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  • Giving poor South Africans access to a "Mzansi" - a Zulu word meaning south - fits into the objectives of President Thabo

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • Another big project is called Mzansi Cymru South Africa - Wales.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The most prominent of these initiatives was a "no-frills" basic bank account popularly known as the Mzansi bank account.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Coalition called Mzansi, which means south, "a victory".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • In its latest instalment, Nando's features a white man endorsing the so-called Mzansi meal for men with multiple wives, and promises to "give only i-best to ama-visitors".

    Tonight 2010

  • The banks have agreed to allow "Mzansi" account holders to enjoy low fees from all automatic tellers regardless of which bank the person belongs to, while deposit fees and other service fees will be substantially lower than normal.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • "Mzansi" account holders will enjoy low fees and no-fuss applications with banks that have been known to demand a myriad of documents including salary slips and proof of residency to do business.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • But banks offering the "Mzansi" have their eye on a bigger prize: developing a loyal clientele that will eventually migrate to other services.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • A new "Mzansi" bank account to be launched on October 25 will extend banking to low-income earners and those currently living beyond the reach of banking services in South Africa, the Banking

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • South Africa's major banks are reaching out to the 13 million poor who have no bank accounts, offering them a "Mzansi" seen as vital to advance black economic empowerment.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

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