and communication (-1.6%).This shows a general decrease in its major contributors of its economy. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annual growth rate year on year slowed to 1.9 for the first quarter of 2013 from 2.5 the last quarter of 2012.South Africa is an export-based country as it is rich in natural resources .It is a leading producer of platinum‚ gold‚ chromium and iron. However ‚the volume of South African gold exports have fallen in each of the past six quarters. The impact of labour unrest
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A Passage To Africa. (Narrative Article‚ Literary Analysis) A Passage To Africa is a moving‚ touching account of what George Alagiah felt and experienced in a small town in Africa‚ and the beauty and intensity of emotion lies‚ not only in the message behind it‚ but also in every word of every sentence in this article. The title itself is significant. The noun ‘Passage’ is ambiguous; of course the obvious meaning would be that the following is an extract‚ a piece of writing. But it could also be
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goods‚ an abundance of resources‚ more land‚ and power‚ so they turned to Africa. However‚ every European country wanted a slice of Africa‚ and there was a lot of competition between countries for who could get the best piece. So in result of that‚ at the request of Portugal‚ German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck called together France‚ Italy‚ Great Britain‚ Belgium‚ The Netherlands‚ Portugal‚
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Evaluation of the impact of Family Group Conferences (FGCs) on behavior and attendance problems in schools‚ Carol Hayden The research topic of this journal is mainly based on ways of improving pupil’s behaviour and attendance‚ and furthermore improving teaching and learning experience in schools. In order to support pupils with problems in school‚ ‘Family Group Conferences ‘(FGCs)‚ existed and were being organised. Those are family-led decision-making meeting that include the family and significant
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world’s deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency as more than 2‚100 people have died of the virus in Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever‚ intense weakness‚ muscle pain and a sore throat‚ according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that is just the beginning:
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ The Great Bathers 1884-1907‚ and Paul Cézanne‚ The Large Bathers 1906 depict the same theme‚ they have the same outdoor scenery‚ both were produced on oil paintings‚ all the figures are naked women in Nature around river and trees‚ but there are too many contrasts between them. Firstly they were painted in different centuries and they have different size and the number of figures depicted in each painting is different as well. Renoir depicts five young girls‚ bathing in a
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The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to reinforce the split in the city of Berlin. At the time‚ Berlin City was split not only physically‚ but also economically and culturally. The Wall was built by East German workers and troops‚ and it symbolized the Democratic Republic of Germany’s political and cultural divide brought about by the domination of the world’s two superpowers on both sides of the wall. The United States of America and the Soviet Union had interests in Germany. The German split began
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War‚ Berlin was split between the UK‚ France‚ the US and the USSR as it was decided at Yalta and Potsdam. Soon afterwards the four zones merged into two‚ namely West and East Berlin. Berlin shortly afterwards became the front for the cold war between the USSR and the West. On June 25th‚ 1948‚ the USSR set up a blockade around Berlin to try and force the Allies to give up their rights to the western part of the city. Stalin halted all traffic into and out of the Russian sector of Berlin; he also
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the Royal Military Academy‚ wrote the essay Berlin in which he chronologically details the events that occurred leading up to the Battle of Berlin and the aftermath. Keegan is also the author of fourteen books‚ including the best seller‚ “The First World War”. His obituaries describe him as “possessing a rare ability to describe warfare from the standpoint of the frontline soldier” . Keegan begins Berlin by discussing the importance of the city Berlin. It was strategically known to be a more difficult
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