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<B>Programme Relations Officer, IUCN-SA</b>
Currently studying for a BCom in financial management, Suzette’s job involves controlling million-rand budgets. What drives her is her passion for community development. She acts as the focal point for the IUCN-SA National Committee and the Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group, under IUCN’s Species Survival Commission.
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/ 12 October 2004
Does ambient media just clutter the urban landscape, facilitating brand bombardment and fuelling the white noise, or is there something here of real value? Jacquie Golding-Duffy jumps into the fray.
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/ 12 October 2004
The words of Steve Biko — "Just like Jews know that if you forget that you are Jewish, a gentile will remind you; if you forget that you are black, a white man will remind you" — must be starting to ring true for black lawyers and newly appointed black judges. These lawyers are finding, right in the corridors of justice, that no matter how high they go or well-read they become, they will never shed the albatross of their blackness. So, what’s new?
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/ 12 October 2004
What happens if you appoint a wolf as shepherd? A steady downsizing of the flock. The wolf, professing vegetarianism, calls it right-sizing and states his enthusiastic commitment to fattening the remaining sheep. What happens if you appoint a dominant company to make the rules for its industry? It legislates its own dominance — subtly, slowly, insidiously, in the name of the public good.
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/ 12 October 2004
<b>Park Manager: Mountain Zebra National Park, SANParks</b>
The Cape mountain zebra nearly became extinct, but at Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock, they are making a comeback. Now their population numbers 300. Their custodian is a small Xhosa woman, with a big laugh and a big heart.
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<b>Conservation Manager, Endangered Wildlife Trust; Programme Manager, Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, SSC/IUCN Southern Africa; Chairperson, IUCN South African Members’ Committee</b>
Yolan’s background includes a BA in English; veterinary nursing at Onderstepoort; and, in between a very busy schedule, she is currently studying media communications.
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/ 12 October 2004
The South African Hockey Association is on the hunt for a new national women’s coach following the shock announcement this week that Ros Howell has quit the job. Howell will, however, continue in the position until the end of the year, after which she will return to being deputy headmaster at St Mary’s School in Johannesburg.
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Privatisation and trade liberalisation policies foisted on developing countries in return for financial help are often bad for the poor, according to a confidential United Kingdom government paper. The document says the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and individual governments should limit and streamline so-called ”conditionality” for aid money.
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/ 12 October 2004
Kaizer Chiefs are planning a memorable 60th birthday present for their chairperson, Kaizer Motaung, in the form of a convincing victory over Bush Bucks at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. Club communications and public-relations manager Putco Mafani said their preparations for the game are at an advanced stage.
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”In one of the areas visited, a community member said many of those without food at home made a point of regularly attending funerals, so they could at least get a meal that day.” The impoverished mountain kingdom of Lesotho has experienced three consecutive years of drought-induced food shortages. Three people talk about how their lives have been affected by the crisis.