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/ 4 August 2000

Transforming the old boysO club

Creating opportunities in which new investment talent can grow is crucial for the future of the South African economy Mail & Guardian Reporter Attracting new black talent into the investment and asset management field is crucial to transform it from Oa closed shop, a white boysO clubO, says Raymond Ndlovu, investment and assets manager of […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Time for a pitstop

Paul Weaver motor racing The television commentator best known as Muddly Talker is currently the subject of national debate in England. It is being suggested that at the age of 77 Murray Walker is well past his pitstop date. I could not disagree more strongly. Walker+s age is irrelevant. His is the most recognisable voice […]

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/ 4 August 2000

the packages

Users of instant messaging (IM) software number more than 100-million. In no order of preference, the most popular IM packages include: l ICQ (OI seek youO): www.mirabilis. com l Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com l Odigo: www.odigo.com l AOL Instant Messenger (AIM): www.aol.com/aim/home.html l Powwow: www.tribalvoice.com l MSN Messenger: messenger.msn.com With the exception of Powwow, these packages […]

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/ 4 August 2000

The mothers of new nations

Afrikaner and black women both suffered through wars, but the way they were treated after the conflicts could not be more different Antjie Krog OI was awake … suddenly completely awake in my bed. It was very dark but I sensed someone bending over me then these cold, kind of dry hands were at my […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Technikons must merge or face closure

Ntuthuko Maphumulo Technikons struggling to implement transformation now have an extra task, suggested by the Council on Higher Education (CHE): to reposition themselves, to merge or face closure. ItOs a challenge for these 15 tertiary institutions, but two technikons are ahead already. They have been discussing a merger for 10 years. Next month their councils […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Switching to lesbianism

Barbara Ellen Body Language More and more over the past 12 months, IOve found myself bearing witness to lesbian comings out. Or should I say, listening to drunk women tell me theyOre Oso sickO of guys, theyOre Oseriously consideringO becoming lesbians. OWhy not? Why not, I ask you?O the latest one cried the other evening. […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Surfing or floundering?

Get the best out of your Internet service provider David Mallinson Some things are easier to get into than out of. Subscribing to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) is one of these things. The problem is that many people discover what they really want from an ISP only after subscribing (possibly to an unsuitable one). […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Mbeki left with empty promises from

Mugabe Iden Wetherell A point South AfricaOs President Thabo Mbeki might not have fully appreciated when he arrived at Harare airport on Wednesday for talks with President Robert Mugabe was the presence among his reception committee of squatters from neighbouring farms. The ruling Zanu-PF party now regularly ferries squatters to airport receptions to welcome visiting […]

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/ 4 August 2000

Looking beyond your borders

Chris Dunton Born in South Africa, Beverley Naidoo went into exile in Britain in 1965. There she became a children+s writer and educationalist. Like all her four novels to date, her first book, Journey to Jo+burg, combined an exciting plot with uncompromising realism. A -discovery+ story, it took in subject-matter such as rural poverty, student […]