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/ 24 January 1997
AMONG all the miniscule creatures that live around us, invisible to the human eye, is a strange, rod-shaped bacterium called Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. It does not cause disease, cannot pollute the environment and is happiest in an extremely acidic environment where it can “eat” the minerals in rock. It is these creatures (and their relatives) that […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Certain TV programmes directed at children have provoked outrage from the public. Gillian Farquhar reports RECENT complaints lodged with the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) have once again raised the controversial issue of who or what dictates the parameters of programme content for child viewers. Some of the most serious complaints received by […]
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/ 24 January 1997
The first real figures for Net advertisers should boost this medium, writes Jacquie Golding-Duffy Advertising agencies may finally be lured into marketing their goods more vigorously on the Internet, as the major South African auditing firms move into the arena to provide more “honest” electronic publishing statistics. The Internet has been both the most measurable […]
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/ 24 January 1997
plan Mungo Soggot THE SABC has temporarily frozen plans to drop the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) because the corporation’s actions apparently breach key sections of the new Labour Relations Act. Radio chief Govin Reddy admitted this week he had erred in his execution of the decision. He confirmed the SABC had not taken legal advice […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Justin Arenstein DISSENT over the Mpumalanga Parks Board’s (MPB) decision to place its prime nature reserves in the hands of the shadowy Dubai- based Dolphin Group deepened this week with the resignation of one of the provincial parks board’s most influential members. John Hanks, who is also executive director of Worldwide Fund for Nature South […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Imaginative alternatives are needed to deal with poverty, argues Jeremy Baskin. And he has a particularly bold one to offer UNEMPLOYMENT and poverty are arguably the biggest challenges facing South Africa. And yet there is a startling paucity of ideas on how to tackle them. Certainly there are lots of specific ideas that could make […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Angella Johnson REPORTED incidents of rape in Johannesburg went up 64% in the last half of 1996 compared with the previous year, according to police figures which were due to be published this week but have been witheld by National Police Commissioner George Fivaz. The report, which was obtained by the Mail & Guardian, and […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Stix Morewa is leaving but it will take a lot more than that to heal the wounds in South African soccer SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi AS South African Football Association (Safa) executive president Solomon “Stix” Morewa prepares to pack his bags and abandon centre stage, he leaves the sport in a sad and sick state. If […]
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/ 24 January 1997
Six-and-a-half years later and R55-million richer, one diamond player has made its fortune, reports Bronwen Jones Foreign investors have given another much needed capital injection into the economy with the purchase of one of South Africa’s 2 500 diamond mining concerns. The Canadian-based, but Bahamas-registered, Becksham Coporation recently acquired Messina Investments for R68,52-million. Becksham has, […]
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/ 24 January 1997
control While rival organisations compete for control of athletics, Olympic medallist Hezekiel Sepeng has been threatened. Gustav Thiel and Julian Drew report SPORTS Minister Steve Tshwete this week expressed strong concernabout the administration of athletics in South Africa following threats to the safety of Olympic silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng before an athletics meeting at the […]