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4 SABC named host. broadcaster for 2013 soccer extravaganza MPILETSO MOTUMI THERE are two weeks to go before the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off, but now the tournament has a host broadcaster the ABC. Yesterday, the local organising ommittee (LOC) announced the SABC as the host broadcaster for the games. This means the national broadcaster wifi supply the main feed to other broadcasters around the continent. The tournament, which takes place from January 19 to February 10, wifi be hosted in five cities. Mbombela (Mbombela Stadium), Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium), Rustenburg (Royal Bafokeng Stadium) and Durban (Moses Mabhida Stadium), with the opening and closing games being played at the FNB Stadium in Joburg. SABC spokesman Kaiser Kganyago said the agreement gave the SABC the privilege they did not have in'20l0 with the World Cup. Kganyago said a schedule was already in place for the games. "Most of them will be broadcast on SABC1, but all the channels wifi work together," he said. Broadcasts wifi be on both radio and television channels. Kganyago said regular programming on the channels would be affected and shows like Generations and other soapies and dramas would be moved to SABC2. If two matches are being played at the same time, Kganyago said SABC3 woulcf broadcast the other. LOC chief executive Mvuzo Mbebe said in a statement 杜 iat the SABC had proved its capability and expertise over the years to produce and broadcast international games. Ticket sales for the games range from R50 to R200, depending on which games you may want to watch. Afcon chief communications ' officer Sipho Sithole said about tickets had been sold by December 27, with the target at before the tournament begins. He estimated that another tickets had been sold since. By the end of last month, almost tickets had been sold for the opening game and tickets for the final. Tickets are available on eqtickets.com and at selected Spar and Super Spar stores. To fmd out where to purchase tickets, call

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7 Government to get tough tax advisers Crackdown on practitioners seen as SARS'reaction to tax dodging AMANDA VISSER Pretoria Correspondent work for thetax advis ory industry, holding practitioners accountable for the advice they give taxpayers and, at the same time, ridding the industry of rogue practitioners. The framework calls for the registration of practitioners with a regulatory body before July this year, with the threat of criminal sanctions for those who fail to do so and who continue to submit tax returns or provide tax advice for a fee. With the promulgation of the Administration Amendment Tax Act at the end of last year, all tax practitioners are obliged to register as members of a professional body such as the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors, the South African Legal Practice Council, the Institute for Tax Practitioners (Salt), the Institute for Chartered Accountants (Saica) or the Institute of Professional Accountants (Saipa). The stated intention behind the new regulatory framework is to hold tax practitioners accountable for the advice they g iv' fay payers, but unofficiall 心 here is `치 suspicion among the tax fraternity that the framework is aimed at keeping more aggressive practitioners involved in highly sophisticated taxavoidiice schemes ' in check. Finance Minister Pravin Gord han criticised industry in speech, saying his country's 34, 00 18,000 income outstanding in capacity and 皿 엾 湍.outstanding "If that is their taxes. attitude to their own tax compliance, one shudders to think what advice they are giving to their clients." It is estimated that 55% of the total number of tax technicians and practitioners are not registered! with a professional regula tory body. Etienne Retief, chairman of the national tax coflhimttee of Saipa, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS) had stated in the past that it wanted an "enhanced relationship" with tax practitioners. It would like to give 柏 x practiti oners the advantage of 9nioth working relationship, but it also wanted the ability to take action once the relationship broke down. The intention is not to rid the industry of unregistered tax practitioners, but to ensure that everybody practising in the indus 미2is treated alike, he said. Ernie Lai King, tax executive at law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, said yesterday the regulatory framework had been a long n1tip coming "It holds serious cons equences for tax practitioners as, in severe cases, they can be struck from the register if they give inappropriate advice to taxpayers." It is a mechanism given to SARS to ensure tax practitioners toe the line, Mr Lai King sai "SARS will flex its ml under the Tax Adfriinjstration Amendment Act, which allows it to lodge complaints against rogue tax practitioners," Salt CEO Stiaan Klue said. The act allows a senior official to lodge a complaint with trolling body when there unreasonable delay in the isation of matters before a conis an final SARS; when the practitioner has been grossly negligent with regard to any work they have performed; and when they have directly or indirectly attempted to influence anyone employed by SARS. An individual taxpayer also has right to complain about the duct of a practitioner, which lead to him being fined, susently struck the register, depending on gravity of the complaint. If a 驢 ayer receives a huge fine after ior acting me on nrst the time wrong provides advice, the some act recourse for the taxpayer. SARS C 뻐`애ed, 奉

8 has the power to levy penalties of up to 200% if a taxpayer has been noncompliant, yet under the Income Tax Act the fact that the taxpayer acted on the advice of a professional person was never considered by SARS. "Under the Tax Administra non Amendment Act, taxpayers wiji be able to reduce their penai ties it tiiey can prove mat tney acted on the advice of their tax practitioner," Mr Klue said. Mr Klue said practitioners will have a window period until July 1 to register with a controlling body without having to write a national exam, which will become obligatory from He said tax practitioners could become a member on the basis of their existing academic qualifica tion, or they could apply for recog nition of prior learning. He expected that many ot me controffing bodies would require a assessment" for in cases where tax do not have formal Pravin Gordhan "competency membership practitioners get advi ce o their tax positions proving that they were not wilfully univers1ity qualifications l from 닙se,ee., se. weeees ;'ee ee eeee.'se, practitioners and will nor noncompiiant.' visseraoarm.co.zd _

9 Zuma's questionable relationship with the NPA he marks arid appointed that Mr recent saw court to be two public authority, for sion after NPA dence doomed him. ruption lation ensure President legal C appointing "appear Former a The had It Zuma's (NPA). independent integrity, what Mr "fit conditions: the of ONCERN making was express battle But fraternity shows over National the may of Zuma's prosecutions Constitutional ignored charges constitution. and NPA Democratic from ters opposition expressed many this dropped the history by president Jacob head, appointment with have proper Mr provision exainina and the all second its had first was NPA national Prosecuting particularly path viewed against prosecutorial Simelane, Simelane's the formation. courts Menzi that serious president, Zuma's about of indepen been says acted cor NDPP, formed person". the Thabo Presidency parties criterion Alliance he dearly (NDPP), several the was has power Simelane. director Court irrationally of be presidency question because SA" head manipu advocate Mbeki Author made the impact in with qualified and Stephen provides deci in honesty that 1998, found includ beenbulelani quar most win and over NPA of is the just ysis for the of evidence a Ngcuka Hefer decisions ing largely had fish. newspaper Jacob long behest advocate responded behaviour Zuma prosecuting decided Grootes However, dubbed tapes" was resigned did despite meeting") said its Mr Despite Eventually, It This appointed But, While been not would commission, feetto Zuma. created Pikoli was by of the had purport against Ngcuka, Vusi not without always "there Mr just "not NPA done by been and may appear going followed being was where to "blacks make Ngcuka Mbeki, who, tive Zuma December suggesta Pikoli. Discussions decisions him. then editors and infamous prosecute fit him". few was being Mr a have seem (ie reveal, "fear deputy and different ahead that cleared claim decisions with apartheid was Zuma's to years govern". by himself) Mr replaced August himself. only political been claimed prima much damage charge timing make a NPA, corruption. man "Zuma fell still Ngcuka meeting with 2007 Mr (famously president that favour". after kettle editors back by of allies Zuma 2003, facie about these spy. who of those find and had mo Mr this by spy of to Zuma prosecution, he also decided to charge then national police cornmissioner Jackie Selebi, who was implicated in druariinninc' (nr1 w, sunsequently found guilty). Mr Mbeki tried to ston him rnt1 wnen ne tailed, used his legal powers to suspend Mr Pikoli and set up an inquiry, headed by former speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala. into his fitness for office. However, the Ginwala found that Mr Pikoli was a Inquiry "fit and proper" person to hold office, but appeared to make enough findings against him to allow the president to 緞 얍he had final departed decision. from By office then, and Mr it Motlanthe was left to then make president the decision. Kgalema He decided, despite Dr Ginwala's main finding, to fire Mr Pikoli. This meant that when the time came for the NPA to make a decision on Mr Zuma's charges it w` heinci iea m an acting capacity by Mokotedi Mpshe. Recent reports have shown that both he and Mr Ngcuka ic'nored the opinions ot tile prosecution team when making their decisions not to prosecute Mr Zuma, and that the team believed they had a case winnable in court. The NPA itself is now once again being led by an acting head, advocate Nomgcobo Jiba. There is Intense speculation as to whether she will be permanently appointed, after Mr Zuma used his nresidenthl nnwer to legally expunge her husband's criminal record. If she is, it will feed into perceptions that she will not be fully independent, and that the NPA's problems in this area will continue. Grootes 台 an Eyewitness News Reporter

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11 翩 跏 IT1I na Hang AShare Comp Seng Index ustralian All Ord Curre 戱 % chg NewZeaIandSX5O 내nbai Sensex 勸 s osol 功 0 Current %chg ㅡ 恥 ㅡ 兇 駐 ASIAN stocks rose yesterday, pushing a regional equities index to its highest level in 17 months, after an expansion of US manufacturing and China's services industries fuelled optimism in the global economic recovery. Rio Tinto Group, the world's secondlargest mining company, climbed 2.4% in Sydney as metals prices rose. China Communications Services, a Beijingbased telecommunications support firm, gained 1.7% in Hong Kong. Australian miner Aquarius Platinum soared 13%, the most since May, amid speculation that South African supply of the metal will be lower during the first quarter. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan index rose 0.4% to , adding to Wednesday's biggest gain in three months. More than two shares increased for each that fell. A close at this level would be the highest since August Markets in niiinbind China and Japan were closed yesterday for holidays. "The global economic outlook is improving," Shane Oliver of AMP Capital Investors said. "That will underpin further gains in share markets along with very easy monetary conditions. There's still more upside to go. That probability of the fiscal cliff and a US recession has been taken out," Mr Oliver said yesterday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.4%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index gained 0.7%, to the highest closing level since May New Zealand's NZX 50 index advanced 0.4%, to the highest close since December Bloomberg

12 R65m for Afcon TV CITIZEN REPORTER THE SABC will fork out a total of R65 million in order to broadcast the 32 games of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) South Africa 2013, it was announced yesterday. The Afcon Local Organisrng Lommittee (LOG) arid the SABC said in a statement it had concluded the 襟 dcast nths of agreement behind 喆 scenes negotiations' 컨 The agreement will entail among other elements the SABC as a host broadcaster of the tournament and the rights to broadcast games on radio and television. LOC CEO, Mvuzo Mbebe said in the statement that this was a milestone agreement, "The SABC has the years that it ability and the proven over has the cap expertise to produce and broadcast international games. "The SABC has promised us a high quality and seamless tion audio aria oroaacast and visual producor me games. They will be played across the five host cities from which all other broadcasters will take a feed and then broadcast them to their respective territories and audiences Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the acting chief operations officer ior me a궁칫dl, auueu, mne deal with the LOC will reaffirm the SABC's nosition as me ieaamg oroacicaster br major sporting events of na tional importance. We have proven ourselves time and again, with the 2010 Fifa World Cup being a prime example, that we have the skills and capacity to broadcast such events."

13 SUPPORT FOR LLER' ues irifriend is to blame 쁘yglrlTrlel FACING THE MUSIC: Simphiwe Mbatha appeared in the Protea Magistrate*s Court in Soweto yesterday. PHOTO: VATHISWA RUSELO Crime Reporter A 30YEAROLD Johanneshurn Metro police officer, who shot,is girlfriend and her friend to death in a fit of rage, enjoyed support from family, friendsand c 이 leagues who took the day off work on to attend his first court appearance. Simphiwe Mbatha, 30. faces two cnarges ot murder ' one for the murder of Elaine Lenong (his girlfriend) ' and four of attempted murder. So concerned were his supporters that a group of about, 15, peoplej tried to follow aim into tne rrotea Magistrate's Court's holdin g cells on Wednesday after he was remanded in custody. Mbatha will spend the first two weeks of the new year behind bars before his bail application on Jan uary 14. "We are shocked that he was arrested. He was put into this situation," said an elderly relative, who would only identify herself as "Gogo Margie". His colleagues, all women, who quickly changed into civilian clothes after noticing the media, told Sowetan it was a known fact that Mbatha's girlfriend "gave him sieepjess nlgntsj'. They described him as "a sweet man" who was blinded by anger. It is alleged that on S Mbatha used his service pistol to iciunap ㄴ enong irom tier temale ' /하 팥 緘 榧 뻑 ' 尸 彌 friend's car. The friend was allegedly shot in the leg. Metro police spokesman Senior Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said on Sunday, the girlfriend's mother, accompani ed by a male friend, went to the office r's home in Bramfischerville, Soweto, where a fight allegedly broke out. The officer allegedly opened fire on "his girlfriend" and the man said to be her "other lover' 익 鱗 ; 聊 쌉 They both died on the scene. A fiveyearold boy, who lives across the road, was shot in the leg, reportedly as Mbatha chased the other woman who was attempting to Mnatfla was arrested early on Monday and stripped of his uniform, badge and service pistol, Minnaar said. It is not yet clear what the other attempted murder charges relate to, but reports allege that Mbatha shot indiscriminately while he chased after his girlfriend., moengk@sowetan.co.za.....'.....,...,,:

14 효etailers to feel the pinch `* As consumers tighten their purse strings, retailers are sticking to their game pians Nicola Mawson C onsumers will be counting their coins closely this year as high food 出 flation, spiralling electricity costs and fuel price hil es bite hard. Yet despite the pressure on wallets, retailers are not likely to change their game plans. Food outlets that target middleincome, segments will be hardest hit, whereas highend retailers will carry on as usual and lowend stores can bank on the government's social security net., which allows 枕 Le poor to put some food into empty stomachs. In the fourth quarter of last year, consumer confidence for the seeond time in 2012 slipped back to levels last seen at the start of the global financial crisis in the second half of 2008, according to the First National BankZBureau for Economic Research consumer confidence na" Rising inflation, a deteriorating outlook for income growth and low consumer confidence levels point to subdued growth in household expenditure in 2013, the index stated. Consumers are more cautious about buying durable items, which correlates with the slowdown reported 1 by furniture and household appliance retailers since the end of 2011, said Cees Bruggemans, FNB's consulting economist The rand, which lost 15% against the dollar between March and December 2012; is affecting dura ble goods sales volumes, according to the index. Economists cited by Moneyweb expect weaker rand levels to Whereas persist for consumers quite some驪 put off buying new appliances, choosing to rather replace when necessary, they still have to eat. However, habits will change as people choose cheaper cuts of meat and trade down, said Absa Investments analyst Chris Gilinour. ' The National Agricultural Marketing Council said the weaker rand has influenced commodities and food items that are imported or exported. Wheat and chicken meat prices are increasing on the back of in 2013 higher import parity prices, and fruit prices are going up due to higher export realisations, the council said. Gilmour said retailers will carry on as usual and decent results are expected unless interest rates are hiked, which he does not anticipate until at least Stores are doing what they can to keep prices down, with scope to trim costs from the rest of the value chain. Investors need to pick their shares carefully, he said. The 2013 economic outlook is similar to that for 2012, although a slight improvement is expected, added Gilmour. Factors weighing on the outlook include the weak rand, which affects fuel and food. However, he warned that South Africa risks entering a period of "stagifation" unless growth moves to 4% or 5% a huge ask as the country ended 2012 at about 2.5% growth. Stagflatioii when economic growth is low and unemployment is high, accompanied by rising prices, feeds on itself and is hard to get out of, he explained. Food inflation is high, rising and approaching double digits, said Gilmour. Although the Reserve Bank is doing a good job of trying to keep a lid on overall inflation, he pointed out that many factors such as oil, the rand and unemployment are beyond the bank's control. According to the agricultural marketing council, in its latest monitor, published in November, inflation on food and nonalcoholic bever ages moved to 6.3% in October. Year on year, brown bread became 8.91% more expensive and the price of white bread increased by 9.41%. The council said food inflation is expected to continue to rise until February. "It is likely that the yearonyear food inflation rate will increase as agricultural commodity prices remain high, and the recent meaningful weakening of the exchange rate will drive other costs in the value chain, for instance transportation." 꼬 仇 ough motorists benefited from a welcome decrease in the fuel price to kick off the new year, the cost has risen steeply in recent years. In Gauteng, 95octane petrol has gone from R7.86 per litre in January 2010 to R1L86 in January 2013 and at the coast, the price has risen from R7.63 to R11.51, according to the energy department. And electricity prices will climb again in midyear. Gilmour said the low end of the market, which is served by stores such as Shoprite, will do well despite rising inflation and a curb on spending. He noted that the small mndividual amounts spent by social grant recipients add up collectively. Between April 2012, when Shoprite started paying out social grants, and June 2012, the chain made more than three million payments to recipients who, asa group, form an integral part of its target market. Last February, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said spending on social grants will grow from R105billion in 20122O13 to R122billion in At present, about 16million Sou 仕 LAMeans receive social grants. Yet it is the poor who are hardest hit: inflation is at 12.5% for the five most widely consumed food 辦 ms, the council said. Most of the price push is due to maize, although bread and milk have also contributed. Retailers say they constantly seek to keep a lid on costs. Pick n Pay spokesperson Tamra Veley said the retailer uses several strategies to keep prices down, including negotiating with suppliers, employing specialist buyera and centralised buying. "Our central distribution system, when at full capacity, will allow us to effect quite a number of savings," she said. Veley said the group uses its buying power to "deep discount" during on to consumers. Gilmour said he expected the middleincome consumer segment, served by outlets such as Pick n Pay, 나, 繃 n 硼 려 ㅓ

15 to be hardest hit this year, whereas highend stores will be stable. Woolworths does not expect any negative changes in spending, despite consumers becoming more discerning and careful about where they spend their money. Its strategy is not set to change, the retailer said, although it will continue to simplify how it does business and emphasise tighter cost controls. Writing in the Woolworths annual repo비 chief executive Ian Moir predicted that the economic environment in the coming year will remain similar to that characterised by the year to June The company does not expect any upward pressure 끄 interest rates in the short to medium term and upperend consumers will be in a similar spending position to the last two years, he said. Moir said Woolworths will continue to pursue its current strategies in food and clothing as well as gen eral merchandise. It wants shoppers to spend more in its shops and it will be expanding its footprint and keeping prices competitive. Although the Shoprite Group will not speculate on consumer trends for 2013, it believes it can follow the market and adapt within short time frames. In August, chief executive Whitey Basson, commenting on the gr이ip's annual results, said its ability to keep inflation in its supermarkets below official food inflation was thanks to strict cost controls and an efficient supply chain infrastructure. Basson does not see the future trading environment changing in any material way. "Nothing on the horizon suggests that 仕 re pressure on consumers' disposable income will ease. Shoprite will, however, do everything in its power to mitigate the impact on its customers of the severe drought in large parts of the American bread basket on local food pnces. " Consumers face high levels of unemployment, rising electricity, schooling and transport costs and the impact of a weaker rand, Basson noted, adding that inflation had increased across the spectrum but food had been hit particularly hard. "However, the government played its part in assisting consumers and the economy by keeping interest 1evels at their lowest in 30 years while continuing the payment of social grants, from child maintenance to oldage pensions, to an increasing number of lowincome recipients."

16 Google's exec plans N Korea trip I News24 페0 지 1/2 Print this article Breaking News. First. Google's exec plans N Korea trip 2여 3이 03 14:35 San Francisco Google's executive chairperson, Eric Schmidt, will travel this year to reclusive North Korea, where internet use is subject to some of the worlds tightest controls, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Schmidt, one of the highestprofile leaders of the US technology industry, could visit as early as this month, the AP said. The announcement was made days after North Korean leader Kim Jongun, the third member of his family to rule the country since its inception in the Cold War, signalled a willingness to improve relations with South Korea. It was unclear whom Schmidt will meet or what his agenda might be, the AP reported. Internet access is largely restricted to all but the most influential officials of the reclusive state. Media content is also rigidly controlled, although basic 3G cellphone use is said to be rapidly expanding. Google did not directly respond to a question about whether Schmidt was going to North Korea, although a spokesperson's response suggested a visit would not be for company business. "We do not comment on personal travel," spokesperson Samantha Smith said when asked about the AP report. North Korea flag (Picture: Shutterstock) Multimedia User Galleries News In Pictures Send us your pictures Send us your stories Related Links Google vows to work with Korea regulator Activists release antinorth Korea leaflets Obama supporter Schmidt, Google's main political and government relations representative, has also been a prominent supporter of President Barack Obama. Google famously espouses a "do no evil" philosophy and campaigns for Internet freedom. It pulled its search service from mainland China in 2010, relocating itto Hong Kong because it said it could not conform with censorship requirements. Last year, the company flew in North Korean defectors from Seoul for a panel discussion at a summit it hosted focusing on global illicit networks. It has also hosted North Korean officials in Silicon Valley, according to the Asia Foundation, which cohosted part of a trip by the North Korean delegation. " think this is part of Google's broader vision to bring the Internet to the world, and North Korea is the last frontier," said Peter Beck, the South Korean representative of the Asia Foundation, a nonprofit organisation. "I suspect that Google's visit is more philanthropic than financial."

17 Google's exec plans N Korea trip News24 페이지 2/2 Beck said the North Korea delegation had been shown a Google Earth view of their capital Pyongyang. Restricted control of information Schmidt is writing, with former US state department official Jared Cohen, a book due in April called The New Digital Age. It will address how the internet and technology can empower people and drive fundamental social, political and economic change. "Perhaps the most intriguing part of this trip is simply the idea of it. The restricted control of information lies at the heart of the DPRK state and yet it is about to host one of the West's greatest facilitators of borderless information flows," said Victor Cha, a senior adviser and Korea expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name. "If Google is the first small step in piercing the information bubble in Pyongyang, it could be a very interesting development," Cha wrote on the centre's website on Wednesday. Schmidt's visit will make him one of the most prominent American businessmen to visit the country. The AP cited two people familiar with his plans as saying the exgoogle CEO will join a private group led by former United Nations Ambassador and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, a frequent UN sanctions Their visit follows a longrange rocket launch that has triggered a drive for further sanctions. North Korea is banned from testing missile or nuclear imposed after its 2006 and 2009 nuclear weapons tests. A second aspect of Schmidt's visit as part of Richardon's delegation could be to try to obtain the release of KoreanAmerican tourist Kenneth Bae, accused of crimes against the state. Richardson has helped negotiate the release of detained Americans in the past. Richardson has had a history of trying to jumpstart dialogue at low points in the USDPRK nuclear talks. He is a wellknown quantity to North Koreans and does have credibility with them," Cha wrote. Reuters United Nations technology under sanctions 이 04

18 Video fuels rumour of Kim Jong Un's baby I News24 페이 지 1/1 news 24 Print this article BreakThg News. First, X뗬eo 쑈els rumou of Kim Jong Un's baby 트 轍 wnai appearea to be a swollen belly. 功 1 견 Rumours swept Seoul and Pyongyang that she was pregnant, although it was difficult to tell for sure from the images. There has been no official word from Pyongyang. But Ri was shown by state TV at a New Year's concert wearing a tighter dress and looking noticeably slimmer. That's causing more Kim Jong Un and RI Sol Ju (Picture: AFP) Multimedia User Galleries News in Pictures Send us your pictures Send us your stories Related Links speculation in Seoul that she may have given birth Kim Jong Un sees some success WATCH China paper falls for 'sexy' Kim joke N Korea: Kim's nephew labels him 'dictator' AP &aid_.56b9fl e5b28b433a8b 1 a

19 l내전l 중앙아 共 대통령, 아들 국방장관서 해임 반군 공격에 정부군 거듭 퇴각 (요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김민철 특파원 = 반군이 수도 공격 가시권까지 진입한 중앙아프리카공화국에서 대통령이 국방부장관 대행을 맡은 아들을 해임했다고 AP 통신이 보도했다. 프랑수아 보지제 대통령은 2일 오후 늦게(현지시간) 포고문을 발표해 아들 프란시스 보지제를 국방장관 임무대행에서 해임하는 한편 자신이 직접 국방부를 맡기로 했다고 현지 국영 라디오방송이 전했다. 이에 앞서 반군그룹 연합인 셀레카는 구랍 10일께부터 북부 지역에서 공격에 나서 불과 한 달도 안 되는 기간에 북부와 중부 지역 약 10개 도시를 함락시켰다. 이 과정에서 정부군은 퇴각을 거듭했다. 이에 따라 보지제 대통령의 요청으로 이웃 국가 차드가 평화유지군 400명을 긴급 지원한 바 있다. 보지제 대통령은 지난 2003 년 군사 쿠데타로 집권했으며 당시 이드리스 데비 차드 대통령이 병력을 지 원한 것으로 알려졌다. 한편 차드와 함께 중앙아프리카경제공동체( ECCAS) 회원국인 가봉과 카메룬: 콩고공화국이 각각 120명의 병력을 중앙아프리카에 파견했다. 셀레카 반군은 지난달 29일 이래 수도 방기에서 약 150km 떨어진 시부트를 장악했으나 이후 협상을 위 해 공격을 중단한 상태다. 정부군과 ECCAS 파견 평화유지군은 방기에서 75km 북부에 있는 다마라에서 ECCAS 는 반군에 다마라선을 넘지 말도록 경고하고 있다. 한편 ECCAS 중재로 가봉 수도 리브르빌에서 정부와 반군이 참여하는 협상이 으로 관측되고 있다. 방어 진지를 구축하고 있다. ㅇ느 810 일께 시작될 것 반군은 보지제 대통령의 사퇴를 촉구하고 있으나 보지제는 거국 내국을 구성하겠다면서도 오는 2016 년 까지 임기는 보장돼야 한다는 태도를 보이고 있다. na.co httd://bloa.vonhadnews. co. kr/rn in (끝) 저작권자(C)연합뉴스. 무단전재재배포금지.> 2이 3이0323:19 송고

20 킬리만자로 등반 도중 아일랜드 산악인 사망 이 안 맥키버 에베레스트산 등정하기도 (요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김민철 특파원 = 아프리카 대륙 최고봉 킬리만자로를 등반하던 아일랜드 산악 인이 숨졌다고 BBC가 3일(현지시간) 보도했다. 보도에 따르면 이안 맥키버(42)가 일단의 산악인들을 이끌어 탄자니아의 킬리만자로를 오르던 중 벼락에 맞아 숨졌다. 맥키버 가족은 2일 밤 그의 페이스북에 글을 올려 사망소식을 전했다. 맥키버는 지난 2007 년 에베레스트산을 등정했다. 그는 또 세계 7대 최고봉을 가장 이른 시간 내에 정복 한 기록도 수립한 바 있다고 BBC는 덧붙였다. 한편 킬리만자로를 함께 등반한 다른 산악인은 별다른 피해를 당하지 않은 것으로 알려졌다. (끝) Onha 저작권자(c)연합뉴스. 무단전재재배포금지.> 2이3이.04 00:00 송고

21 남아공판 수능시험 합격률 소폭 상승 73.9% 2009년 60.6%에 비해 13.3% 증가 (요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김민철 특파원 = 남아프리카공화국 판 수능시험인 메트릭( m atric) 합격률이 73.9 %로 나타나 전년도보다 소폭 상승하면서 남아공 고교생의 교육 수준이 점차 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 앤지 모체카 기초교육부장관은 2일(현지시간) 지난해 10월 실시한 메트릭 결과를 발표, 격률이 전년도의 70.2%,보다 오른 73.9%,에 달했다고 밝혔다고 일간 프리토리아뉴스가 3일 보도했다. 모체카 장관은 응시생 51 만1 천1 52명 중 37만7천829명이 합격해 전년도에 비해 합격생이 2만9천712명 늘어났다고 설명했다. 그녀는 특 이번 합격률은 지난 2009년의 60.6%에 비해 13.3%포인트가 증가한 것이라 고 덧붙였ㄷ 그러면서 교육부가 오는 2이4년까지 합격률을 75%로 끌어올린다는 계획이 순조롭게 진행 되고 있다고 강조했다. 한편 지역별로는 수도권인 하우텡주의 합격률이 83.9%,에 달해 전국에서 가장 높았다. 하 우텡주에는 경제중심도시 요하네스버그와 행정 수도 프리토리아가 포함돼 있다. 케이프타운 을 낀 웨스턴케이프주가 82.8 %로 뒤를 이었다. 남아공은 메트릭 수험생이 일부 과목에서 합격선을 넘지 못할 경우 불합격 처리한다. 힙 이 htto:iibioa.vonhadnews.co (끝) 저작권자(c)연합뉴스. 무단전재.재배포금지.> 2이3.이04 이 :03 : 송고