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World Service,01 Nov 2003,25 mins

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Essop Pahad is interviewed on his role as the right hand man to President Thabo Mbeki, with whom he shares a history of some 40 years. Having come out of "the most racist society since Hitler's Germany", they now face tough economic and health issues including poverty and Aids.

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