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Almost exactly a week ago a bunch of us rugby enthusiasts asked the question, “can we beat the All Blacks?” Everybody thought not. Nick Mallet thought we needed to score 36 points to hold the margin of defeat to 20 points.
We all got it wrong
We won.
Now we have President Cyril Ramaphosa announcing we can kick-start the economy.
Can we?
Will we win?
Here are the salient points of his package:
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Sowing Seeds of Hope for South Africa
– and a welcome pat on the back!
by Justin Foxton | Sep 13, 2018 |
What a joy it always is to receive my weekly attitude adjustment from my friend and colleague Steuart Pennington – the founder and CEO of the website South Africa the Good News (www.sagoodnews.co.za).
It comes in the form of his newsletter that always strikes a necessary balance between acknowledging the myriad challenges we face as a country, whilst articulating the many positives.
It is a great tonic for the soul!
This week’s instalment was particularly good and – given our current very gloomy context – it was much needed. Based on the second “Reasons for Hope” document published by the Institute of Race Relations, the newsletter was prefaced by the words of Bill Gates who said: “Bad news arrives as drama, while good news is incremental – and not usually deemed newsworthy.”
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KUYASA HOUSING PROJECT
REDUCES CABLEWAY’S CARBON FOOTPRINT
September – Table Mountain Cableway is a carbon neutral attraction, offsetting an average of 1 513.76 tonnes of emissions per annum through a partnership initiated in 2016 with the Kuyasa Housing Project, a low carbon initiative in Khayelitsha.
The Cableway recently commissioned a YouTube video to highlight the work of Kuyasa. This project has not only provided jobs but has also seen the installation of solar water heaters, ceilings and compact fluorescent energy efficient lightbulbs (CFLs) in 2 100 RDP houses since its inception.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT
Madiba’s Human(e) Rules
In December 2015, the United Nations general assembly adopted an update to the minimum standards on treating prisoners.
These 122 rules represent, as a whole, the minimum conditions for the treatment of prisoners. This was the first update in 50 years, named the Nelson Mandela rules in Nelson Mandela’s honour. (http://bit.ly/2MSeGNZ)
Source www.Eighty20.co.za
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