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Chidobe Awuzie Jersey , June 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Monday.
-- A whistleblower has made a series of explosive allegations against the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the SA Security Solutions and Technologies (SASSTEC) group.
Former SASSTEC employee Ryan Bettridge alleges extensive collusion between DCS officials and SASSTEC in the run up to the awarding of a R378 million (29 million U.S. dollars) tender for what is known as the Integrated Inmate Management System (IIMS) - a software solution to keep track of South Africa's 160,000 strong prison population. (News24)
-- South Africa's economy has caused it to decline significantly on the 2017 Fragile States Index and the country is no longer regarded as stable.
The Fragile States Index is an annual ranking of 178 countries based on 12 social, economic and political indicators that measure their susceptibility to instability. A reduced country score indicates relative stability, while a higher score indicates instability. (Fin24)
-- Scores of young people under the banner of the South African Youth Alliance from across the country gathered in Durban on Sunday to discuss issues that affect them.
Former African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who attended the event said the issues raised by the Youth Alliance should be channeled to the upcoming African National Congress policy conference. (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
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" Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for a group photo with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) and his wife Brigitte Macron at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 8, 2018. Xi met with Macron in Beijing on Monday. (XinhuaLi Xueren)
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Jaylon Smith Vapor Untouchable Jersey , Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Monday evening.
Xi said Macron's visit to China, as his first visit to Asia at the start of year, showed that he was ""paying high attention to the China-France relationship.""
France was the first Western power to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
""Chairman Mao Zedong and General Charles de Gaulle made a historic decision with remarkable political foresight to forge diplomatic ties in 1964,"" Xi said. ""The decision not only changed the world pattern at that time
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""In the new era, we should follow the spirit of being responsible for history, stick to the right path so as to move toward a bright future of China-French ties,"" Xi said.
Stressing that there are many uncertainties in today's world
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""The two countries can enhance political mutual trust and fully tap the potential of cooperation transcending differences on the social system, development stage and culture,"" he said.
China stands ready to work closely with France to enhance cooperation including that under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative
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He said that China attached importance to coordination with France on major international issues in the hope of promoting world stability and prosperity.
Macron said he was willing to exchange views with Xi on France-China relations and major international issues, during his first state visit to China.
He said he hoped to increase mutual trust and advance France-China relations and EU-China relations via the visit.
""France would like to take an active part in the Belt and Road Initiative,"" said Macron, adding that France would work with China to address common challenges of the international community such as climate change.
He said he believed that his visit to China would be a new milestone in the history of France-China relations.
Xi's wife Peng Liyuan and Macron's wife Brigitte Macron also attended the meeting.
The French president is paying a state visit to China from Monday to Wednesday. He arrived in Beijing Monday afternoon after a half-day visit to China's northwestern city Xi'an.
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LONDON
Ezekiel Elliott Vapor Untouchable Jersey , Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The UK economy is expected to grow by 2.3 percent this year, and 2.7 percent next year, according to a forecast released Wednesday.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) forecast in its winter quarterly economic briefing that despite financial market turbulence since the start of this year, growth in the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) would remain the same as forecast in the institute's last quarterly economic briefing in November.
In addition to the effects of financial market turbulence
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However, these negative factors were offset by an acceleration in domestic demand, itself a result of the decline in global oil prices and a slight loosening of government fiscal policy which have supported consumer spending.
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