David Brown, the boss of Impala Platinum, says he is "confident that the 51% will not happen" and that a "more appropriate level of ownership" will ultimately be agreed.
If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and give them solid evidence for believing we'll find both crime and poverty shrinking to manageable proportions.
As we become more spacious inside limiting conditionings lose their power; with new courage and confidence we experience ourselves as vibrant and alive beings.
It was only thirty years ago that the building industry felt confident enough to erect office blocks of steel and reinforced concrete that had more than a dozen floors.
And although Mr Chou professes confidence that HTC can find a place among the world's top five handset-makers, he also knows that success is not guaranteed.
We started well for the first 25 minutes and then when they equalised you could see that we were wobbling a bit with confidence. At half time the team regrouped and then the second half was all us.