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/ 10 January 2008

What technological surprises does 2008 hold?

What’s in store for tech fans in 2008? Plenty. If the stirrings of the present are any indication of what’s on the horizon, technology buffs can look forward to products that are better, faster, and less expensive than those we rely on today. The best news of all is that some of the most exciting products should appear earlier in 2008 rather than later on.

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/ 10 January 2008

A second chance

If nothing else, the country’s matric results are a loud and painful reminder that the education system is in need of a major overhaul. Although analysts and educational practitioners differ about what is to be done, what is indisputable is that ways and means must be found to accommodate failure and success.

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/ 10 January 2008

Pre-salaries for pre-school?

After 17 years of teaching older children I realised I actually had a strong passion for working with small children. I decided to resign from teaching to pursue my dream of specialising in the little ones’ education and care. I obtained a diploma in pre-primary education and found a position as a grade R practitioner.

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/ 10 January 2008

Ten healthy hints

Mark Twain wrote that the only way to maintain one’s health was to "eat what you don’t want to eat, drink what you don’t like and do what you’d rather not". While keeping healthy requires sacrifice, the benefits will leave you feeling better and happier than before.

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/ 10 January 2008

The secret spirit of Africa

I’ve often bemoaned the lack of interesting, affordable, off-the-beaten-track local places to visit for short breaks and weekends. But now I have found one – Lesheba Wilderness – and to my shame it has been around for 14 years, hidden at the top of the magnificent Soutpansberg mountains, a short hop from Louis Trichardt.

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/ 10 January 2008

A pretty pickle

The ANC, blithely ignoring all the warnings before its Polokwane conference, has got itself in a pretty pickle over Jacob Zuma. That much was obvious from its national executive committee meeting this week, which spent hours debating what to do about the detailed graft, money-laundering and racketeering charges now laid against the ANC president.