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LEADERSHIP

SA lacks leadership – Loubser

Many of South Africa's recent problems could have been avoided if the country had good leaders, said Russell Loubser, former JSE CEO and South African Airways board member, on Wednesday. "We have lacked leadership for a long time – decades –...
18 Oct 12
 
 
POLITICAL INSIGHT

No radicalism in ANC policy proposals Video Available

Political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi  The national policy conference of the African National Congress (ANC) has come and gone. What should we make of the policy proposals that were adopted, and was the conference more or less about leadership preferences than it was about changing the...
13 Jul 12
 
 
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS CENTENARY

ANC – the 1960s and beyond

When the African National Congress (ANC) was banned in 1960, the organisation immediately decided that it would continue to operate illegally. This was easier said than done. The ANC was a mass organisation and not everyone could work underground...
16 Mar 12
 
 
JDA

Real Economy Report Video Available

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. The Johannesburg Development Agency has refurbished the culturally significant Chancellor House in the Johannesburg inner city. Creamer Media was at the unveiling of the building.
 
 
INNER-CITY REGENERATION

Joburg refurbishes Tambo, Mandela's Chancellor House

Former President Nelson Mandela’s legal office at Chancellor House, which he occupied with Oliver Tambo in the 1950s, was saved from being demolished and turned into a parking garage, by the City of Johannesburg, which on Wednesday boasted the...
04 May 11
 
 
Construction

Money pumped into regeneration of decayed inner city

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) reports that it has spent R559-million over about a six-year period on the upgrading and development of rundown areas in central Johannesburg, with the majority of the agency's investments taking place...
23 Apr 10
 
 
INNER-CITY REGENERATION

Joburg to reinstate Chancellor House to its former glory

The City of Johannesburg would redevelop Chancellor House in the Johannesburg central business district, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), who will manage the project, announced this week. The City of Johannesburg would redevelop...
19 Mar 10
 
 
COAL

ANC-linked Chancellor frontrunner for Xstrata's Swazi coal-mine

Mick Davis South Africa's African National Congress- (ANC-) linked Chancellor House Holdings is the preferred bidder for Xstrata Alloys anthracite mine in Swaziland, Mining Weekly Online can report. Xstrata Alloys spokespersons confirmed to Mining Weekly...
14 Dec 09
 
 
Business Leader

Itumeleng Kgaboesele, Sphere Holdings

Full name: Itumeleng Kgaboesele Position: CEO, Sphere Holdings, since 2003 Main activity of the company: Strategic investment business with significant exposure to industrial and infrastructure services business, including Babcock, Honeywell,...
 
 
TECH TRACK

TUT function shows how times have changed - in the right

I attended a function hosted by the Tshwane University of Technology. It was held in the building and grounds of the Arts Faculty. The decor was great. They had about 100 candles flickering in the dark to mark the walkway up to the front door.
10 Aug 07
 
 
News This Week

Arts and Culture Department moves to honour anti-apartheid icon

The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) is in the initial phase of developing the Mbizana heritage project in the Eastern Cape.
08 Dec 06
 
 
Breaking News

Airport renaming raises its global competitiveness, says Acsa CEO Hlahla

The renaming of Johannesburg International Airport to Oliver Reginald Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) would increase its global competitiveness and its class as a world airport, Airports Company South Africa CEO Monhla Hlahla said on Friday.
27 Oct 06
 
 
 
 
 
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