South African swan

Friday, 12 March 2010
Hennie Coetzee
SA Ballet Theatre's "Swan Lake" with Burnise Silvius opens tonight at the Mandela at the Joburg Theatre (formerly the Civic Theatre) and runs to 4 April. See www.saballettheatre.co.za

 

Four campuses across South Africa, UJ, Wits, UCT and UKZN, are gearing up to host thousands of tourists during the month of June for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
 
Plans have been underway for the last three years across the country, where the university campuses of Johannesburg, Witwatersrand, Cape Town and KwaZulu Natal have undergone extensive infrastructure upgrades for what is hoped will make ideal World Cup bases for large groups of tourists.
 
“It will be a fun-filled World Cup experience that is ideal for groups,” says Mark Hinton, who came up with the accommodation idea.

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Gordhan says UK holds SA in high regard

Friday, 12 March 2010

The UK business community holds South Africa in high regard, both as an investment destination and as a springboard into the rest of Africa, said Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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No porn channel for DSTV welcomed

Friday, 12 March 2010

The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities on Friday welcomed an announcement by Multichoice that there will be no launch of a pornographic channel on DSTV.
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South Africa trains Sudanese leaders

Friday, 12 March 2010

A South African university is training South Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said.
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SA needs a news revolution

Author: Lisa Roberts
Monday, 08 March 2010

article thumbnailIn this week’s blog, South African patriot and Saffer blogger Lisa Roberts, asks why we've become "an unthinking, unfeeling, passive herd" that consumes the (bad) news without flinching. Lisa wants to start a revolution of good news in South Africa. Read on to find out why we need a news revolution:
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