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/ 1 December 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>"Give us our daily bread …" is more than just prayer to 18-year-old Tisetso. It is her credo. While her friends are out clubbing and socialising, she carries the world on her shoulders. She is the head of her household. Like so many children in South Africa, her childhood was stolen from her when she was orphaned by HIV/Aids.
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/ 1 December 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>Governments should recognise that behaviour is influenced by its social context. In a disordered society where anything goes, individuals are more likely to make reckless decisions. But where there is order, and respect for others, fateful choices such as whether to use a condom are liable to swing in favour of protecting one’s partner, and HIV transmission can be reduced.
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/ 1 December 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s expected return to office after three weeks of illness has raised fears that the progress recently made by the government and civil society in the HIV/Aids arena could be jeopardised. The trepidation arose after Tshabalala-Msimang launched an attack on her deputy.
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/ 1 December 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>"Rare cancer seen in 41 homosexuals" was the first article published on HIV/Aids, when no one even knew the virus yet. We take a look at 25 years in which the media — particularly South African media — have struggled with ethics, advocacy and fatigue when dealing with HIV/Aids.
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/ 1 December 2006
Shaggy demonstrated to all present at the MTN Sundome in Johannesburg that he is not just a singer, but a damned excellent performer too, writes Bongani Majola.
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/ 1 December 2006
‘So what are you cooking tonight?” Now that’s a question to whet your appetite, writes Lauren Shantall.
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/ 1 December 2006
Ms Baleka Mbete, Speaker of this august House, wishes it made clear that she will no longer tolerate puns, double entendres, or any facetious allusion whatsoever to the Gautrain and her alleged interests in it. She refers here specifically to a point of order raised by a certain short fat white counter-revolutionary in the House yesterday.
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/ 1 December 2006
An extraordinary chef has opened his own deli, named simply Delicatessen, and doesn’t have to tackle a myriad of logistical obstacles to produce his superior brand of food, writes David Shapshak.
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/ 1 December 2006
The Pretoria suburb of Hatfield is leading the pack in the race to bring affordable internet access to broadband-starved South Africa. Residents and business owners in Hatfield can sign up for 1GB of wireless broadband for a mere R180 a month, or a 3GB service for R350, thanks to a network set up by internet service provider (ISP) Neology as a proof of concept.