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/ 8 September 2003
The days of conservation islands, fences and fines are over. Instead, South African National Parks (SANParks) has embarked on a focused, multi-faceted campaign to draw people from all walks of life into conservation. The driving force behind the campaign is a new division at SANParks called the directorate of people and conservation.
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/ 8 September 2003
If I had to choose, I would say my favourite story in this edition of <i>Earthyear</i> is the one about young children and community guides teaming up to help leatherback sea tutles nesting on the beaches of Gabon, in West Africa.
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/ 8 September 2003
"The final piece of the jigsaw has fallen into place," opines Supachai Panitchpakdi, director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). "This is a historic agreement," he states, "allowing poorer countries to … deal with the diseases that ravage their people." Interesting, but untrue.
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/ 8 September 2003
There may be a stalemate over the second national telephone operator (SNO) to rival Telkom — but a third national operator is emerging. State-owned company Sentech has entered the telecommunications market with its own Internet offering that it says will "break the telephone stranglehold on Internet access".
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/ 8 September 2003
The SABC is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, having to cope with legislative and regulatory changes while simultaneously modernising in order to deliver on its mandate. It has to invest heavily in product, technology and top-class people, while focusing on becoming an efficient, low-cost, high-quality producer.
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/ 8 September 2003
Namibia’s once charismatic President Sam Nujoma is showing increasingly cranky and irrational behaviour, in keeping with his regional nickname, "Mugabe lite". In recent weeks he has rounded on the media, homosexuals, whites, and the United States for alleged mistreatment of African-Americans.
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/ 8 September 2003
Newly promoted Zulu Royals earned their first point of the season when they played to a 1-1 draw with Moroka Swallows in a Castle Premiership match at Kings Park soccer stadium on Sunday.
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/ 8 September 2003
Hezekiel Sepeng, South African record holder in the 800m and multiple finalist at numerous global meetings over a long period, won his event at the final IAAF Grand Prix Athletics meeting in Rieti with an impressive performance and victory over local favourite, Andrea Longo, of Italy, in a fast 1 min 44,86 seconds on Sunday.
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/ 8 September 2003
For Juan Carlos Ferrero, the consolation prize after losing the US Open championship wasn’t all that bad. Ferrero will take over the number one ranking in the world on Monday, his reward for the best record on tour over the past 52 weeks.
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/ 8 September 2003
The lavish, sprawling residences of kings and queens became difficult to maintain after India became independent from British rule on August 15, 1947. But enterprising individuals are turning their manors into luxurious hotels and, for a hefty fee, will treat guests like royalty.