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A Yankee Notebook: Not-so-warm welcome

Rutland Herald 05 Apr 2025
Some years ago, my wife, my younger daughter, Martha, and I stopped for the night in the ancient town of Nettuno, on the west coast of Italy. It happened to be the feast day of La Madonna delle Grazie, a ....
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South Africa's reckless driving culture: What is fuelling the lawlessness?

Independent online (SA) 04 Apr 2025
If you have ever been in a car in South Africa, you would have experienced it. Not the beautiful surroundings or potholed roads, but the complete lack of adherence to the rule of the road and daily carnage ... Alcohol-related deaths ... Why? I ask myself ... .
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Umkhonto weSizwe Party triumphs in KwaZulu-Natal by-election

Independent online (SA) 03 Apr 2025
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) in KwaZulu-Natal is over the moon after snatching another crucial ward from the ANC in a by-election on Wednesday ... “We are on a growth trajectory and excited about it ... [email protected] .
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MK Party guns for two wards in KwaZulu-Natal by-elections

Independent online (SA) 01 Apr 2025
Buoyed by scooping the second ward from the ANC in a recent by-election in KwaZulu-Natal ... The ANC has pinned its hopes on Lucia New Mlondo to retain the ward while the EFF have fielded Gibson Mbuthu ... [email protected] .
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The Nissan Navara PRO-4X Warrior: South Africa's latest double cab bakkie with attitude

Independent online (SA) 31 Mar 2025
South Africans have a special affinity for their bakkies and when they get some extra swank, we like them even more ... Exterior and interior ... Under the skin. Most of the work though has been done to the suspension set-up ... Driving ... Off-road ... .
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Citroen plans expansion in South Africa, but the Basalt won't be on the roads just yet

Independent online (SA) 31 Mar 2025
Citroen is looking to expand their footprint in South Africa and in so doing hoping to get more bums on seats in the iconic French marque. “South Africa is an important market for us,” said Citroen Global CEO Thierry Koskas ... Pricing ... Local market ... .
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Former president Thabo Mbeki questions SA's leadership capabilities

Independent online (SA) 31 Mar 2025
As the world moves from unipolar system to multipolar, former president Thabo Mbeki has questioned whether Africa and particularly South Africa is ready to position itself in the multipolar world order ... One US writer said ... [email protected] .
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Opposition demands proof of R30 million recovery in KwaDukuza Municipality

Independent online (SA) 30 Mar 2025
On January 31, ABSA bank officials notified the municipality of the suspicious transactions that were taking place which resulted in the illegal transfer of R35 million to the 15 companies ... [email protected] .
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A Yankee Notebook: Ripping and tearing

Times Argus 29 Mar 2025
Years ago, during my days as a remodeling contractor, we often had to demolish an existing structure, a wall, or plaster and lath, in order to begin to work our magic. I asked my guys to list such labor on ....
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Scared of parallel parking? Watch BYD's 'Crab-Walk Mode' solve your problem

Independent online (SA) 28 Mar 2025
Often the butt of cruel jokes towards those that can’t, parallel parking can send some people into a cold sweat. I’ve heard of people that have failed their K53 drivers test simply because they couldn’t get it right ... Making it easier ... How it works ... .
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One Fine Show: ‘Cecily Brown, Themes and Variations’ at the Barnes Foundation

New York Observer 28 Mar 2025
... by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), depicts a woman masturbating, her face blurred like something out of Francis Bacon (1909-1992), the background chunking itself up like Willem de Kooning (1904-1997).
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Hong Kong Art Week 2025: Supper Club, Current Plans and the Art Beyond Basel

New York Observer 28 Mar 2025
Alternatives like these are so important, and it’s wonderful to see so many collectors and curators supporting galleries as we self-organize and shake things up,” said Willem Molesworth, who ...
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Joseph DeVito of Wantagh was run over by Willem Specht in the parking lot of ...

Newsday 27 Mar 2025
In the months after Joseph DeVito was run over and killed in a Woodbury diner’s parking lot, DeVito’s grown son, walking in the neighborhood where his mother lived, sometimes saw Willem Specht, the ...
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