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Act may cause Ismailis to leave S.A. - Aga Khan

South Africa Newspaper
Source: 
Newspaper

Prince Karim, 21-year-old Aga Khan, said in Johannesburg yesterday that South African ismailis were "keeping in mind" the possibility of leaving South Africa and going to some other country "where they can live their normal lives"

The 300 South African Ismailis - most of whom were traders - were worried about the Group Areas Act and the way it would affect their trading opportunities.

MINISTER'S STATEMENT

Speech by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan "Is sustainable sustainable?"

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Source: 
Al-Ahram Weekly

Ahead of the UN Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month, Sadruddin Aga Khan questions the very notion of sustainable development. The following is the text of a recent speech he delivered:

It will be my thesis today that the dogma of "sustainable development" is inherently misleading, and is now deluding our mindsets in much the same way as the flat earth theory once did -- but with implications which are infinitely more dangerous to our future survival.


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