In his State of the Nation address earlier this year, South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, promised that a total of 98 new schools would be completed by the end of March 2013. The promise was false.
Schools promised by Zuma have not been built
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It is often said that Johannesburg is the world's largest man-made forest.
But what percentage of the city is made up of trees and shrubs, and what share is made up of roads, buildings and open spaces?
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