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	Trevor MANUEL
		Trevor Manuel was born in Cape Town in January 1956 the son of an employee ofthe Cape Town City Council.
		However, Manuel's ban was lifted on 25 March 1986 after it was ruled that it was not in line with the provisions of the Internal Security Act.
		At the ANC's 1991 national conference Manuel was elected to the NEC subsequently became a member of the NWC.
	www.anc.org.za /people/manuel.html (267 words)

	Trevor Manuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trevor Manuel (born 31 January 1956), is currently South Africa's Minister of Finance.
		However, Manuel's ban was lifted on 25 March 1986 after it was ruled that it was not in line with the provisions of the Internal Security Act.
		Manuel was elected as an ANC Member of Parliament in 1994 and appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, and in 1996 as Minister of Finance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trevor_Manuel (349 words)

	Trevor Manuel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trevor Manuel was born in January 1956 to a Cape Town Cape Town quick summary:
		(Manuel's ban was lifted on 25 March 1986 after it was ruled that it was not in line with the provisions of the Internal Security Act.
		Manuel was elected as an ANC Member of Parliament in 1994 and appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trevor_manuel.htm (450 words)

	Trevor Andrew Manuel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trevor Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town.
		Manuel was released on 21 November, but his movements were severely limited as a result of his banning order.
		Manuel decided to disobey his banning order to speak at a press conference in Athlone on 2 August and was arrested by the end of the month.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/manuel-ta.htm (1040 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Manuel for president - DA
		Finance Minister Trevor Manuel ought to succeed President Thabo Mbeki but would not because he was "not fl enough", the Democratic Alliance said on Friday.
		"Trevor Manuel is never mentioned among the serious contenders for the ANC presidency or the presidency of the nation itself after Thabo Mbeki goes.
		Leon said it was Manuel’s realisation that he had hit the ANC glass ceiling that was causing his frustration and bitterness.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/897254.htm (393 words)

	Biography for Trevor Manuel
		Trevor Manuel has been South African Minister of Finance since June 1996.
		He was born in Cape Town in January 1956 the son of an employee of the Cape Town City Council.
		After the April 1994 elections Manuel was appointed Minister of Trade Industry and in March 1996 he was appointed Minister of Finance.
	www.brandt21forum.info /BioAfricaCom-Manuel.htm (136 words)

	Welcome to Health-e
		Manuel announced that the 2002 Budget would give priority to reducing poverty and vulnerability through sustained economic growth, increase spending on social grants and step up assistance to communities to improve access to affordable basic services.
		Proudlock said there were contradictions in Manuel’s number of children reached by the child support grant, adding that reaching three million children by next year was still not enough.
		Manuel said that with stable finances, improved financial management, the strong growth in transfers to provinces would reinforce accelerated delivery of pro-poor programmes.
	www.health-e.org.za /news/easy_print.php?uid=20020221 (414 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Tax cuts lead South Africa budget
		Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told parliament that surging tax revenues gave him the opportunity for 19.1bn rand ($3.1bn; £1.8bn) in tax cuts.
		Mr Manuel told parliament that growth was likely to have been 5% in 2005 - up from 4.5% the year before, but still short of the 6% he says is needed to meet the government's targets.
		One result, Mr Manuel said, was a sharp cut in the amount South Africa has to pay in borrowing costs, to 2.7% of GDP.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4716482.stm (506 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Budget 2006
		Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel's 10th Budget, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, reflects the correctness of the government's economic policy path since coming to power in 1994, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
		An upbeat Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel painted a rosy picture of the South African economy during his 10th Budget speech to the National Assembly on Wednesday, but also sounded a word of warning.
		Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has allocated R580-million for the development of the pebble-bed modular reactor for the 2006/07 financial year.
	www.mg.co.za /specialreport.aspx?area=budget_2006 (1418 words)

	Send your Budget Tips to Trevor - SouthAfrica.info
		The department of finance launched its latest Tips for Trevor campaign at the weekend to give South Africans from all walks of life a chance to write to the minister with advice on what they would like to see in the Budget for the 2004/2005 fiscal year.
		Manuel reads all the suggestions himself, and in some cases forwards them to different sections within the department.
		The Tips for Trevor campaign was launched five years ago after a radio station SAfm invited its listeners to phone in and provide tips for the Budget.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/news/tipsfortrever2004.htm (436 words)

	The Herald : News for the Eastern Cape
		FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel yesterday brushed aside questions about the state of his emotions on the release of the 2004-05 Budget, saying it was a “bloody good” one....
		Cape Town — FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel unveiled his Budget yesterday stating that the task was “to accelerate the pace of growth and job creation and extend the scope of development and empowerment”....
		TREVOR Manuel has moved to make the purchase of a house for low-income earners easier by increasing the threshold for which properties are exempt from transfer duty from R140 000 to R150 000....
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2004/02/19 (1464 words)

	Section Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It seems Trevor Manuel heard the property market's secret wishes for a property friendly budget and once again he has delivered.
		According to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's 2006/07 Budget tax proposals, the exempt threshold for transfer duty "will be increased significantly from R190 000 to R500 000, and the second threshold from R330 000 to R1m".
		Also as part of the 2006 Budet, Manuel proposed increasing the estate duty exemption to R2.5m from R1.5m currently, and lifting the annual donations tax exemption to R50 000 from R30 000, both effective from March 1 2006.
	www.property24.com /property24/news/FullArticle.asp?articleid=2948 (354 words)

	www.moneyweb.co.za \| news \| political economy Trevor Manuel leads the pack (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trevor Manuel, the minister of finance, emerged as the top performing minister in the Democratic Alliance’s review of how cabinet ministers and the presidency fared this year.
		The DA heaped praise on Manuel for the buoyant economic conditions — fuelled by low interest rates and inflation — that the country is enjoying.
		Manuel is also popular in the tripartite alliance.
	www.moneyweb.co.za /news/pol_eco/406803.htm (672 words)

	Meet the People
		In 1991 Mr Manuel was elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) and appointed head of the Department of Economic Planning, thereby being responsible for the shaping of ANC Economic Policy.
		Mr Manuel was elected a Member of Parliament in South Africa's first democratic elections, and in May 1994, he was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry.
		In 1994 Mr Manuel was selected by the World Economic Forum as a "Global Leader for Tomorrow", appointed to the Advisory Committee of the UN Initiative for Trade Efficiency, and awarded the Africa Prize by the German Africa Foundation.
	www.finance.gov.za /people.htm (1688 words)

	Business Report - The outsider who has measured vision against reality (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The reconstruction and development programme (RDP) office was to be shut and Manuel, the minister of trade and industry in the first cabinet, was to become minister of finance.
		The fact that Manuel was an ANC leader, the fact that he was not a trained economist, the fact that he was, in the discourse of the liberation movements, fl, all counted against him.
		Manuel described to me in an interview his first trip, with a high-powered ANC delegation, to the World Bank before 1994.
	www.busrep.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=3115326 (2319 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Budget 2005
		South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has unveiled a very "good news for all" government Budget for the next three years, providing for substantially lower budget deficits between 2005 and 2009, total tax relief of R19,1-billion in 2006-07, and additional spending of R82-billion on priority infrastructure projects.
		South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday tabled a conservative Budget, eschewing corporate and individual income tax rate cuts, even though the revenue over-run in the 2005/06 fiscal year is projected at R41-billion.
		Strong government revenue growth should allow Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel to cut taxes when he announces the 2005/06 Budget on Wednesday, but economists are divided as to whether the beneficiaries will be individual tax payers or companies.
	www.mg.co.za /specialreport.aspx?area=budget_2005 (1195 words)

	ENBOTS @ WSSD
		Manuel noted that improving the quality of life is a priority for developing countries and underscored the importance of opening markets and creating sustainable jobs.
		Trevor Manuel, South African Minister of Finance, highlighted income disparities in South Africa and stressed that key government spending should focus on education and health, especially as it relates to the HIV pandemic.
		Trevor Manuel, South African Minister of Finance, recognized the contribution of the 2003 World Development Report (WDR) to development and highlighted its weaknesses and strengths.
	www.iisd.ca /2002/wssd/enbots/aug27.html (2935 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The worst thing for South Africa is to have a failed or rogue state for a neighbour, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel said on Thursday.
		Manuel was addressing University of the Witwatersrand students, who peppered him with questions about Zimbabwe.
		Manuel was speaking at the invitation of Wits Students' Business Society on the topic of South Africa in the world.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=5624&EID=0 (727 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| World leaders slated for Africa 'neglect'
		South Africa's finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has attacked world leaders for ignoring the plight of Africa, despite commitments to help the continent overcome poverty.
		Mr Manuel said Africa had "featured not all" at the World Economic Forum's annual summit, one of the highlights of the annual business and political calendar.
		Mr Manuel's comments came in a press conference on the future of Nepad, a programme being drawn up by African governments to promote the continent's development.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2698953.stm (365 words)

	Business Day - News Worth Knowing
		Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has kept up the momentum in relaxing foreign exchange controls, shifting their focus towards greater surveillance and prudential regulation.
		Sexwale, who has begun to profile himself as a possible candidate to lead the party and, therefore, the country after President Thabo Mbeki, said that the more open to debate and discussion SA was, the better equipped it would be to create a better life for all.
		Manuel forecast 4.3% growth in GDP, which he said was in line with the consensus of economists, compared with last year's 3.7%.
	www.businessday.co.za /specialreports/index.aspx?Page=BD4P29&MenuItem=BD4P29 (1728 words)

	South African pizza store turns govt. error into front page news PizzaMarketplace.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As he had done in the past, Manuel ran his "Tips for Trevor" project, in which South Africans are invited to phone in suggestions for the country’s budget.
		Two weeks ago, one of Manuel’s officials mistakenly gave a phone number for the ministry that actually was the number for Butler's Pizza in Cape Town.
		In his speech, Manuel also thanked the many other South Africans who wrote, faxed and e-mailed their tips, adding, "I am sorry that some ideas -- such as the abolition of personal income taxes -- could not be accommodated."
	www.pizzamarketplace.com /news_printable.htm?id=11753 (214 words)

	World Bank President: Manuel Archives
		As examples of non-US nationals who are well qualified for the job, it mentions Gordon Brown, Trevor Manuel and Kemal Dervis (names you read here first), while adding Ernesto Zedillo, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Leszek Balcerowicz to the pot.
		Last week, worldbankpresident.org broke the story that Trevor Manuel - South African finance minister - was being touted as candidate for World Bank president.
		I have been told by sources in and near the Bank that Trevor Manuel is a key figure people are considering as a way of opening up the Bank president selection.
	www.worldbankpresident.org /archives/cat_manuel.php (411 words)

	IFP Press Releases - 19 Jan 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The IFP was astounded to learn, in numerous press reports published today, that Finance Minister, Mr Trevor Manuel, believes that only a one-party State in South Africa can deliver economic progress and prosperity.
		The IFP would like Minister Manuel to give the people of South Africa examples of where else in the world one-party States have deepened and developed democracy and have flourished economically.
		"Perhaps Mr Manuel should reconsider this position and at least apologise to the millions of South Africans who, for example, are hungry, unemployed, homeless and deprived of appropriate HIV/AIDS health care thanks to the very same ANC political policies and programmes he eulogises.
	www.ifp.org.za /Archive/Releases/190104pr.htm (333 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: SAfrica-budget-AIDS: S Africa budgets big for AIDS, little for antiretrovirals - February 20, 2002
		CAPE TOWN, Feb 20 (AFP) - South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday said in his budget that the country will spend an extra billion rand on fighting AIDS in 2002, but only a fraction of the money will be spent on anti-retroviral programmes.
		Manuel said the money will pay for awareness campaigns, condoms, hospital and home care for the country's estimated 4.7 million HIV carriers, treatment of opportunistic diseases and "a progressive role-out" of programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
		Manuel said additional funds allocated to fighting AIDS will be increased to 1.8 billion rand (158 million dollars / 181 million euros) in the 2003 bud
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2002/AF020273.html (619 words)

	Hanging With Trev (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Come to think of it - she may not have been dozing though, because most of the time everyone sitting in the fancy seats looked like they were - but I think they were reading stuff.
		Trevor Manuel is an excellent performer and I mean this as a compliment, because I also got the sense that he is very genuine.
		Eventually he was basically speaking with Trevor Manuel.
	www.tashitagg.com /features/trev.asp (1864 words)

	Has anti-avoidance become an emotional concept?
		Johannesburg, 23 February 2005: Finance minister Trevor Manuel would like to throw out over 60-years worth of anti-avoidance precedent on the basis that SARS is not happy with the manner in which the legislation has been interpreted by our courts.
		Manuel told parliament today that the current general anti-avoidance rule pertaining to income tax contained in section 103 of the Income Tax Act would be reviewed.
		In his comments in “Revenue trends and tax proposals” the minister had indicated the need to review the current anti-avoidance provisions on the basis that they are based on “antiquated notions of legal form and intent” which are further exacerbated by “judicial interpretation”.
	www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/South_Africa/23_Feb_05_-_Anti-avoidance (311 words)

	iafrica.com \| business \| transcripts Talk with Trevor Manuel
		The Finance Minister, Trevor Manual, outlining government’s spending plans in the next three years in Parliament today.
		It is a great pleasure to welcome Trevor Manual to the 'World at Six', minister good evening, thanks for joining us.
		Those things all have to work, it is part of the system, you cannot place over reliant on a single individual, but I think that the system is much richer, including the statement of intent and the series of other decisions we have been able to reach with the industries.
	business.iafrica.com /transcripts/329826.htm (1174 words)

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