOWN72	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH WESTERN CAPE COSATU SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tony Ehrenreich, the outgoing Western Cape provincial secretary for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) told Econoff that while he was confident the new ANC government and presumptive new President Jacob Zuma would be more receptive to labor concerns and pro-poor [...]	2009-03-20 08:23:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV ELAB KDEM
09CAPETOWN78	WHAT INFLUENCES THE SOUTH AFRICAN VOTER? [...] Summary: When South Africans go to the polls on April 22, they'll be weighing a host of factors that include their personal circumstances, social networks, and perceptions of government performance in order to help them make a decision. Cape Town Poloff and Econoff on March 19 attended two se [...]	2009-03-30 07:32:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV KDEM
09CAPETOWN79	ANC INSIDERS DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 6, Poloff met with Mr. Mynami Booi, the Chief Whip of the African National Congress (ANC),and number 69 on the party list, to discuss the upcoming elections. Mr. Booi said that he is likely to remain the Chief Whip after the new government is formed in April, but said he was not [...]	2009-03-30 12:04:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN80	CAPE TOWN'S "TIK"ING TIME BOMB [...] Summary: Cape Town is in the midst of a drug epidemic, with little relief in sight. Tik, South Africa's name for crystal methamphetamine, has emerged since about 2005 as the drug of choice for Cape Town residents, particularly from the city's ethnic "colored" community. The highly addictive d [...]	2009-03-30 12:13:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SF SOCI
09CAPETOWN82	RUSSELL BOTMAN DISCUSSES THE RACE FOR THE WESTERN CAPE [...] (U) On March 6, CG and PAO met with Professor Russell Botman, the rector of Stellenbosch University and former Congress of the People (COPE) nominee for the Western Cape Premiership. Professor Botman made news headlines earlier this month when he was tipped as COPE's nominee for Premier of the [...]	2009-04-01 07:06:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN83	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (DA) WINS BIG IN TWO LOCAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 08:40:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PDEM SF
09CAPETOWN85	SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET [...] (U)On March 24, 2009 Indian Premier League(IPL)chairman, Lalit Modi announced that South Africa would host the IPL Twenty20 event due to security concerns following the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan. The IPL will now kick-off on April 18 in Cape Town with the final t [...]	2009-04-08 11:44:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF SCUL
09CAPETOWN86	CAPE JUDGE PRESIDENT HLOPHE BEFORE THE JUDICIAL SERVICES [...] (U) Cape Judge President John Hlophe, regarded by some as a future chief justice under a Zuma presidency, is being probed by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC). The commission hearings center on a complaint against Judge Hlophe, brought by 13 Constitutional court judges who claimed he trie [...]	2009-04-08 11:45:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN90	NORTHERN CAPE OFFERS CHANCES FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) Support for South Africa's political opposition appears strong in the sparsely populated, but geographically huge, Northern Cape province, and opposition parties could see their best provincial showing there outside the Western Cape. As elsewhere, the ruling African National Congress's tr [...]	2009-04-20 13:53:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV KDEM
09CAPETOWN93	ELECTION OBSERVATIONS FROM THE THREE CAPES [...] (U) Summary: On April 22, voters turned out in record numbers throughout South Africa to cast their vote in the fourth democratic election since the end of apartheid in 1994. Post had six election monitoring teams covering the Eastern, Western and Northern Capes. All teams reported that the e [...]	2009-04-23 14:27:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09DURBAN100	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY YOUTH DEMAND LEADERSHIP CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) aggrieved by the recent expulsion of their leaders staged several demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in Durban. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders have called for order and condemned IFPYB calls for party [...]	2009-10-15 13:24:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN103	A ROYAL RUMPUS, A NEW PROVINCE, A STOWAWAY, AND AN UNWANTED [...] (U) Prince Melizwe Dlamini of Nhlangwini formally asked the Pretoria High Court on September 30 to decide on his claim that he be declared a king with the same status as a Zulu monarch. Dlamini submitted his claim in 2005 to the commission set up by former President Thabo Mbeki to investigate [...]	2009-10-27 09:34:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN11	DA LEADERS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS DESPITE HURDLES AT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Democratic Alliance (DA) leaders are interested to see how the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) performs in the next election, but are unconvinced the party will threaten the DA's own prospects at the polls. Senior KwaZulu Natal DA representatives related that [...]	2009-01-20 15:29:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN118	RICHARDS BAY'S HEAVY MINERAL INDUSTRY [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer, visited Richards Bay Minerals and Exxaro's KZN Sands in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 17 and 18. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) S [...]	2009-12-23 11:34:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09DURBAN119	DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...]	2009-12-23 13:41:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF
09DURBAN12	ANOTHER ANC DEFECTION TO COPE IN KWAZULU NATAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Another senior African National Congress member in KwaZulu Natal announced his defection to the Congress of the People. Siyanda Mhlongo -- until yesterday the head of policy for the ANC in KwaZulu Natal and former Mayor of KwaDukuza -- announced his resignation from the ANC, ci [...]	2009-01-23 16:46:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN120	DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR [...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...]	2009-12-24 11:42:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF
09DURBAN121	TATA KZN - A STEEL PRODUCER THAT AIMS TO BE STAINLESS [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, Consul General, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer visited charge chrome manufacturer Tata Steel in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-12-28 06:12:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09DURBAN123	HEALTHCARE IN KWAZULU-NATAL: A SPOTTY HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary. Healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has gone from extreme disparity of services under apartheid, to mismanagement post apartheid. While KZN Department of Health (KZNDOH) saw improvements under its first post-apartheid leader, it experienced overspending and service delivery setbac [...]	2009-12-30 16:30:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN124	KWAZULU-NATAL PRIORITIZES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY [...] (SBU) Summary. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (KZNDOH) is confronting the challenges of restoring its tarnished image (Ref A) and improving health services in the province with the highest rates of HIV and TB co-infection in the world. The new KZNDOH leader is a hands-on practitione [...]	2009-12-31 06:50:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN18	POLITICAL PARTIES POINT FINGERS AFTER VIOLENCE IN NONGOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to violence that erupted on February 1 in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu Natal, where African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters attended election rallies held in the same area on the same day, ANC and IFP representatives lashed out at one [...]	2009-02-06 09:13:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN19	KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL [...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...]	2009-02-06 16:38:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF
09DURBAN21	DURBAN 2010 WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, BUT CUTTING IT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 15:29:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SF
09DURBAN24	POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO RESPECT ELECTORAL RULES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A round of verbal sparring by senior representatives of political parties in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) followed the signing of pledges to respect the Electoral Code of Conduct in the run-up to the April 22 general election. Although the proceedings remained civil overall, the adversari [...]	2009-03-05 11:08:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN28	IFP MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP IN KWAZULU NATAL BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 15:57:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN33	VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNING AND CONTINUED INTIMIDATION: KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. The African National Congress (ANC) campaign machine is in high gear, and the ANC is taking advantage of every opportunity to deliver its message. Despite official pronouncements against violence, members of the ANC are still reportedly intimidating Congress of the People (COPE) [...]	2009-03-31 14:38:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN35	STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER ANC AND IFP SUPPORTERS CLASH AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Nine students at the University of Zululand (UZ) were hospitalized after clashes between student supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Police officers have been deployed to UZ to curb any further violence. Political violence at UZ [...]	2009-04-07 06:30:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN37	MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ADAMANT THAT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe told an audience at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry that South Africa is spending billions of Rands to develop efficient, safe, and reliable public transportation systems for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Major airport and road constructi [...]	2009-04-09 06:54:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN39	INDIANS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before national elections, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) stakeholders provided a range of views to visiting Political Counselor. The Indian vote is in question as many feel abandoned by the African National Congress (ANC) while others wonder if a Zuma administration will be mo [...]	2009-04-17 11:05:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN42	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY UNLIKELY TO CONTEST VOTE IN KZN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although late complaining from Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) officials about an unfair election environment indicated that the party might contest the vote count in KwaZulu Natal (KZN),intervention by former Nigerian President Olesun Obasanjo seems to have persuaded the IFP [...]	2009-04-28 10:54:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN46	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KWAZULU NATAL -- IFP DENIES [...] (SBU) On April 27, an African National Congress (ANC) victory parade in KwaSwayimane near Pietermaritzburg ended when assailants opened fire on the crowd leaving one ANC supporter dead and another six injured. Two IFP supporters have been apprehend by police and are being questioned about t [...]	2009-04-30 12:50:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN50	WHITHER INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) continued its decade-long demise in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) by losing the recent election to the ANC. An anachronistic leader, a tough ANC opponent, a shift in KZN traditional leadership, and a poor track record of service delivery worked against th [...]	2009-05-07 10:37:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN51	KWAZULU NATAL'S NEW PREMIER: ZWELI MKHIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, 2009 Zweli Mkhize was sworn in as KwaZulu Natal's (KZN) fifth post-apartheid premier. He is a medical doctor and has served as KZN Minister of Health and Minister of Finance and Economic Development. Mkhize is a close confidant of South African President Jacob Zuma. [...]	2009-05-19 13:49:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN53	KWAZULU NATAL-NEW CABINET [...] (U) Summary. New KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Premier Zweli Mkhize announced his new ten-member provincial cabinet during his inauguration ceremony on May 11, 2009. His team features four female `Ministers' or MECs (Members of the Executive Council),including one Indian woman and one white woman. Be [...]	2009-05-22 10:41:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF PINR
09DURBAN65	SOUTH AFRICA IS READY FOR THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP [...] (U) Summary. Tourism leaders from around the world made their way to the Tourism Indaba, Africa's biggest annual travel trade show, hosted in Durban from May 7 - 12. The theme of this year's Indaba was `South Africa is ready for 2010'. The public-private tourism promotion agency, South Afri [...]	2009-06-09 14:03:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SF
09DURBAN66	NEW EMPHASIS ON TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The newly formed Ministry of Tourism is advocating for greater government attention and support for the tourism sector as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A new tourism satellite account will enable South Africa to measure and track the overall value and con [...]	2009-06-09 15:23:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
09DURBAN68	ANC, IFP, AND COPE BLAME EACH OTHER FOR RECENT KZN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent spate of violence in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) may be politically motivated but it is too soon to tell. Defeated political parties in KZN are still smarting from major losses in the province during the recent national election and may be unfairly placing the blame on [...]	2009-06-15 07:36:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SF PGOV
09DURBAN7	IFP YOUTH PRESIDENT HOPEFUL ABOUT PARTY'S CHANCES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Youth Brigade President Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi believes her party can take back the Kwa-Zulu Natal provincial government and keep the African National Congress (ANC) from winning a two-thirds majority nationally. She asserted that the formation of the Con [...]	2009-01-15 15:56:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN79	POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STOLEN FUNDS, PARTY CHANGES, [...] (U) Summary. Political violence continues in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) amid government promises to bring stability to the Greytown area. The KZN Department of Education allegedly has been swindled out of millions and ends up paying twice for school supplies. For the first time in its history, the [...]	2009-07-17 09:22:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN8	LACK OF CLEAR STRATEGY MAY DASH IFP LEADERS' CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders provided insight into the party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, Poloff, and Pon-Econ Assistant on January 13. Provincial Secretary Bonginkosi Buthelezi and Provincial Treasurer Narend Singh [...]	2009-01-15 16:19:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN82	DURBAN'S NEW BUS SERVICE DOESN'T END TRANSPORT CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary. Durban commuters have been scrambling for transport ever since the Remant Alton bus service provider closed down at the end of June. Remant Alton has been beset by financial, labor and managerial problems since it began operation. New bus service provider Tansnat Africa has been [...]	2009-07-23 08:51:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SF
09DURBAN9	STEEP CHALLENGES AHEAD WEIGH ON NEWLY ANNOUNCED COPE LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. Congress of the People (COPE) political leader Lucky Gabela discussed why he left the African National Congress (ANC) and his new party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, visiting Pretoria Poloff, and Pol-Econ Assistant on January 15. Gab [...]	2009-01-16 15:51:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN94	LOPSIDED BATTLE FOR FUTURE OF DURBAN'S WARWICK JUNCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A multimillion dollar project to develop Durban's Warwick Junction is facing opposition from small traders who claim the mall will end their livelihoods. The decision by the City of Durban to demolish the historic Early Morning Market has led to numerous confrontations between [...]	2009-08-31 16:37:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELTN ECON PHUM SF
09DURBAN97	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK ON LICENSES 050170678 AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Durban Political and Economic Officer met with and interviewed Warehouse Manager Nathi Khomongoe, Sales Executive Andre van der Merwe, and Warehouse Dispatch Ian Davies at the African Outdoor Sports (AOS) warehouse in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal. [...]	2009-09-18 14:00:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SF
09HARARE998	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The key issues for South Africa in Zimbabwe are political stability and economic stability/recovery. Problems in the way of that stem from ZANU-PF's inability to manage its own internal cohesion. There needs to be more coordination of all donors in Zimbabwe. Engagement with a [...]	2009-12-21 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
09JOHANNESBURG11	SOUTH AFRICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable was gathered from a variety of sources familiar with child labor in South Africa. The primary source of information remains the South African Department of Labor (SADOL) supplemented by discussions with the South African academic and NGO community. Regulator [...]	2009-01-23 09:25:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID SF
09JOHANNESBURG117	2009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...]	2009-07-24 15:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND
09JOHANNESBURG133	JOHANNESBURG BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) ROLL-OUT A SUCCESS, [...] The City of Johannesburg launched its long-awaited Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on August 30, 2009. Independent taxi operators staged a mild protest with a `go slow' on August 31, and there were reports of isolated acts of violence over the following three days which police believe we [...]	2009-09-08 13:25:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ATRN ECON SF
09JOHANNESBURG161	BUSINESS FRETS THAT UNFRIENDLY LABOR BROKER LEGISLATION [...] (C) The South African business community is concerned over the impact of a proposed ban or harsh regulations against labor brokers who employ roughly 550,000 South Africans daily. Curtailing labor brokers has become a rallying call for the trade union movement and appears to have gained the su [...]	2009-11-13 13:56:00	Consulate Johannesburg	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EAID PREL PGOV SF AMGT
09JOHANNESBURG163	ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO [...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...]	2009-11-18 15:33:00	Consulate Johannesburg	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD

09JOHANNESBURG24	SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...]	2009-02-06 15:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09JOHANNESBURG81	SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the May, 2009 issue of U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: -Legal work for Zimbabwean migrants? -COSATU unsuccessful in its bid to halt the sale of Vodacom shares -COSATU May Day rallies -Union ends successful tr [...]	2009-05-07 14:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09LONDON1230	SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]	2009-05-22 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON1886	VIEWS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FROM LONDON-BASED [...] (SBU) Summary. London-based bank and development analysts are seeing positive signs emerging in sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) economies, after months of negative news, but remain cautious in their near-term outlook for the region. While prospects for the global economy are improving and ther [...]	2009-08-13 16:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KE LT NI SF UG UK XA ZA
09LONDON339	AFRICA: U.S. VERSUS UK PRIORITIES, LONDON THINK [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. During the transition to the Obama Administration, London think tanks have been active in discussing USG and HMG priorities in Africa. Poloff took the opportunity to poll opinions among Africa specialists at Chatham House, RUSI, the Royal Africa Society, Africa Confidential, the C [...]	2009-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID MASS KISL ZI SO NI SU SF XA UK
09MAPUTO896	ONE-STOP BORDER: PROJECT BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with officials at the Government of Mozambique (GRM) on May 28 and the South African Revenue Service on July 2 to discuss the status of a joint one-stop border project between Mozambique and South Africa. Plans to create a 24-hour, one-stop border were signed in 20 [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO980	BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...]	2009-09-02 13:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO983	MAPUTO PORT BRINGS COMPETITION...AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) entered into partnership with private investors to revitalize and increase port and rail infrastructure capacity, which was long-neglected during the civil war. Econoffs met with GRM and private sector representatives to discuss progress with [...]	2009-09-03 11:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCOR EINV EWWT PGOV MZ SF
09MASERU154	LESOTHO: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTERVIEW REVEALS ORGANIZED [...] (U) In preparation for the International Religious Freedom report, Poloff has been visiting and speaking to representatives of different faiths in Maseru. On Tuesday, May 5, Poloff interviewed prominent local businessman and member of the Muslim community, Ashraf Abubaker. Abubaker is a trust [...]	2009-05-18 10:31:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SF LT
09MBABANE286	THE KING'S ECONOMY - CELL PHONE BUSINESS BENDS TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal politics and King Mswati's business interests appear to have caused the ouster of Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) CEO Tebogo Mogapi and halted parastatal Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) from selling the MTN shares it owns to raise money for a Next [...]	2009-10-28 06:07:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PGOV WZ SF
09MBABANE309	SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER SUGGESTS SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Swaziland's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Lutfo E. Dlamini, told Ambassador that he recommended a summit on Zimbabwe to King Mswati III by the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense and Security. He and his troika counterparts judged that only at that [...]	2009-11-12 08:07:00	Embassy Mbabane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WZ ZI SF SADC
09PARIS1311	FRANCE/AFRICA - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON NIGER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foremost among the issues keeping Presidential Africa Advisor Remi Marechaux occupied is the AQIM threat, particularly to Niger, which will not allow France to suspend military cooperation despite unhappiness with Tandja's political maneuverings -- he hopes the U.S. will act lik [...]	2009-09-25 09:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR AU NG MA SF
09PORTLOUIS328	(C) MAURITIUS: INSIGHTS ON SADC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 11:59:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI
09PRETORIA100	PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2009 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund requests funding to bring two experts in the subject matter to South Africa to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as regulation of stacked genes, [...]	2009-01-20 14:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
09PRETORIA1004	GOSS REPRESENTATIVES TALK POLITICS AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Southern Africa Liaison Office representatives delivered a message to Poloff intended to "counteract Khartoum's propaganda." They discussed the political situation in Sudan and South Africa's role. They are optimistic about South Africa's engag [...]	2009-05-18 15:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF SU
09PRETORIA1005	A/S CARSON DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE WITH TSVANGIRAI AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 17:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA1007	PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...]	2009-05-19 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1009	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, May 2009, Volume 4, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Scientists Develop New Carbon Emission Reduction Process -- South Afri [...]	2009-05-19 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1017	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-05-20 08:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1018	CUBA: SOUTH AFRICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 08:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF
09PRETORIA1029	PART 3 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the third of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet ap [...]	2009-05-20 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA103	SAG APPROVES RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN SPENT FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 06:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA1031	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points on Somalia and Eritrea to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Deputy Director Phindile Xaba on May 20, 2009. Xaba acknowledged that Eritrea's public actions, including not recognizing Somalia's Transitional Federal Governme [...]	2009-05-20 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO SF
09PRETORIA1033	VODACOM COURT DECISION PROVIDES TEMPORARY REASSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vodacom listed its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 18 after legal actions by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ICT regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) failed to stop the unbundling of state-contr [...]	2009-05-21 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB EIND EINV EINT PGOV PREL USTR SF
09PRETORIA1054	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009 [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009, [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1063	FORMER MININSTER OF EDUCATION NAMED NEW MININSTER OF [...] (U) Summary: Newly-elected President Jacob Zuma has appointed former Minister of Education Naledi Pandor as the new Minister for Science and Technology. Long-standing Deputy Minister Derek Andre Hanekom remains in place, as do key officials in the quasi-governmental S&T entities. No major c [...]	2009-05-27 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1072	SAG NOTES TO SECSTATE REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR MINTY [...] On May 26, Post received two official letters from the former and the current Ministers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (newly renamed "Department of International Relations and Cooperation"),urging Secretary Clinton to support the candidacy of Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty for the positi [...]	2009-05-29 09:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1078	SOUTH AFRICA FY07 SPECIAL SELF HELP (SSH) STATUS REPORT [...] Summary: In FY07, Embassy Pretoria selected ten projects for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program with total allocations of USD 100,000. Nine of the projects are ongoing and performing satisfactorily in providing social and economic services to the vulnerable populations of the affected [...]	2009-05-29 09:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SF
09PRETORIA1103	FREEDOM FRONT PLUS YOUTH LEADER BARELY HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Freedom Front Plus Youth League leader Cornelius van Rensburg offered his version of why he was suspended after criticizing party leader Pieter Mulder's decision to join President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet on May 10. Van Rensburg sees little hope for resuming his position -- he has retained [...]	2009-06-02 14:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1118	SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-06-03 16:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1129	ZUMA'S CABINET IS BRILLIANT POLITICALLY, BUT WILL [...] (C) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet is settling in following the swearing in ceremony on May 11. Most political analysts and pundits have praised Zuma's selections -- lauding some for their managerial skills, some for their willingness to bring new ideas to government, and some f [...]	2009-06-04 15:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1134	DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1135	AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA1145	FREE STATE STRUGGLES WITH GOLD GEOLOGY AND ILLEGAL MINERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Gold-mining in the Free State Province is emblematic of broad challenges in profitably mining gold in South Africa. Controlling costs, managing labor, assuring safety and power, and exploiting remaining low-grade deposits are difficulties that have caused South Africa's product [...]	2009-06-08 10:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB ENRG KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1148	SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SIGN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland signed the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels on June 4. South Africa did not sign the EPA, nor did Angola or Namibia. The signing of the EPA has raised questions about the future of the Southern Afr [...]	2009-06-08 14:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINT SF
09PRETORIA1190	SOUTH AFRICA LIKELY TO RAISE SOME TARIFFS IN [...] (C) Summary: South Africa is likely to raise "a few" tariffs to WTO-bound levels in response to the global economic crisis, according to an official at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Industrial policy will have greater prominence under President Jacob Zuma, as Trade and Industr [...]	2009-06-12 14:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1191	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post confirms that there are no investment disputes or expropriation claims that would be candidates for inclusion in this report. 2. (U) Post point of contact is Trade and Investment Officer Ann Marie Chiappetta, chiappettaam@state.gov, 27-12-431-4343. LA LIME [...]	2009-06-15 07:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENIV KIDE SF
09PRETORIA1259	THE STATUS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MEGA-HYDROCARBON PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa is aiming at a number of mega-hydrocarbon projects, highlighted at a recent oil and gas conference. U.S. firm Forest Oil is very close to gaining its long-awaited production license for an offshore gas field in the Western Cape, which could alleviate regional power [...]	2009-06-23 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF
09PRETORIA1261	Westinghouse China Manager Promotes Technology Transfer and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge hosted a luncheon on June 17 for Westinghouse where the company's Technology Transfer and Localization Director for its China project show-cased Westinghouse's track record for technology transfer localization, and punctuality for its nuclear power plants under constru [...]	2009-06-23 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF CH
09PRETORIA1264	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 06:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09PRETORIA1266	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 06:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SA SF
09PRETORIA1288	SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph four of Reftel A. Post delivered the demarche to South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) Deputy Director of Maritme and Antarctic Policy Patrick Jacobs on May 7. Jacobs presented the req [...]	2009-06-26 13:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD MARR PARM PREL PHSA KOMC SF
09PRETORIA129	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER CREW IS BUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways has launched a probe into the arrest of South African Airways crew members in London on suspicion of drug trafficking on January 20. The fifteen-member SAA crew, including three pilots, who were arrested in London and detained for 24 hours, has been releas [...]	2009-01-22 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SF
09PRETORIA1293	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by the following officials who will attend the Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border training event in Durban July 20-24. Name: John Alwin Matroos [...]	2009-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SF SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA131	CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT WITH NEWLY [...] SUMMARY: Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) recently met with Chief Justice Pius Langa of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, analogous to the U.S. Supreme Court. This meeting in Chief Justice Langa's chambers, was also attended by representatives of the United States [...]	2009-01-22 16:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID PGOV
09PRETORIA1330	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...]	2009-07-02 11:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZIM NI SF
09PRETORIA1356	POLICE ARREST 244 ZIMBABWEAN MIGRANTS IN JOBURG [...] On July 3 police in Johannesburg conducted a midnight raid of the area around the Central Methodist Church, arresting 344 mainly Zimbabweans sleeping in the street. Rights organizations condemned the police action as "heavy-handed" and "disproportionate" and promised to defend the detainees i [...]	2009-07-06 11:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1376	SOUTH AFRICA INITIATES SUNSET REVIEW OF [...] (U) South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission provided post with notice that it has initiated a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on acetaminophenol originating in or imported from the U.S. ITAC is currently in the process of contacting all known manufacturers of th [...]	2009-07-08 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SF USTR
09PRETORIA1392	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...]	2009-07-09 14:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZIM NI SF
09PRETORIA1409	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE SHAKEN BY LEADERSHIP RIFT [...] (U) The Congress of the People (COPE),South Africa's newest parliamentary opposition party, was hit by two high-level resignations this week. Second Deputy President Lynda Odendaal and Head of Elections Simon Grindrod handed in their resignations to the national leadership. Both Odendaal an [...]	2009-07-10 16:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1418	"HAWKS" PRIORITY CRIMES POLICE UNIT LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanied by a great deal of government-generated fanfare, the chief of South Africa's disbanded elite crime fighting unit, the "Scorpions," handed over pending investigation files to the newly appointed chief of a new elite crime-fighting unit organized within the South Afric [...]	2009-07-13 17:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1429	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-07-15 06:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1450	A DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on July 15, 2009, George Sibotshiwe, former spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai and a Zimbabwean national residing in South Africa, provided his analysis of changing political dynamics in Zimbabwe. He said Tsvang [...]	2009-07-17 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
09PRETORIA1463	SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES AN A-CATEGORY CURRENCY RATING FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1482	SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]	2009-07-22 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1495	SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS ASSESS 2009 ELECTION; LOOK [...] (SBU) South African scholars agree that the 2009 election was one of the country's most important elections and argue the character and results of the poll hold clues to the future. At a seminar on July 21 to launch the newly published book, "Zunami: The 2009 South African Election," some of [...]	2009-07-24 10:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1499	GILL MARCUS APPOINTED SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] Summary. South African President Jacob Zuma announced the appointment of ABSA Group Non-Executive Chairperson Gill Marcus as South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor on July 19, 2009. Born in 1949 to African National Congress (ANC) activist parents, Marcus went into exile in 1970 and joined [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1500	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The global economy remained firmly in the grips of a recession in the first quarter of 2009, causing South Africa to record its first recession in 18 years. Declining export demand and lusterless prices of most export commodities acted as powerful brakes on South Africa's growth. [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1519	AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY'S MEETING WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN [...] Summary: On July 19, Office of Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby met with recently appointed South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi. Minister Motsoaledi was accompanied by Department of Health Deputy Director General Yogan Pillay. The meeting took place on the margin [...]	2009-07-28 08:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV AMED KSTH KSCA KHIV SENV SF
09PRETORIA1537	SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...]	2009-07-29 12:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF
09PRETORIA1543	SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...]	2009-07-30 06:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF
09PRETORIA1551	G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...]	2009-07-31 07:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1560	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JULY 26-AUGUST 1 [...] (SBU) This cable is our first weekly South Africa Political newsletter. It is written in partnership with Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-07-31 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ELAB
09PRETORIA1573	SAG CONFIRMS TRANSFERRED NUCLEAR MATERIAL SUBJECT [...] The South African Government (SAG) Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) confirmed that two shipments of U.S. obligated nuclear material transferred from EURATOM will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement for Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, responding [...]	2009-08-03 15:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP KSCA SF
09PRETORIA159	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-01-27 09:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1613	ZUMA HANDLING SOME ISSUES BETTER THAN OTHERS AFTER [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma, barely in office 90 days, has faced a multitude of challenges so far in his tenure. He so far has been confronted with making tricky Cabinet and diplomatic appointments, dealing with striking doctors and municipal workers, and settling protests across the country [...]	2009-08-07 13:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1614	CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...]	2009-08-07 13:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1615	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-07 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1618	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-08-07 16:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA163	NO NEW PROTECTIONIST INVESTMENT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any new plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund investments or to impose other new investment barriers in South Africa since the November 15 G-20 summit in Washington. Post will report on any future protectionist moves by the SAG, should they occur. LA LIME [...]	2009-01-27 14:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA164	COMMUNIQUE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE SADC [...] The following is the text of the Final Communiqu of the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government regarding the crisis in Zimbabwe held in Pretoria, South Africa on January 26-27, 2009. Heads of State from South Africa, Botswana, L [...]	2009-01-27 16:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
09PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 9-AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-08-14 16:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1694	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-08-24 06:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1697	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]	2009-08-24 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA1707	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-24 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1717	SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER HITS THE [...] (U) Summary: President Zuma recently appointed Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele as South Africa National Police Commissioner (SAPS). Cele replaces former Jackie Selebi, who was placed on administrative leave in January 2008 following allegations of corruption. In the interim, the SAPS suffered fro [...]	2009-08-25 07:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINR SF KCRM WMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA173	NRC DISCUSSES 2007 PELINDABA SECURITY INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: South African officials attribute the November 2007 Pelindaba break-in to criminal - rather than terrorist - intent. The police have not arrested the culprits. Officials stress that facilities containing nuclear materials were not threatened or impacted by the attack. Official [...]	2009-01-29 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA1737	ZUMA'S FIRST STATE VISIT INTENDS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: South African President Jacob Zuma made a strategic choice to go to Angola for his first state visit August 19-21. At the top of Zuma's agenda were economics and cooperation on regional issues. The bilateral relationship suffered due to personal conflicts between former South Af [...]	2009-08-26 16:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF AO
09PRETORIA1739	BIG BUSINESS PLEASED WITH ZUMA BUT UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Summary: South Africa's business community believes that Jacob Zuma has put together a good team of economic ministers, according to Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). Business is also gratified that the new government is accessible and eager to get input from business. However, BUSA s [...]	2009-08-27 07:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1740	XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA: ROOT CAUSES REMAIN, [...] South African townships remain at risk of renewed xenophobic violence, such as was seen in the mid-2008 mob attacks on African migrants. Foreigners make easy scapegoats for enduring grievances of poverty, unemployment, housing shortages, and poor public services, and the SAG has not taken de [...]	2009-08-27 10:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1745	TRADE MINISTER ON THE FUTURE OF TIDCA AND AGOA [...] (U) Summary. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will "engage energetically" on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA),said South African Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Rob Davies at a breakfast briefing for the American Chamber of Commerce [...]	2009-08-27 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1752	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-08-31 06:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA176	ANC YOUTH LEAGUE DOWNPLAYS CHALLENGES [...] (S) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leaders discussed their defense of President Kgalema Motlanthe against allegations of infidelity, the party's list process, and the prospects for the Congress of the People (COPE) in a lengthy discussion with Poloffs on January 26. ANCYL spok [...]	2009-01-30 06:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1760	THREE YEARS UNTIL PARTY CONGRESS, BUT ANC [...] (C) Barely five months into the Jacob Zuma administration, the race to replace him -- or retain him -- at the 2012 African National Congress (ANC) party congress is heating up. With so much time to go, and so much work to accomplish even before the 2011 municipal elections, it seems prematur [...]	2009-09-01 08:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1761	SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST RENEWABLE ENERGY; MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's t [...]	2009-09-01 09:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA1762	SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's [...]	2009-09-01 09:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA1766	WOMEN MIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A HARD ROAD TO [...] In an August 27 panel discussion, three speakers discussed the plight of female migrants in South Africa. Compared to men, women on the move are more vulnerable to robbery and attack, facing more limited job options, and often encumbered by children. Border crossings are extremely risky for [...]	2009-09-01 14:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KTIP SF
09PRETORIA177	MOTOROLA CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF DUE PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. Motorola is concerned that a South African Police Service (SAPS) tender for the acquisition of a provincial radio network system did not follow due process. The company has solicited USG support to seek clarification of the process to ensure transparency in future tenders. End S [...]	2009-01-30 07:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EIND EINT SF
09PRETORIA1782	LEKOTA PERSONAL ASSISTANT WARNS "WATCH OUT FOR [...] (SBU) The Congress of the People (COPE) has been in the news recently not for the party's stance on key issues or for its plans for tackling problems at the national and provincial levels. Rather, COPE has been in the news for the continued political infighting that has plagued the party sin [...]	2009-09-02 08:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA179	ESKOM BENEFITS FROM A REPRIEVE OF REDUCED DEMAND WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has given state power utility Eskom a reprieve of reduced demand, but the supply and margin remain vulnerable. Eskom has managed to avoid controversial load-shedding since April 2008. Chief Nuclear Officer Clive Le Roux briefed NRC Commissioner Peter Lyon [...]	2009-01-30 08:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA1790	ANC AND MANDELA MOURN DEATH OF "CHAMPION OF [...] (U) On Wednesday, August 26th, both the African National Congress (ANC) and Nelson Mandela's office issued press releases mourning the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. Each recognized and expressed gratitude for his role in the anti-apartheid movement. Local press ran wire stories concentra [...]	2009-09-03 08:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1809	THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...]	2009-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI
09PRETORIA1810	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-09-08 06:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA182	UDM WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT LACKS SUPPORT NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) ran a well-organized, nationally televised manifesto launch in Johannesburg on January 24 that on the face of it suggests Bantu Holomisa's party is ready to make inroads in the upcoming election. The party drew roughly 5,000 supporters, almost all f [...]	2009-01-30 11:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1823	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS -- LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF
09PRETORIA1824	SOUTH AFRICA PLANNING NEW ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has given R300 million ($40 million) of budget support to Zimbabwe's Finance Ministry since the formation of the Government of National Unity in Harare. Pretoria is now weighing a Finance Ministry request for additional support of R1,000 million ($134 million). The [...]	2009-09-08 15:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1829	BALEKA MBETE GIVES A FEW CLUES ABOUT BALANCE OF [...] (SBU) Among local observers of South African politics, one key question during the election campaign and in the aftermath of the April vote was whether the balance of power would reside at the Union Buildings or in Luthuli House. Former Deputy President, and current African National Congress [...]	2009-09-09 07:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1857	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 6-SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-09-11 12:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1859	DIPLOMATS STILL WAITING TO SEE CHANGE IN SAG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 8 September, Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Senior Researcher Takawira Musavengana spoke at a roundtable with western diplomats, admonishing diplomats for believing that Zimbabwe would be discussed during the 7-8 September SADC summit, downplayed Zuma's willingness to tak [...]	2009-09-11 12:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI

09PRETORIA1860	SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...]	2009-09-11 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1914	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-09-17 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1921	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 13-SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...]	2009-09-19 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1927	SOUTH AFRICA: NO KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF [...] Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Meeting with POL and Econ Deputies on September 14, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Director for UN Security Council Issues Ilia Dubuisson made it clear that, notwithstanding South Africa's suppor [...]	2009-09-21 09:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KV SF
09PRETORIA1928	SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Reftel talking points on the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit were delivered to Director Pebetsa Maleka and Senior Economist Mukondi Mpeiwa of National Treasury's International Finance and Development division on September 21. Maleka and Mpeiwa made the following points in response: -- Reforming [...]	2009-09-21 12:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SF
09PRETORIA1944	SOUTH AFRICA TOUGHENS ANTITRUST LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has enacted a law to criminalize cartel activity and regulate abusive oligopolies. The law is largely a reaction to the disclosure of pervasive cartel activity in South Africa. However, the law could complicate the work of the Competition Commission. The Commis [...]	2009-09-25 06:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND AID SF
09PRETORIA1949	TOUR D'HORIZON OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 18 September, EmbOff met with members of the Institute for Security Studies' (ISS) Security Sector Governance Programme to discuss the state of peacekeeping operations on the African continent. The ISS team lamented the AU's lack of capacity, the international community's pie [...]	2009-09-25 10:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PKO MCAP AU AO NI RW SF SU
09PRETORIA1950	SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GENERAL TROUBLED BY THE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (Ret) George Kruys, now a lecturer at University of Pretoria, shared with Poloffs his perspective on the current state of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). Kruys discussed lack of discipline as a function of pressure on the institution from ex [...]	2009-09-25 10:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PGOV MASS SF
09PRETORIA1955	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 20-25 [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...]	2009-09-25 16:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1959	RESETTLEMENT SET TO GROW (CAUTIOUSLY) FROM S.AFRICA [...] (SBU) On a September 7-10 visit, U.S. Regional Refugee Coordinator met with key counterparts in an ongoing effort to expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in Southern Africa. The program vets African applicants (of diverse nationalities, but from South Africa likely mainly Somal [...]	2009-09-28 10:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
09PRETORIA1977	SOUTH AFRICA - EU SUMMIT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, President Jacob Zuma met with European Union (EU) head of delegation Swedish Prime Minister Frederick Reinfeldt, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and other EU leaders at the second South Africa - EU Summit in Kleinmond [...]	2009-09-30 16:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF EU
09PRETORIA1981	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The South African economy recorded negative real growth in the second quarter of 2009, the third successive quarterly contraction. Some 475,000 jobs were lost in the first half of 2009. The trade data continued to reflect depressed global as well as domestic demand conditions. The [...]	2009-10-01 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1983	SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS PROGRESSIVE STANCE ON [...] (SBU) In a September 21 keynote speech to a regional intergovernmental workshop on migration, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba forcefully reiterated the SAG's commitment to freedom of movement. Nations must shift their paradigms on migration, he said, to see it a [...]	2009-10-01 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1984	SADC STATES PREPARE FOR U.N. MIGRATION FORUM (GFMD) [...] At a September 21-23 forum in Cape Town, government officials from fourteen states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) discussed policies and programs to leverage migration for economic development. The workshop was a regional precursor for a wider U.N. event, the Global For [...]	2009-10-02 10:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1997	SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-05 06:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2012	CHINA NOW SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST EXPORT MARKET [...] (U) Summary. China was South Africa's largest export market in the first half of 2009, according to the South African Revenue Service. End Summary. 2. (U) China has become South Africa's largest export market and biggest trading partner. Total bilateral trade between China and South [...]	2009-10-06 09:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2018	SOUTH AFRICA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN; [...] (C) Summary: Embassy delivered REF A message on Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility at Qom jointly with the UK High Commission and the Embassy of France to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). In light of the September 27 - October 1 visit of South African [...]	2009-10-06 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR SF
09PRETORIA2019	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] Please see guidance request at Paragraph Five. 2. Deputy Political Counselor visited the entity discussed in reftel, Dynamic Instrumentation Company, and met with owner Clive Dignon on October 2. Post confirms that the company is in business at the location listed in reftel, 8 Methwold Ro [...]	2009-10-06 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09PRETORIA203	IFP MANIFESTO LAUNCH FEATURES NO VIOLENCE, SAME [...] (SBU) The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) launched its party manifesto before a small, heavily guarded crowd in Soweto on January 25. IFP leaders spoke briefly about the party's agenda -- economic growth, job creation, law and order, education, health, land reform, and morality -- before turning [...]	2009-02-03 10:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJU PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2037	CRIME THAT BEGETS CRIME: YOUTH VICTIMIZATION IN [...] On September 29 the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) released two studies on the relation between South African youth and anti-social behaviors. The first presents results of its 2008 survey of 12 to 22-year-olds measuring the incidence of crime and violence suffered by young p [...]	2009-10-08 11:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2039	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, September 2009, Volume 4, Number 9, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SUMBANDILASAT FINALLY SHOOTS INTO ORBIT -- HIGH-SPEED DATAT LINK TO BE I [...]	2009-10-08 13:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2070	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-09 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2091	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, post provides the following input for the AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 49.3 million in mid-2009. In 2008, South African Gross National Income (GNI) [...]	2009-10-14 12:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM SF
09PRETORIA21	MONTHS SINCE PIETERMARITZBURG COURT DECISION TEST [...] (C) The months since Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson handed down his verdict declaring the state's case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma invalid have been among the toughest times in the ruling party's history. The split between rival ANC factions [...]	2009-01-07 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2103	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 13-OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-16 16:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA213	SOUTH AFRICA FOCUSES ON EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government policy since 1994 has sought to ensure that all population groups in South Africa have equal access to education. However, the quality of education has been neglected, leaving many learners unqualified for university or to join South Africa's workforce, which needs [...]	2009-02-04 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SF
09PRETORIA2141	COURT SELECTIONS SHOW HOW CONCERNS ABOUT JUDICIAL [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma finalized his appointment of five new justices to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest legal body, on October 11. For most of the past year, and particularly during the election campaign period ahead of the national election in April, opposition leaders and [...]	2009-10-21 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR SF
09PRETORIA2142	LEADING POLICY STRATEGIST WALKS AWAY FROM [...] (SBU) Joel Netshitenzhe, Director-General of Policy and Coordination Services (PCAS) in the South African Presidency, and the government's chief policy strategist, announced his resignation on October 19. Netshittenzhe had served in the post since 1994. There is speculation that he resigned [...]	2009-10-21 16:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SF
09PRETORIA215	NRC STEPS UP COOPERATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Peter Lyons used a January 18-24 familiarization visit to South Africa to visit the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) testing facilities and discuss its status; augment cooperation with its counterpart the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR),an [...]	2009-02-04 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP KNNP SF
09PRETORIA2155	SOUTH AFRICA: NGO'S CONSIDER CYCLE OF CRIME AND [...] The cycle of crime plaguing South Africa has been documented by two recent surveys of young people -- showing they are victimized at even higher rates than adults (reftel),and this can lead to their own violent behavior. Looking for ways to break the cycle, the surveys identified factors rel [...]	2009-10-22 16:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA2163	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 19-OCTOBER 23 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-23 13:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2164	ICT COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT BROADBAND AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips hosted a luncheon discussion with leading executives of U.S. ICT companies in South Africa on September 25. The executives called for improvements in South African Government (SAG) decision-making processes and for increased public-private collaboration. Leadership shortf [...]	2009-10-23 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI SF
09PRETORIA2166	Electricity - Economy's Driver or Achilles Heel? [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is struggling belatedly to increase capacity to meet demand, while working to engage the private sector, secure financing, and correct its pricing to reflect market realities. The utility suffered an electricity supply emergency, resulting in rolling bl [...]	2009-10-23 14:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09PRETORIA2169	RECONFIGURED MINISTERIAL CLUSTERS LEAD TO [...] (C) The South African Government on October 19 announced plans to reconfigure ministerial clusters (committees within the Cabinet intended to improve coordination within government). The announcement set off immediate speculation by political analysts and economists over whether the reconfig [...]	2009-10-23 17:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ECON EFIN EINV
09PRETORIA217	COURT SETS ZUMA TRIAL FOR AUGUST [...] (U) The Pietermaritzburg High Court set August 25 as the trial date for African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma in a decision announced on February 4. The state charged Zuma with corruption, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering in December 2007. The Pietermaritzburg High C [...]	2009-02-04 16:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJU PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2170	SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per action request in Ref A, post requested a meeting with South African climate negotiators, but was told they are not available until November. In the meanwhile, this cable lays out context for South Africa's negotiating positions to date, based on Septemb [...]	2009-10-26 07:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG SF
09PRETORIA2180	Climate Change - South African Views Post-Bangkok [...] (SBU) In an October 23 meeting with Emboffs, South African climate change negotiator Joanne Yawitch argued for: (1) Negotiating "within the framework that exists" rather than "reopening the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change"; (2) Committing major public funds for mitigation and adaptat [...]	2009-10-26 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG SF
09PRETORIA2181	SOUTH AFRICA: DRC WATCHER'S ROUND-UP, BOLSTERING [...] (SBU) South Africa's engagement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process has waned since early 2008, when the ANC leadership showdown at Polokwane eclipsed the Goma Conference, but Pretoria's influence remains significant as a major troop contributor to MONUC and as the key in [...]	2009-10-27 06:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN CG SF
09PRETORIA22	SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES EXPECTED TO SIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Several members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique and Angola) are expected to sign the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement when the EU Trade Commissioner visits Southern Africa in February. Tariff [...]	2009-01-07 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2207	POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION ENDANGERING FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29 Poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to deliver the demarche (ref A) urging support for a U.S. "draft action plan" of proposals ( [...]	2009-10-29 16:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SF
09PRETORIA2210	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 26-OCTOBER 30 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-10-30 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2228	SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 10:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC KE SF
09PRETORIA2229	ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS NEAR THE S.A.-MOZAMBIQUE [...] On an October 21-23 field visit to rural farming areas bordering Mozambique, emboffs investigated rights and labor concerns including trafficking in persons (TIP). The view from NGOs in the provincial capital was that law enforcement was not taking sex-related TIP seriously; and that labor TI [...]	2009-11-02 10:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2240	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-11-03 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2245	AMBASSADORâ€™S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first official call with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was warm and frank. Mashabane thanked the USG for its partnership and support through PEPFAR and acknowledged past mistakes in HIV/AIDS policies. The Ambassador thanked [...]	2009-11-03 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC KHIV SF ZI
09PRETORIA2251	MBEKI SHYS AWAY FROM IDEA OF POLITICAL LEGACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Thabo Mbeki gave his first extended press interview since being removed from the presidency in September 2008 by the African National Congress (ANC). In the interview with the "Sunday Independent," Mbeki sought to distance himself from some of the more contro [...]	2009-11-04 10:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2254	COMMENTS FROM COPE SENIOR LEADERS SHOW DIVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of the People (COPE),which marked its first anniversary on November 1, remains divided between competing factions who support either Mosiuoa Lekota or Mbhazima Shilowa. Competing newspaper stories in "City Press" and the "Sunday Independent" recently underscored [...]	2009-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2257	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, poloff made phone contact with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to advise of the U.S. message (reftel). Mr. Montwedi was engaged in meetings in New York, [...]	2009-11-04 13:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2263	CONTROVERSIAL YOUTH LEAGUE PRESIDENT RETAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema probably has received more publicity from the news media in recent months than any other ruling party figure. (Note: "Mail and Guardian" political writer Mandy Rossouw has even recently published a book about Male [...]	2009-11-05 15:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
09PRETORIA2266	ANC GOES FAR, PERHAPS TOO FAR, IN ASSISTING [...] (SBU) The African National Congress (ANC) made special arrangements for Mozambican citizens living in the South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces to vote in Mozambique's elections on October 28. ANC members -- unaffiliated with South Africa's Independent Electoral Commiss [...]	2009-11-05 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2267	SAG "NEGLECTING" AND "FAILING" RURAL CONSTITUENTS, [...] (C) From October 21 to 23 emboffs visited rural Mpumalanga province, where human rights NGOs said the SAG was failing to protect the rural poor and neglecting to provide public services to remote communities. While township residents have protested violently over poor service delivery, rural [...]	2009-11-05 16:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB EAGR SF
09PRETORIA2271	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS' [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 11:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2272	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2-NOVEMBER 6 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-11-06 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2276	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2277	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA228	NRC VISITS ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GOLD AND URANIUM MINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NRC Commissioner Peter Lyons visited AngloGold Ashanti's Moab Khotsong gold and uranium mine west of Johannesburg on January 22. The mine boasts the world's deepest single-lift shaft at 3,106 meters. Moab Khotsong has been mining deep-level, moderate-grade gold and uranium dep [...]	2009-02-05 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA2280	FOREIGN OPERATORS AND PRIVATIZATION INCREASE COMPETITION IN [...] (SBU) Neotel executives briefed Ambassador Gips on the creation of the second fixed-line operator on October 27. Neotel began operations in 2005 and is working with new undersea fiber-optic cable companies to boost broadband capacity in the region. Neotel executives outlined impending changes [...]	2009-11-09 07:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC EAID SOCI SF
09PRETORIA229	Announcing an Election Date: What's at Stake [...] Summary: Following a meeting between President Kgalema Motlanthe and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Brigalia Bam on Wednesday, February 4, the Presidency announced that President Motlanthe would not/not announce the date of upcoming national and provincial in [...]	2009-02-06 06:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2293	ANC SHOWS ALLIANCE WHO IS BOSS [...] (C) Summary: The African National Congress (ANC) on November 8 reaffirmed the party's support for Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's controversial plan for a National Planning Commission, making it clear to ruling tripartite alliance members in the trade unions [...]	2009-11-10 13:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ECON ECIN ELAB EINV
09PRETORIA2312	SOUTH AFRICA FEARS ZIMBABWE MAY BE SLIDING BACK [...] (U) Summary: During a press conference on November 10, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Director General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba said regional leaders feared Zimbabwe could be sliding back from progress on the political and humanitarian fronts since the inception of the [...]	2009-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZI
09PRETORIA2314	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9-NOVEMBER 13 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers i6Q*Q}th Africa," found on intelink.gov. ------------- Domestic News ------------- Weekly Says President Zuma Faces Real Challenge Over Feuding Po [...]	2009-11-13 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2315	Eskom Leadership Crisis Exacerbates Capacity Challenges [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is in crisis with recent resignations of Board Chair Godsell and CEO Maroga, just as the company and its shareholder, the South African Government, grapple with financing for huge capital investments needed to meet electricity demand and avoid brown-outs [...]	2009-11-13 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2331	SAG OFFICIAL: SADC TO FOCUS ON CONSOLIDATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade flows within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) remain disappointingly limited in spite of the SADC free trade agreement, according to the SADC desk officer at South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Poor infrastructure, non-tariff barriers, [...]	2009-11-16 11:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2365	SOUTH AFRICA: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE [...] (SBU) Summary: Great Lakes Special Advisor Howard Wolpe's message on Washington's enhanced Great Lakes engagement was welcomed warmly during the Special Advisor's October 30-November 2 visit to South Africa. Wolpe renewed contacts with Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim, SAG Great Lakes Special [...]	2009-11-18 15:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG BU RW UG SF EAID KDEM
09PRETORIA2377	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16-NOVEMBER 20 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-11-20 12:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA238	SAG READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) South Africa is ready to sign the Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy. The SAG would like to sign this agreement at the Ministerial level and implement it as a "living" and broad agreement. The SAG will follow the USG lead on whether it is signed by th [...]	2009-02-06 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA2385	PRETORIA RESPONSE ON CANDIDATES FOR HEAD OF UN/OIOS [...] (C) With respect to the three South Africans under Department consideration for possible nomination as head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) (reftel),post herein provides assessments of the three individuals' backgrounds, reputations, and overall suitability. While a [...]	2009-11-20 15:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2387	SOUTH AFRICA: Request Funding Re-obligation [...] Summary: This is a request for approval for the use of funding, previously obligated for the immigration and Border Patrol, under obligation code: 1911461022-0584-0584402002-2721-2156-142204. The re-obligated funds will be used for narcotics detection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protectio [...]	2009-11-23 06:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SF KCRM SNAR
09PRETORIA2392	SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR SF
09PRETORIA2393	SOUTH AFRICA: NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG SF
09PRETORIA2395	AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES MOLYDENUM-99 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins met with Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) Chief Executive Officer Rob Adam on November 10. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit, the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D, and cooperation on production of medi [...]	2009-11-24 06:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL MNUC KNNP EMIN ETRD TRGY TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2402	SOUTH AFRICA: SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN'S LETTER TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 10:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENERG NP PARM PREL SF
09PRETORIA2406	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] Embassy Pretoria has received no feedback from the South African government regarding reftel points. On November 19 the text of the talking points was formatted as a non-paper, scanned, and emailed to Megan Govender, Deputy Director of the UNGA desk within the multilateral unit of the Departm [...]	2009-11-24 13:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA241	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE BY ONE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 10.5 percent. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation, which the MPC expects to fall within the target range of [...]	2009-02-09 09:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA2435	AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins called on South African Department of Energy Acting Chief: Nuclear, Ditebogo Kgomo, on November 9. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit and the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D. Kgomo said the SADOE ha [...]	2009-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET EMIN MNUC KNNP SF
09PRETORIA2443	SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 20-27 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker for more information, or to make contribution [...]	2009-11-27 14:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA245	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...]	2009-02-09 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2453	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2009, Volume 4, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Super-Thin Film Solar Panels Readied for Production in South Africa [...]	2009-12-01 06:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2463	PRESIDENT ZUMA ANNOUNCES HE WILL TEST FOR AIDS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Zuma called for a renewed struggle against AIDS in South Africa, leading by example as he promised to have himself tested for AIDS. Zuma emphasized that prevention was the key and called for wide testing. He announced a number of new initiatives to give more AIDS pat [...]	2009-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV EAID KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2470	SOUTH AFRICA: OBSERVATION OF MARITIME RESPONSE SQUADRON [...] (SBU) Naval Attache and Deputy Political Counselor visited Saldanha Naval Base on November 24 to observe a State Department Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) course in progress for members of new South Africa's Maritime Response Squadron. The visit was coordinate [...]	2009-12-02 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2474	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-12-02 13:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2478	JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...]	2009-12-03 07:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV
09PRETORIA2481	SOUTH AFRICA: NEW PROSECUTOR APPOINTMENT [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Menzi Simelane as the country's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The selection raised criticism both because of Qmelane's involvement in political infighting at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and because of Zuma's continued push to a [...]	2009-12-03 16:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KJUS SF
09PRETORIA249	SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),industry analysts, and ICT firms to discuss the ICT regulatory environment in South Africa. Officials noted that ICASA faced major challenges in i [...]	2009-02-10 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT SF
09PRETORIA2493	DEMARCHE RESPONSE:"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2498	ESKOM REDUCES TARIFF HIKE REQUEST, LOOKS FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power utility Eskom backtracked on its controversial 45 percent tariff hikes for each of three years, at the last moment revising its application to the regulator down to 35 percent per year. At the same time it announced a number of new strategic initiatives, a desire fo [...]	2009-12-04 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2503	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-07 06:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2506	WWF HOSTS NEW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ROUDTABLE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in South Africa hosted a one-day "National Roundtable on New Electricity Supply" on November 18 in Johannesburg. The meeting was a follow up to calls from various stakeholders in the energy sector who attended the National Climate Change Summit in March [...]	2009-12-07 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EPET SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2507	AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM [...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...]	2009-12-07 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF
09PRETORIA2509	PROMOTING MODERATE ISLAM IN SOUTH AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 courtesy call on the Ambassador, former Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and his Special Advisor Tahir Saleh discussed South Africa's Western Cape Muslim community as a political base and as a model for a Muslim path of moderation within a culturally diverse so [...]	2009-12-07 15:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL EAID SF
09PRETORIA254	APRIL 22 SET FOR ELECTION DATE; OUT-OF-COUNTRY [...] President Kgalema Motlanthe, during February 10 remarks to the National Assembly, announced that national elections will take place on April 22. The announcement followed consultations with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the nine provincial governments. Motlanthe stressed tha [...]	2009-02-10 17:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2542	SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...]	2009-12-10 06:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2543	ZUMA'S POPULARITY AT ALL-TIME HIGH [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma is more popular than ever, according to a research survey conducted by TNS Research Surveys. (Note: TNS Surveys provides market research, global market research, and business analysis in hundreds of countries and claims to be the largest provider of customized res [...]	2009-12-10 07:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2545	ANC LAUNCHES VETERAN'S LEAGUE [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) announced on December 3 that it would create a party branch for veterans of the movement. The formation of the league -- known as the ANC Veteran's League (ANCVL) -- comes after the party resolved in 2007 to form a branch for veterans. The ANCVL will [...]	2009-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2546	SOUTH AFRICA: ZUMA'S HOTLINE FAILING TO OVERCOME [...] (SBU) The South African government admitted on December 2 that the presidential hotline, launched in September with great fanfare, is failing to handle thousands of callers seeking to register complaints with the administration. President Jacob Zuma established the telephone hotline as a way [...]	2009-12-10 12:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2547	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Ambassador Gips and Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi on November 30, 2009 marked a new partnership between the United States and South Africa in health coordination and cooperation. The Minister thanked the United States for the extensive support we ha [...]	2009-12-10 12:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KHIV PGOV SF TBIO
09PRETORIA2565	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-11 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2567	SOUTH AFRICA CONFIDENT OF TIP LAW PASSAGE IN 2010 [...] (C) South African officials are more optimistic than ever that the long-awaited Bill providing comprehensive provisions for preventing and combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is nearing passage by Parliament. Extended consultations with the public and civil society groups caused delays in [...]	2009-12-11 14:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2569	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, November 2009, Volume 4, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Accelerates Preparations for Copenhagen -- 2010 World Cup Cou [...]	2009-12-14 05:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2578	G/TIP FY07 GRANT UPDATE - WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL [...] Per Department request (reftel),Pretoria's officer for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) met on December 10 with G/TIP grantee World Hope International (WHI) to monitor progress in the first six months of an 18-month $200,000 FY'07 grant. The funds will be used to support anti-trafficking awarenes [...]	2009-12-14 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP SF

09PRETORIA2581	COMMUNIST PARTY ANNUAL CONGRESS MORE ABOUT [...] (C) The South African Communist Party (SACP) held its second annual special congress on December 10 at the University of Limpopo-Turfloop campus in Polokwane. Lengthy speeches, predictable displays of solidarity with traditional allies such as China and Cuba, and pointed questions (without a [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
09PRETORIA2590	SAG EAGER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Action Request: The SAG is eager to develop a Strategic Dialogue led by the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister. The idea would be to use existing and prospective working groups and the existing Annual Bilateral Forum, which would produce a summary document to info [...]	2009-12-17 10:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG KNNP ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA2594	ZUMA SEEKS UNITY AS HIS COALITION COMES UNDER [...] (C) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA),and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have been trading public barbs during the past week, a clear sign that the loose coalition of forces which broug [...]	2009-12-17 15:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2602	SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...]	2009-12-18 11:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF
09PRETORIA2603	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria believes that success in reversing South Africa's support for the Defamation of Religion (DoR) resolution (reftel) will be highly improbable, and the effort may be counterproductive. Post is open to elevating our dialogue on DoR to a higher level, such as a request for [...]	2009-12-18 14:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2605	SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...]	2009-12-18 15:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SF
09PRETORIA2606	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 14-DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-21 06:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2607	DEATH OF FORMER HEALTH MINISTER SHOWS HOW FAR SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang died on December 16 from complications arising from a 2007 liver transplant surgery. Having served as Health Minister from 1999 until September 2008, Tshabalala-Msimang was the most outspoken proponent of the Mbeki government's [...]	2009-12-21 06:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2608	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 14-DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-21 06:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2611	RURAL SOUTH AFRICA: CHANGE COMES SLOWLY TO MANDELA'S HOME [...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolAssist visited Nelson Mandela's birthplace of Mvezo, and also the former President's current rural home in Qunu in Eastern Cape Province December 7-8. Qunu is located along the main N2 highway, 30 km south of Mthatha, the district headquarters, in an area that was part of [...]	2009-12-21 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SF
09PRETORIA2618	SOUTH AFRICA: 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM SEMINAR: IS [...] (U) Summary: Kicking off South Africa's observance of the 16 Days of Activism, Commissioner for Gender Equality Dr. Yvette Abrahams led a discussion on the social norms and material conditions that give rise to gender-based violence in South Africa. Activists in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria [...]	2009-12-22 12:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ECON AORC SF
09PRETORIA2622	SAG'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY IN OPERATIONAL OVERHAUL [...] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is a notoriously dysfunctional bureaucracy long due for an overhaul. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, formerly Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-wife of the President, is leading a "Turnaround" project aiming to increase efficiency, tighten security, cut out [...]	2009-12-22 16:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2656	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-28 05:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2660	AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE RATIFIES MARTIME CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa hosted a week-long African Union (AU) Conference for Ministers responsible for maritime transport in Durban during the week of October 12. The AU Maritime Charter was initially developed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1993, and was adopted by 36 AU member states at t [...]	2009-12-28 08:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2663	SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. APPROACH TO 2010 NPT REVCON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 10:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT PAS SF
09PRETORIA2665	SOUTH AFRICA: NO OFFICIAL WORD ON JOINT IAEA [...] (SBU) Meeting with Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Johann Kellerman on December 22, DepPolCouns underscored the message US UNVIE Vienna reported Ref A on U.S.-South African partnership to secure further [...]	2009-12-28 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL IAEA SF
09PRETORIA2670	PRETORIA RESPONSE: RIGHTS VIS-A-VIS SEXUAL [...] Laws against homosexuals or transgendered persons are not a concern in contemporary South Africa, which may have the most progressive legal framework vis-a-vis gay rights anywhere in the world. Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is explicitly outlawed by the Constitution, and th [...]	2009-12-29 12:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2671	CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN [...] (U) On December 8-9, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF),in cooperation with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and numerous civil society organizations, launched the Champions for Children Campaign to ensure the protection and safety of children during the FIFA World Cup 2010 a [...]	2009-12-29 12:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2679	ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...]	2009-12-30 15:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF
09PRETORIA3	ANTI-APARTHEID POLITICAL LEADER HELEN SUZMAN DIES [...] (U) Helen Suzman, the internationally renowned anti-apartheid political leader who befriended the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in the 1960s, died in Johannesburg on January Â [...]	2009-01-02 09:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA306	ONE EXPERT SEES MORE CHINESE INVESTMENT "IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Chinese investors are reportedly preparing to make large equity investments in South African companies in the mining, telecom, civil construction, and other sectors. The target companies have operations across Africa and could help Chinese companies tap African markets outside [...]	2009-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV SF CH
09PRETORIA309	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-02-19 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA329	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CORRUPTION PROBE COULD [...] This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg Labor Office. 2. (C) Summary: South African Airways, (SAA) Board of Directors has launched an investigation into allegations of high-level mismanagement and corruption. CEO Khaya Ngqula has been placed on sp [...]	2009-02-23 06:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EIND EAIR ECON PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA333	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CREATES TASK TEAM TO PROBE SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) announced the creation of a task team to probe a second drug bust of SAA crew members in London on suspicions of carrying five kilograms of cocaine. Crew members were detained in London and released to South Africa pending further in [...]	2009-02-23 12:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KHLS SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA348	SAG, BUSINESS AND LABOR ADOPT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT [...] (C) Comment: A working group comprised of government, business and labor representatives has agreed on a strategy to guide South Africa's response to the global economic crisis. Key components of the plan include infrastructure spending, jobs programs, interventions to minimize job losses, [...]	2009-02-24 07:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SF
09PRETORIA354	ONE SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] (C) Summary: The South African government is concerned that the global economic crisis might significantly worsen in 2009, causing world trade to implode and capital flows to emerging markets to dry up. Protectionism in the U.S. and Europe is a major concern. The SAG believes the G-20 shoul [...]	2009-02-24 15:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD SF
09PRETORIA355	SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF [...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...]	2009-02-24 17:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA356	NIEHAUS SCANDAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANC [...] (SBU) Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC),resigned this week after newspapers reported that he grossly mismanaged his personal finances and abused his office and authority in recent years. His longstanding financial difficulties and his abrupt resignati [...]	2009-02-24 18:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA357	SOUTH AFRICA AGREES TO MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE WITH CAVEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered Megaports Initiative talking points (Reftel A) to South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials. SARS officials agreed to proceed with the Megaports initiative, given cabinet approval, but requested additional information before finalizing approval for a consulta [...]	2009-02-25 06:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ENRG ETTC EWWT PINS SF
09PRETORIA358	RELIGIOUS LEADER AND PEACE ACTIVIST SET TO LEAD [...] Summary: The 57 years old Reverend Doctor Hamilton Mvumelwano "Mvume" Dandala, a religious leader and peace activist, is the presidential candidate for the new Congress of the People (COPE) party. He was educated in South Africa and Cameroon as well as Cambridge University. Dandala has good c [...]	2009-02-25 07:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA361	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO [...] AGATTACHE collected information on access to genetic resources in South Africa through discussions with Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and private sector contacts. The following provides a brief overview of this complex issue. While this cable is intended to answer questions [...]	2009-02-25 09:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
09PRETORIA375	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...]	2009-02-27 12:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA377	SAG CONVEYS READINESS TO SIGN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT IN WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG sent a diplomatic note (see full text below) conveying its readiness to sign the bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy, as promised in a February 20 conference call. The SAG conveyed that it must sign the Agreement at the level [...]	2009-02-27 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA393	AFRICAN MINING INDABA WATCHING GLOBAL MARKETS WITH GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 14th African Mining Indaba took place in Cape Town February 9-12 under the cloud of an unprecedented global commodity downturn and economic malaise, in great contrast to last year's celebration of the commodity boom (Ref E). Last year's worry of regional power shortages has [...]	2009-03-03 10:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP EINV SF
09PRETORIA43	MDC WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Standing Committee, consisting of 19 leaders, met near Johannesburg, South Africa for a strategy meeting from January 6-8, 2009. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Bost, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the party leaders resolved t [...]	2009-01-12 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
09PRETORIA432	URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL UNSC CG IN SF
09PRETORIA449	SOUTH AFRICA'S GDP CONTRACTS AFTER FORTY QUARTERS OF [...] Summary. South Africa's real GDP contracted by a seasonally adjusted and annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was the first quarterly contraction since the third quarter of 1998. Growth was pulled down by weakness in the manufacturing; electricity, water and ga [...]	2009-03-09 13:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA451	COPE STRUGGLING WITH DIVISIONS, PESSIMISM [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) is struggling with divisions and pessimism throughout the organization, underscoring the difficulties the newly formed party faces as the national election approaches on April 22. Personal assistant to COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota, Tseliso Phomane, met [...]	2009-03-09 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA453	VISIT TO SANDF 46TH BRIGADE ACOTA TRAINING [...] On February 26, Deputy Political Counselor visited the greater Johannesburg headquarters of the South Africa National Defense Force (SANDF) 46th Brigade to witness in progress a two-week computer-aided command post exercise conducted under the auspices for State Department's African Contingenc [...]	2009-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MARR SF
09PRETORIA47	SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL CLEARS WAY TO RECHARGE ZUMA [...] Summary: South Africa's five-member Supreme Court of Appeal overturned on January 12 a September decision setting aside a corruption indictment against ANC President Jacob Zuma. Speaking for the court, Deputy Judge President Louis Harms upbraided the lower appeals court judge, Chris Nicolson [...]	2009-01-12 18:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA473	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SACKS CEO [...] This cable is based on collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg. 2. (U) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) reached an agreement to terminate CEO Khaya Ngqula's contract following charges of mismanagement and corruption. SAA continues to face fin [...]	2009-03-12 05:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB ECON SF
09PRETORIA475	STATE MEDIA GIANT SINKS INTO FINANCIAL QUAGMIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: South Africa's state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, recently admitted serious financial difficulties and is applying to the Treasury for immediate help. This follows on a year of political infighting between the Thabo Mbeki-appointed Board and the Jacob Zu [...]	2009-03-12 07:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO PGOV ECPS EINT SF
09PRETORIA476	SHAIK PAROLE KEEPS SPOTLIGHT ON ZUMA'S PAST [...] (C) The government's decision to parole on medical grounds convicted fraudster, and former Jacob Zuma business associate, Schabir Shaik is keeping the spotlight on the ANC President's past in the run-up to the April 22 election. Shaik, convicted in 2005 of bribing Zuma, was released from pris [...]	2009-03-12 07:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF KDEM
09PRETORIA478	SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...]	2009-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF
09PRETORIA484	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING WILL IMPACT APRIL 22 [...] (U) The Constitutional Court ruled on March 12 that South African voters living and working abroad may vote in the national component of the April 22 election. This means that thousands of voters overseas, many of whom have left South Africa for good, will have a chance to vote and influence [...]	2009-03-12 16:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS SF KDEM
09PRETORIA488	SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON DURBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal meetings with the DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Poloffs have explored USG-SAG differences on the upcoming Durban Review Conference (DRC) on racism and xenophobia. Montwedi was amenable to the notion of a pared-down DRC document, emphasizing broad principles in a modern conte [...]	2009-03-13 09:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA5	SOUTH AFRICA: A/S FRAZER'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer reached out to South African and regional leaders to outline U.S. policy on Zimbabwe and explain why the U.S. no longer believes President Robert Mugabe can be part of a power sharing solution to Zimbabwe [...]	2009-01-02 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV EAID SF ZI
09PRETORIA510	SOUTH AFRICAN COAL IS KING - AND WILL REMAIN SO [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa is unique in its dependence on coal. The country is dependent on coal for over 90 percent of its electricity, almost 25 percent of its gasoline and diesel fuels, 90 percent of its iron and steel reduction, and large volumes of foreign exchange from exports. The go [...]	2009-03-17 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA538	PRE-ELECTION TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa gave us a glimpse into the operation of an institution key not only to the successful conduct of the 2009 elections but also to the preservation of South Africa's young democracy. The IEC officials briefe [...]	2009-03-20 17:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM EAID PGOV SF
09PRETORIA539	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 06:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA543	PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]	2009-03-23 07:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA544	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 07:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA553	STUDY FINDS XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS DRIVEN BY LOCAL [...] On March 11, a Wits University team unveiled the results of their research into the direct triggers of last year's xenophobic attacks in South African townships. Interviews and focus groups with over 300 residents of seven areas found the attacks were premeditated and organized by community [...]	2009-03-24 11:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
09PRETORIA570	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, February 2009, Volume 4, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- DEBATE CONTINUES OVER QULALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS - [...]	2009-03-25 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA581	SAG'S DALAI LAMA VISA REFUSAL SPARKS OUTCRY [...] (U) The South African Government's (SAG) refusal to issue a visa for the Dalai Lama has caused outrage among the country's opposition parties, human rights NGOs, and some political leaders. The Dalai Lama was invited to appear at a peace conference on March 27 in Johannesburg hosted by South [...]	2009-03-26 15:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA59	SOUTH AFRICA ADOPTS NEW WEAPON IN THE BATTLE [...] Summary: South Africa's cabinet recently passed a DNA Bill that will allow police officials to collect DNA from suspects of crimes, particularly, suspects of rapes and murders. This is a step in the right direction toward combating Sexual Offenses, but manpower and training still continue to [...]	2009-01-13 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA596	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-03-27 11:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA600	SOUTH AFRICA'S GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for information on South African green investments in economic stimulus packages in preparation for the G-20 meeting. South Africa relies on coal for over 90 percent of its power generation. It aspires to commit to carbon emission reducti [...]	2009-03-27 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET EMIN EINV SENV KGHG SF
09PRETORIA612	WELCOME TO POST [...] the date and time of arrival; 2. the airline and flight number; 3. the number of accompanying family members; 4. any pets scheduled to arrive with you, including their sizes and breeds; and 5. a personal e-mail address so that we may contact you after you leave your current assignment with [...]	2009-03-30 09:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT SF
09PRETORIA659	SOUTH AFRICA: SHIPPING INTENTIONS UNDER U.S. WTO RAW SUGAR [...] In response to questions raised in ref cable, South Africa's sugar authorities note that South Africa recently shipped 22,860 metric tons of raw sugar to the United States, which fulfills this year's quota allocation. 2. If there were a reallocation of the current quota amount, South Afri [...]	2009-04-03 12:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SF EAGR ETRD
09PRETORIA66	TO ANC WAR VETS ZUMA REMAINS "SPEAR OF THE NATION" [...] (C) Summary: Former fighters in Umkhonto we Sizwe, some of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma,s strongest supporters, have high expectations for the ANC leader and are expecting him to address their interests. Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated to &Spear of the Nation8 and ofte [...]	2009-01-13 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SF
09PRETORIA661	PART 2 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. --------------------------------- The Issues That Will Drive Voters --------------------------------- 2. (C) In the 2006 local elections around the country, the delivery of services such as water, sanitation, an [...]	2009-04-03 14:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA662	PART 3 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 3 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. ----------------------------------- Important Political Markers to Watch ------------------------------------ 2. (C) There are at least five political markers for this election: -- The possibility of violence [...]	2009-04-03 14:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA664	PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...]	2009-04-03 14:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA665	LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...]	2009-04-03 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA666	ZUMA CONTINUES HARD PRESS FOR AFRIKANER SUPPORT [...] (SBU) One of the more interesting trends to emerge during this election season is the intense focus by Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC) in lobbying the Afrikaner vote ahead of the election. Many pundits and political analysts have speculated that the Afrikaner vote would go [...]	2009-04-03 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA67	ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...]	2009-01-13 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA674	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, March 2009, Volume 4, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SOUTH AFRICANS JOING EARTH HOUR - REDUCE POWER USANGE BY 15% -- [...]	2009-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA68	SUPREME COURT RULING ON ZUMA CASE SPARKS REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The South African Supreme Court's January 12 judgment allowing corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to move forward drew various reactions from across the political landscape. African National Congress (ANC) alliance parties expressed their continued support for ANC President Jac [...]	2009-01-13 17:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KDEM PGOV AA SF
09PRETORIA684	STATE DROPS CHARGES AGAINST ZUMA [...] (U) The legal saga surrounding African National Congress (ANC) leader, and future South African President, Jacob Zuma continued on April 6 as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped its case against the former Deputy President. Acting NPA Director of Public Prosecution Mokotedi Mpshe [...]	2009-04-06 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA687	ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA DISCUSSES WAYS [...] (C) ANC Treasurer General Dr. Mathews Phosa met on April 2 with Charge and AmCham representatives to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship and promote U.S. investment. Dr. Phosa encouraged a closer relationship between the U.S. Embassy and the ANC Foreign Policy Committee; cl [...]	2009-04-07 11:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA704	PRETORIA'S PERSPECTIVE ON HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS [...] (C) In accordance with Department guidance, we urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to ensure that South Africa's annual declaration under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) would be submitted in a timely fashion. On April 9 we informed DFA that t [...]	2009-04-09 11:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MTCRE PARM AORC SF
09PRETORIA708	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: South Africa did not escape the negative consequences of the international financial turmoil, despite the fact that its domestic financial institutions had virtually no direct exposure to the troubled assets that were central to the deterioration of credit markets. Deteriorating [...]	2009-04-09 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA71	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The deterioration in the global economic landscape affected South Africa's third quarter 2008 economic performance. Weaker international demand, falling commodity prices, and the tight domestic economic environment resulted in the lowest quarterly real GDP growth in ten years. Une [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA713	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] Post received a letter from President Motlanthe addressed to President Obama in response to the invitation to the Major Economies Forum. Text of the letter follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 03 April 2009 Your Excellency, I refer to your letter of 24 March 2009 proposing the Major Economies F [...]	2009-04-09 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SF
09PRETORIA728	PRETORIA PROPOSAL -- FY'09 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Post hereby submits a proposal (ref B) for PRM's FY 2009 Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees (ref A),recommending a grant of $20,000 to Ikenze Kungwe Mazwi Community College, a start-up elementary and high school serving children of Zimbabwean migrants in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Funds will be u [...]	2009-04-15 11:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CASC SF ZI
09PRETORIA742	China Sustains Interest in African Minerals and Energy [...] (SBU) Summary. The African Mining Indaba in Cape Town February 9-12 provided verve for discussion on China's interest in African resources (Reftel). The consensus view was that China is taking a long-term perspective on its resource investments in Africa, but driving harder bargains in the gl [...]	2009-04-16 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SF CH
09PRETORIA745	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed objectives for supporting the African Union's (AU) efforts to ensure an early return to constitutional rule in Madagascar with Department of Foreign Affairs Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Deputy Director Wolf Rothkegel on April 14. He said the South Afri [...]	2009-04-16 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID MA SF
09PRETORIA758	BUSINESS UNCERTAIN ABOUT IMPACT OF ZUMA PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SF
09PRETORIA769	UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] AmEmbassy Pretoria's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO are as follows: a. TFCO: Bruce Neuling; Deputy Economic Counselor; office 27-12-431-4347; cell 27-79-111-3200; class e-mail NeulingB@state.sgov.gov; unclass e-mail NeulingBX@state.gov. b. Deputy TFCO: A [...]	2009-04-17 15:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SF
09PRETORIA771	SA PERMIT FOR ZIMBABWEANS (PART 2) [...] There are currently more questions than answers surrounding the SAG's implementation of a temporary permit for Zimbabwean migrants to remain in South Africa (ref A). The Minister of Home Affairs' (DHA) April 3 announcement of the new policy was a surprise, albeit a welcome one, to the rights [...]	2009-04-17 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SF
09PRETORIA779	South African Political Parties Have Embraced Social Media, [...] SUMMARY: (U) Reportedly inspired by the dynamic e-campaign of President Obama, South African political parties have launched multifaceted digital platforms to reach voters in advance of the April 22 elections. Most parties now have targeted websites, voter activism forums, interactive media opp [...]	2009-04-20 15:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SA KDEM SF
09PRETORIA797	SOUTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: The Helen Suzman Foundation hosted a seminar on April 15 to discuss the country's laws on political party funding, an issue which the media and electorate have largely ignored in the run-up to South Africa's election on 22 April. Panelists agreed that both the source and amounts [...]	2009-04-21 11:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SF
09PRETORIA802	PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]	2009-04-21 12:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA805	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] Summary: Mission observer teams and local media outlets report generally smooth operations as polls opened April 22 for South Africa's fourth national election since democracy was established in 1994. Days before the vote, the Independent Electoral Commission predicted an eighty percent turn ou [...]	2009-04-22 10:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA806	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] Summary: South Africans remain focused on the unfolding drama of national elections as voting continued through midday. Voter turnout remains strong overall, but there are significant differences between polling places. Observer teams are reporting minor irregularities and procedural problems, [...]	2009-04-22 15:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA81	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (PART [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents part two of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009, continued [...]	2009-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
09PRETORIA810	South Africa makes slow progress on renewable energy, but [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa is a coal-based economy and little attention to date has been given by the government and the private sector to the country's significant renewable energy potential. Even the minimal target set for renewable energy in the country's energy mix by 2013 is likely to be [...]	2009-04-23 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA817	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] (U) Summary: National and provincial election results began trickling in on April 23. Early numbers show that the African National Congress (ANC) will again receive a huge mandate from the electorate, but there are signs of strength from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Western Cape. The Co [...]	2009-04-23 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA818	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's National and Provincial elections of April 22 were well organized and peaceful. Charge d'Affaires and Poloff on April 23 visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Results Centre to see how political parties were faring and to gain a better understanding of [...]	2009-04-23 17:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC PGOV SF
09PRETORIA821	Media Coverage of South African Elections [...] SUMMARY: Across the spectrum - from the daily newspapers to television broadcasts to community radio - coverage of the 2009 elections in South Africa dominated the media in the weeks leading up to the April 22 vote, and ruled the airwaves on election day itself. In what is widely considered South [...]	2009-04-24 09:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA KDEM SF
09PRETORIA832	SADC MISSION DECLARES SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION FREE [...] (U) The Southern African Development Community (SADC) concluded that South Africa's national and provincial election on April 22 was "peaceful, free, fair, and transparent." SADC's delegation, which comprised 108 observers from the region, was led by Swaziland's Minister of Agriculture Cleme [...]	2009-04-24 14:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA840	FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION [...] (U) The April 22, 2009 national and provincial election in South Africa saw the African National Congress (ANC) earning the right to form the fourth consecutive government since the end of apartheid in 1994. The ANC leader will be its party president, Jacob Zuma, who will be inaugurated in P [...]	2009-04-28 14:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA841	ANC PREVAILS, WINS GOVERNING MAJORITY [...] (C) The ruling African National Congress (ANC) prevailed in the April 22 national and provincial election with a total of 65.96 percent of the national vote; slightly down from their total of 69 percent in 2004, and 67 percent in 1999. The second highest vote total went to the multi-racial De [...]	2009-04-28 14:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA842	MINING FOR VOTES IN THE FREE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's Free State Province once ranked among the world's greatest producers of gold, rivaling the gold deposits west of Johannesburg. The Free State's high-grade deposits have been mined out to a great extent, leading to long-term decline in production and jobs in and a [...]	2009-04-28 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA843	IEC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS ON APRIL 25 [...] (C) The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was proud of the efficiency of polling day activities, saying this was "a long way from 1994." The IEC said campaigns were conducted peacefully and there were no incidents of political violence or intimidation on election day. The ruling African [...]	2009-04-28 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA844	PRETORIA DRC WATCHERS HOLDING ON [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's interest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been eclipsed by domestic politics and more acute Southern African Development Community (SADC) emergencies, but it has not disappeared. The United Nations Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) maintains an [...]	2009-04-29 08:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG RW SF
09PRETORIA856	Demarche on Status of New Port States Agreement [...] (U) As requested reftel, Post has delivered subject demarche to the following South African government officials: Â [...]	2009-04-29 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV SF
09PRETORIA872	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, April 2009, Volume 4, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- ANC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN ABALONE BUST -- SADC SKIPPER FINED R1.5M FO [...]	2009-04-30 10:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA893	SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-04 13:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF

09PRETORIA924	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES CALLS ON DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Trade and Industry Director General Tsheido Matona said the time was right to move forward on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA). In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires on April 29, he saw TIDCA as a venue for promoting [...]	2009-05-08 10:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA930	COMMUNIST PARTY LOOKS FOR GAINS FOLLOWING ZUMA WIN [...] (SBU) The South African Communist Party (SACP),whose membership totals have slowly eroded in recent years, is looking to rebound following African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's selection as the country's next ruler. SACP members can belong both to the ANC and to the Congress [...]	2009-05-08 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA939	PART 1 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, is a controversial but not well understood personage who emerged from obscurity to where he now occupies the apex of South Africa's political pyramid. He is deeply loved and revered by his closest [...]	2009-05-08 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA941	WESTINGHOUSE PERSEVERES FOR NEW NUCLEAR BUILD IN [...] (C) Westinghouse Regional Vice-President - South Africa Rita Bowser told Economic Counselor that Westinghouse remained cautiously optimistic about winning a contract for building new nuclear power stations in South Africa. The Westinghouse rep believes that the key period to influence the pr [...]	2009-05-08 16:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD BEXP KNNP SF
09PRETORIA942	FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (U) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma completed his Cabinet appointments May 10. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. National President - Jacob Zuma Deputy President - Kgalema Motlanthe * National Planning Commission in the Presidency - Tr [...]	2009-05-11 06:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA953	PART 2 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) This is the second of three messages that aim to reveal a comprehensive background picture of Jacob Zuma, the President of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC),who was inaugurated as the fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first message was released befor [...]	2009-05-12 08:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA954	PART 3 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) This is the third of three messages that aim to reveal a comprehensive background picture of Jacob Zuma, the President of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC),who was inaugurated as the fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first message was released before [...]	2009-05-12 08:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA981	AT&T PURSUES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. AT&T officials met with post to discuss a new strategic partnership with Telkom South Africa on April 16. The officials noted that increasing numbers of international corporations were finding opportunities for investment in Africa and agreed that improvements in bandwidth capa [...]	2009-05-14 05:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP PGOV USTR SF
09PRETORIA986	SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE CELEBRATES WORLD [...] (U) Summary: The South African Weather Services (SAWS) hosted a World Meteorological Day seminar for over one hundred government, private sector, academia and civil society participants in Pretoria on March 23 - 24, 2009. Discussion topics included weather-related disasters and their impact o [...]	2009-05-14 12:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA988	PART 1 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Zuma increased the Cabinet's size from 28 to 34 ministries. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This i [...]	2009-05-14 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA99	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF HEALTH - FINALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador had a productive meeting with Minister of Health Barbara Hogan January 19 on the eve of his departure from post. The Ambassador conveyed his frustration that he had not been able to meet with the Minister's predecessor, emblematic of challenges in working with th [...]	2009-01-20 14:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV EAID KHIV SF ZI
09PRETORIA990	INDUSTRY APPLAUDES CREATION OF DEDICATED TOURISM MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary. President Zuma announced a split in the existing Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) when he revealed his cabinet on May 9. Former Minister of DEAT Marthinus van Schalkwyk will head the new Department of Tourism. Industry analysts welcomed the creation of a ca [...]	2009-05-14 16:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA993	SOUTH AFRICA SPLITS ITS MINING AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African government announced the long-anticipated split of the Ministry of Minerals and Energy into two separate ministries to aim for greater focus on these key sectors. Industry is cautiously open-minded about the new appointments. Minister of Mining Susan Shabangu [...]	2009-05-15 12:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV SENV SF
09PRETORIA994	SA-ZIMBABWE BORDER: COPING WITH CONTINUED HEAVY [...] A May 7-8 visit to the South African and Zimbabwean border towns of Musina and Beitbridge found the border zone was beginning to normalize despite continued heavy flows of Zimbabwean migrants into South Africa. The SAG's halt in deportations has reduced migrants' vulnerability to police hara [...]	2009-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP SF
09PRETORIA995	SWAZI KING CONVEYS REGIONAL POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: King Mswati III of Swaziland met with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson in Johannesburg, South Africa following the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president. He raised SADC's concerns regarding the crisis in Madagascar and the region [...]	2009-05-15 15:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF
09STATE100104	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-25 16:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE100237	DAY 2: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) Day 2 discussions of the U.S.-South African Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue focused on technical level nuclear security issues. DOE/NNSA, NRC, and State gave a series of presentations on areas of cooperation. The United States invited the SAG to visit U.S. nuclear facilities [...]	2009-09-25 20:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE100252	DAY 3: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) On Day 3 of the U.S.-South Africa Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue, participants shared views and plans for upcoming international events, and discussed next steps. Einhorn provided an overview of the latest U.S. plans for the upcoming UN Security Council Summit on Disarmament a [...]	2009-09-25 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE113758	LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...]	2009-11-04 14:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF
09STATE116023	October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...]	2009-11-10 19:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
09STATE128866	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050174483 for the export of one (1) International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled Bell UH-1H [...]	2009-12-17 13:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE26710	(U) KUDOS FOR BIO REPORTING ON MOTLANTHE'S NEW [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK POST FOR ITS BIO REPORTING ON NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET MEMBERS (08 PRETORIA 2477). THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SUBJECTS OF PARAGRAPHS 2, 4, AND 8 OF THIS DOCUMENT, AND THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP ANALYST [...]	2009-03-19 21:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR KDEM KJUS PGOV SF
09STATE27831	(C) Secretary Clinton's March 19, 2009 Meeting [...] (C) Classified by: Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State - Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) March 19, 2009, 2:30 p.m., Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, AF Acting Assi [...]	2009-03-23 22:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SF
09STATE33679	CONSULATE GENERAL JOHANNESBURG MOVE TO ITS NEW [...] Consulate General Johannesburg will complete its move to a New Consulate Compound (NCC),effective April 14, 2009. 2. With the move to the NCC, all AmConsulate General Johannesburg telephone numbers have changed. Listed below are the new telephone numbers for the NCC main switchboard. T [...]	2009-04-07 13:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD ACOA AMGT ANET SF
09STATE37352	C) SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS WITH FOLLOW-UP FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WANT TO THANK POSTS FOR EXCELLENT REPORTING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH. THESE CABLES PROVIDED IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIFIC ISSUES SOUTH AFRICA IS FACING AND HOW THESE ISSUES ARE BE [...]	2009-04-15 21:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SOCI SF
09STATE4103	(S) POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) We have received information that a delegation from the North Korean weapons trading firm Korea Mining and Development Corporation, or KOMID, will travel to Sub-Saharan Africa. We believe, based on the timing, that this trip is likely related to a shipment en route to the region aboard [...]	2009-01-15 15:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC AO CG SF KN
09STATE62501	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050123348 for the export of aircraft components to South Africa. Post is requested to complet [...]	2009-06-17 12:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE63071	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050094716 for the export of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - controlled sign [...]	2009-06-18 13:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SA SF
09STATE65744	U.S. PRIORITIES AT THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4-5. 2. The 13th African Union (AU) Summit will be hosted by Libya July 1-3, 2009 (ref). AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson will lead the U.S. delegation to the Summit with the aim of engaging African leaders on USG policy priorities with [...]	2009-06-25 01:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OTRA PGOV UG SO NI SF ZI CD BC AU
09STATE71177	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050094533 and 050091122 for the export of ammunition to South Africa. Post is requested to c [...]	2009-07-09 18:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE78489	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050170678 and 050170688 for the export of ammunition to South Africa. Post is req [...]	2009-07-28 15:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE80202	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050170678 and 050170688 for the export of ammunition to South Africa. Post is req [...]	2009-07-31 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09STATE85122	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has promoted the concept of multilateral nuclear fuel assurances. This concept is intended to strengthen the international nuclear [...]	2009-08-14 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR AR SF EG IN MY RS
09STATE96693	(C) SOUTHERN AFRICA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR GABORONE 000674, "THOUGHTS ON ENGAGING WITH SADC." THE CABLE WAS INSIGHTFUL AND TIMELY, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SUMMIT IN GABORONE. ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL,S DISCUSSION O [...]	2009-09-17 15:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MP MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI
09STATE97420	DAY 1: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) The United States and South Africa launched a new Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue August 26 - 28 in Pretoria, South Africa. State Department Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert J. Einhorn and South African Ambassador Abdul Minty, Special Representative [...]	2009-09-18 21:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF KN IR
09TOKYO46	JAPANESE ADVOCACY FOR IAEA CANDIDATE, UPCOMING [...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates reftel readout from Vienna on the IAEA DG election. In a discussion which touched on this issue, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Div [...]	2009-01-08 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA KNNP SF PARM MNUC ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA10	IAEA/DG: AMANO DOES NOT THE WEOG [...] (C) Japanese Governor and IAEA DG candidate Yukiya Amano gave a proficient but uninspiring performance in his campaign pitch to a friendly Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) audience on January 8. Amano provided short and informed responses on an array of policy and management issues, but [...]	2009-01-13 11:52:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM MNUC TRGY IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA128	IAEA/DG ELECTION: FIRST DAY INCONCLUSIVE, AMANO [...] (S) The first three rounds of balloting for the IAEA Director General election on March 26 proved inconclusive, with neither candidate able to command the required two-thirds majority of the 35-member Board. The vote tally was 21(Amano)-14(Minty)-0 in the first round; 20(Amano)-15(Minty)-0 in [...]	2009-03-26 15:09:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA132	IAEA/DG: AMANO LOSES BY ONE VOTE, SLATE WIPED CLEAN [...] (C) Despite an intensive and successful overnight lobbying campaign, Japanese Governor Amano fell one vote short of the required two-thirds majority to be appointed IAEA Director General. In this second day of balloting, March 27, the Board of Governors held three votes in succession: first, a [...]	2009-03-27 14:49:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA141	IAEA/DG RACE: CANDIDATES NEED APPLY [...] (C) Summary: Former Board Chairs Chilean Ambassador Milenko Skoknic and former Slovenian Ambassador Ernesto Petric separately informed Ambassador Schulte April 1-2 that their respective governments are considering nominating them for IAEA Director General. Chile is consulting with other Latin [...]	2009-04-06 12:02:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF SI CI MY
09UNVIEVIENNA178	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE [...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]	2009-04-22 14:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA180	IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING [...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...]	2009-04-24 11:44:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA189	IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...]	2009-04-28 16:28:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA2	IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY [...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...]	2009-01-05 15:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA209	IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING [...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...]	2009-05-07 16:39:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA244	IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...]	2009-05-27 16:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA260	IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]	2009-06-05 12:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA268	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN [...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...]	2009-06-09 13:25:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA310	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]	2009-06-29 15:46:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA318	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...]	2009-07-02 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA319	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...]	2009-07-06 12:21:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA55	IAEA: DG RACE UPDATE [...] (S) Japanese IAEA Governor Amano told Ambassador Schulte February 4 he was "more optimistic" as to his ability to clinch the two-thirds vote required for election as Director General. With the Board Chair having nearly completed her consultations, 13 countries claimed to be undecided but among [...]	2009-02-06 16:12:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA551	RSA GAME TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS, LATER; GUMBI [...] (U) Summary: Mission reached out to South African counterparts upon receipt of reftel and will continue efforts in Vienna to collaborate in recruiting further states to sign and implement Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements with the Additional Protocol or, as appropriate, to modify existing Sm [...]	2009-12-07 15:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL TRGY KTIA SF XA IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA56	IAEA: SOUTH AFRICA WILLING TO GIVE UP U.S. ORIGIN HEU [...] (SBU) Acting on REFTEL A, Ambassador Schulte passed the USG non-paper on security of nuclear and radiological material to South Africa's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Abdul Minty, on February 4 during a lunch meeting. Ambassador Minty expressed gratitude for the offer and said he was open to coope [...]	2009-02-09 10:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF
09UNVIEVIENNA61	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE [...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...]	2009-02-12 11:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA94	IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 14:59:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09USUNNEWYORK203	DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...]	2009-03-03 01:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF
09USUNNEWYORK454	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice met with newly appointed South African PermRep Baso Sangqu on April 23. Sangqu hoped to forge greater cooperation on peace and security issues in Africa. He suggested a holistic approach to the crisis in Somalia, which needed to address the root causes of confli [...]	2009-05-04 23:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC SF SO ZI XA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK488	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NAMIBIAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a May 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Namibian PermRep Kaire Mbuende expressed frustration with the constraints of the traditional UN voting block dynamic and suggested that the U.S. and Namibian PermReps work more directly together on key issues. Mbuende confirmed Nami [...]	2009-05-12 14:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSCS SF SO WA XA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK622	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 18:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF
09VATICAN119	POPE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Pope Benedict addressed the opening of the World Food Summit urging leaders to care for the world's hungry and protect the environment. Similarly, at the UN General Assembly, the Vatican nuncio stressed the need for a comprehensive international energy policy that protects the enviro [...]	2009-11-19 15:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC BEXP EAGR ENRG FAO PGOV PREL SENV UN DA SF
09VATICAN125	COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT: VATICAN CHARITIES PLAN BIG [...] Summary: (SBU) Caritas Internationalis, the international federation of national Caritas groups (Catholic Church-affiliated aid organizations),will send a large delegation to Copenhagen to press for strong action on climate change. Caritas will also promote its "Grow Climate Justice" campai [...]	2009-12-01 16:26:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC SENV BEXP EAGR ENRG PREL UN DA SF VT
09WASHDC872	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maputo [...]	2009-12-21 18:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09WASHDC873	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maput [...]	2009-12-22 04:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09WELLINGTON229	DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
10BERLIN177	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GREECE-EU, GREECE-EURO, UKRAINE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Greece Financial Crisis) Germany, France Rescue Efforts 4. (Greece Financial Crisis) Long-term Prognosis for Euro 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT [...]	2010-02-11 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR EMS UP START PTER SF ECON
10CAPETOWN20	DA PROPOSES BILL TO REGULATE PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS [...] (U) On January 13, 2010 the Democratic Alliance (DA) unveiled its Private Members Bill on Presidential Pardons which it will submit to the Speaker. The Bill aims to prescribe a set of requirements to which the President must adhere when exercising his right to pardon a South African citizen, t [...]	2010-01-25 13:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
10CAPETOWN29	SOUTH AFRICAN STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (SBU) South African President Jacob Zuma, relying heavily on the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela (also known here by his clan name: "Madiba"),on February 11 gave his second State of the Nation address since assuming office last May. The South African leader came into the speech some [...]	2010-02-12 16:07:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
10CAPETOWN37	WILL MOTUMI BE MADE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? [...] (U) Summary . On February 9, Defense Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, briefed Parliament,s Portfolio Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs (Defense Committee) in response to the poor performance of SA Acting Permanent Secretary (PermSec) in the Ministry of Defense, Tsepe Motumi, the week before [...]	2010-02-22 16:52:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SF PGOV
10CAPETOWN39	AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH ATHOL TROLLIP, [...] (C) Summary. On February 12, Ambassador Gips met with Athol Trollip, Parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA),the main opposition party in Parliament, to discuss USG programs and cooperation. Also in attendance were Political Counselor, Cape Town CG, and Cape Town Poloff. T [...]	2010-02-25 12:43:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL SF
10DURBAN10	IFP LEADERSHIP BATTLE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The redeployment of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) National Chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi has deepened fissures within the party. KaMagwaza-Msibi's supporters claim certain IFP leaders are attempting to separate her from her constituency ahead of the party's elective conf [...]	2010-02-22 09:52:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
10DURBAN14	MURDER OF FORMER IFP SUPPORTER THWARTS ANC HOPE FOR A LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members have been arrested for the murder of a councilor who was expected to cast a deciding vote that would end the IFP's majority in the Amajuba District Municipality. This incident reveals the ongoing power struggle between the IFP and the [...]	2010-02-26 09:50:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
10DURBAN3	IS THE ANC AS DEMOCRATIC AS IT CLAIMS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. What began as a Durban road blockade in 2005 has become a shack-dwellers movement in South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, which means `those who live in the shacks' in Zulu) now includes thousands of shack-dwellers from more than 30 informal settlements throughout the co [...]	2010-01-08 15:48:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI SF
10LONDON132	SOMALIA/ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: UK MINISTERS ON RESOURCES, SANCTIONS, AND RELATIONS REF: LONDON 89 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C/NF) Summary. UK ministers agreed new resources for the implementation of its Somalia policy at a January 18 meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Africa. They also decided to support, within the EU, a minimal lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe by delisting the eight parastatals requested by Fi [...]	2010-01-21 13:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETTC PGOV SO ZI SF ZU XW UK
10LONDON360	SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...]	2010-02-17 12:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK
10LONDON361	AF DAS PAGE'S FEBRUARY 9 COURTESY CALLS ON [...] (C) Summary. AF DAS Susan Page paid courtesy calls on February 9 on Kenyan High Commissioner Ephram Waweru Ngare, South African High Commissioner Dr. Zola Skweyiya, Nigerian High Commissioner Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Zimbabwean Ambassador Gabriel Mharadze Machinga, and Ethiopian Ambassador Berhanu [...]	2010-02-17 12:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KE SF NI ZI ET UK
10MAPUTO51	BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: A signatory of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Mozambique is eager to leverage biotechnology to improve its agricultural productivity; however there has been little or no investment in biotech research thus far. The government of Mozambique (GRM) is calling for a second green r [...]	2010-01-14 16:30:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO MZ
10MASERU23	CORRECTED COPY: TERMINATION OF MADAGASCAR'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] On December 23, 2009, President Obama announced that Madagascar, together with Niger and Guinea, was not making continual progress in meeting African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) requirements. Effective January 1, 2010, those countries' designations as AGOA beneficiaries was terminated. [...]	2010-01-21 12:50:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SF LT
10PARIS188	AF DAS PAGE'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS (FEBRUARY 10-11) [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Susan Page met with French officials at the Presidency, MFA, and MOD during her February 10-11 consultations in Paris. She also met with Angola's Ambassador to France Miguel da Costa. Discussions with the French focused on Zimbabwe (France favored lifting certain sanct [...]	2010-02-18 12:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA ZI AO SF MA SU NI CG FR
10PRETORIA100	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 11-JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-19 09:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA125	ESKOM AND THE WORLD BANK LOAN FOR MEDUPI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two years after power utility Eskom's electricity crisis, the state-owned company continues to grapple with financing expanded supply and diversifying its energy mix. The recently released Integrated Resource Plan is a brief, three-year planning document, not revelatory in term [...]	2010-01-21 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET EINV PGOV SENV SF
10PRETORIA126	SOUTH AFRICA'S SCHOOL LEAVING EXAM RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the sixth year in a row, South Africa's national pass rates for its public school-leaving exams, the matric, have declined to just over 60 percent, down from 62.5 percent in 2008. (NOTE: The matric is a term commonly used to refer to the final year of high school and the qual [...]	2010-01-21 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI SF
10PRETORIA147	A/S CARSON MEETING REQUEST WITH SOUTH AFRICANS AT [...] (SBU) PolCouns passed A/S Carson's request for a meeting with President Zuma on the margins of the AU Summit to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) USA Director on January 15, and included contact information for USAU acting DCM Maybury. DIRCO officials acknowledged [...]	2010-01-22 17:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA SF
10PRETORIA149	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19-JANUARY 22 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-25 06:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA160	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: Following three consecutive quarters of contraction, South Africa's GDP resumed positive growth in the third quarter of 2009. South African exports edged higher in the second half of 2009, following an improvement in the global economy. As a result, the deficit on the current acc [...]	2010-01-26 11:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
10PRETORIA185	SOUTH AFRICA JOINS INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (U) South Africa became an official member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on January 17, 2010. Elevating South Africa from observer country status, President Jacob Zuma authorized Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters to sign the statute enabling South Africa to participate a [...]	2010-01-28 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD SENV SF KGHG
10PRETORIA199	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 25-JANUARY 29 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-29 16:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SF
10PRETORIA2	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-04 06:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA209	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] Per reftel request, Pretoria conducted a post-shipment check on license 050174483 for the export of one International Traffic in Arms(ITAR)-controlled Bell UH-1H helicopter to South Africa. Post confirms that the non-military end-user, Leading Edge Aviation, is in possession of the aircraft a [...]	2010-02-01 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
10PRETORIA216	AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) On January 26, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met with Ambassador Gips, DCM LaLime and PolOff (notetaker). The Minister welcomed bilateral cooperation, albeit with the proviso that SAG and USG interests be weighted equally. Her main requests were for U [...]	2010-02-02 09:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CVIS KTIP SF
10PRETORIA224	WORLD CUP ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES BY SOUTH AFRICAN [...] At a January 25-27 "train the trainers" workshop on trafficking in persons (TIP),organized by World Hope South Africa (WHSA) under a grant from State/GTIP (ref A),participants from a dozen civil society groups prepared to step up their anti-TIP outreach in advance of the mid-2010 World Cup [...]	2010-02-02 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KTIP SF
10PRETORIA225	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane hosted Ambassador Gips on January 26 at the Union Buildings. Chabane, who sets goals and tracks progress for the entire government, has overcome initial resistance from some government officials and is b [...]	2010-02-02 16:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF CVIS EAID KJUS
10PRETORIA226	(C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 17:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SF
10PRETORIA230	SOUTH AFRICANS COMMEMORATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) F. W. de Klerk, the last presidential leader under the apartheid state, stunned the world on February 2, 1990 by announcing his plans for the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela and the unbanning of liberation movements such as the African National Congress (ANC),Pan-African Congres [...]	2010-02-03 11:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
10PRETORIA231	DRC AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Bene M'Poko, during a January 24 luncheon discussion with the Ambassador, offered his thoughts on a range of issues. M'Poko is planning to retire from diplomatic service and return to Congo in the near future, and he told us his [...]	2010-02-03 15:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SF MASS CG
10PRETORIA256	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 1-FEBRUARY 5 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-02-05 15:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA274	SEEKING DATES FOR ROUND II OF THE U.S.-SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 07:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENERG MNUC NP PARM PREL ECON SF
10PRETORIA289	PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (ref A) for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from mid-February 2009 through mid-February 2010. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capa [...]	2010-02-11 12:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA290	PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 12:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA291	PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 12:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD

10PRETORIA3	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-04 06:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA304	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DIFFICULT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg told Ambassador Gips in a meeting in February 3 that relations between his country and South Africa remain difficult despite Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim's desire to be a broker for peace in the [...]	2010-02-12 14:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
10PRETORIA305	SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH JOEL [...] (C) Ambassador Gips met with former Chief of the Presidency's Policy Unit Joel Netshitenzhe on February 1. Netshitenzhe, one of the key government strategists to emerge during the past 15 years, remains engaged intellectually on all of the current issues confronting South Africa. (Note: His [...]	2010-02-12 14:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SCUL KCRM SF
10PRETORIA310	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6-FEBRUARY 12 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-02-12 17:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA316	Minerals Minister Says No Mine Nationalization for South [...] (SBU) Summary: South African Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu stated publicly and clearly that nationalization of the country's mines is not government policy and is not on the government's agenda, speaking at the opening of the Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town on February 2. She [...]	2010-02-16 13:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB ENRG EINV PGOV SF
10PRETORIA352	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6-FEBRUARY 12 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-02-20 11:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA355	ESKOM PITCHES ITSELF AND THE MEDUPI POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eskom hosted foreign diplomatic missions, South Africa Government officials, and its own staff on February 9 at Medupi Power Plant. Eskom asserted that its team is dedicated to keeping the lights on and fueling economic growth in South Africa, and that Medupi - as a key part of [...]	2010-02-22 10:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EINV EFIN IBRD PGOV SENV SF
10PRETORIA385	PRETORIA RESPONSE ON SOUTH AFRICA'S UN/OIOS [...] (C) Post hereby replies to Department request (ref A) for background information on Mr. Imran Vanker, who the Department reports (ref B) is under consideration for nomination by the South African Government (SAG) as head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). 2. (C) Becau [...]	2010-02-25 12:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
10PRETORIA392	PRETORIA INTERVIEW WITH UN/OIOS CANDIDATE S.A.FAKIE [...] (C) Mr. Shauket Allie Fakie, potential UK nominee for the position of head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS),said he was interested in the OIOS role and could work to arrange his availability to fill it. His responses to Department interview questions (ref A) follow. [...]	2010-02-26 13:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
10PRETORIA395	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 22-FEBRUARY 26 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-02-26 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA400	SOUTH AFRICA: EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-28 22:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR SF
10PRETORIA401	SOUTH AFRICA: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-28 22:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL SY IAEA SF
10PRETORIA44	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 4- JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2010-01-08 10:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA72	SOUTH AFRICA FIGHTS RAMPANT PASSPORT FRAUD [...] (SBU) As noted in post's 2009 Terrorism Report (ref A),South Africa has a poor record of document security with respect to passports issued by its Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The high incidence of genuine documents fraudulently issued to non-nationals prompted the U.K. to impose a visa [...]	2010-01-13 10:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF
10PRETORIA74	READOUT OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH EVENTS [...] SUMMARY From October 2 - 6, Paul Green, an agricultural economist consultant based in Washington, D.C., visited South Africa on behalf of the International Grain Trade Coalition to discuss with the South African food and feed industries ways to encourage a broader view of sustainable food syste [...]	2010-01-13 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
10PRETORIA75	PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund requests funding to bring two experts in the subject matter to South Africa to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as regulation of stacked genes, l [...]	2010-01-13 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
10PRETORIA80	SOUTH AFRICA FIGHTS RAMPANT PASSPORT FRAUD [...] (SBU) As noted in post's 2009 Terrorism Report (ref A),South Africa has a poor record of document security with respect to passports issued by its Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The high incidence of genuine documents fraudulently issued to non-nationals prompted the U.K. to impose a visa [...]	2010-01-14 10:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF
10PRETORIA94	ZUMA KEEPS THE PEACE AT ANC'S 98TH BIRTHDAY [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) held its 98th anniversary celebration in Kimberley on January 9. More than 30,000 party members attended the event to hear speeches from President Jacob Zuma and leaders of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and South African Communist [...]	2010-01-15 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
10STATE13489	January 2010 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2010 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors discussed Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Cte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dubai/UAE, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Seychelles a [...]	2010-02-16 17:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
10STATE5946	(C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C//NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE PREPARING TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA GIP'S IMPENDING MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER DIPUO PETERS, AS WELL AS UPCOMING TRIPS OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT SUSAN BURK TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND [...]	2010-01-21 15:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SF
10STATE7270	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050129594 for the export of a FLIR Thermal Imaging System (FLIR) to South Africa. Post is requ [...]	2010-01-25 17:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
85GABORONE501	BOTSWANA CHARGES BOPHUTHATSWANA WITH THREAT TO INVADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOVERNMENT OF BOTSWANA HAS ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE STATING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF BOPHUTHATSWANA HAS THREATENED TO INVADE BOTSWANA UNLESS IT HALTS THE PASSAGE OF ANC CADRE THROUGH BOTSWANA INTO ITS TERRITORY AND THAT OF SOUTH AFRICA. THE RELEASE ALSO CITES PIK BOTHA AS SAYING TH [...]	1985-02-05 12:45:00	Embassy Gaborone	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SF BC
85GABORONE97	BOTSWANA NEWSPAPER CARRIES ARTICLE MISREPRESENTING [...] (U) THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS (JANUARY 8, 1985) CARRIED A LONG VERBOSE OVERVIEW OF 1984, THE "ORWELLIAN" YEAR ("VIOLENCE AND DISASTER, A GLEAM OF HOPE") CREDITED TO DEREK INGRAM OF GEMINI NEWS SERVICE. ONE PARAGRAPH MISREPRESENTS ONE FACET OF CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHER [...]	1985-01-09 15:30:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV US SF BC
85GABORONE98	ANGOLANS IN SADF SEEK REFUGE IN BOTSWANA [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, TWO ANGOLAN MEMBERS OF THE SADF, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, SOUGHT REFUGEE STATUS IN BOTSWANA AND APPLIED FOR THE AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM. AFTER MEETING WITH EMBOFFS, THE MEN WERE SENT TO THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS TO REGISTER [...]	1985-01-10 10:05:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SREF SHUM PGOV WA SF BC
87PRETORIA17012	MBEKI'S RELEASE -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I BELIEVE THAT THE RELEASE OF GOVAN MBEKI SHOULD BE SEEN AS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN UPTHE POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN THE COUNTRY ON THE KEY ISSUE OF BLACK/WHITE DIALOGUE. I SUSPECT, HOWEVER, THAT THE GESTURE AND [...]	1987-11-06 10:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
89STATE302065	PRESS GUIDANCES - UTA CRASH/ANGOLA/SWAPO [...] THE FOLLOWING THREE GUIDANCES WERE PREPARED FOR THE NOON BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989. 2. Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CRASH OF UTA FLIGHT 772? A. WE UNDERSTAND THAT UTA FLIGHT 772 BOUND FROM NDJAMENA TO PARIS CRASHED 650 KMS NORTHWEST OF NDJAMENA IN CENTRAL NIGER [...]	1989-09-20 22:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL SF US
89STATE368870	MEETING WITH ANC LEADER THABO MBEKI [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ANC INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR THABO MBEKI MADE HIS SECOND VISIT TO WASHINGTON IN AS MANY MONTHS NOVEMBER 9 - 14. MIXING CALLS IN WASHINGTON WITH TRAVEL ELSEWHERE (HE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 1),MBEKI OFFICIALLY OPENED THE ANC'S WASHINGTON OF [...]	1989-11-16 23:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ANC SF PREL
90CAPETOWN623	AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A SPEECH WHICH THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TO THE "PERSPECTIVES FORUM" IN DURBAN ON MARCH 14, 1990: QUOTE: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE MOMENT TO DISCUSS UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH AFRICA AS EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE MOVING SWIFTLY. PARTICIPANTS AND [...]	1990-03-16 13:49:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC SF
90CAPETOWN97	ESSA MOOSA TALKS ABOUT MANDELA AND OTHER TOPICS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. ATTORNEY ESSA MOOSA WHO SPOKE WITH HIM LAST WEEK, SAYS MANDELA FULLY EXPECTS THAT ON FEBRUARY 2 DE KLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE RETURN OF PO [...]	1990-01-17 15:12:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SF
90JOHANNESBURG264	THOUSANDS IN JOHANNESBURG PEACEFULLY [...] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HAPPY REVELERS HAVE FILLED THE STREETS OF JOHANNESBURG AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE WAS MADE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. CROWDS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED GATHERED IN SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS IN THE CITY CENTER ON SATURDAY AND SUNDA [...]	1990-02-13 09:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SF
90MOSCOW5204	MUTED SOVIET REACTION TO MANDELA'S RELEASE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOR ALL THE ATTENTION THE SOVIET MEDIA HAVE PAID TO NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE FEBRUARY 12, HE MIGHT AS WELL STILL BE IN PRISON. "SEVEN DAYS", THE USSR'S MAJOR SUNDAY EVENING NEWS AND WEEK-IN-REVIEW PROGRAM, DEVOTED ALL OF THIRTY SECONDS TO THE EVENT, AN [...]	1990-02-13 16:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UR SF
90PRETORIA17357	THABO MBEKI ON THE STATE OF PLAY [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH DCM MCCALLIE, ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR THABO MBEKI OUTLINED DEVELOPMENTS IN ANC-INKATHA PEACE TALKS, CONTINUING SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY BY SECURITY FORCE ELEMENTS, AND THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS WI [...]	1990-10-24 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SF
90PRETORIA20502	THE SAG-ANC RELATIONSHIP: A YEAR END PERSPECTIVE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------------ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. A NEW MOOD OF UNCERTAINTY HAS SETTLED OVER SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWING A YEAR OF UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CHANGE. AFTER A PROMISING START, NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ANC HAVE BOGG [...]	1990-12-17 17:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF
90PRETORIA2455	THE BEAT GOES ON: MASS PROTEST ACTIONS PROLIFERATE [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE LEVEL OF PROTEST ACTION CONTINUES TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF PRESIDENT DE KLERK'S FEBRUARY 2 PARLIAMENTARY SPEECH. A GROWING NUMBER OF BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE ORGANIZED RALLIES AROUND LOCAL ISSUES, WHILE THE REBEL CRICKET TOUR AND THE UNBA [...]	1990-02-09 16:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SF
90PRETORIA7087	MANDELA REPORTED "FURIOUS" AT TOP ADVISER FOR [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT 2. NELSON MANDELA IS "FURIOUS" WITH TOP ADVISER ZWELAKHE SISULU FOR PERSUADING THE ANC LEADERSHIP TO VETO HIS PLANS TO MEET MARGARET THATCHER IN LONDON IN MID-APRIL, ACCORDING TO A CLOSE SISULU ASSOCIATE. GABU TUGWANA (PROTECT),SISULU'S DEPUTY AT THE "NEW NATION" NEWSP [...]	1990-05-03 10:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
91HARARE10989	ZIMBABWE: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, AS OUTLINED REFTEL, FOLLOWS. A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1991. IN OCTOBER, FOUR CONVICTED SABOTEURS BEGAN [...]	1991-11-14 11:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPRP PREL IZ LY SF ZI
91PRETORIA4652	THE ANC'S THABO MBEKI AND CHRIS HANI [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL. WE SHOULD SAY UP FRONT THAT WE DO NOT INTERACT MUCH WITH CHRIS HANI, WHO PREFERS TO LEAVE DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS TO OTHERS. NOR DO WE OFTEN SEE MBEKI AND HANI TOGETHER, EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL ASS [...]	1991-03-20 13:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SF ZA
93PRETORIA5586	FIGHTING PERCEPTIONS AND SUBSTANCE: THABO MBEKI [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR AND SENIOR NEGOTIATOR THABO MBEKI APRIL 23 TO OBTAIN A READOUT ON THE STATE OF PLAY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. MBEKI WAS CONFIDENT THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON A DATE CERTAIN [...]	1993-04-27 10:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
95GABORONE6513	SOUTH AFRICA -- NOT SADC -- TO TAKE THE LEAD ON NIGERIA [...] CONTRARY TO WHAT PRESIDENT MASIRE'S PRIVATE SECRETARY TOLD US LAST WEEK, LOUIS SELEPENG, PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, CONFIDED TO THE AMBASSADOR 11/30 THAT PRESIDENT MASIRE HAD DECLINED, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CO [...]	1995-12-01 15:12:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BC NI SF
95PRETORIA5893	SOUTH AFRICA: THABO MBEKI, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S IMAGE APPEARS A BIT TARNISHED, THE RESULT OF HIS QUESTIONABLE HANDLING OF THE FIRING OF WINNIE MANDELA, HIS HASTE TO CAST DOUBT ON ALLAN BOESAK'S CULPABILITY ON CORRUPTION C [...]	1995-05-10 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KPRP SF
96PRETORIA6905	STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: SOUTH [...] ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS CABLES HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES, FOLLOWING ARE GENERAL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED REF A. SEPTELS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES (LAND, HOUSING, TRADITIONAL/CUSTOMARY LAW) AS WELL AS SEPTEL ADDRESSING POST'S ACTIONS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY WILL FOLLOW. 2. SU [...]	1996-07-22 13:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM SADC SF
98PRETORIA15505	SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG-TERM SADC APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A NOVEMBER 23 MEETING WITH DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SADC POLITICAL AFFAIRS HORST BRAMMER, AND DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION COEN BEZUIDENHOUT, THE SAG OFFICIALS TOLD POLMIL OFFICER AND POLOFFICER THAT, WHILE SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTED THE STRENGTHENING OF SADC AS A [...]	1998-11-25 22:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC SF
98PRETORIA3354	BIO INFO ON MBEKI'S NEW INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISOR [...] (C) POLMILOFF AND POLOFF PAID A COURTESY CALL ON DEPUTY PRESIDENT MBEKI'S DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN THE NEW POLICY COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION UNIT (CIU) MARCH 18. THE CIU, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, PROVIDES POLICY COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT, AND ENSUR [...]	1998-03-18 13:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SF
99PRETORIA12830	SOUTH AFRICA AND SADC'S SECURITY ORGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENSE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL TAKE PART IN AN OCTOBER 26 - 27 SPECIAL MINISTERIAL SESSION IN SWAZILAND ON REFORM OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY (THE ORGAN). PARTICIPATION OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER SHOULD ADDRESS SAG CONCERN THAT ANY DECISIONS [...]	1999-10-22 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS SF

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