2000 1999


the year when...


Internationally... • The Euro the new European currency.


• Fear of Y2K Bug Y2K Scare. • JFK Jr. dies in plane accident. • President Clinton is acquitted. • First non-stop world trip in a balloon.


• The Matrix starring Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburn sets new standards for special effects in movies to come.


• Panama Canal returns to Panama. the year when...


Internationally... • Human genome deciphered; expected to revolutionize the practice of medicine.


• “I love you” virus disrupts computers worldwide.


• Stephen King’s 66-page novella Riding the Bullet is available exclusively in electronic only as an “e-book”.


• Charles Schulz, the cartoonist who created the “Peanuts” comic strip, dies.


• Oprah Winfrey debuts O magazine. The Queen of All Media graces the cover and plans to be front and centre on all issues “for the foreseeable future”.


In South Africa... • The 13th International AIDS conference is held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the first ever to be held in a developing country.


2000 Boss of the Year®


• Duduzile Maseko, Strategic Executive, Southern Metropolitan Local Council.


• Laetitia van Dyk, Group General Manager, ABSA Group.


• Mogwailane (MK) Mohlala, Customer Service Regional Manager, Eskom.


• Shaun van Vollenhoven, Superintendent, SA Police Service.


2000 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Joe Tsotetsi, Chairman, Motswedi Technology Group. careersuccess • issue 3 27 Finalists • Clinton I n’t Veld, Chief Executive Officer, X-Pert Group.


In South Africa... • Max, the JBH Zoo gorilla, apprehends man fleeing from police.


• Judge Edwin Cameron, a high court judge and human rights advocate, announces that he is HIV positive.


• The second democratic elections are held and won by the African National Congress.


• George Bizos is awarded the Order for Meritorious Service Class II medal from President Nelson Mandela.


• Thabo Mbeki becomes the 2nd President of South Africa.


• South Africa were the hosts of the 7th All-Africa Games.


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10th anniversary 1999 Boss of the Year®


Finalists


• Frans van der Walt, Human Resources Director, Pick ‘n Pay Retail.


• Waheed Adam, Chairman, Prime Home Improvement.


• Fatima Jakoet, Finance Manager, Eskom.


• Paul Nkuna, Chairman, Mineworkers Investment Company.


• Joseph Mandla Vilakazi, Principal, Vosloorus Secondary School.


1999 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer


• Edward Kieswetter, Senior General Manager, Eskom Matla Power Station.


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• The Democratic Party joins with the New National Party into an alliance, the Democratic Alliance.


• In the biggest merger in the country’s history, America Online agrees to buy Time Warner, the nation’s largest traditional media company, for $165 billion.


• Tropical Cyclone Eline brings heavy rains to Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Madagascar.


• Rosita Pedro born up a tree and saved by SA Airforce.


• Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, is awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the Glasgow Caledonian University.


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