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/ 5 September 2007
In the wake of soccer player Gift Leremi’s death, the Department of Transport said the number of fatalities on the roads needed to be addressed. ”The department is very concerned about the high number of crashes and the resultant fatalities experienced lately on our roads,” it said in a statement.
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/ 5 September 2007
"I know this might sound corny, but the sound of the Aston Martin Vantage Roadster’s V8 engine gave me indescribable pleasure. Yes, I’ve driven V8s, V10s and even a V12-engined vehicle before, but none has ever sounded as viciously sweet as this," writes Sukasha Singh.
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/ 5 September 2007
"Powered by a 2,3-litre diesel multi-jet engine with an output of 88kW and 320Nm, the 13m Fiat Ducato wasn’t the quickest taxi I’ve ever been in. But with the help of a smooth six-speed manual gearbox, increased body rigidity and Macpherson suspension up front, it ranked among the most comfortable."
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/ 5 September 2007
Tariq Ramadan has an abundance of labels. And for the most part, he is reluctant to dismiss any of them outright. Because to the Swiss professor and self-styled Islamic reformer, they somehow always fit. In an interview with Khadija Bradlow, Ramadan stresses the need for Muslims to engage with broader society.
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/ 5 September 2007
Finance is not gender neutral because women who stay at home to raise children are not valued in monetary terms and few have their own savings. Research shows that women have far less money at retirement yet, on average, outlive men by seven years, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 5 September 2007
Despite an improvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) overall security situation; despite the formation of a transitional government from the main warring factions; and despite last year’s first multiparty elections since independence in 1960, peace and stability remain elusive, writes Hany Besada.
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/ 5 September 2007
Personal-finance guru Suze Orman argues that many women have a dysfunctional relationship with money. In her latest book, <i>Women & Money</i>, she raises the social taboo behind which society hides — with jokes about spendthrift wives — and looks at exactly why women avoid dealing with finances.
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/ 5 September 2007
Frustrated avant-garde architects from an architecturally conservative early 20th-century Europe used Asmara, the Eritrean capital, to experiment with radical new designs. They left a legacy valued by Eritreans and by experts worldwide, but lesser known outside this little-visited country.
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/ 4 September 2007
The notion of having both a president and a prime minister is intriguing. It is also gathering some traction behind the scenes. The question, however, is whether it is attractive because it has genuine merit, or because it provides a way out of the appalling mire in which the African National Congress has immersed itself.
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/ 4 September 2007
The matric exam season is upon us. And once again it is the fate of black children that hangs precariously in the balance; it is they who will be hardest hit by the interruption in classes earlier this year during the public-service strike. More worrying, however, is the silence of their parents on the matters that affect their children.