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    An Obese South Africa

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    OBESE SOUTH AFRICA South Africa records the highest rates of obesity in Africa with statistics that dsindicate that 29% of men and 56% of women are either obese or overweight‚ according to the World Health Organisation (Morris‚ 2011). The increase in prevalence of obesity has seen it become a primary risk factor for sedentary lifestyle related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Obesity as a health issue in South Africa will be discussed. Rates of obesity in South Africa have progressively

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    Unilever South Africa

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    third largest multinational consumer goods company. It owns over four hundred brands some of which are found in South Africa. It began operations in South Africa in 1891 when it introduced the popular Sunlight brand. It is therefore fact that Unilever has always been a key player in South Africa’s economy. During apartheid many multinationals began to withdraw from South Africa as disinvestment gained momentum. Unilever’s however decided to continue investing in the South African economy. Unilever’s

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    Mcdonalds in South Africa

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    tourists. 2. Quality‚ Value for money fast food: The food offered is high quality with menus that are constantly evolving to better suit the South African Market. In response to the more health conscience South African mentality‚ McDonalds South Africa are constantly introducing new items to the menu‚ such as salads and chicken dishes. 3. Family friendly: McDonalds has is a special relationship with children and are in the business of entertaining children‚ and giving moms and dads a break.

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    media

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    How Social Media Affects Our Lives? Professor Donald Gutstein TA Anis Rahman Xinyi Zhang 301187237 Introduction With the rapid development of technology and fast pace of life‚ people are surrounded by all kinds of information everyday‚ it is an era of information explosion varietal forms of communication have appeared to people’s daily lives (21. Kadiri). Information Explosion could simply be defined as the rapid increase in the amount of published

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    Media

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    1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented

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    Scramble to Africa

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    Pre-Conceived African and Irish Stereotypes Neha Ghani AMH2097 Section One Fall 2012 October 11th‚ 2012 Pre-Conceived African and Irish Stereotypes Immigrants migrating to America have for hundreds of years had the disadvantage of being different from the “majority”. Categorized as “the other”‚ immigrants have been judged and assumed to be and act in certain ways based on common expectations that had been established long before they had even arrived. Referred to as pre-conceived stereotypes

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    Within the entertainment media there is now an acceptance of homosexuality First of all I think this issue is highly vary by culture I guess in the Ortodox Arabic world the entertainment media is not even allowed to speak about homosexuality while in other part of the world it is an everyday topic I would say so. The Mediterranean countries like Portugal or Brazil is another maybe more complicated case. But to be clear I would like to debate this question in the terms of the general “western culture”

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    PROBLEMS WITH DICTATORIAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA Have you heard that some of the world’s most brutal leaders are from Africa? After the colonial leadership‚ many African countries have come under the control of dictators. Some of them are the most notable ones worldwide‚ such as; Colonel Muammar Gaddafi‚ Idi Amini‚ Mobutu Sese Seko‚ and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. Countries like Zimbabwe‚ Uganda‚ Libya and Sudan have all experienced dictatorial or single party regimes. Citizens and opposition political

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    Political parties in African were founded with the basic goal of being the main vehicles for African Nationalism. Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o (1992) in his book 30 years of independence in Africa correctly states that Africans were no longer a homogenous people ruled by benevolent chiefs who discussed with the elders under a tree for hours until they agreed. He (Prof. Nyong’o) points out that great division of African people into social groups and categories with different interests and different attitudes

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    about Media My audience for this paper is very broad and specific too. My audience is not only the journalists‚ but all the targeted audience who rely on media for everything. It is called mass media because the masses believe what is shown on television whether true or false. The targeted audience spans a large age group that includes young students‚ middle age people‚ and old age people who believe what they see on television but are unaware of some of the bitter but true facts about media. The

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