Imke Van Hoorn
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/ 18 April 2008

ANCYL continues fight against alcohol abuse

”Alcohol abuse among our youth has reached alarming proportions. People who drink are engaged in violence and sexual abuse …We will continue to campaign to deliver a better life to our youth and educate them on the ills of alcohol abuse,” says newly elected African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema.

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/ 17 April 2008

Thousands march over food, power

Thousands of members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) took to the streets of Johannesburg to protest against the rising prices of food, fuel and electricity. The march proceeded to the offices of Eskom and supermarket chain Pick n Pay, where memorandums of understanding were delivered.

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/ 10 April 2008

Design it, wear it: SA talent on a T-shirt

"We want to show that South Africa’s textile is definitely capable to stand on its own and that we don’t need to import cloth … We make people aware that South Africa has talent," says Eran Eyal, one of the designers behind Springleap, an innovative South African online retail outlet launched this month.