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/ 24 January 2007
Self-extinguishing cigarettes, hefty fines and pictures of rotting lungs are among the ways in which the Department of Health plans to beef up South Africa’s tobacco-control laws, which are currently riddled with loopholes. Suggestions to change the existing Tobacco Amendment Bill will be made to Parliament’s health committee at public hearings in Cape Town this week.
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/ 24 January 2007
Alcohol brands are ubiquitous in South Africa. A red castle rimmed in gold, for example, is splashed across cricket pitches and stitched on to players’ uniforms. It represents one of South Africa’s most popular beers. But does the country need regulations to restrict alcohol advertisements?
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/ 24 January 2007
Nicole Johnston interviews Lynne Truss, and finds herself quite charmed by the queen of the comma and archduchess of the apostrophe
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/ 24 January 2007
Visiting poet and playwright Sarah Jones speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about the US’s global community.
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/ 24 January 2007
The L Word‘s fourth season was partly shot where its characters live, writes Bridget Byrne in West Hollywood.
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/ 23 January 2007
About 60 Cape Town taxis — described as ”moving time bombs” — are to be scrapped next month, the Cape Argus reported on Tuesday. Western Cape Taxi Council chairperson Junaid Peters said the vehicles are scheduled to be destroyed on February 10.
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/ 23 January 2007
United States President George Bush, politically weaker than ever, is to mount what could be a last-stand defence of his unpopular Iraq strategy on Tuesday in his annual State of the Union speech. Speaking for the first time to a US Congress controlled by opposition Democrats, Bush is also to lay out broad health care, environment and immigration reforms.
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/ 23 January 2007
The Johannesburg metro police will employ 500 officers a year until 2010 to ensure safety in the city during the Soccer World Cup, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said on Tuesday. They will be deployed on the city’s roads and busy areas. ”In addition to that, more surveillance cameras will be installed to ensure that people are safe.”
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/ 23 January 2007
President Thabo Mbeki and top decision makers in the government gathered for a meeting to discuss the state’s programme action for the year at the Presidential Guesthouse on Tuesday. The reason for the meeting is partly to decide on the contents of Mbeki’s State of the Nation address next month, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported.