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/ 12 November 2003
If the best things in life are free (or almost), why aren’t customer magazines up near the top? Megan Chronis looks at the main reasons why some of SA’s biggest magazines – the customer titles – remain in the shadow of their consumer cousins.
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/ 12 November 2003
Thinking of buying a diamond for your loved one as a symbol of your eternal love? You’ll want to read what Ian Fraser has to say on the commercialist con game that is the diamond industry first, as well as its links to al-Qaeda and the funding of a range of deadly wars. And DVD fans will be pleased to get one up on local stockists by finding out what Amazon has in store.
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/ 12 November 2003
South Africa’s controversial plans to push forward with the construction of a new nuclear reactor continue to raise the ire of environmentalists across the country. But until recently the voices of protest were mostly those of the white middle classes. Now grassroots activism is being intensified to ensure that all communities are fully aware of the potential risks of nuclear energy.
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/ 12 November 2003
When Groucho Marx quipped that he wouldn’t join any club that would have him as a member, he didn’t say anything about the alternative: joining a club that didn’t want him. People do though. Why do homosexuals remain in communion with people who regard their sexuality as an abomination in the eyes of the Lord?
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/ 12 November 2003
Each morning Pat Magubane wakes at dawn, hurries through her household tasks and sets off for a dusty building site to start her 10-hour work day. Magubane is no wage slave rushing to clock in before the boss — in fact she doesn’t get a wage all. She is a volunteer at the Doornkop People’s Housing Process, which equips unemployed people with building skills and the materials to build houses for the most needy in her community.
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/ 12 November 2003
Michael Owen hinted for the first time on Wednesday that he may move to a club abroad if Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League. The England striker has 18 months left on his current contract at Anfield and has given no indication that he intends to extend his stay.
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/ 12 November 2003
England skipper Martin Johnson said on Wednesday nothing less than the best would be good enough to beat France in their World Cup semifinal showdown. The tournament favourites’ superb form of earlier this year has so far proved elusive, with patchy performances prompting soul-searching in the England camp.
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/ 12 November 2003
England defender Rio Ferdinand’s future hung in the balance on Wednesday as the deadline neared for him to respond to charges of missing a doping test that could result in a two-year ban. Ferdinand claims that he simply forgot about the test, partly because he was preoccupied with moving house.
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/ 12 November 2003
A scheme that pays unemployed people to abseil down cliffs and hack plants with chainsaws is claimed to be a model for how the world should tackle invasive alien species. South Africa has been chosen to spearhead an international initiative against destructive plants and wild-life, after mobilising its township poor to save indigenous habitats.
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/ 12 November 2003
Olympic boss Sam Ramsamy does not want to predict how many medals South Africa will bring back from Athens next year. He said Australia spent R3,2-billion in preparing its team for the Sydney Olympics, more than 100 times the amount South Africa did. ”We need to think about it: do we have the [training] experts?” he asked.