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/ 10 November 2006
It is predicted that by the end of the century, a barrel of water will cost more than a barrel of oil. In cities such as Dar es Salaam and Delhi, the taps often run dry and women spend hours every day looking for water to buy from tankers and vendors. In the rural areas this is often not an option, and available water must be harvested from rainfall or rivers without wasting a precious drop.
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/ 10 November 2006
Sitting in the waiting room of my aroma-chiropodist the other day, I picked up a recent copy of what used to be that excellent British magazine <i>The Spectator</i>. It had an interesting front page. In enormous letters it announced THE END OF SOUTH AFRICA — Rian Malan Mourns the Collapse of His Homeland. That’s going to be worth a read, I thought, but I turned first to a favourite part of the “Speccie”, the weekly literary competition under the byline Jaspistos.
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/ 10 November 2006
Strings of diamonds, cascades of champagne and tens of millions of dollars worth of gifts would be con-sidered ostentatious at any wedding. But in Burma, one of the poorest countries in Asia, the luxury on display in a video of the wedding laid on by the head of the junta, General Than Shwe, for his daughter, has left people up in arms.
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/ 10 November 2006
Right-hand-driven Cadillacs will officially be available for sale in South Africa from February 2007, motor vehicle giant company General Motors South Africa (GMSA) has announced. GMSA plans are to release three new marques, the BLS mid-size sedan, SRX Crossover SUV and the STS full-size sedan.
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/ 10 November 2006
For six years, with the backing of both houses of a markedly conservative Republican Congress, George W Bush has led an American administration that has played an unprecedentedly negative and polarising role in the world’s affairs. On Tuesday, in the midterm United States congressional elections, American voters rebuffed Bush in spectacular style and with both instant and lasting political consequences.
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/ 10 November 2006
China has become the new game in town for Africa. This is evident by the peaked interest in media reports and publications by international institutions such as the World Bank and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development commenting about the impact that the rise of China will have on African economies.
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/ 10 November 2006
Asperger’s syndrome is on the increase in South Africa, adding another challenge to teachers’ daily tasks.
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/ 10 November 2006
If you mention HIV/Aids to teenagers, they say they’ve heard it all – they claim to ”know it all”. Consequently many of them still practise unsafe sex, which leads to pregnancy and the spread of the HI virus.
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/ 10 November 2006
The education community has been divided into two camps following Education Minister Naledi Pandor’s announcements on school-based violence.
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/ 10 November 2006
What happens to children once they are enrolled in schools?