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/ 14 December 2004
Brian Molefe personifies the activist new leadership of the Public Investment Commission that has forced the PIC to centre stage in the past 12 months. For years the PIC was the dozing giant of asset management, socking away billions of rands in government pension money and keeping a low profile. But that has changed dramatically. We speak to Molefe, the CEO who is trying to use the PIC’s muscle to force changes in corporate South Africa.
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/ 14 December 2004
Just what is it that makes this place so special? Once upon a time, long, long ago, a golden age flourished in Southern Africa. <i>Earthyear</i> explores the magic and mystery of Mapungubwe.
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/ 14 December 2004
The protracted injury crisis in the Western Province (WP) Boland camp has forced the selectors to name an unchanged side to play the Dolphins in the Standard Bank Cup day/night limited-overs cricket match at Durban’s Kingsmead on Wednesday. Paceman Alan Dawson and batsman Herschelle Gibbs are still on the injury list.
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/ 14 December 2004
The European Union has agreed to enforce United Nations sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire, including a ban on arms sales and military aid, officials said on Tuesday. The joint position came as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on Wednesday on toughening up the sanctions regime against Côte d’Ivoire.
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/ 14 December 2004
”The sad truth for the millions of Haitians who had placed their destiny in the hands of Father Aristide in 1990 and again in 1994 is that he left a legacy of lies, intolerance, corruption, nepotism and conspiracy to eliminate his rivals and detractors.” A noted former Haitian minister and international filmmaker says South Africa’s guest of honour, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was neither priestly nor presidential and has left a legacy of terror as he enjoys his Pretoria exile.
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/ 14 December 2004
When is a stone not just a stone? When it is a weapon, an historical relic – or an ornament for sale. Creative ways of seeing things is one of the learning objectives of the Business Ventures (BV) programme. Taking business theory off the pages of dusty books and into life experience is doing it for teachers and learners alike.
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/ 14 December 2004
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was left seething at his side’s inability to cash in on the draw between English Premiership favourites Arsenal and Chelsea. Ferguson had demanded United take the opportunity to cut the gap on leaders Chelsea to seven points and move within two of the third-placed Gunners after Sunday’s 2-2 stalemate between the two sides.
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/ 14 December 2004
The South African women’s water polo team won both their games on Monday at the women’s international tournament being held at the Joan Harrison swimming pool in East London, and have now secured a place in the semifinals. The team registered an adequate but frustrating 9-7 win over Australia in their first game of the day, but it was a 5-3 victory over Sweden in the evening that ensured a spot in the final four.
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/ 14 December 2004
Spanish authorities won praise on Monday for clearing Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in just minutes after receiving a bomb threat — but Real Madrid’s president said it set a bad precedent to suspend the match. Sunday’s threat, allegedly from Basque separatists, proved a hoax.
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/ 14 December 2004
Over the past year this column has concentrated on an evaluation of the law as it has been developed by our courts during the first decade of constitutional democracy. It is perhaps appropriate that two of the most important judgements of the past decade have been delivered in the past month — the Metrorail judgement and the so-called gay marriage case.