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Fighting Drug addiction

 Here's the story: We sat down with a man who had a harrowing journey with addiction. He began by telling us about his early days in tertiary education, where he would occasionally smoke dagga with friends. However, his focus remained on his studies, and he worked hard to graduate and secure a qualification. After landing a job, he started building a life for himself. He got married, bought a property, and even splurged on a car. Life was good, and he felt like he was on top of the world. But one fateful night, while out with friends, he was introduced to heavier narcotics. At first, the experience was exhilarating. He described it as an elevation from the mild high of dagga to a level 5 high, where he felt invincible and euphoric. The effects would last for days, allowing him to party from Friday to Sunday without sleep. The problem, however, began to manifest on Mondays and Tuesdays every week, when the withdrawal symptoms would kick in, and he'd struggle to function at work....

Manchester City losses halve

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  Manchester City won the Premier League for the first time in 2011-12 Continue reading the main story Business of Sport Hawk-Eye aims for football expansion Selling Roma and Milan on social media Tackling football's big money issues What will Man Utd sell off next? Manchester City has revealed that its financial losses for 2011-12 have halved from a year earlier. The Premier League champions announced a pre-tax loss of £93.4m, down from £189.6m in 2010-11. Revenues increased 51% to £231.1m, with the club's first appearance in the Uefa Champions League contributing more than £22m in new revenue. The club's sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways helped commercial partnership revenue double from £48.5m to £97m. City's operating loss also improved from a record £194.9m to £104.1m. Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules, which say clubs must break even over three years, come into full effect in 2013-14. Investment impact ...

North Korea 'moves mid-range missile'

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Advertisement The BBC's Damian Grammaticas on how the US and South Korea are responding to the threats Continue reading the main story Korea crisis China's role Should we fear? Key figures Kerry's test North Korea has shifted a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defence minister says. Kim Kwan-jin played down concerns that the missile could target the US mainland, and said the North's intentions were not yet clear. Pyongyang earlier renewed threats of a nuclear strike against the US, though its missiles are not believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The US is responding to North Korea by moving missile defence shields to Guam. Meanwhile, Russia said Pyongyang's attempts to "violate decisions of the UN Security Council are categorically unacceptable". Continue reading the main story Analysis Jonathan Marcus BBC diplomatic c...

North Korea 'moves mid-range missile'

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Advertisement The BBC's Damian Grammaticas on how the US and South Korea are responding to the threats Continue reading the main story Korea crisis China's role Should we fear? Key figures Kerry's test North Korea has shifted a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defence minister says. Kim Kwan-jin played down concerns that the missile could target the US mainland, and said the North's intentions were not yet clear. Pyongyang earlier renewed threats of a nuclear strike against the US, though its missiles are not believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The US is responding to North Korea by moving missile defence shields to Guam. Meanwhile, Russia said Pyongyang's attempts to "violate decisions of the UN Security Council are categorically unacceptable". Continue reading the main story Analysis Jonathan Marcus BBC diplomatic c...

Mali Islamists seize town amid French intervention

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Mali Islamists seize town amid French intervention The BBC's Mark Doyle reports from the Mali capital Bamako, where he is one of the few correspondents on the ground Continue reading the main story Mali: Divided nation Risky move? Who's who? Ansar Dine leader Mali profile Islamist fighters in Mali have seized a town in government-controlled territory amid a military intervention by France. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Diabaly, 400km (250 miles) from the capital, Bamako, was taken in a counter-attack on Monday. Mr Le Drian insisted France's campaign was "developing favourably". He said Islamists had retreated in the east but admitted French forces were facing a "difficult" situation against well-armed rebels in western areas. Aid workers said many people had been fleeing areas targeted by the French. The UN Security Council is due to discuss Mali later on Monday. Continue reading the main story “ ...

Bobbi Kristina to wed 'brother'

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Bobbi Kristina Brown has got engaged to her "adopted" brother Nick Gordon The aspiring actress - who is the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston - surprises her dismayed family with the news in a preview from her upcoming reality show Houstons: On Our Own , nervously telling them: "We're engaged!" Nick was informally adopted by Whitney when he was 12 and the pair were raised as brother and sister. They were "always close" growing up but their relationship changed as they got older and they sought comfort in each other after Whitney's death in February and started living like a couple in Atlanta. The reality series will follow how the pair and other family members - Whitney's brother Gary, sister-in-law (and the singer's former manager) Patricia Houston and Bobbi's grandmother Cissy Houston - have coped with life since the tragic passing of the I Will Always Love You singer. Cissy recently announced her concern f...

Why Zim has no strikes

Oct 12 2012 12:07 Malcom Sharara, Fin24’s correspondent in Zimbabwe ZIMBABWEAN workers in most spheres of the economy might be earning far less than their South African counterparts, but going on strike is a luxury they cannot afford. While South African miners demanded and some were awarded wages above R11 000, their Zimbabwean counterparts are earning less than R2 000. I am sure the wages of South African truckers are currently way above those of their Zimbabwean counterparts. Mind you, South African miners are earning wages above the average $250 that Zimbabwean civil servants are earning. Surprisingly, Zimbabweans rarely go on strike, and in the cases where they have done so employers simply ignore them until they come back to work. Civil servants demonstrated in the streets of Harare in July and handed over a petition at parliament in which they called on government to urgently address their grievances for a salary increase. However, up to now nothing has materialised. They last ...

Zaka residents warn of worsening violence in Masvingo (more on my father's attack)

Residents in Zaka have warned that there is worsening violence in Masvingo province, with ZANU PF being blamed for a growing number of attacks and incidents of intimidation. Most recently, the ward chairman of the MDC-T in Zaka Central was hospitalised along with his wife after their home was petrol bombed by suspected ZANU PF members last week. Nelson Bvudzijena and his wife were rushed to St. Anthony’s Musiso hospital with reportedly serious injuries. A resident in Zaka told SW Radio Africa this week that the attack on the Bvudzijena home followed a confrontation between the ward chairman and a gang of known ZANU PF thugs. The argument is believed to have been about Bvudzijena’s loyalties to the MDC, which prompted the ZANU PF members to threaten him. The thugs are said to have warned Bvudzijena that they “would come for him at night.” Days later, Bvudzijena’s home was burned down while was sleeping. The resident explained that not one of the perpetrators of the arson attack was arr...

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