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Issue No. 379 -- 31 July 2006 |
Editor's Message
Letters to the Editor
Quote/s of the Week
Ad Hoc Article/s of the Week
The Legal Beagle
Help Desk
Where are they now?
Club and Other News
Humour
Sports News
Advertising on South Africans Worldwide
Reader's Interests or Hobbies
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Disclaimer
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This week we all need to hope that the recent elections in the DRC will have a very positive result for peace and stability there. It's the first democratic election held in 41 years.
Having made appeals for suggestions on raising funds to complete a much needed mini-hospital in Ndola-Zambia and another in Harare-Zimbabwe, it would be heartening to receive some positive input from Readers.
Likewise my suggestion that people get involved in establishing a fund to repatriate injured South Africans that don't have Insurance Cover. Of course everyone is strongly advised to acquire such insurance below departure, it's not always possible when travelling at short notice.
Till next week.
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None received.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
-Carl Jung
Submitted by Daniel Jan le Roux
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
- Pearl Buck
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight.He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation & Originality-1876
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
- Vernon Howard
It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because your mistakes seem worthwhile.
- Garry Marshall, 'Wake me when it's funny'
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
- Alexis Carrel
We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliatting way.
- Gamal Abdel nasser, on refusing Western economic assistance,'Realites' Hanuary 20, 1969.
All appearsa to change when we change.
- HenriFr d ric Amiel
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'SA is obsessed with wealth'29/07/2006 23:11 - (SA)
Johannesburg - South Africans must defeat the tendency towards worshipping personal wealth, said President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday.
He was presenting the fourth Nelson Mandela annual lecture at Wits University in Johannesburg.
Personal wealth was becoming the distinguishing feature of the new citizen of the new South Africa, he said.
"Every day, and during every hour of our time beyond sleep, the demons embedded in our society, that stalk us at every minute, seem always to beckon each one of us towards a realisable dream and nightmare," said Mbeki.
"With every passing second, they advice, with rhythmic and hypnotic regularity - get rich, get rich, get rich.
"And thus it has come about that many of us accept our common natural instinct to escape from poverty is but the other side of the same coin on whose reverse side is written the words - at all costs, get rich."
Mbeki said there had been a tendency "to pay little tactical regard towards what each one of us might do to assist our neighbour to achieve the goal of a better life".
Read more…
http://www.news24.com/
ACSA STARTS BUILDING NEW TERMINAL
- 2006/07/28
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has officially kick-started the construction of its largest facility to date, the R2bn new Central Terminal Building (CTB) project at Johannesburg International Airport (JIA).
The project was officially announced by ACSA CEO, Monhla Hlahla, at a sod turning ceremony on Friday. "This project is vital for the 2010 World Cup, facilitation of the growing passenger traffic, improvement of service. It gives us an opportunity to further transform Johannesburg International into a world class airport. The CTB is indeed a major step towards achieving that."
The project is part of the R5,2bn rand infrastructure development budget for the entire ACSA network of airports. Of this budget, R3,5bn will be spent at JIA.
The new CTB, which will link the existing Domestic and International terminal buildings, will also serve as one of the stations on the Gautrain route as well as provide the required additional international terminal building capacity in terms of holding lounges, airside commercial areas and boarding gates.
A completion date for the construction of the CTB was accelerated to the end of 2009 after South Africa was named as the host of the 2010 soccer World Cup.Plans were immediately put in place to prepare ACSA's airports in time for the tournament, ACSA said.
Read more…
http://www.property24.com/
SMEs rush to buy into Standard
30/07/2006 17:31
Johannesburg - Standard Bank's broad-based black empowerment initiative attracted over 500 applications countrywide from small medium enterprises (SMEs) wanting shares in the bank, the company said.
Standard Bank announced in January that it had embarked on a process of identifying and selecting about 250 SMEs that will be beneficiaries in the Tutuwa Community Trust, which was formed for the benefit of regional business and community development groupings.
The Tutuwa Community Trust is one of the participants in the broad based grouping of black entities that acquired an effective 10% interest in the South African banking operations of Standard Bank in the black ownership initiative transaction announced on July 15 2004.
The trustees of the Tutuwa Community Trust have completed the selection process and have identified 178 SMEs who meet the qualifying criteria, which included being black owned and contributing to the alleviation of unemployment on a sustainable basis.
Read more…
http://www.fin24.co.za/
Strong markets boost Liberty
30/07/2006 15:18
Johannesburg - South African insurer Liberty Group Ltd expects its first-half headline earnings per share (EPS) to jump 25-35% thanks to strong markets, but new business was slightly weaker than in the year-ago period.
Liberty, 30% owned by Standard Bank, said in a statement headline EPS adjusted for the financial impact of a black economic empowerment deal were expected to be 25-35% higher than the 291 cents per share reported in the year-ago period.
Total EPS is expected to leap 270-290% in the six months to end June versus the first six months of 2005.
http://www.fin24.co.za/
Vodacom connects Springbok
30/07/2006 16:27
Springbok - Vodacom on Saturday launched five new base stations on the N7 route in the Springbok area, effectively bringing mobile connection to 15 000 community members.
The base stations cover 90 kilometres of road.
Vodacom's Alvin Scott said South Africa's biggest cellphone operator took into account Spingbok's main income generators in the roll-out.
"Springbok's main income is generated from tourism, mining activities, historical sites, museums and restaurants.
"Having cellphone connection can play a significant part in promoting bottom-up socio-economic development, while simultaneously stimulating small businesses and entrepreneurship.
"This route also gives access to tourists for the annual Spring display of flowers in Namaqualand," Scott said.
Read more…
http://www.fin24.co.za
Agulhas 'an unsalvageable wreck'
29/07/2006 23:09 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The grounded Safmarine Agulhas has been declared an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, said the National Port Authority (NPA) on Saturday.
"It's now referred to as a wreck... It can't be refloated," said NPA East London spokesperson Terry Taylor.
He said it was too dangerous for salvers to remove the remaining 90 containers from the flooded holds.
The 19-year-old vessel will officially be declared a wreck.
A tender for cutting it up and removing it will be issued in the next few days.
Read more…
http://www.news24.com
Nobody requested any help.
Nobody requested help this week.
Nobody seems to be looking for anyone.
Nothing received this week.
Gutsy struggle by Proteas
30/07/2006 15:11 - (SA)
Colombo - South Africa's first black captain Ashwell Prince hit an unbeaten 60 as the tourists waged a gutsy struggle to save the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The South Africans, needing 588 runs to avoid an innings defeat, lost three top batsmen for 20 in the post-lunch session before ending the fourth day's play on 311-4 in their second innings.
The South Africans put on a better display in contrast to the opening day blues when they were shot out for 169, but still need to bat out a minimum of 90 overs on the final day on Monday to save the game.
Read more…
http://www.news24.com/
Schwartzel and Goosen shine
30/07/2006 17:21 - (SA)
Alveslohe, Germany - Robert Karlsson won the Deutsche Bank Players' Championship by four strokes on Sunday after shooting a 5-under 67 in the final round.
Karlsson's second victory of the year boosted him into a qualifying place for Europe's Ryder Cup team. He also won the Wales Open in June.
The Swede, who double-bogeyed the final hole after losing his ball off the tee, won with a 25-under total of 263, a record for this 23-year-old event.
Charl Schwartzel shot a 67 to share second place with Lee Westwood (69).
There was a four-way tie for third between Graeme McDowell (65), Andres Romero (66), Retief Goosen (67) and Emanuele Canonica (67).
http://www.news24.com/
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