Yearly Archives: 2001

Cape Town’s cup specialists have a good record against the top sides Ntuthuko Maphumulo Ajax Cape Town play the “diamond system” favoured by their mother side, Ajax Amsterdam, and are trying to bring the Dutch brand of total football to their home at Newlands stadium. But the side often confound their supporters. They produce sparkling […]

Mail & Guardian reporters “South Africa’s success stories of tomorrow are not yet in business today,” says Hugh Herman, chairperson of the Investec Group. “If meaningful empowerment comes with the creation of sustainable employment, then we all have a role to play in helping small business take root.” Investec feels strongly about stimulating a vibrant […]

The record reveals President Thabo Mbeki ‘s true stance on Aids, writes Drew Forrest “And thus does it happen that others who consider themselves to be our leaders take to the streets carrying their placards, to demand that, because we are germ carriers and human beings of a lower order that cannot subject their passion […]

Needy pensioners in the Western Cape are being provided with full sets of teeth for free Rob Davies Most of us take having a full set of teeth for granted. We pay no thought to crunching up a packet of crisps, navigating our way through a mealie or pulverising a pizza. Yet there are many […]

Paul Kirk A controversial companythathas a major stake in the R60-billion arms deal has reneged on an agreement to donate money to a Durban charity set up toeducate the poor. More than two years after promising to fork out about R1-million to kick-start the Archbishop Denis Hurley Educational Fund, Nkobi Holdings, which is headed by […]

REVIEW David Shapshak All Africa Internet Guide by Libby Young (M&G Books) Despite being a part of the so-called Third World, all 54 countries in Africa have a Web presence and you can access the Internet from them. But finding out about websites and navigating the Internet is as difficult as doing it physically. Thankfully […]

After years on Mount Baldy, a Buddhist retreat, Leonard Cohen has finally found peace. He talks to Nick Paton Walsh about drink, drugs and women Leonard Cohen is the high priest of pathos. His voice exudes misery. A suicidal Kurt Cobain, when describing the most melancholic place imaginable, in his dirge Penny Royal Tea, sang […]

Rob Davies For the majority of South Africa’s rural communities change is a slow process sometimes so slow that catching up becomes almost impossible. Old Mutual’s rural economic development initiative (REDI) aims to address this problem through the development of rural communities in partnership with the communities themselves and the Small Business Project a Section […]

Niki Moore It took a series of natural disasters before the Zululand Chamber of Business Foundation (ZCBF) was established. In 1985 a cyclone swept away rural dwellings in Zululand and left thousands homeless. Local businesses jumped in to help, led by Richard’s Bay Coal Terminal CEO Mike Dunn. They raised R200000 in relief and founded […]