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<b>Executive Director: Planning, Transport and Environment, City of Johannesburg</b>
When sitting in traffic in the morning, Amanda’s job has already started. She is responsible for everything that happens in Johannesburg’s urban environment, so vehicle emissions are high on her agenda. Among her projects is the creation of a sustainable public transport system.
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/ 12 October 2004
<b>Community-based Natural Resource Management Expert at German Technical Cooperation</b>
Jabu believes in South Africa and the communities around her. She works to ensure that the country’s wealth of natural resources will be protected for the benefit of future generations. This can only be achieved by raising the awareness of communities about their local resources, she says.
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/ 12 October 2004
<b>Founder, Managing Director and Producer/Director, DewClaw Productions</b>
Growing up in England, Sophie’s fascination with African wildlife started when she was young because of Sir David Attenborough’s nature films on TV. She started DewClaw Productions in 2002 to make wildlife, conservation and environmental education films.
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/ 12 October 2004
<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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/ 12 October 2004
<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.