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Zimbabwe
Category: Articles/Politics
... wondered about the continent's inability to add value to its exports: "How can we fail even to manufacture one chocolate ourselves today?" he was quoted as saying by Inter Press Service (18/08/10). Paradoxically, ...Wednesday, 08 September 2010 -
Springbok watch
Category: Articles/Sport
... the experts say Different rugby writers have made very different assessments about the state of the game at Springbok level. Mike Greenway wrote in the Cape Times that the Boks won six of their last ...Tuesday, 07 September 2010 -
Beyond the strike
Category: Articles/Politics
... level. No wonder Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s counterpart in the ILC, Chris Klopper, remarked in an interview published over the weekend: “It now is only about politics, pure politics.” ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Worth a read?
Category: Articles/Other
... past four years have seen no fewer than six new books being published on what must be one of the wonders of the modern world: Google. Generating approximately $20 billion in advertising revenue a year ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Final word
Category: Articles/Other
... the words: “we are” and under her chin there was just one word: “vol!” It clearly conveyed the message: “We are gatvol!” Gatvol is one of those wonderfully versatile Afrikaans words that have also become ...Friday, 03 September 2010 -
Land grab
Category: Articles/Other
... In Ethiopia, land inside an elephant sanctuary was cleared to make way for agrofuels. “Farmers have found that the much-vaunted wonder crop jatropha, rather than bringing a guaranteed income, in fact ...Friday, 03 September 2010 -
Telephone idiosyncrasies
Category: Opinions/Columnists
Getting the message – eventually In the wide and wonderful world of aviation, there is a universal language roughly based on English and used to avoid confusion among pilots and to allow passengers to ...Thursday, 02 September 2010 -
A real leadership battle
Category: Opinions/Columnists
... on the part of my staff would suggest they are true followers and ipso facto I display real leadership”. He smiled. I smiled. I had won. But it was an empty victory. My adversary had dropped his guard ...Wednesday, 01 September 2010 -
A land of great potential
Category: Opinions/Columnists
... going. A man who saw more wealth in wonder and the love of life than in mere money. A man with a love for simplicity and comfort over the collection of material objects. This man told me about a country ...Wednesday, 01 September 2010 -
Cricket scandal
Category: Articles/Sport
... a 50-run lead when Peter Siddle joined Mike Hussey in the middle. Australia won courtesy of four dropped catches by Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran – including three from Hussey, who, with the aid of some ...Tuesday, 31 August 2010 -
Cricket turmoil
Category: Articles/Sport
... very moody.” The view by this former Australian captain would not be supported by statistics. Steyn has taken five-wicket hauls in test cricket on 13 different occasions and has won tests single-handedly ...Friday, 27 August 2010 -
The Fresher King
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
Brian Coppin goes from cashier to CEO I have always wondered who the clever souls behind the Fruit & Veg City stores were, since I had once dabbled in a far less onerous aspect of retail and had ...Thursday, 26 August 2010 -
Long live King James!
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... agencies. So what was the turning point? Was it one particular account that changed it for you? Alistair: When we won the Cape Argus account – which we still have – that was good. Then we won Bell’s ...Thursday, 26 August 2010 -
Fate of Westminster
Category: Articles/Politics
... party. The National Party for example in both the elections of 1948 and 1953 won the majority of the seats with a minority of the total votes on a national basis. Despite the fact that parties to the ...Wednesday, 25 August 2010 -
Tri-Nations watch
Category: Articles/Sport
... Soccer City last week. The All Blacks won the pulsating Vodacom Tri Nations match by 29-22 after the Boks led for close to 75 minutes of this 80- minute encounter. Such is the perennial need for professional ...Tuesday, 24 August 2010 -
Keeping things Current
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... journalism team on television. We have already won two Emmy’s. We have now won every major award for top quality investigative journalism on television in the US and we’re still young. I look forward ...Monday, 23 August 2010 -
Mandela's Way
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... pieces and praise them individually with specific details. And like most great charmers, he himself is easily charmed – you can accomplish that by letting him see that he has won you over. The charm is ...Friday, 20 August 2010 -
An amalgam that worked
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... at the stars and hours of conversation about the wonder of the universe on the one hand and of agnosticism and atheism on the other, and always the dream of a truly open society in South Africa. Van Zyl ...Friday, 20 August 2010 -
Madiba’s Right-hand (wo)man!
Category: Articles/Politics
... innermost retinue. Spending time with a man such as Madiba on a 24-hour basis, day in and day out, must have provided you with some wonderful memories. You clearly are not simply there to assist him, ...Friday, 20 August 2010 -
Celebrating greatness
Category: Opinions/Editors Notes
... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa’s most splendid wildlife, then I think even the most scrupulous critic would agree that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land. I would like ...Friday, 20 August 2010
