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/ 7 November 2006

Discover the joys of ‘Sodies’

There’s something to be said for a 4×4. Before I had one, I was one of those people who pooh-poohed the whole “Camel” macho off-roading, sleep-on-the-ground, mud-spattered wheel arch mentality­. And I despised the hordes who flocked to our beautiful beaches, zooming up and down, throwing sand in the faces of sedan drivers.

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/ 7 November 2006

Work your credit card

Imagine a banking product that has no monthly account fee, carries no charges when you make purchases, offers 55 days’ interest-free credit, rewards you for using the product by giving you discounts or loyalty points, and then throws in free travel insurance. Not only does it exist, but the banks are so keen for you to have this product they are offering to approve your account in seconds and give you additional interest-free periods.

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/ 7 November 2006

Cooking by satellite

Culinary-minded DStv subscribers in Africa seem to be lapping up their daily six-hour dollop of food television on the month-old BBC Food channel. Little wonder, because when Carlton Food Network’s Taste channel went belly-up earlier this year it seemed to leave a yawning gap that not even one of Antony Worrall Thompson’s sticky puddings could […]

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/ 7 November 2006

Beware the ‘silent killers’

If you are a teacher who always feel stressed, who neglects your nutrition and fails to exercise, then now is the time to make some lifestyle changes as September is Heart Awareness Month. Robert de Souza, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, said it would create awareness of the risk factors associated with heart disease and to remind everyone to have them tested for the “silent killers” high cholesterol and blood pressure.

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/ 7 November 2006

World needs 15m teachers

That is the figure that the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), an international coalition of charities and teacher unions, believes is the very minimum necessary to achieve the target — agreed by the United Nations in 2000 as a Millennium Development Goal and reaffirmed at the G8 summit at Gleneagles a year ago — of providing universal free access to primary education by 2015.

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/ 7 November 2006

No five-star treatment for Shaik

No special arrangements have been made for Schabir Shaik’s expected detainment at Durban Westville prison, media reports said on Tuesday. Correctional services spokesperson Sukhthi Naidoo as saying: ”He’ll be a prisoner like everyone else and will be treated normally.”

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/ 6 November 2006

Fear and violence still rule gay township life

At an informal, unlicensed bar at a house in a remote corner of Soweto, men and women sip lukewarm beer, mingle, flirt and sometimes dance to driving and monotonous kwaito rhythms. They share a secret. The bar, called a shebeen in the townships, is one of the places where young, black gay people don’t have to hide who they are.