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/ 2 November 2006
Look beyond the price tag when buying a new car, because some cars now come with expensive repair bills. In the lower price range, for instance, you may end up paying just R44 to replace the fan belt, or R678, depending on which car you buy. Take the case of the Citroen C2.
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/ 2 November 2006
Standard Bank’s house price index shows a moderate uptick in house-price growth in October to 8% growth compared with a year ago, although the researchers say that this does not signal an improvement in the housing market or general consumer activity.
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/ 2 November 2006
It’s an old tune that has been playing in South Africa for years — unless we get viable and cheap broadband the country will be left behind. The digital divide may separate those with a computer or internet access from those without but the broadband divide carves what few million internet users South Africa has from the rest of the online world.
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/ 2 November 2006
Three times a week, Brian Ibbott sits in his converted basement in his Denver house and plays his favourite cover songs. He explains their origins, reveals little-known musical trivia and indulges in the light banter of a polished radio host. Then he quietly posts these half-hour radio shows online and 40 000 listeners download them and listen either on their computers or iPods.
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/ 2 November 2006
Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged Japan on Thursday to cancel debts of developing countries, likening their suffering to the devastation of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On a visit to Hiroshima, Tutu said debt relief was a concrete way for Japan to demonstrate its oft-stated post-war commitment to peace.
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/ 2 November 2006
Lower oil prices have eased inflation risks in South Africa but it remains vulnerable to a rebound in the cost of crude and changes in global-investor sentiment, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Thursday. South Africa’s Reserve bank has hiked interest rates by 150 basis points since June to tame rising inflation, stemming from fuel and food costs and robust consumer spending.
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/ 2 November 2006
Controversial former Zimbabwe Test player Mark Vermeulen was being questioned by police on Thursday over a suspected arson attack on the national cricket training academy in Harare. The pavilion and computer equipment, as well as kit, were destroyed by the blaze on Tuesday night at the training centre.
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/ 2 November 2006
The final series of the traditional autumn Tests in the northern hemisphere prior to next year’s Rugby World Cup begin this weekend with the All Blacks once again in pole position. However, having choked twice in a row in the semifinals and not having won since the inaugural 1987 tournament, their rivals will be looking for any chinks in their formidable armour.
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/ 2 November 2006
The Star newspaper has hit back at Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota’s ”scathing attack” on a report on missing equipment and supplies worth millions in Burundi. ”Get your facts right, Mr Lekota,” was the newspaper’s headline in response to Lekota’s remarks at a press conference in Pretoria on Wednesday.
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/ 2 November 2006
All-rounder Andrew Symonds led Australia to their first ICC Champions Trophy final on Wednesday with a 34-run victory against a never-say-die New Zealand in the first semifinal. Symonds smashed a run-a-ball 58 in Australia’s challenging total of 240-9 off 50 overs and then took the vital wicket of Jacob Oram (43) as the world champions bowled out a fighting New Zealand for 206 in 46 overs.