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Why did so many business people (216) accompany the president? Many factors came into play, most notably the strategic importance of the UK as a partner in Europe. On the state visit to Angola last year, 170 business people accompan...

UK-SA TRADE IN NUMBERS
By Prakash Naidoo
216 business leaders and 12 ministers were part of President Jacob Zuma's delegation on his state visit to the UK last week. R132bn is the value of UK fore...

ISLAND IN THE SUN
By Carol Paton
Alex Boraine, who was deputy chairman of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, has found a new cause in an exotic location: he is chairing the truth and justice commission set up to inquire into slavery and indentured labour in Mauri...

WINNERS & LOSERS

WINNER Robert Brozin He is the cofounder, owner and CE of peri-peri chicken restaurant Nando's (70 branches in London, 800 worldwide), which has been voted best UK company to work for. LOSER Connie Hedegaard ...

DEBT:GDP RATIO
By Evan Pickworth
Why is the debt:GDP ratio important? It gives an idea of the ability of a country to make future payments on its debt. If it were unable to pay its debt, it would default, which could cause a panic in the domestic and international marke...

A HITCH BEFORE BOARDING
By Thebe Mabanga
Newly appointed SAA CEO Siza Mzimela has had a turbulent start to her tenure, raising the ire of MPs even before formally taking office. On Tuesday, SAA and Mzimela's old employer and SAA subsidiary, SA Express, were supposed to app...

JUST WIDE OF THE POSTS
By Thebe Mabanga
Media and marketing group Primedia appears to have lost interest in its 40% shareholding in Kaizer Chiefs. The company is publishing no value for the stake and has relegated the investment to its corporate social investment, rather tha...

COMINGS & GOINGS

Andrew Hubbard Has resigned as CEO of Queensgate and Holger Friedrichsen has resigned as an executive director to facilitate any future restructuring. Colin Human, Deon van Rooyen and a task team will run the show. Di...

FNB'S HOTSPOT
By Larry Claasen
Banking group FNB has found some traction in its efforts to become a telecommunications company. Since its launch last year the group has signed up more than 5 000 users. Besides credit cards and bank loans, its clients can now als...

WINNING FUSION
By Matebello Motloung
Stuart Woolmington's motto is simple: "All men die, but not all men live." MD and founding member of thewinwingroup, the former soldier has spent the past decade helping individuals identify and reach their full potential. His method fuses mark...

SUPER SIZE ME
By Linda Stafford
My instinct was to turn around and run away. That's how intimidating the size of Airbus's new A380 is at first sight. Unsurprisingly, one wit near me dubbed it "the great white shark of the sky". We were among the first to fly in ...

GOOD CALL
By Larry Claasen
The Nokia E72 is the latest in the cellphone maker's impressive range of business phones. It has a better camera, faster processor and better graphics than its predecessor, the E71, which set a high standard. There are also new feat...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

NICOLAS SARKOZY, French president, opening the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris on Monday ...