2001 the year when...


Internationally... • Gladiator takes five Oscars, including those for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).


• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opens in 8,200 theaters nationwide, about one- quarter of all those available.


• Report by National Academy of Sciences announces that global warming is on the rise. Leading scientists reaffirm mainstream view that human activity is largely responsible.


• Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is delivered to UN tribunal in The Hague to await war-crime trial.


• George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd President.


• September 11: Hijackers ram jetliners into twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon.


2002 the year when...


Internationally... • Black actors won top Oscars. Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.


• East Timor becomes a new nation.


• National Academy of Sciences issues report opposing human reproductive cloning, but supports therapeutic cloning.


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In South Africa... • The Department of Health declines the offer of a large donation of HIV test kits made by Guardian Scientific Africa Incorporated.


• George Bizos is awarded the 2001 International Trial Lawyer Prize of the Year by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.


• Durban hosts the World Conference against Racism.


2001 Boss of the Year® Finalists


• Cedric M.L Savage, Executive Chairman, The Tongaat-Hullett Group Limited.


• Keith Shipley, Managing Director, NETWORK BBDO Advertising Agency.


• Dr John Purchase, Snr. Dep. Director: ARC-GCI, Agricultural Research Council-Grain Crops Institute.


• Rooksano H. Omar, Director, Local History Museums.


• Ravi Naidoo, Managing Director, Interactive Africa. 2001 Boss of the Year®


Titlebearer


• Humphrey Khoza, CEO, Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd.


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In South Africa... • Mark Shuttelworth – First African in space.


• The Hector Pieterson Museum became the first museum to open in Soweto.


• Nelson Mandela calls on government and business leaders worldwide to find ways to provide access to treatment to those people living with HIV/AIDS.


• Swimmer Natalie du Toit made history when she qualified for the final of the 800 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games – the first time in history that an elite athlete with disability has qualified for the final of an able-bodied event.


• Mbulaeni Mulaudzi become the 2002 Commonwealth champion in the 800m.


• Ernie Els won the Heineken Classic at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club; outplayed World Number one Tiger Woods.


• Hugh Masekela receives BBC Radio Jazz Awards.


• South African born Sydney Brenner wins Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.


2002 Boss of the Year®


Finalists


• Mendo Letlape, HR Executive, Arivia.Kom.


• Maurice Radebe, Managing Director, Exel Petroleum (Pty)Ltd.


• Kevin Mattheys, S Manager: Cast Engineering, Sasol Technology.


• Neil Harper, Director Retail Channels, Retail Channels Group Technology and e-Commerce Standard Bank of SA.


• Brenda Fradsham, Manager Business Dev. Dept, Clientele Life.


2002 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer


• Seadimo Chaba, Deputy Director General, Dept.of Public Transport, Roads and Works.


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