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/ 25 October 2007
Gerald Leissner was awarded a special commendation by the investing judges for his contribution to poverty and inequality alleviation in Southern Africa. ”It is the application of the South African government’s BEE policy that singles out his contribution to poverty alleviation,” they said. ”With his company, he used a government policy to harness the power of the market to produce significant social good.”
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/ 25 October 2007
With most schools in rural areas facing abject poverty, overcrowding, lack of resources and facilities, the cry for help is loud and desperate. Rural children want to compete on an equal footing with their urban brothers and sisters. Anglo American South Africa has answered this call with its Rural Schools Programme aimed at ameliorating the situation in Limpopo.
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/ 25 October 2007
How do you give corporate gift buyers access to local hand-made products and provide the country’s many talented crafters with an entrée to this major niche market? This is the question the Old Mutual Foundation’s Gift project tried to answer. Gift is an initiative of the Cape Craft & Design Institute (CCDI) and the Old Mutual Foundation.
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/ 25 October 2007
HIV/Aids has forced all sectors of society to respond to the ravages of the epidemic — from businesses and health insurers to educational institutions. It has forced those who care for the terminally ill, our caregivers and health workers, to re-invent how they treat those living with the virus.
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/ 25 October 2007
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi allegedly tipped off his friend, Glenn Agliotti, about a British drugs probe involving him. The allegation, in a statement by former Agliotti associate Clinton Nassif, sheds new light on the defeating the ends of justice charge the Scorpions wanted to bring against Selebi.
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/ 25 October 2007
A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain’s largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity. Travelodge, which runs more than 300 business hotels in Britain, says sleepwalking rose seven-fold in the past year, and 95% of the somnambulants are scantily clad men.
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/ 25 October 2007
The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter on October 24 1945 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It is particularly symbolic, intentionally or not, that on the same date this year the Pan African Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a new world body destined to represent the people at the UN.
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/ 24 October 2007
Lumko Mtimde is not a latter-day "Please sir, I want some more" kind of person. He certainly does want a double helping, but this seasoned media activist isn’t begging for extra funds for the Media Development and Diversity Agency. Instead, his tactics are strategy, charm and persuasion. As MDDA CEO, he ran a round-table session with broadcasters in Johannesburg this week.
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/ 24 October 2007
McLaren will have to pay more than -million to the International Automobile Federation (FIA), which will use the money to promote safer motorsport worldwide, Formula One’s governing body said on Wednesday. ”Following the judgement of the World Motor Sport Council on September 13, a sum in excess of -million will be paid in December to the FIA,” the body said.