Dr Makgoba says he and many of his colleagues have been bullied by Mr Pahad.

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This leaves his deputy, Aziz Pahad, doing most of the donkey work.

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Essop Pahad, a cabinet minister and member of South Africa's World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC), said the decision to build a new stadium had been made following talks with Fifa.

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Essop Pahad, South African minister in the office of the president, said the centre South Africa is helping to build in Mali would help to preserve the documents for another 500 or 600 years.

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Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour and Presidency Minister Essop Pahad will be in a 50-member South African delegation that flies to Zurich this month for the formal presentation of its bid.

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"This was not just a question of us making a small contribution to helping Mali preserve this fantastic history, but also to help raise the consciousness of our own people about our own continent, our own history, our own rich culture and traditions, " Mr Pahad said.

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