May 10th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
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Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa -- South Africa's new president named his Cabinet on Sunday, moving the widely respected Finance minister to a new position that will still give him a role steering the economy on a course intended to reassure international investors.
The decision to shift Trevor Manuel, who had become the emblem of South Africa's impressive economic performance over the last 13 years, was a delicate matter for President Jacob Zuma. Rumors last year that Manuel had resigned caused the nation's currency, the rand, to tumble.
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