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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:08 AM
Subject: [unioNews] South Africa leading renaissance
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> OPINION
> South Africa leading renaissance
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> By PETER MADAKA
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> Unemployment, poverty and lack of essential government services have
> replaced the insecurity and mayhem that until very recently reigned
> in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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> Not that the country itself is poor. According to a U.N. report
> regarding the conflict in the DRC, the abundance of natural resources
> has been the curse that has attracted foreign exploiters who in turn
> have funded the chaos to perpetuate the illegal exploitation of the
> country's resources. Yet, if all goes according to South African
> President Thambo Mbeki's plan, the natural resources of the DRC could
> become its blessing.
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> Mbeki rode into Kinshasa last week leading a powerful delegation of
> seven Cabinet Ministers and 60 of South Africa's top private sector
> businesses in an effort to consolidate the South African-sponsored
> peace deal in the DRC with an infusion of meaningful and long-term
> economic investments.
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> The visit, which comes on the heels of the African National Congress'
> launching of its own reelection bid, also carries a message for the
> rest of Africa that goes beyond the DRC. For President Mbeki-a firm
> believer in the African renaissance-the DRC could hold the key to
> Africa's social, economic and political rebirth.
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> Mbeki believes that success in the DRC could be replicated elsewhere
> in Africa. This is a message he was eager to deliver to Congolese
> lawmakers last week. "Without peace in the DRC we cannot have an
> African renaissance," Mbeki declared. This message is important,
> accompanying a heavy purse from the leader of a government that is
> not only sponsoring the peace but the desire and enough resources to
> help the Congolese economy turn around.
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> QUOTATION:
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empire, so strong and powerful as to compel the respect of mankind, but we
in our lifetime can so work and act as to make the dream a possibility
within another generation"
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey <i>(1887 - 1940)</i></A></html>
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