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/ 11 March 2008

The working face of ubuntu

"Good corporate citizenship recognises the need for sustainable social investment. As the name implies, CSI is all about social investment. Cheque-book charity no longer cuts the mustard." Last year, law firm Deneys Reitz won two Investing in the Future awards. In light of this success, associate Liesl Williams looks at CSI.

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/ 4 May 2007

Dell unveils Feisty Fawn Ubuntu

Dell launched an IdeaStorm website to find out what people wanted. Thousands said "pre-installed Linux", and Dell listened. On May 1, it announced "a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubuntu on select consumer desktop and notebook products". Dell now says it will offer Ubuntu 7.04, known as Feisty Fawn, pre-installed in the United States.

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/ 30 June 2006

Mlungus, ubuntu and abantu

<i>’Mhla kwahamba abelungu kulelizwe, amakhafula ayothi ‘Basi’ lapha kithi"</i> (when all the whites are gone from this country, kaffirs will say ‘Baas’ to us — the Mkhizes). I was about eight when I first heard one of my uncles make this bold declaration. UBab’ Omdala uMlamuli is now almost 90 years old and over the past 23 years, he has repeatedly assured me that his prophecy will indeed come true.