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...Unlike many sellers of coffee, Starbucks sources its own beans from Latin American, Africa and the Asian-Pacific rim, and then roasts them in its own plants. "We go out to the farms. We are roasters. We control the entire process, and other players don't," says global strategy head Michelle Gass. "Coffee is our business, and we need to get back on our toes...
...story of the Soweto Gospel Choir is not just one of musical excellence. It is also a tale of the reinvention of a township once known as a hotbed of rebellion, then as a cauldron of crime, and now emerging as the muscle that drives Africa's biggest economy. At the start of the 20th century, Soweto was a collection of shanty towns on the outskirts of Johannesburg where the British colonial authorities housed the black and colored laborers working the city's gold mines. The apartheid regime formalized this divide, allowing blacks and coloreds into the city...
Today, Soweto's population of an estimated 2 to 3 million is emerging as the bedrock of South Africa's new black middle class. Clapboard shanty towns are being replaced by neat rows of brick and tile bungalows. BMWs and Mercedes are a common sight. And last September saw the opening of a vast steel and glass mall. The choir's success reflects Soweto's new dawn. "Soweto is a place of change," says Bok, "and the choir walks hand in hand with Soweto...
...Nobody could know in advance how they were going to behave,” he said. “Iraqi politicians could have chosen the way Nelson Mandela behaved in South Africa...
CAPE TOWN Bigger isn't better in South Africa, where the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 ($350) is a best seller...