Petroleum peril-in-waiting
IT HAS taken death and injury to alert the public to the potential disasters involved in the distribution and sale of petroleum products. And the dangers lurk not only at the gas stations...
Mandela, Rhodes and benefits
THERE HAS always been a contradiction inherent in the Rhodes Scholarships. Essentially, the existence of the Rhodes Trust, and the scholarships available from the Trust, raise the question of the extent to which qualities...
Jasmine and the Tooth-Fairy
IN THE matter of my five-year-old daughter, Jasmine, and the Tooth Fairy, I suppose that I bit off more than I could chew. However, when it comes to my children, my behaviour is guided more by my canine than my wisdom.
The dates ahead
A YEAR has come and gone. We have marked Sept. 11, have remembered the attacks, the victims and the day on which our nation was changed in an instant. This is the date we anticipated and dreaded...
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