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/ 25 October 2007
Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkhesi Stofile has said South Africans would be given an opportunity to take part in a national debate regarding the Springbok emblem. He said the debate would not only focus on the Springbok emblem, but would include all the other sports emblems in the country.
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/ 25 October 2007
Human rights group Amnesty International accused state security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo of systematic torture and killings in a report published on Thursday. Amnesty blamed two government security forces — the special services police and the republican guard — for attacks on opponents of President Joseph Kabila.
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/ 25 October 2007
Mount Soputan volcano on the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has erupted, throwing columns of ash 1Â 000m into the air. Saut Simatupang, of Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, said that the eruption did not appear to pose an immediate threat to residents, although ash had reached the nearest town.
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/ 25 October 2007
<b>Reg Rumney(Chairperson of the panel)</b>
Reg Rumney is an independent consultant, researcher and analyst, concentrating on investment issues, especially those relating to the role of business in society. He was executive director of the BusinessMap Foundation, an organisation focusing on economic transformation, specifically BEE and foreign direct investment, for five years.
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/ 25 October 2007
McDonald’s is a company on a mission. Tired of being held up as an example of corporate evil and greed, the fast food chain has been hitting out at critics with a series of environmental and social initiatives designed to prove that it cares. Not content with just that, the company is also undergoing a makeover, redesigning some of its outlets in a way it hopes will revitalise the sites and attract more customers.
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/ 25 October 2007
Matric pupils at Kwa-Ntebeni Comprehensive High School in rural KwaZulu-Natal celebrated when they were able to write their final exams together in one classroom for the first time. Before that milestone was reached in 2004, the matrics had to write their exams in separate, cramped classrooms.
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/ 25 October 2007
Best known as a firm of savvy asset managers, Allan Gray recently completed a smart financial manoeuvre, involving the personal generosity of its founder, to create a vehicle for BEE. When this transaction is combined with the intended staff-share scheme, 27% of Allan Gray will be black-owned.
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/ 25 October 2007
Because of the effect of HIV/Aids on a company’s workforce, corporate social responsibility programmes benefit not only local communities, but also the company’s bottom line. The SA Business Coalition against HIV/Aids, or Sabcoha, says that more than 90% of people with HIV/Aids are workers, managers or employers.
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/ 25 October 2007
As South Africans pull together to strengthen our young democracy, there is widespread recognition that children and youth are the fabric of the future. The emotional, economic, educational and social needs of our youngest citizens are of paramount importance if they are to reach their full potential and become productive and stable members of South African society.
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/ 25 October 2007
Since its debut last year the Drivers of Change Awards have grown significantly in both quantity and quality of entries. The awards uphold living examples of innovative approaches to anti-Âpoverty work. Last year nominations were received only in English from Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. But this year English, French and Portuguese entries came from Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.