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1 hr ago | News24

Khoi-San: Abolish the term 'coloured'

Khoisan men sing during a poster unveiling of a new name for Cape Town in honour of deceased leader Dawid Kruiper.

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5 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Cape Town Gig Guide - May 24, 2013

8pm. Free. Tel: 021 488 2555. lMusic Alla Kaap featuring Percy Sledge, PJ Powers, The Rockets , The Boyz and Zayn Adam at GrandWest Casino tonight and tomorrow.

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7 hrs ago | The Guardian

Addressing land rights can make social change possible

Land rights often become the elephant in the room in African agriculture discussions.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Mail & Guardian

Umhlaba 1913-2013: Primeval snapshots of our lost and stolen worlds

From Hugh Exton's portraits to images of Marikana, an exhibition that remembers the Land Act also pays tribute to socially conscious photography.

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Mail & Guardian

Cape Town: Working it out at Frankie's

Welcome to Frankie's Gym, where local gangsters leave their knives at the door and use their fists to pump iron.

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News24

Under-fire minister attacks 'killer' MPs

Cape Town - Men in opposition benches were part of the apartheid-era army that maimed and killed people, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Thursday.

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Mail & Guardian

Young Voices: Do you think media freedom is important?

Most of the 82 primary schoolchildren in the Western Cape and Gauteng have said that media freedom is one thing that should not be touched.

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Mail & Guardian

IFP narrowly takes ANC ward seat in Mpumalanga by-election

The IFP has won a ward seat from the ANC in Albert Luthuli municipality in a Mpumalanga by-election, IEC results have shown.

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Business Wire

VectorVest Releases VectorVest 7 South Africa

The advanced platform, already available for US and UK markets, gives VectorVest clients trading in JSE shares new analytic features that are dynamically enhanced and easy to use, providing even deeper views into 370 JSE listed shares for successful trading.

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News24

Man 'sorry' for killing Cape Town mom

A Cape Flats man has asked for forgiveness after confessing to killing a Claremont woman, The Cape Times reported on Thursday.

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Iol.co.za

Cape Town Gallery Guide - May 23, 2013

Main Gallery: Three-and-a-half metres: committee's choice. The 10 AVA committee members - Stacey Adriaans, Matthew Blackman, Caroline Coates, Chantal Louw, Marilyn Martin, Richard Mudariki, James Nilsen, Chad Rossouw, Elgin Rust, Cobus van Bosch - have each selected a work or works by contemporary artists to be exhibited in their allocated ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

Los Angeles Times

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Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaks to supporters as his wife, Amy Wakeland, offers an encouraging pat at the Hollywood Palladium on Tuesday night.

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Iol.co.za

Gig sounds a call for Africa's revival

FASHION FORWARD: Afro-pop duo Mafikizolo are reunited, with Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe belting it out as the opening act of this year s Cape Town International Jazz Festival held in the Mother City.

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Iol.co.za

Hit-and-run driver held for cyclist's death

The hit-and-run driver who allegedly killed Cape Town cycling champ Dr Koos Roux 10 days ago has been arrested.

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Honolulu Weekly

Last Train to Ho'opili?

One paradox of TheLast Train to Zona Verde , Paul Theroux's 46th book and his latest about Africa, is that it's also one of the best meditations on Hawaii you'll ever read.

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Iol.co.za

I-CANN's dotty about Durban

The ZA Domain Name Authority, custodians of dot-co-dot-za , announced last week that their application for a top-level domain for Durban had passed the initial evaluation phase, beating Cape Town and Joburg to the cyber punch.

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CFR.org

University Students to Learn Zulu in South Africa

The University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced that starting next year, all entering students must study Zulu .

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Globe and Mail

Governor-General finds Canadian visa restrictions still rankle some ANC members

Canada's Governor General David Johnston reviews the honour guard during the official welcoming ceremony in Cape Town May 21, 2013 with Table Mountain looming in the background.

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Okla. celebs react to tornado devastation

Reba McEntire has physically been in Cape Town, South Africa, but her heart has been with those suffering in her home state of Oklahoma.

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Earth & Sky

Great white sharks supplement a seal diet with dead whales

At False Bay, South Africa, great white sharks are infamous for their dramatic attacks on fur seals.

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