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/ 6 November 2003
If you are feeling depressed or cynical about life, get hold of a copy of Old Mutual’s annual brochure on its Staff Community Builder Programme, writes <i>Fiona Macleod</i>. Titled <i>People with a passion … to give, to care, to share</i>, it is an uplifting glimpse into how ordinary people can make a big difference.
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/ 6 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was stuck in flat territory, albeit with a positive bias, at noon on Thursday. Dealers said activity had been largely rand driven, with the renewed weakness in the currency providing a boost.
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/ 6 November 2003
Ask a Capetonian to play “word association" with the name Community Chest, and the most likely responses will be “carnival" and “twilight team run". These two fun-filled events have become the public signature of the Community Chest of the Western Cape.
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/ 6 November 2003
<b>Winner — Corporate Employee Community Involvement Programme
Old Mutual Staff Volunteer Programme</b>
The Old Mutual Staff Volunteer Programme was launched in 1993, long before employee community programmes had become vogue in South Africa. It was set up in response to the many requests for funding the company received from staff.
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/ 6 November 2003
The days are rushing past, and so are the minutes and seconds before Bafana Bafana national coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba is set to announce his final 22 players for the Nations Cup in Tunisia in January next year. But will he have enough time to make them gel to take on the Nigerians, Morocco and Benin?
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/ 6 November 2003
A surprise meeting with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island made a moving finale on Wednesday for the visit of the Fifa technical team weighing up South Africa’s 2010 world cup bid.
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/ 6 November 2003
South Africa are plotting another World Cup ambush of New Zealand as tension builds ahead of their seismic quarter-final showdown in Melbourne on Saturday. The Springboks announced their team on Thursday, making only one change as expected, with powerful loose forward Danie Rossouw replacing injured flanker Joe van Niekerk.
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/ 6 November 2003
He always said he wanted a place among the stars of Italy’s Serie A. Yesterday he got it. Saadi al-Gadaffi’s name was up there alongside Jaap Stam of Lazio and Edgar Davids of Juventus. Unfortunately for the sporting son of Libya’s leader, his sole similarity with the others was that he too had tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.
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/ 6 November 2003
For a team on the cusp of a record 11 consecutive wins in the Rugby World Cup, Australia is facing an extraordinary backlash ahead of Saturday’s quarterfinal showdown with Scotland.
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/ 6 November 2003
Absa bank has embarked on a campaign to integrate its brand with a culture of community involvement in all its divisions. The campaign is called “I am Absa and proud of it”.