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OUTH Africa influenced a large number" of the UN Security Council's outcomes during its second ended on 31, the government

"South Africa's leadership role and significant contribution to the work of the council on African issues particularly on Sudan/South Sudan, Sudan (Dar- fur), Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Libya and its principled position on the Middle East and Western Sahara is well recognised," Baso Sangqu, the South African ambassador to the UN, said.

"In addition, South Africa championed a landmark decision on strengthening the strategic cO- operation between the UNSC and the AU Peace and Security Coun-- dil in Resolution 2033 building on the South African-sponsored Res olution 1809 of 2008."

The SA-sponsored Resolution 2033 gave African governments a greater say in UN actions on Africa by stipulating that the UN Security Council consult with the AU before taking decisions on African security issues.

Sangqu has completed his term as ambassador to the UN in New York and will assume a new role as adviser to AU Comnlission chairwoman Nkosazana Diamini Zuma in Addis Ababa.

He is being replaced in New

York by former high commis- sioner (ambassador) to Nigeria, Kingsley Mamabolo.

Sangqu reiterated in his state- ment that the power configura- tion in the UNSC "is not in favour of elected members and national interests sometimes override international commitments.

"The thplomatic tools at the council's disposal are sometimes abused by some of its permanent members which then complicates the collective work . Of the council."

His concern echoed the wide- spread criticism that the five per- nianent, veto-wielding members of the security council - the US, China, UK, France and Russia - determine most of the council's decisions.

This leaves other countries like South Africa, which may have been elected for two-year terms, largely powerless.

However, Sangqu said despite this constraint, "South Africa influenced a large number of the council's outcomes and actively engaged on all issues on the security council's agenda..."

South Africa had "promoted its positions with regard to the rule of law at national and inter- national levels, post-conflict

reconstruction and development,

peace and justice, the role of women in peace and security (Resolution 1325), the plight of women and children in armed conflict situations".

Other "notable achievements"

were chairing the Working Group

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on Conflict Prevention and Reso- lution in Africa and the 1540 Corn- mittee, tasked with preventing non-state actors from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction.

"The ' C이mtry also co-led security council missions to Africa and led the conclusion of the peace' mission in Timor- Leste"

Sangqu said South Africa's experience had emphasised the need for the expansion of the security council to include new permanent and non-permanent members, including from Africa.

"South Africa made a positive and significant contribution to the international community's efforts to prevent and resolve con- ificts the world over."

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Madiba's recuperation at home is 'on track'

NELSON Mandela's recuperation at home after his recent hospitalisation continues, the Presidency said yesterday

"We have not received any word^丘om the doctors.

Therefore we assume everything is moving accord- in倉 to plan, and Madiba's recovery continues on track," spokesman Mac Maharaj' said.

The first democratic president of South Africa is receiving home-based high care at his Houghton residence in Joburg, since being discharged from hospital towards the end of December.

He was flown from his home in qunu in仕ie East- emn Cape to Pretoria on December 8 to receive treat- ment for a lung infection. He also underwent gall- stone surgery

Mandela has a history of lun轍 problems, having suffered from tuberculosis towards the end of the 27- year period he spent in prison. . Sapa

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HREE out of four pupils who wrote matric last year passed. The pass rate for the class of 2012 is 73.9 percent- a 3.7 percentage point increase on 2011's 70.2 percent.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, who announced the results in Joburg late yesterday, said Ganteng was the top province with a 83.9 percent pass rate. This is up from last year's 81.1 percent

The Western Cape, number one h 2011 with 82.9 percent and the only' province that 겡roppe4 last

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head of the Wits School of Educa- tion, said the results came as no surprise: He 7 said incremental increases in the pass rate were a cood sian.

LYflfl isowie, a lecturer m math- ematics education at Wits, said she was very pleased with the increase in the maths pass rate.

She said the maths exam papers were of a good quality last year.

The concern was that 30 percent was required for a pass, but higher marks in maths are needed to get into tertiary institutions. "I would like to see a breakdown of what pupils got for maths," Bowie said.

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"Teachers are empowered with clear, concise and unambiguous curriculum and assessment state- ments. This helps in improving the learners' ability to count, read and write," the minister said.

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Soobrayan saId he was con- cerned that while the number of girl pupils who wrote ; exams was climbing, the pumber of boys writ- mg exams was fluctua轉ng. He said girls tended to stay in school longer, and dropout rates were higher among boys.

"The story of the boy learner is becoming bleak... The girls are climbing steadily but the boys are fluctuating. It's an important inctor for the country" he said.

Motshekga said pupils who did not make it must not lose heart.

"There are many options for improving your results or pursuing alternative career paths.

"Your results notwithstanding, this is not the end of the world. We 'all learn from trial and eiror," she

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almost wholesale change since the election ofHelen Zille as its leaderin 2007. lts national conference late last year showed what seem to be very significant changes in the party's membership.

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tion ofpeoPle ofdifferent fangilages, cultures and bellefsis changl'ng it. In its original form, the Democratic

so pressing for newer members in Tembisa or rural KwaZulu-Natal.

The party is attempting to create itself as a broad church - much like the ANC. The DA often defines itself by what it is not - such as corrupt or racist. However, it kiso helps the party to grow if it nihkes few ideo-- logical demands on ifs members.

Should this growth continue over the next few years, it will be at a time when the ANC is likely to face many challenges - intrna'l and external.

So far, leaders of the tripartite alliance, and particUlarly the South African Communist Party, have shown themselves to be intolerant of the very idea of the DA's existence.

Criticism of the DA tends to be direct and personal. Some have seen this as proof that th:ANC, if feeling threatened, will use state power and

AGENT OF CHANGE: The DA has started to undergo almost wholesale change since the election of Helen Zille as its leader in 2007. Picture: PIJXLEY MAKOAT1-tO possibly unconstitutional means, to to allow DA members to march to its protect itself, and to attack the DA. headquarters over the youth wage In particular, the Congress of subsidy, and ANC members' refusal South African Trade Unions refusal to allow Ms Zille and DA leaders to

as being for 'whites' is now a much more difficult claim to sustain

use a public road to walk to President Jacob Zuma's home at Nkandla, are seen as proof that the ANC will not give up power peacefully.

However, the very presence of the DA, and the newish perception that it is not just a "white" party could well prevent ANC leaders from acting too rashly.

While there appear to be mem- bers of the party's top leadership who want to change the constitution, perhaps to keep themselves in power, there are also others, perhaps more sober leaders in the party, who feel that to do so would simply strengthen the hand of the DA.

They may point to issues such as Nkandla and suggest that to con- tinue to refuse to hand over any information about it could actually push some voters towards the DA.

This, in itselL could well prevent the ANC from behaving in an undemocratic fashion over the next few years.

癬Grootes is an Eyewitness News reporter.

ArcelorMittal sells Canadian stake

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IARCELORMITJ'AL, the world's biggest steel maker, will sell a

$1.lbn stake in a Canadian iron ore mine operator to a consortium that includes South Korean steel maker Posco and Taiwan-listed China Steel, China Steel has announced.

ArcelorMittal, formed in 2006 when India-born Lakshmi Mittal's

reported that China Steel and Posco would jointly contribute

$540m, while the remainder was expected to be paid by financial investors including Korea's National Pension Service.

A Posco spokeswoman con- firmed a consortium involving Posco had signed a stock purchase a2reement to acquire a stake in the iron ore mine operator, out declined to elaborate on details.

ArcelorMittal is one of Cana- steel business bought European

peer Arcelor for $33bn, is battling sluggish steel demand and is look- ing to offload assets to cut debt.

The sale of a 15% stake in Canada's Labrador Trough iron ore mining and infrastructure asset is part of that process.

Posco, China Steel and ArcelorMittal Mines Canada will own Labrador Trough through a joint venture and will enter into long-term iron ore supply agreements, China Steel said in a statement on its website.

Posco shares were up 2.6%, while China Steel rose 0.6%.

The transaction is subject to approval from the Taiwanese government, and is expected to close in two instalments in the first and second quarters of this year.

The deal will give Posco, the world's fourth-biggest steel maker, access to iron ore and coal used to make steel, as it currently imports nearly all of its key raw materials. Posco already owns a 12.5% stake in Australia's $lObn Roy Hill project.

Yesterday, a South Korean wire service, Yonhap Infomax,

da's top exporters of iron ore to steel markets around the world and its operations account for about 40% of Canada's iron ore output. It operates two large open- pit mines

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Last month, ArcelorMittal wrote down the value of its European business by $4.3bn, underscoring gloom about prospects for the region's reces- sion-hit manufacturers.

Credit agency Fitch has cut ArcelorMittal's long-term issuer default rating to BB+, just below investment grade, due to the challenging outlook for Western European steel markets this year.

ArcelorMittal, which makes about 6%-7% of the world's steel, says demand in Europe had fallen 29%

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SOUTH Korea's biggest car mak- ers, Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia, are targeting a modest 4%

rise in global sales this year, their slowest growth in a decade.

Other vehicle makers, includ- ing Japanese rival Toyota, are set- ting conservative sales targets in the face of an uncertain global economy.

Hyundai and Kia, which together rank fifth in global car sales, are expecting a slowdown in sales growth to a combined 7.41- million vehicles partly also be- cause of capacity constraints and a stronger South Korean currency.

"Hyundai and Kia benefited from the woes of their rivals after the global financial crisis. But now their growth momentum is weak- ening without the support of the local currency," said Kim Sung- soo, a fund manager at LS Asset Management.

The won rose to a 16-month high against the dollar earlier yes- terday, fuelling investor anxiety over reduced overseas earnings and the price competitiveness of South Korean firms.

The won rose 7.6% against the

dollar last year, its biggest per- centage gain since 2009. By con- trast, the yen is softening, which could tip the competitive balance in favour of Japanese rivals such as Honda Motor.

Hyundai's shares ended down 1.1% yesterday while Kia's slipped

0.4%, underperforming the wider market's 1.7% gain.

After expanding 1-lyundai Motor and Kia at breakneck speed, group chairman Chung Mong-koo has slowed 瓚 apacity building in the past years to focus on branding and profitability.

This year's projected sales growth of 4% will be the smallest since 2003 when Hyundai and Kia increased sales by 2.3%, company data show.

Hyundai is targeting sales of 4.66-million vehicles this year, compared with 4.4-million last

year, while Kin has set a goal of 2.75-million, almost flat from 2.72-million last year, according to regulatory filings.

"Chairman Chung said our maximum capacity is 8-million vehicles. No more than that.

Instead, he said we need to move upmarket and raise margins," a former Hyundai executive said.

Hyundai plans to unveil a luxury-concept vehicle at the Detroit motor show this month, a spokesman said.

A dearth of new models for Hyundai and Kia this year will also erode sales growth, with analysts saying the next generation of Genesis, Hyundai's premium sedan, may be unveiled only late this year.

Kia plans to launch a new Soul compact car this year, a spokesman said, without elaborat- ing on possible roll-out plans for other models.

Hyundai, which started new plants in China and Brazil last year, is in a better position to meet any bigger than expected increase in demand this year than Kia, which did not add any capacity at all last year.

Global motor vehicle demand may grow 5.3% to 88.73-million

vehicles this year, similar to a pro- jected 5.2% pace last year, as a flat European market counters higher sales in China and the US, says a recent report by South Korea's motor industry body.

Toyota expects its group-wide global sales to rise 2.2% to 9.91- million vehicles this year from a projected 9.7-million last year.

"The market environment is expected to be difficult in 2013 because of Europe's fiscal crisis and the global economic down- turn," Mr Chung, the 74-year-old chairman of Hyundai and Kia's parent group, said in his annual speech to employees yesterday.

Hyundai and Kia sold a com-- bined 7.12-million vehicles last year, up 8% from the previous year and better than their original tar- get of 7-million.

The duo drove up sales in China when their Japanese com- petitors were hit by a backlash in a dispute over islands in the East China Sea last year.

In the US and Canada, Hyundai and Kia's sales have not been greatly affected so far by their November 2 admission that they had overstated the fuel econ- omyof more than 1-million of their cars. Reuters

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Australian gold producer Newcrest Mining added 3.6% as the precious metal climbed. BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, rose 2% in Sydney, leading gains among raw-material producers, after China's manufacturing expanded for a third month.

Techtronic Industries, a maker of power tools with North America as its biggest market, gained 3.3% in Hong Kong as the Hang Seng index capped its best opening session of a year since 2009. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan index rose 2.1% to 476.23. A close at this level

would be the highest in 17 months.

More than five shares rose for each that fell. Markets in Japan and mainland China were closed yesterday and today for public holidays. "Short term, the market sentiment will remain quite positive because the investors believe the fiscal cliff can be avoided," Ben Kwong of KGI Asia said.

"The China PMI of course is another stimulus for the market."

Trading volume on Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index was 34% below its 30-day average for the time of day; The measure rose 1.2%. South Korea's Kospi index climbed 1.7%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index advanced 2.9%, closing above 23,000 for the first time since June 2011, while a gauge of Chinese companies listed in the city added 4%. Bloomberg

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12. Then they return for a last warm-up in Nelsprnit against Namibia on January

15. The Namibians, who hope to use their PSL-based play- ers for the match, will also provide opposition for Morocco at Rand Stadium on January 12.

niger naa scneauiea a match against Rwanda for Port Elizabeth on January

15 but now seem to benego tiating with Zimbabwe instead.

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; B in the Windy City will go first to Neispruit after they arrive in the country to play a friendly against Burkina Paso on January 10.

Algeria are playing Plat- mum Stars on January17 in Rustenburg but have put on hold plans for another game against Pretoria University

Angola will also have a friendly with Moroka Swal lows next week after a side trip to Maputo to play Mozainbique this weekend.

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lined up two friendlies against Absa Premiership sides as part of their fmal preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

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with Bafana Bafana at Orlando Stadium on Jan- uary 12.

The friendly game against AmaTuksj will take place at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Complex in Phokeng on Jan- uary 16.

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BUILD-UP GAMES: Zambia celebrates after winning the 2011 African Cup of Nations

Teams seek finishing punch for Afcon in SA

Mark Gleeson

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And Premier Soccer League sides will also profit from some top class oppo- sition as they begin their mid-season preparations.

On top of the two Bafana Bafana warm-up matches against Norway and Algeria on January 8 and 12, respec- tively, African champions Zambia have scheduled four friendlies in the build-up to defending their Afcon title.

They have a meeting with Swaziland on Saturday,

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1 천207명 숨져…음주운전이 가장 큰 원인

（요하네스버그＝연합뉴스） 김민철 특파원 = 남。

사망자가 지난 5년 새 가장 많은 1 천207명을 :7

^{프리 7} _록했

화국에서 작년 말과 올해 초 교통사고 2일（현지시간） 일간지

통사고로 숨진 인원이

프리토리아뉴스에 따르먼 지난해 12월부터 올해 첫날밤까지 전국에서 교

모두 1천207명인 것으로 나타났다．

이는 지난

2007

년 12월，

2008

년 1월 사망자 수가 1천

261

명에 달한 이래 가장 많은 것이다．

교통당국은

2008

년에 연말연시 교통사고 사망자 수를 2이5년까지 절반으로 대폭 감소시킨다는 계획을 세워 교통 단속을 강화하고 안전운전 캠페인 등을 대대적으로 벌여왔다．

이에 따라 사망자가

하지만 이번

돌아간 것．

연말 연초 전국 도로에서 하루 37명꼴로 사망자가 발생하먼서 5년 전 수준으로 되

이와 관련， 신디시웨 치쿵가 교통부 부장관은 이날 국영 라디오

SAFM

에 출연해음주운전이 가 장 큰 사고 요인이라고 지적했다．

그는 이날 휴가를 마치고 복귀하는 차량이 몰리는 전국 고속도로에 교통경찰관이 집중적으로 배치돼 음주운전 행위를 강력히 단속할 것이라고 경고했다．

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2008/09

년에 1 천75명，

2009/1 0

년에 1천94명 및

2011/12

년 1 천78명 등 교통사고

다소 줄었다．

코트디부아르 국가애도…앙골라서도 16 명 숨져

압사 사고…와타라 대통령 3일간 애도기간 선포 신년맞이 행사에 대규모 인파 몰려 참사 발생

（요하네스버그＝연합뉴스） 김민철 특파원 = 서부 아프리카 코트디부아르의 알라산 와타라 대통령이 2일（현지시간） 3일간의 국가 애 도기간을 선포했다．

이는 지난 1 일 새벽 신년맞이 불꽃놀이 행사에 참여했다가 많은 인파가 뒤섞이면서 다． 오는 3일과 4일 대통령 관저에서 열릴 예정이던 새해맞이 연회도 취소됐다고 AP 와타라 대통령은 또 이번 사고에 대한 철저한 조사를 관계 당국에 지시했다．

61 명이 숨진 압사사고가 발생한 데 따른 것이 통신이 전했다，

이런 가운데 지난 1 일 발생한 압사사고와 관련， 많은 했다는 부상자 증언이 나왔다고 통신은 덧붙였다．

사람이 몰려나오는 도로에 누군가가 바리케이드를 설치한 게 원인으로 작용

경제수도 아비장의 플래토 지역의 한 경기장에서 열린 신년맞이 불꽃놀이 축제가 1 일 오전 1 시께 끝난 뒤 약 5만명의 인j 장을 빠쳐나가 공화국로를 향했다는 것이다．

그러나 누군가가 도로에 나무로 만든 바리케이드를 설치해놓고 이동 중인 사람듈에게 아침까지 계속 플래토지역에 머물도록 요구 했고 이에 시민듈이 그럴 수 없다고 반발하는 과정에서 뒤따라 온 인파가 뒤섞이며 압사사고가 발생했다고 한 목격자는 전했다．

이에 대해 현지 언론은 도적듈이 바리케이드롤 설치해 많은 사람을 거리에 잡아 놓은 뒤 휴대전화나 돈을 훔치려 한 것이라는 소 문을 전했다．

한편 앙골라에서도 신년맞이 한 종교행사에서 많은 사람이 한꺼번에 몰리는 바람에 압사사고가 발생해 16명이 숨지고 약 100명이 부상했다고 AFP 통신 등 외신이 2일 보도했다．

이번 사고는 한 종교단체가 수도 루안다의 옥외 경기장에서 신년맞이 행사를 치르는 과정에서 일어났다． 경기장어―는 수용 인원 8 만영의 갑절에 이르는 인원이 몰렸다． 일부 언론은 25만명이 운집했다고 소개했다．

한 목격자는 사고와 관련， 사람들이 경기장 출입문에 놓인 성수 봉지를 보고 앞다퉈 가져가려다 혼란이 일었다고 상황을 설명했다．

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