If you don’t smoke, congratulations. Smoking is about as cool as sticking your hand into a food processor. Here are ten reasons why you should never start, or if you have, why you should stop.
•    The Marlboro man died of lung cancer. That cool guy you used to see in the ads, Wayne McLaren, died in 1997 after a long battle against lung cancer. Needless to say, he was a heavy smoker.
•    Cigarettes make your breath smell. Yes, they do. Kissing you, after you’ve had a cigarette is almost like …

Rotary Club of Pretoria East and Pick n Pay is inviting everyone to participate in a Charity Fun Run at Swartkop Airbase on Saturday 5 June 2010. The charity fund raising event is to help children and the  Eradication of Polio. There are many prizes to win including a flip in an aircraft. Every participant that finished the race will receive medal.
Click here to see the Brochure for more detail or visit www.picknpay-rotaryfunrun.co.za.

Smirnoff Spin & Storm pres Cpt meets Jhb feat Kent, Milkshake, Dr Jules, Ready D and your host Nigel Pierce from Good Hope FM at Marimba CTICC on Sat 5 June 9pm – Not For Sale To Under 18

Calling all students – Get to the event before 10pm and receive a 50% discount on the entrance fee, made possible by Student Village. Bring your valid student card to receive the discount.

Jo’burg’s Soccer City is an awe-inspiring venue.
Where it is
Southwest Johannesburg, near Soweto
360 Degree view from the Pitch
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Getting there by public transport:
As part of the upgrades to the area, the Stadium precinct will have a fully functional transport hub, including a railway station. Besides the rail station, the transport hub will have taxi, Bus Rapid Transport and rail drop off and pick up points. All transport will run from various locations within the city centre.
Driving directions and parking options:
Parking in Johannesburg will be available at the Coca Cola Dome, Wits …

The UWC has established an Entrepreneurship Initiative (UWEI) which will see that service support is made available to student-owned businesses on campus and externally.
As a way of developing and empowering students as future business leaders, UWC aims to aims to increase the sustainability of current UWC student-owned businesses and encourage a culture of entrepreneurship among students through increasing the number of businesses on campus and in the communities that students come from.
The UWCEI is also an exciting step by the Centre for Student Services to grow and promote student development …

The girls are back and after two years they’re still as stylish as ever, sipping cosmos while living the high life!
This lifestyle, which offers fantastical escapism, remains the drawcard that’s created the cult following of Sex and the City, the TV series and the film version.  As always, the fashion will sweep girls off their feet as Carrie and Co. show them how to strut with panache.
This alone will prove enough to make much flock to see the fun-filled flick despite its flaws. Carrie (Parker) is now married to her …

As negotiations on student residence accommodation between the University of the Western Cape and students continue in efforts to address complaints lodged by the students, one of the university’s students is fast running out of money and literally going hungry.
In April, Philani Ngcobo* told News24 of how his studies were suffering as he battled to cope with the cost and living conditions at a university-approved private residence, and of a Nsfas loan that was yet to buy him meals, despite numerous trips and enquiries to the university’s financial aid office.
“With …

Cobus Potgieter, a 23-year-old self-taught drummer, based in East London, is the most subscribed South African on YouTube.
Potgieter has a following of 100 000 and has already uploaded over 80 videos. He told News24 that he already has some recognition and enjoys the feedback from viewers. “Some local dudes know about it, but I’m also getting about 20 to 30 e-mails a day and it feels great to get some feedback that people like what I’m doing, you know.”
“They tell me what they think about the videos, and what …

He’s taking a deep drag on his cigarette… and he’s only 2!
This Indonesian toddler is certainly far too unfit to run around with other children – and his condition is set to rapidly deteriorate. But, despite local officials’ offer to buy the Rizal family a new car if the boy quits, his parents feel unable to stop him because he throws massive tantrums if they don’t indulge him.
His mother, Diana, 26, wept: “He’s totally addicted. If he doesn’t get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against …

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