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/ 28 November 1997
support Many black farmers with new land are struggling to survive. Ann Eveleth reports When Dorah and Josiah Matlou took out a lease on 200ha of farmland in Rust de Winter, they dreamed of one day becoming part of Africa’s “breadbasket.” But for now the best they can hope for is to turn a tiny […]
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/ 28 November 1997
into poverty and confusion Jan Raath It’s official. The people don’t want land. They want jobs in a market economy, and an opportunity to work for a decent living. This information is tucked away in a comprehensive study on poverty released two weeks ago by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Social Welfare. Members of about 18 […]
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/ 28 November 1997
Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer The first final of the richest domestic club competition in African soccer demands worthy participants, and Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns certainly fit the bill for the Rothmans Cup climax at FNB Stadium on Saturday. Sundowns lead the national championship by one point from Bush Bucks as the halfway mark approaches and […]
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/ 28 November 1997
processors Steve Shipside It’s a depressingly familiar scenario. Your film comes back with 10 underdeveloped pictures, 10 overdeveloped, three shots of your thumb, and four cases of red-eye that make close family members look like Zoltan, Hound of Dracula. Precisely that disappointment is driving the digital photography market, says Steve Hoffenberg, director of the Digital […]
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/ 28 November 1997
Intel maintains its dominance of the microchip market by suing companies that compete with it. Tim Jackson tells the story of one of these battles In the mid-1980s, George Hwang decided to start a new business combining his own expertise in process technology and manufacturing with the talents of Bob Woo, a friend with an […]
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/ 28 November 1997
office Chris McGreal in Kinshasa Beyond the grave, and from his own bedroom, Mobutu Sese Seko is being pursued. Investigators, tracking down billions of rands of cash and property that were plundered by the late Zairean ruler and his cronies, have installed themselves in one of their early finds – a house Mobutu gave to […]
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Company Market capitalisation (R) African Harvest 1 848 000 000 African Life Assurance 3 867 469 814 Botswana Rst 4 494 820 Capital Alliance Holdings 3 284 101 143 Carson Holdings 1 187 700 749 FBC Holdings 477 048 343 Hosken Consolidated Investments 1 177 066 683 JCI 2 523 065 577 Johnnies Industrial Corp […]
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/ 28 November 1997
FRIDAY, 2.20PM: WEST INDIES A began their four-day match in Newlands against Western Province with a narrow escape — opening batsman Leon Garrick edged the second ball of the match to the slips, where Eric Simons didn’t quite manage to catch it. But it was Simons who got his revenge not long after, trapping Garrick […]
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/ 28 November 1997
FRIDAY, 2.20PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S last wickets fell quickly on Friday afternoon, taking the team to 468 all out, with Pat Symcox reaching 54. Western Australia have started off strongly, with 117 for 1 wicket at close of play on the second day. FRIDAY, 9.35AM: South Africa cruised to 440/7 at lunch on the second day […]
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/ 28 November 1997
Andy Duffy The president’s office is paving the way for Nelson Mandela to break his promise to South Africa that no teachers would be kicked out of their jobs. Department of Education officials and teaching unions both view the president’s promise, made last year, as binding and a key political obstacle to dismissing state teachers. […]