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[31 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
Budget bending 101: A student blueprint

Varsity life, through its continual arc of expanding horizons, will expand your expenses as well. Perdeby’s step-by-step student budget scheme should ensure you’re not living on dry cereal by the end of the month.

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[31 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
A concise field guide to life at Tuks

What you really encounter in your first year goes way beyond what you pick up on television. Perdeby has taken it upon itself to set out for you some of the phenomena you might encounter at the University of Pretoria.

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[31 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
Handige brokkies inligting vir die nuwe student

Die sprong vanaf matriek- tot universiteitstandaarde is redelik groot, Perdeby het daarom dit goed gedink om `n paar basiese wenke te verskaf wat helderheid sal gee en die afskop van jou eerstejaarservaring sal vergemaklik.

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[31 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
A relatively safe guide to the big bad world

Student life usually extends beyond the blue fences of campus into Hatfield and beyond. All in all, it’s a pretty safe haven. But let’s also be realistic. It is not crime free. It’s going to be fine, but just in case, read on.

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[27 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Te veel van `n lekker ding is `n slegte ding

Seks, kos, en drank. Perdeby het `n ondersoek ingestel oor die sorgvuldige gebruik, behandeling en nagevolge van alkohol, seksuele aktiwiteite, dagga en sommige voedselsoorte.

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[25 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Wat ons nie van 2011 gaan mis nie

Die einde van 2011 is in sig en baie mense blaai deur die scrapbook en wens hulle kanterug keur na al die goeie tye. Daarom het Perdeby hierdie week besluit om terug te kyk na die dinge wat niemand gaan mis van 2011 nie.

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[25 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Motorkoop: van stap na petrol trap

Daar is `n handjievol herinneringe wat die ware student koester, en met verloop van tyd word daar vele mylpale bereik. Soos die jare aanstap, verhoog die belangrikheid van die tipe geleenthede wat opduik, saam met dit die risiko’s verbonde daaraan. Een van die belangrike stappe wat voor die student se deur lê en wag, is waarskynlik die aankoop van jou eerste motor. Dit is `n ingewikkelde proses en kannie juis in dieselfde lig gestel word as die keuse tussen rooi- of witwyn nie. Die aankoop van `n motor is `n tydrowende proses waar `n paar noodsaaklike stappe gevolg moet word voordat jy agter die stuur van jou nuwe wiele kaninskuif. Perdeby het om dié rede verdere ondersoek ingestel om aan jou`n onvergeetlike ervaring van motorkoop te verseker. Hier is `n paar riglyne wat jykan volg om die proses van motorkoop te vereenvoudig sodat jy met `n glimlag by die handelaarkan wegry.

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[25 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Full-figured fashion: does size really matter?

It came as no surprise when über skinny supermodel Kate Moss proudly stated that “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. The rest of the population would probably disagree (especially once you’ve tasted chocolate cake). For those aspiring models whose diets don’t consist of coffee, celery and cigarettes, Perdeby takes a closer look at the plus-size modelling industry.

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[17 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
For as long as we both shall live?

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. This old custom represents the items that a bride should have on her wedding day in order to have a long and happy marriage. Despite high divorce rates in South Africa and around the world, little girls (and boys) dream about their wedding day from a young age. There are those, however, who take the institution of marriage, twist it, flip it on its head, and turn it into something completely unrecognisable and sometimes a little weird.

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[17 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
Murderous women throughout history

When it comes to murder, cunning, malice and unforgivable (but undoubtedly creative) forms of torture, women share the podium with some of history’s most prominent killers.