A frican BUSINESS

APRIL 2001 No 264

CONTENTS

Editorial 8 South A fr ic a vs Big Pharma

Cover Story 9 C ou n try focus: Zam b ia

12 C h i lu ba 's d ile m m a

14 Tourist invasion

Comment 3 7 Let th e Telkom Games begin

Products Processes 3 8 Electronic tra f f ic w a rd ens; G enom e b re a k - th ro u g h ; How to make y o u r car last lo n g e r

City View 1 6 The a r t o f investing

IT Africa 3 9 Viruses - know th e enem y

KwaZulu Natal - Gateway into South Africa

Topic 1 8 M ad cows ge t th e b ird

Viewpoint 4 2 N ew g e n e ra t io n A fric a

Special report KwaZulu Natal 19 G a te w a y to S A fric a 2 0 The Freedom Budget 21 A im in g fo r G lo b a l M a rkets

2 2 O n ly Positives C oun t 2 4 A sh ip ca lle d Sandra 2 6 ICC - D u rb an 's D e l ig h t

2 8 Eden o f D ive rs ity 31 Va lle y o f Flowers 3 3 D u rb an Port Expansion

Commodities 3 5 OPEC's Balancing act

Countrvfile 4 3 Cote D 'lv o ire :T h e EU is n o t amused 4 4 S A fr ic a : B itte r-sw eet budget 4 5 DRC: Lessons in s ta te c ra ft

4 7 N ig e r ia : GSM crossed-

lines

Books 4 8 A fr ic a arts and cultures 4 9 W o r ld w a r 3 - M ic ro so ft and its enem ie s ; Rebel code

5 0 C ry p to ; The Hacker

Zambia - A frica’s copper giant awakens

Tough lessons in s ta te c ra ft for Kabila II

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