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/ 27 September 2002
The ”unity” theme of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry national conference this weekend has been thrown into ironic relief by last-minute legal challenges and fresh infighting. The federation’s former president asked the Pretoria High Court to stop the conference at Sun City.
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/ 10 September 2002
The Cosatu has drafted a letter to Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Intelligence, on concerns that five of its affiliates have been infiltrated by government intelligence operatives. Among the affiliates named is the beleaguered National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union.
The beguiling and bewildering is upon us, as the South African top-flight soccer season is finally under way.
The Mail & Guardian is poised for nothing less than an imperfect and challenging future as it looks to become commercially viable and increase its presence and influence in the region. This emerged at a panel discussion addressed by the newspaper’s new owner, Trevor Ncube.
The man tipped to become the Department of Trade and Industry’s next director general, Bahle Sibisi, has resigned from the department amid ongoing rumblings about its three-year restructuring.
Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will use this fortnight to set the tone for a season during which both will look to drastically alter their fortunes. This will be against continental opposition in the annual Vodacom Challenge, taking place this weekend at the Mmabatho stadium in the North West and next weekend at King’s Park in Durban.
Saitama, Sapporo, Niigata. Daejeon, Daegu, Seogwipo. These are no longer just strange and difficult to remember names but an integral part of the international vocabulary. They are names of towns, cities and an island that have staged a football revolution in the form of a World Cup full of upsets.
The Constitutional Court last week ruled in favour of United Democratic Movement leader General Bantu Holomisa in a long-running case against the Sowetan Sunday World. The matter arises out of a report in which the paper printed allegations that Holomisa was involved in a robbery syndicate.
SA’s 16- to 30-year-olds find themselves living in times of contradiction. Some were not eligible to vote in the two democratic elections and now find themselves on the verge of adulthood and exposed to opportunities undreamed of by past generations.
At the end of the World Cup, South Africa will complete a decade of playing international football since readmission into the international sporting fold. It has been a decade in which the team showed promise and remains capable of so much more.