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/ 10 January 2008
An estimated 151 000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the violence that has engulfed the country from the time of the United States-led invasion until June 2006, according to the latest and largest study of deaths officially accepted by the Iraqi government.
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/ 10 January 2008
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
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
Is your school up for a new challenge this year? How about "going green"? More schools are becoming environmentally aware and are nurturing a new generation who are tuned to the fragility of the planet.
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/ 10 January 2008
Carole Podetti-Ngono represents a rapidly growing brand and is a symbol of passionate and selfless teaching.
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/ 10 January 2008
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
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
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
Do trade unions live up to their members’ expectations and are they in tune with members’ needs?
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/ 10 January 2008
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.