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/ 19 February 2007
Most insurance-related complaints arise as a result of policyholders not being informed or having the time to read the fine print on their policies. A good broker will keep you in the know, but it is always commendable to have an understanding of potential pitfalls.
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/ 19 February 2007
The Media introduces a new regular feature for media planners this month. Every month, a different media agency will be asked to draw up an advertising plan based on a fictitious brief provided by <i>The Media</i> team. The MediaShop’s Richard Lord was the first to participate.
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/ 19 February 2007
Johannesburg residents are increasingly switching to gas after the recent spate of electricity power outages, said Egoli Gas, the city’s gas supplier. But while gas is promoted as more reliable and environmentally friendly than coal-generated electricity, only a quarter of the population in the greater Johannesburg area has access to the gas network.
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/ 19 February 2007
The Mozambican government is appealing for food and other aid for tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by the worst flooding for six years. At least 30 people have been killed in Mozambique after torrential rains across Southern Africa caused the Zambezi River to burst its banks.
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/ 18 February 2007
Veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock expressed confidence that South Africa could bring home the World Cup as the Proteas took over from Australia on Sunday at the top of the one-day rankings. ”I believe there is something special about this one. And it will be extra special for me because it will be my last one,” he said.
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/ 18 February 2007
Defending Premier League champions and log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns beat Moroka Swallows 1-0 at a rain-swept Loftus stadium on Saturday night. It was the Brazilians’ seventh successive victory in PSL and CAF Champions League matches in which they have scored 18 times and conceded a mere four goals.
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/ 18 February 2007
In a bizarre twist in the erratic career of America’s former princess of pop, Britney Spears has sparked speculation she may be suffering some kind of breakdown after she shaved off her own hair in a shop window. As news of her actions began to spread, websites and cable news channels were buzzing with details — and online video — of Spears’ appearance.
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/ 18 February 2007
Australia rebounded from their recent batting slump in spectacular fashion by smashing a record 336 for four in Sunday’s second Chappell-Hadlee series one-day match against New Zealand at Eden Park. Stand-in captain Mike Hussey led his team’s assault with a blazing 105 off 84 balls while Brad Hodge once again fell agonisingly short of his maiden one-day hundred,
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/ 18 February 2007
A prisoner is taking Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour to court after an offer to reduce his sentence failed to materialise, media reports said on Sunday. Balfour allegedly offered Xolani Mahambehlala a sentence remission after he filmed acts of corruption by prison warders in the Eastern and Western Cape.
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/ 18 February 2007
It began as a classroom dare. In a lesson on early democracy in Greece, 11-year-old Heather Faanes raised her hand and said that, while it might have worked for the ancients, in modern America only millionaires got to be powerful politcians. Her teacher disagreed and set out to prove the little girl wrong — by running for the US Congress herself.