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'Don't panic', says Shilowa

IOL: "Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa confessed on Monday that the prospects for 2008 were bleak.

But, in his penultimate State of the Province address, he quoted the recent comments of iBurst MD Allan Knott-Craig and told residents of the
province: 'Don't panic. I think 2008 will be a tough year, but I also see it as a great opportunity to seize the day while everyone else is whingeing, and get a front seat on the inevitable boom we'll experience in 2009, 2010 and beyond.'"

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