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Aids activist Zakie Achmat has always stood up for what he believes in - a trait he says grew out of having to come out as a gay person to his religious parents. "Having to take that stand made it much easier to take any other stand," he explains in a short film that will be screened in South Africa on World Aids Day on Sunday.

South Africa's chemicals industry, including fuel and plastics fabrication as well as pharmaceuticals, is the largest of its kind in Africa, and has been identified by the government as a key driver of economic growth.