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    Yahoo! News: South Africa to Accelerate Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration

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South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, says the country aims to accelerate offshore oil and gas exploration with funding earmarked to develop Saldanha Bay

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Yahoo! News: South Africa to Accelerate Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration

South Africa will accelerate offshore oil and gas exploration to reduce dependence on imports, President Jacob Zuma said.

The government will spend 9.2 billion rand ($730 million) to develop the Saldanha Bay on the south-western coast as an oil and gas hub, Xinhua quoted Zuma as saying on Thursday.

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