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/ 24 August 2001

River restoration project shows it can be done

Urban Renewal Award Finalist: Hout Bay River Development Michelle Nel Cape Town’s Hout Bay river is the last remaining river system linking Table Mountain to the sea that’s worth conserving as a resource of international significance. With this in mind, and against the backdrop of much abuse to both river and valley over the past […]

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/ 24 August 2001

The voice of cricket

Jim White talks to the universally respected commentator whose ability to dwell in the present has made him indispensable to TV companies At one point during his demolition of the England bowling attack recently, Adam Gilchrist leathered a ball delivered by Andrew Caddick with such venom you can only assume he had just caught it […]

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/ 24 August 2001

To stand or not to stand

Amanda Lane replies to Matthew Krouse’s accusation that the line-up of Another One Night Stand is too white It is with a heavy heart that I write this, for it is my belief that one’s actions speak one’s truth. However, in my capacity as creative director of Another One Night Stand, I have a duty […]

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/ 24 August 2001

Who’s afraid of the Big, Bad Bob?

CRICKET Peter Robinson A poll conducted by the News24 website recently called for South Africa’s cricket tour to Zimbabwe next month to be cancelled and, what’s more, for a full range of sanctions to be slapped on Big, Bad Bob as quickly as possible. The first point, of course, is that Internet polls are famously […]

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/ 24 August 2001

Words from the organisers

Sponsor’s Message The stage is set. It’s now up to the artists to showcase their talent. Since its inception, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz circuit has showcased some of the world’s greatest artists, while developing young talent. The Johannesburg Joy of Jazz International Festival 2001 is no exception. This leg of our successful circuit […]

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/ 24 August 2001

World champ needs Nel

BOXING Deon Potgieter When Anton Nel knocked out Jokkie Oberholtzer in 59 seconds of the first round on Sunday, he became only the third man to win the national heavyweight title twice. The big right uppercut followed by a crushing overarm right were among the finest blows thrown by any heavyweight boxer in recent years […]

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/ 24 August 2001

Budding SA doctors fly to Cuba

DUMISANE LUBISI, Pietersburg | Friday NORTHERN Province has selected 23 impoverished youths who leave for Cuba on Monday to train as doctors for the next six years. The youths, who come from poor rural families, responded to a provincial health department advert in March that sought matriculants who wanted to study medicine. Over 1 000 […]

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/ 24 August 2001

DE BEERS: DIAMOND SALES SLUMP BY 25%

DIAMOND giant De Beers said on Thursday that sales of rough diamonds through its Diamond Trading Company slumped 255% in the first half of 2001 to $2,62-billion. The group blamed the slowdown in the global economy for sluggish demand for polished diamonds, particularly in the United States, which had a knock-on impact on rough diamond […]

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/ 24 August 2001

Fat cats fly in high style, at taxpayers expense

DAVID MACFARLANE, Johannesburg | Friday SIZE does count – and that’s official. District councillors around the country have been seduced by the argument that because South Africans “are generally big people”, they are more susceptible to “deep vein thrombosis” if they fly economy class. Shortly before setting off on an investment mission to China in […]