Many people feel extremely uncomfortable having the "tough talk" before they walk down the aisle. It may feel as if seeing a lawyer to draw up a marriage contract in case of divorce will put a bad omen on the marriage. The reality is that a marriage contract is not only about divorce but can have consequences throughout married life.
Dineo and Chilli M anchor Yfm’s popular <i>Essential Rush</i> show. They spoke to Jocelyn Newmarch about the best and worse investments they have ever made, savings plans, financial advice they would give their children and their personal finance tricks.
It has been acclaimed as the best German film of the year and nominated in 11 out of 15 categories for the German Prize, Germany’s version of the Oscars. But The Life of Others, a film about the Stasi, East Germany’s ubiquitous secret police, is at the centre of a row after its lead actor […]
Both Sudanese rebel groups fighting in Darfur refused on Friday to sign a peace deal with the Khartoum government, their chief negotiators said, despite intense pressure from international mediators. Mohammed Tugod of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said that the African Union draft peace accord failed to answer his group’s demands for Darfur’s three states to be united into a single autonomous region.
It took two and a half months, but finally there was a week of Super 14 rugby where all five South African teams were competitive. Springbok coach Jake White must be thankful for small mercies, for a number of his favourites are finally hitting their straps a month ahead of the international season. Imagine if they’d peaked in February and faded in June?
The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will add another feather in its cap with the construction of the world’s longest hotel strip at a cost of $27-billion, developers said. Bawadi" will feature 31 hotels, many theme-based, offering more than 29Â 000 rooms projected to host 3,3-million guests by 2016.
With its unpaved roads often strewn with litter, the Cova da Moura slum on the outskirts of Lisbon has long been seen as Portugal’s byword for crime and decay — and a place to be avoided. But a local youth group is offering guided tours of the community in the hope of improving its reputation and bringing much-needed business to area shops and restaurants.
The two Boeremag members who escaped from the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday are no strangers to life on the run. Herman van Rooyen (33) and Rudi Gouws (28) eluded police for more than two months before they were among the last of 22 alleged right-wing coup plotters arrested in December 2002.
It has soft lights, gleaming red and blue surfaces and a soothing video projection on the wall showing swirling underwater bubbles. Welcome not to an art hotel but to Europe’s most expensive public toilet. The super-loo, which opened on Thursday in Berlin, is the last word in chic public architecture and comes with a disabled lift, a unisex baby changing area and 24-hour reception. Entrance is 50 cents.
The United States Vice-President, Dick Cheney, on Thursday accused Russia of using blackmail and intimidation in its energy policy towards Europe. In one of Washington’s sharpest rebukes to Moscow, Cheney said it was not acceptable for Russia to use its vast gas and energy supplies to bully its neighbours.