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- verb British spelling of
Africanize .
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Examples
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"We are now well on our way to further 'Africanise' the life insurance industry," he said.
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Du Preez says the ANC tried to "Africanise" the civil service and parastatals too quickly, sacrificing expertise and capacity.
ANC Today 2007
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Du Preez says the ANC tried to "Africanise" the civil service and parastatals too quickly, sacrificing expertise and capacity.
ANC Today 2007
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Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain warned Mugabe not to carry out his threat to 'Africanise' mines and other industrial sectors in
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He said a minister of bantu education under apartheid had tried to "Africanise" universities, and that had not worked any more than
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There is no doubt merit to "Africanise" place names.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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The African energy sector should manufacture or "Africanise" its own energy technology, rather than import unsuitable technology from wealthy countries, the South African National Energy Association (Sanea) chairperson
Engineering News | Home Creamer Media Reporter 2009
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"But [in contrast to its successes] it also stepped into the predictable pitfalls: trying to 'Africanise' the civil service and parastatals too quickly and sacrificing expertise and capacity; building a small elite instead of broadening the redistribution of wealth; re-racialising society; and allowing greed, nepotism and corruption to take hold and become part of the culture.
ANC Today 2007
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"But [in contrast to its successes] it also stepped into the predictable pitfalls: trying to 'Africanise' the civil service and parastatals too quickly and sacrificing expertise and capacity; building a small elite instead of broadening the redistribution of wealth; re-racialising society; and allowing greed, nepotism and corruption to take hold and become part of the culture.
ANC Today 2007
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"We are concerned about ... apparent efforts to 'Africanise' education.
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