Michelle Nel

Susan Shabangu, the minister of mineral resources, agrees that mining should not take place in ecologically sensitive areas.

Cosatu has commissioned the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (Naledi) to research the links between labour and climate change.

Runner-up — Enterprise Development Award: <b>Fetola & Associates — Old Mutual Legends Programme</b>.

Establishing a national park and biosphere reserve along the Wild Coast makes a lot of sense. So why have there been so many hiccups along
the way?

Best known as a firm of savvy asset managers, Allan Gray recently completed a smart financial manoeuvre, involving the personal generosity of its founder, to create a vehicle for BEE. When this transaction is combined with the intended staff-share scheme, 27% of Allan Gray will be black-owned.

In the real world justice is mainly for the wealthy. Do you have a spare R1 000 an hour for lawyer’s fees? This is not even what the top firms charge their corporate clients. And what of the lawyers themselves? They might have entered the profession dreaming of striving for justice and defending the innocent, but end up stuck in plush corporate offices helping the rich get richer.

In 1991, the then Bophuthatswana Parks Board launched the Madikwe project by commandeering a few army planes to fly a pack of journalists up to a farmhouse in Herman Charles Bosman country. They were treated to a lavish feast and spun a seductive tale about the birth of a brand new game reserve.

"Stop crime." "Convict corrupt politicians", say the election posters. I have yet to see "Down with nukes" or "Free factory-farmed animals." But a visit to the offices or web pages of the main Election 2004 contenders shows that some political parties have fairly decent environmental policies. <i>Earthyear</i> sets out the environmental manifestos of the major contenders.