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• Goldstone to get MacArthur prize

  Created: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:47

  South African judge Richard Goldstone, former Constitutional Court justice and chief prosecutor of the Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals, has been named as the second recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Award for International Justice. The awa...

• SA leads continent in prosperity

  Created: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:47

  South Africa is the leading African country on this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which analyses countries around the globe for their effectiveness in creating a climate conducive to prosperity. More than 100 countries came under scrutiny, includ...

• SA's finances all in order

  Created: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:45

  South African Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel, admired the world over for his intelligent and successful financial strategies, announced his medium term budget policy statement on 21 October 2008. In it he revealed government’s economic priorities...

• African leaders unite economies

  Created: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:27

  Heads of states of 26 African countries belonging to three economic regions across the continent, have resolved to merge the blocs into a single regional market....

• Cape Town's new bus system

  Created: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:26

  In May 2008 the City of Cape Town unveiled plans for a world-class integrated rapid transport system. Now the first phase has received the green light and will be operational by March 2010, say city authorities. The entire four-phase project will be imple...

• Festus Mogae, Ibrahim Laureate

  Created: Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:47

  Botswana’s Festus Gontebanye Mogae, who stepped down as president of that country in April 2008, has won the second annual Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The prize is awarded by the Ibrahim Foundation to a former African hea...

• Top honour for Helen Zille

  Created: Monday, 20 October 2008 16:46

  Cape Town’s charismatic mayor Helen Zille has been announced 2008 World Mayor, making her the pick of a crop of worldwide city leaders that are making a sterling contribution to their cities....

• Freedom means nothing left to lose

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:02

  You don’t have to remember too far back, 1989 to be precise, to the day when it was declared game over in the great and often hostile debate between markets and planning. Markets won....

• SA's competitiveness steady

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:57

  The South African economy’s global competitiveness remains steady, coming in at 45th out of 134 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). In the 2007-8 report it was ranked at 44th out of ...

• World's longest solar race in SA

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:44

  On Tuesday 7 October a fleet of odd-looking vehicles rolled into Pretoria after an epic two-week, 4 175km round-trip across South Africa’s heartland and back along its coastline. This was the end of the inaugural South African Solar Challenge, the l...

• The Arch turns 70

  Created: Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:41

  South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu turns 77 on 7 October 2008. With his formidable moral authority, balanced by a mischievous smile and often playful demeanour, Tutu has won the respect and admiration of the world....

• Electrifying SA's motor industry

  Created: Tuesday, 07 October 2008 14:48

  After two years of development and R50-million ($6-million) in research, South Africa’s first battery-operated electric car is ready to show itself to the world. The car, known appropriately as the Joule, will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show ...

• South Africa's growing political maturity

  Created: Tuesday, 07 October 2008 14:45

  One of the great myths of the new South Africa is the belief that, with time, we will go the route of “all Africa”....

• September 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 13:39

  Dear Leadership reader, welcome to our September issue. Please click 'read more' below to access the contents....

• Happy birthday, Dr Buthelezi

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 16:11

  The Guinness Book of World Records credits him with the world’s longest speech: 400 pages delivered over five days to the KwaZulu legislative assembly....

• The French connection

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 13:54

  Flustering a career diplomat takes some doing, but French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy got it right on her visit to South Africa earlier this year. Accompanying her prime minister husband on a brief visit, the model-turned-singer’s itinerary allow...

• With an eye on the future

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 13:43

  Photo: marcopAll in favour say ‘aye’.” So it was that the judges unanimously selected a 17 year old to become a finalist in this year’s Shoprite Checkers/SABC2 Woman of the Year Awards. And with good reason....

• A lioness in the den

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 13:22

  Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka talks about the challenges of the post and reveals herself as a formidable woman with a cool head and fierce focus on long-term goals....

• Islam unveiled

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 13:15

  The Western stereotype image of them is often of voiceless women, only their eyes visible from underneath their veils, going about their business in subdued obedience to their men and God....

• A Destiny fulfilled

  Created: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 13:06

  Clearly blessed with the Midas touch, Khanyi has the remarkable ability to leave an unforgettable mark on everything in which she partakes. The launch of her own publishing house Ndalo Media is a clear indication that Khanyi Dhlomo is ready to spread and...