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4 August 2018

9:00 AM

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

Beko. I always want to sing that song by Peter Gabriel from the movie about the South African freedom fighter when I look at my new fridge freezer. But the anti-apartheid activist was Biko, and the appliance manufacturer is, in fact, pronounced Becko.

I know this because I’ve just had to ring the Beko customer services line after my new fridge freezer started pooling water around every orifice.

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