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/ 16 June 2007

SA publishing has not yet turned the page

As children, we used to play a game of hide-and-seek called ”black mampatile”. One of us was asked to look the other way while the others would quickly scatter in search of a place to hide. Another version of the game involved hiding an object; to know that s/he was looking in the right direction, the searcher would be guided by those who knew the location of the object.

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/ 16 June 2007

Beware white men with briefcases

Years ago I had a conversation with somebody in Cape Town who was helping to develop a tourism marketing plan. She told me that the largest number of tourists to South Africa came from the continent and that they spent the most money. None of this was the result of a plan — at least up to that point.

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/ 16 June 2007

Mbeki calls on youth to mobilise energies

At Youth Day celebrations in East London on Saturday, President Thabo Mbeki questioned whether this generation is living up to the tradition of past youth leadership. Also, African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma called on the party’s youth to go to its upcoming policy conference and be clear on what they want.

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/ 16 June 2007

Mbeki: Developing youth must be focal point

The development and empowerment of South Africa’s youth must form one of the focal points of the country’s reconstruction and development programmes, President Thabo Mbeki said in his weekly online letter. But, he questioned whether the youth is well organised to play the role of drivers of progressive change.

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/ 16 June 2007

Youth Day courage inspires Zim’s youth

More than 2 000 jobs in road construction and maintenance in Gauteng will go to young people, Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa told a Youth Day rally at the Johannesburg Stadium on Saturday. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change said the ”spectacular courage” shown by the youth of South Africa on June 16 1976 inspires Zimbabwe’s youth.