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LIFESTYLE: Finding Diamonds In The Rough With A Little Ubuntu.
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LIFESTYLE: Finding Diamonds In The Rough With A Little Ubuntu. (16-APR-04) Europe Intelligence Wire. It’s still five days away, but the thought of sitting in a cramped airline seat for su.
MERGER CREATES LARGEST BLACK-OWNED MINING COMPANY.
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MERGER CREATES LARGEST BLACK-OWNED MINING COMPANY. (07-APR-04) Asia Africa Intelligence Wire.
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SABC News – Apr 7, 2004
0 Thu Jul 24 01:21:09 2008 –> Merger creates largest black-owned mining company April 07, 2004, 22:30 The Competition Tribunal approved the merger of Ubuntu-Ubuntu Commercial Enterprises, Anglovaal Mining (Avmin), Avgold Ltd and Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd in a hearing today. “The parties claim the transaction will not only result in the establishment of the largest black-owned, diversified mining company in South Africa but unlock significant value within Avmin and allow Avgold to be exploited to its fullest potential,” the Competition Tribunal said in a statement. Harmony, which holds 34. 5% of Avmin’s issued share capital, will be left with 20. 1% after the transaction… 5% of Avmin’s issued share capital, will be left with 20. 1% after the transaction. Ubuntu-Ubuntu would then hold 43. 1% of Avmin’s issued share capital, while the rest would be held by public and institutional investors. “Ubuntu-Ubuntu will become the effective controlling shareholder of a larger, diversified and empowered Avmin,” the tribunal said. “Due to Avmin’s involvement in gold, platinum, nickel and ferrous metals assets mining, Ubuntu-Ubuntu will establish a significant presence in these mining assets. The proposed transaction would consist of four stages, which would be entered into simultaneously by the four companies.
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highbeam.com – Apr 25, 2004
SundayIn South Africa, there is a word, “ubuntu. ” It’s a hard word to translate into English, which is too bad, because you hear it everywhere. You hear it everywhere because “ubuntu” explains so much about South Africa: community, sharing, connecting. In a word, ubuntu comes down to “humanity. I had been to South Africa once before. I had not been that impressed.
Students celebrate at Unbuntu school in Port Elizabeth. Since…
San Diego Union Tribune – Apr 18, 2004
At the Ubuntu charter school, sponsored by the New Jersey-based Ubuntu Educational Fund, nine high school students sit at a board table awaiting us. We introduce ourselves and settle in for a challenging conversation that goes far past our scheduled hour. I have not had such fun since my years as a college debater. This month they will spend two weeks as exchange students at a Harlem high school in New York. One spiky-haired young woman with the eyes of an acetylene torch has an intuitive, penetrating mind and would beat me down in any debate.
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Dispatch Online – Apr 28, 2004
That’s how lobola changed to a sexist and capitalist tradition,” said Mndende. “Some started to put a numerical value to their children and said ‘I’ve sent my daughter to school so she’s worth a,b,c’. ”
Mndende said there is no way that Africans can do away with this custom as it is central to ubuntu. “What we need is to go back and define it in the old traditional way, using cattle instead of rands,” she said. Mndende said people must stop perpetuating the lie that only men have to give something in this process. “A bride-to-be has to ukwambesa (give gifts to her parents-in-law), has to bring inkomo yomphothulo (cattle to bridge the friendship from the bride’s point of view) and inkomo yobulunga (cattle to produce other cattle to feed the bride’s children at her new home). In all, both sides have to pay along the way,” said Mndende.
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