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posted 03 July 2008 10:46 AM      Profile for unionist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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[Thabo] Mbeki called for the minute's silence at a ceremony for those killed in a recent wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa.

"The executive secretary of Sadc [the Southern African Development Community] called me to say the president of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, had passed away this morning," he said, reports Reuters news agency.

But the foreign affairs department later issued a "clarification":

"The South African Government has been informed that President Mwanawasa has not passed on.

"President Mbeki regrets the misunderstanding; and on behalf of the government and on his own behalf, wishes President Mwanawasa a speedy recovery."


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