I was thinking about Vampirism recently, which naturally led to Telkom, how they spend fortunes of our money on TV adverts telling us how good they are, how they’re protected by law from competition and how wonderful it will be when a real communications company comes into South Africa and kickstarts the beginning of the Internet for everyone at a cheap price.
A condom project touted this week as one of the most ”innovative” to stem from the offset programme linked to South Africa’s multibillion-rand arms deal does not yet exist and has yet to create a single job.
While the Cuban revolution has achieved wonders such as high literacy and excellent health care, no one can be sure of its long-term survival after Castro goes.
A common mutation in a single gene could make the difference between fighting back against life’s assaults and sinking into clinical depression, according to recent research.
Queensland fullback Chris Latham replaced Matt Burke in the only change to the Australian starting lineup to face South Africa in Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby union test here.
David Beckham says he has fond memories of Manchester United, but made it clear there was no point dwelling on the past.
Greg Rusedski’s expletive-filled exit from Wimbledon has drawn sympathy and support for the British ball-basher despite the shock it produced last month after a second-round loss to Andy Roddick.
South African backrower Joe van Niekerk says the Springboks will fight fire with fire if Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby union international against Australia becomes spiteful.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith, having seen off one England Test skipper in Nasser Hussain, is now plotting to unsettle the Essex batsman’s successor Michael Vaughan.
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