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Nude cabaret dancers strike for better pay
The dancers of Paris' famous Crazy Horse cabaret have gone on strike for more pay, the club confirmed Wednesday.
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The dancers of Paris' famous Crazy Horse cabaret have gone on strike for more pay, the club confirmed Wednesday.
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Japanese lesbian can't wait for Disneyland wedding
Like many Japanese women, Koyuki Higashi adores Tokyo Disneyland. So it was only natural that she would want to hold her wedding there, as many other couples have done.
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Like many Japanese women, Koyuki Higashi adores Tokyo Disneyland. So it was only natural that she would want to hold her wedding there, as many other couples have done.
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Karl Lagerfeld chats about Cruise collection: Video
Following the regal-meets-rock Chanel Cruise collection at the Château de Versailles near Paris on Monday, Karl Lagerfeld already has plans for next year in mind, citing a ballroom in Deauville...
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Following the regal-meets-rock Chanel Cruise collection at the Château de Versailles near Paris on Monday, Karl Lagerfeld already has plans for next year in mind, citing a ballroom in Deauville...
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Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83
Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than...
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Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than...
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High blood pressure affects 1 in 3: WHO
One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key cause of strokes and heart disease, according to World Health Organisation figures released on Wednesday.
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One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key cause of strokes and heart disease, according to World Health Organisation figures released on Wednesday.
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App shames midnight snack eaters on social networks
A new app offers a weight loss plan in the form of social humiliation, by reporting your late-night fridge raids to your social networks.
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A new app offers a weight loss plan in the form of social humiliation, by reporting your late-night fridge raids to your social networks.
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Patrick Holford ads not so smart
The company advertising Patrick Holford's "Smart Kids Brain Boost" must stop making claims that its use can result in improved mental or school performance until they can be substantiated, an...
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The company advertising Patrick Holford's "Smart Kids Brain Boost" must stop making claims that its use can result in improved mental or school performance until they can be substantiated, an...
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Bieber to receive fragrance award
The 2012 Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award will go to Justin Bieber at the upcoming 40th Fifi Awards.
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The 2012 Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award will go to Justin Bieber at the upcoming 40th Fifi Awards.
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CHECKING OUT: Iceland's Blue Lagoon bubbles with wellness
Blue Lagoon is Iceland's most popular tourist attraction.
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Blue Lagoon is Iceland's most popular tourist attraction.
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The self-raising cookie
Marian Keyes explains in the introduction to her recipe book, Saved by Cake, how she finds baking calming and rewarding because ''it is sort of magic - you start off...
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Marian Keyes explains in the introduction to her recipe book, Saved by Cake, how she finds baking calming and rewarding because ''it is sort of magic - you start off...
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1774 vintage French wine sells for $49,000
A bottle of French wine dating back to 1774 fetched 46,000 Swiss francs ($49 200, R404 000) at auction in Geneva on Tuesday.
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A bottle of French wine dating back to 1774 fetched 46,000 Swiss francs ($49 200, R404 000) at auction in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Social media's impact on kids merits big debate: expert
Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.
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Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.
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Tea and talk in celebration of ladies
A special high tea was held on Mother's Day, in celebration of the women in our lives.
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A special high tea was held on Mother's Day, in celebration of the women in our lives.
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Jessica Simpson signs maternity wear deal
Jessica Simpson will have her name featured on a maternity wear range.
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Jessica Simpson will have her name featured on a maternity wear range.
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British chef Ramsay opens Las Vegas restaurant
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has opened up a new restaurant at a casino hotel in Las Vegas, his first in the US gambling hub.
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has opened up a new restaurant at a casino hotel in Las Vegas, his first in the US gambling hub.
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Almost 1 in 3 in US have sleepwalked
Close to one in three people in the United States may sleepwalk during their lives, according to a US study that said severe depression and other sleep disorders may increase...
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Close to one in three people in the United States may sleepwalk during their lives, according to a US study that said severe depression and other sleep disorders may increase...
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New wine glasses aim to balance “water and fire”
Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savouring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine?
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Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savouring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine?
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Opening Ceremony launching fashion magazine for ‘new generation'
Opening Ceremony is launching a fashion magazine this August, called OC Annual, with the specialty store aiming for it to become a "collectible publication for a new generation."
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Opening Ceremony is launching a fashion magazine this August, called OC Annual, with the specialty store aiming for it to become a "collectible publication for a new generation."
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Hugo Boss entering another dimension with live stream 3D show
Fashionistas are invited to take their seats at the first fashion show to stream live in 3D when Hugo Boss presents its Boss Black Fall/Winter 2012 catwalk show May 18...
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Fashionistas are invited to take their seats at the first fashion show to stream live in 3D when Hugo Boss presents its Boss Black Fall/Winter 2012 catwalk show May 18...
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Book celebrates Dior's passion for screen goddesses
Rizzoli Editions presents 'Stars in Dior', a coffee table book that features the most iconic actresses from the world in outfits by the couturier.
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Rizzoli Editions presents 'Stars in Dior', a coffee table book that features the most iconic actresses from the world in outfits by the couturier.
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Carine Roitfeld documentary in the making
Esteemed former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld is the subject of an upcoming documentary, according to reports.
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Esteemed former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld is the subject of an upcoming documentary, according to reports.
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Chewing gum can impair short-term memory: study
Need to keep mentally alert for the next few minutes? Spit out that piece of chewing gum.
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Need to keep mentally alert for the next few minutes? Spit out that piece of chewing gum.
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US company makes 'tanning mom' action figure
She doesn't walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan.
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She doesn't walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan.
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British town of sandwich celebrates 250 years of sandwiches
The British town of Sandwich will Sunday stage a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town's earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary...
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The British town of Sandwich will Sunday stage a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town's earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary...
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Apple readies iPhone with larger screen: sources
Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people...
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Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people...
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Water Affairs acts against four mines
Water affairs has taken legal action against four mines that continued operating without water-use licences despite being told to comply, Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday.
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Water affairs has taken legal action against four mines that continued operating without water-use licences despite being told to comply, Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday.
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'Halo 4' cover art cracked by fans
Thirty-two mysterious pieces of a picture-puzzle were assembled by Halo fans in order to recreate Halo 4's cover art.
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Thirty-two mysterious pieces of a picture-puzzle were assembled by Halo fans in order to recreate Halo 4's cover art.
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Facebook boosts IPO size by 25%, could top $16bn
Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25%, and could raise as much as $16 billion.
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Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25%, and could raise as much as $16 billion.
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Frozen tiger parts in Thai police haul
Thai police on Wednesday discovered the frozen body parts of several tigers and other big cats thought to be destined for buyers in Vietnam and China in a raid on...
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Thai police on Wednesday discovered the frozen body parts of several tigers and other big cats thought to be destined for buyers in Vietnam and China in a raid on...
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NEC unveils virtual input device
NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device.
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NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device.
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New Mexico City to be scientific ghost town site
A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology — but no people.
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A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology — but no people.
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Critically-endangered Sumatran elephant found dead
A critically-endangered Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said Wednesday, the second death from suspected poisoning within a month.
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A critically-endangered Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said Wednesday, the second death from suspected poisoning within a month.
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Gijima to retrench workers
Gijima is to retrench an undisclosed number of workers to improve efficiency and reduce costs, according to a report.
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Gijima is to retrench an undisclosed number of workers to improve efficiency and reduce costs, according to a report.
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Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites
Security researchers warn that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.
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Security researchers warn that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.
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GM to drop Facebook ads due to low consumer impact
General Motors Co says it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public.
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General Motors Co says it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public.
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Aaron Sorkin to pen screenplay for Steve Jobs film
Steve Jobs’ life will be brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
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Steve Jobs’ life will be brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
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Tides causing strife for Clifton salvors
Attempts to salvage a 50-metre-long fishing trawler off First Beach, Clifton, have been hampered largely by low tides.
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Attempts to salvage a 50-metre-long fishing trawler off First Beach, Clifton, have been hampered largely by low tides.
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The way we live is end of the world
The escalating demand for resources is straining the planet's biodiversity - and changes have to be made fast.
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The escalating demand for resources is straining the planet's biodiversity - and changes have to be made fast.
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Successful million rand Rhino horn raid
Millions of rands in rhino horn were seized along with hundreds of thousands of US dollars in a raid on a Johannesburg flat.
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Millions of rands in rhino horn were seized along with hundreds of thousands of US dollars in a raid on a Johannesburg flat.
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Storm clouds lour over telescope bid
South Africa will protest if the country that will host the world's largest radio telescope is not announced by the end of next month.
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South Africa will protest if the country that will host the world's largest radio telescope is not announced by the end of next month.
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Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Hugo Boss entering another dimension with live stream 3D show
Fashionistas are invited to take their seats at the first fashion show to stream live in 3D when Hugo Boss presents its Boss Black Fall/Winter 2012 catwalk show May 18...
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Fashionistas are invited to take their seats at the first fashion show to stream live in 3D when Hugo Boss presents its Boss Black Fall/Winter 2012 catwalk show May 18...
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Smartphones top computers for US Facebook time
The average time spent accessing Facebook via smartphone in the United States was 441 minutes in March, compared with 391 minutes via computer.
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The average time spent accessing Facebook via smartphone in the United States was 441 minutes in March, compared with 391 minutes via computer.
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South Africa must look at commodities holistically: WWF
South Africa can tackle its ever-increasing ecological footprint by looking at its commodities holistically.
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South Africa can tackle its ever-increasing ecological footprint by looking at its commodities holistically.
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Black-Eyed Peas' will.i.am taking music to space
NASA has approached will.i.am about producing an exclusive track to be played during a future Mars mission.
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NASA has approached will.i.am about producing an exclusive track to be played during a future Mars mission.
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Google infringed Oracle Java copyrights-jury
Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp’s copyrights on the Java programming language, a US jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.
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Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp’s copyrights on the Java programming language, a US jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.
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South Africa's ecological footprint grows: WWF
South Africa's ecological footprint, or its demand on natural ecosystems, has increased in the past two years.
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South Africa's ecological footprint, or its demand on natural ecosystems, has increased in the past two years.
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SA to push for Square Kilometre Array decision
SA will insist a decision be taken on a site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope at the next meeting of the SKA organisation.
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SA will insist a decision be taken on a site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope at the next meeting of the SKA organisation.
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'Tomb Raider' reboot delayed until 2013
Once expected during 2012's busy third quarter, Tomb Raider joins fellow delay victim BioShock Infinite as another candidate for release in early 2013.
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Once expected during 2012's busy third quarter, Tomb Raider joins fellow delay victim BioShock Infinite as another candidate for release in early 2013.
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Football gets closer to technology goal
DECADES after the invention of spy satellites capable of detecting a golf ball from outer space, referees may soon be equipped with technology that will enable them to tell if...
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DECADES after the invention of spy satellites capable of detecting a golf ball from outer space, referees may soon be equipped with technology that will enable them to tell if...
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KEVIN O’GRADY: Find out if you’re a Facebook addict
HELLO, my name is Kevin and I’m a Facebook addict. There, I said it. I didn’t come to this conclusion all by myself, it must be said, although, as with...
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HELLO, my name is Kevin and I’m a Facebook addict. There, I said it. I didn’t come to this conclusion all by myself, it must be said, although, as with...
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PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY: Put the spring back into your step at work
CONSIDER office work a slog? Feel like you’re on a hamster wheel? Then perhaps the addition of a treadmill desk to your work environment may not appeal. However, some of...
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CONSIDER office work a slog? Feel like you’re on a hamster wheel? Then perhaps the addition of a treadmill desk to your work environment may not appeal. However, some of...
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GWEN ANSELL: Jazz
THE year’s jazz calendar is well under way, with the Cape Town festival over and programmes now available for both the Standard Bank Jazz and Youth Jazz Festivals in Grahamstown...
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THE year’s jazz calendar is well under way, with the Cape Town festival over and programmes now available for both the Standard Bank Jazz and Youth Jazz Festivals in Grahamstown...
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Small businesses embrace social media in UK
SOCIAL networks have overtaken local directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson and print advertising in the UK as the main way small businesses seek out new customers, according to...
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SOCIAL networks have overtaken local directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson and print advertising in the UK as the main way small businesses seek out new customers, according to...
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VRROOM WITH A VIEW: It sounds cheap, like Twitter reportage
IT WAS a fetid blast from the past when old FW de Klerk said the idea of the homelands, "which were historically there", was a good one. And it wasn’t...
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IT WAS a fetid blast from the past when old FW de Klerk said the idea of the homelands, "which were historically there", was a good one. And it wasn’t...
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BOOK REVIEW: Cell 8
SCANDINAVIAN countries can be very dour and dismal places, and perhaps that’s what makes their crime thrillers so compelling. There’s a gloominess running through them that permeates the characters, the...
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SCANDINAVIAN countries can be very dour and dismal places, and perhaps that’s what makes their crime thrillers so compelling. There’s a gloominess running through them that permeates the characters, the...
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CHRISTINA KENNEDY: On the Stage
IN THE same week that US President Barack Obama came out in support of gay marriage, the ninth annual International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival took to the planks in Ireland’s...
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IN THE same week that US President Barack Obama came out in support of gay marriage, the ninth annual International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival took to the planks in Ireland’s...
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BOOK REVIEW: Nightwoods
THE title and illustration on the cover of this book — a solitary house alongside a lake surrounded by mountains and a dark forest — had my immediate attention. I’ve...
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THE title and illustration on the cover of this book — a solitary house alongside a lake surrounded by mountains and a dark forest — had my immediate attention. I’ve...
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BOOK REVIEW: Supervan and I
IN HIS acknowledgements in Supervan and I, a book that is modestly subtitled "The memoir of South Africa’s greatest driver and his alter ego", Sarel van der Merwe says: "I...
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IN HIS acknowledgements in Supervan and I, a book that is modestly subtitled "The memoir of South Africa’s greatest driver and his alter ego", Sarel van der Merwe says: "I...
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Saved by fools he doesn’t suffer gladly
DISTINGUISHED professor Jared Borowitz does not "do" fools. Neither is he into conspiracy theorists, supernaturalists, card cheats, movie queue-jumpers or religious fundamentalists — to name just a few of the...
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DISTINGUISHED professor Jared Borowitz does not "do" fools. Neither is he into conspiracy theorists, supernaturalists, card cheats, movie queue-jumpers or religious fundamentalists — to name just a few of the...
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RICHARD BRANSON: Doing business in the age of disruption
We now live in a global village, as has been demonstrated by events such as the "Arab Spring" — the grassroots revolutions and protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other parts...
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We now live in a global village, as has been demonstrated by events such as the "Arab Spring" — the grassroots revolutions and protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other parts...
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LUCY KELLAWAY: Make no mistake, we are error-prone
SCOTT Thompson, one assumes, is a clever man. And yet the new CEO of Yahoo has done something incredibly stupid. Claiming to have a degree in computer sciences and accountancy...
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SCOTT Thompson, one assumes, is a clever man. And yet the new CEO of Yahoo has done something incredibly stupid. Claiming to have a degree in computer sciences and accountancy...
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PATRICK BULGER: Early release not for Blanks only
KWAZULU-Natal is known for its bananas and lazy-faire outlook on life, but the "arrest" last week of Prince Sifiso Zulu neatly parodies its, and perhaps South Africa’s, headlong slump into...
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KWAZULU-Natal is known for its bananas and lazy-faire outlook on life, but the "arrest" last week of Prince Sifiso Zulu neatly parodies its, and perhaps South Africa’s, headlong slump into...
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RICHARD HASLOP: Crucial CD Collection
THE sudden and apparently irreversible decline in CD sales has had a couple of interesting consequences. First, it seems that, whatever the rest of the world is doing, people like...
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THE sudden and apparently irreversible decline in CD sales has had a couple of interesting consequences. First, it seems that, whatever the rest of the world is doing, people like...
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TALKING HEADS: Business in SA is ‘growing like topsy’
WINSTON Churchill and his wife Clementine had 10 grandchildren — five males and five females. Their youngest grandchild was Rupert Soames, born in 1959, third son of Mary Churchill.
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WINSTON Churchill and his wife Clementine had 10 grandchildren — five males and five females. Their youngest grandchild was Rupert Soames, born in 1959, third son of Mary Churchill.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Hemingway’s Restaurant
HEMINGWAY’s is named in honour of Papa Ernest, though its setting in Centurion feels a world away from Key West or Ronda, Spain. Leriba Lodge is a hotel, spa and...
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HEMINGWAY’s is named in honour of Papa Ernest, though its setting in Centurion feels a world away from Key West or Ronda, Spain. Leriba Lodge is a hotel, spa and...
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TRAVEL: Source of at least seven weeks of awe
AUTHOR and poet Louis Leipoldt called it one of the seven wonders of the old Cape Province when it created access through the Swartberg mountains to the north for farmers...
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AUTHOR and poet Louis Leipoldt called it one of the seven wonders of the old Cape Province when it created access through the Swartberg mountains to the north for farmers...
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