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/ 26 October 2001
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 […]
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/ 26 October 2001
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 […]
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/ 26 October 2001
Jaspreet Kindra African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe said this week that the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) had launched an offensive on ultra-leftists allegedly dividing the tripartite alliance because “we want to show we are not weaklings”. Motlanthe said ANC branches were aware of the ultra-leftist “tendency” singled out in a leaked NEC […]
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/ 26 October 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 […]
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/ 26 October 2001
Jake la Motta is still raging at 80 Steve Bunce It is an image the cinema gave boxing, a sentiment all fighters understand and the dialogue was worth an Oscar. It is Jake la Motta looking in a mirror and telling himself he could have been somebody and it happened most nights for 20 years […]
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/ 26 October 2001
Mbeki’s address, at the inaugural ZK Matthews memorial lecture on October 12, makes no direct reference to the disease.
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/ 26 October 2001
Tusi Fokane There are just days to go before the 30-day Arts Alive Television (ATV) broadcasting licence expires, with-out any part of the promised Johannesburg spring cultural festival being broadcast. Instead, the programmes packaged for the festival may find a slot on Lesotho Television. ATV cites a number of reasons for this failure, ranging from […]
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/ 26 October 2001
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 […]
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/ 26 October 2001
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 […]
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/ 26 October 2001
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 […]