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/ 1 December 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>"Rare cancer seen in 41 homosexuals" was the first article published on HIV/Aids, when no one even knew the virus yet. We take a look at 25 years in which the media — particularly South African media — have struggled with ethics, advocacy and fatigue when dealing with HIV/Aids.
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/ 30 November 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>Traditional healers gathered this week under the scorching Limpopo sun in Polokwane on Monday to receive a "speaking book" that is meant to encourage them to combine traditional methods of healing with Western ways of dealing with depression and suicidal patients — especially those living with HIV/Aids.
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/ 30 November 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>Friday brings another World Aids Day, and while some aspects of the disease are relatively under control in South Africa, the epidemic has created ripple effects of complex issues that go unnoticed. One of these issues is the high rate of depression among HIV/Aids caregivers.
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/ 22 November 2006
What do a transsexual, a 12-year-old prostitute and a teenage kugel from Johannesburg’s well-off northern suburbs have in common? They are all customers of Tony Marks, a taxi driver who has been crawling the streets of Sandton for a decade, 40 to 50 hours a week.
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/ 22 November 2006
Hundreds of elderly Mercedes-Benzes and Toyotas jostled for parking last week when more than 1Â 000 drivers of metered taxis gathered in Johannesburg to discuss the state of the industry. Metered-taxi drivers would like the government to get involved with the development of their industry too, as it did with minibus taxis.
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/ 22 November 2006
When rings have been exchanged, tearful "I dos" have been uttered and empty champagne bottles are all that remain after a wedding reception, newlyweds embark on their honeymoon. And now, it seems, hotels and lodges around South Africa are opening their doors to newlyweds who are both in tuxedos or white dresses — gay honeymooners.
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/ 20 November 2006
A group of thieves with an eye for fashion pillaged through a clothing warehouse in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, over the weekend, robbing Sneakers International of more than R1-million worth of clothing and shoes. The thieves disabled the alarm system on the roof and entered the warehouse on Saturday night at about 10.30pm.
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/ 20 November 2006
Growing consumer demand for organic food is driving some South African farmers to disguise non-organic products as organic, writes Hila Bouzaglou.
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/ 14 November 2006
A new women’s magazine will finally bridge the gap between religion and sex — at least for religious Afrikaans women in South Africa. Intiem — meaning ”intimate” — is a new, glossy, A5-size magazine targeting the national religious Afrikaans community that will be launched at the end of November.
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/ 14 November 2006
It is too late for Judge Hilary Squires to distance himself from the ”generally corrupt” phrase as Jacob Zuma’s name is already ruined, the African National Congress Youth League said on Tuesday. ”Hilary is not assisting anyone with distancing himself from the phrase ‘generally corrupt’, he’s basically deepening the legal crisis,” said president Fikile Mbalula.