Staff Reporter
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/ 30 April 1999

Telecommunication’s love affair

Jamie Doward The story so far. Deutsche Telekom wants to get into bed with Telecom Italia. Deutsche’s ardour for a Latin lover has hurt the sensibilities of France Tlcom which, via its membership of the Global One consortium, had been enjoying a threesome with the German telco and American company Sprint. However, British Telecom (BT), […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Onward Christian soldiers

Melvyn Bragg:A SECOND LOOK I owe Christianity a debt, and so, I believe, does the world we have lived in for the past 2 000 years. Much of what is best in that duo-millennial span has been due to the man who inspired the faith which took his name. But Christianity also owes me and […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Cute enough to pocket

Shaun de Waal SOUTH AFRICA: A GUIDE TO RECENT ARCHITECTURE by Christina Muwanga (Ellipsis) This exceptionally cute little book (it is a mere 10cm square, though 350 pages thick) is an excellent pocket guide to South African architecture of the last decade or so. It doesn’t go back into our history, so it lacks some […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Sheikhs of the turf take on America

The Godolphin stable has made its mark everywhere except America. Saturday could change all that, writes Jamie Reid Louisville, Kentucky, spends most of the year looking and feeling like a prosperous but dull provincial town. But on Monday, the old riverboat landing on the banks of the Ohio became the sporting, hustling and gambling capital […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Commission that cools tempers

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration is functioning very well, writes Luvuyo Kakaza It’s Friday morning and the modest headquarters of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in downtown Johannesburg are buzzing with activity. It is in this commission’s noisy corridors that reluctant management teams and angry workers start to lobby before […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Why we vote for whom we do

Howard Barrell:OVER A BARREL By the time you make your squiggles on a ballot paper on June 2, you will have read all the parties’ manifestos, analysed the outcomes they propose and the plausibility of the methods they suggest, sifted their merits out further in intelligent debate, cogitated and reflected still further, and then, with […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Offshore promises loads more

In light of the falling rand and the uncertainty in the share market, investing abroad is a very good idea, writes Donna Block What world markets are going to do these days is anyone’s guess. You might as well get out the old crystal ball. One thing that is certain though is the demand for […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Taxi factions move closer together

Thokozani Mtshali The announcement this week by the Gauteng Ministry of Transport and the South African Taxi Council of agreed measures to regulate the troubled industry brings hope for commuters caught in the crossfire of warring taxi factions. The announcement comes after years of hard work by the national Ministry of Transport in a quest […]

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/ 30 April 1999

Take a local craft to brave the swells

and currents offshore The Mail & Guardian asked six financial institutions three questions about offshore investing. 1 Why should South Africans make offshore investments through local companies rather than going straight to the foreign investment manager? 2 What should the South African offshore investor be looking for when deciding who to invest with? 3 How […]