The votes have been tallied and the city of Cape Town has claimed the third top spot on the first ever World Edition Monopoly board. 

Greater Good South Africa (GGSA), an online social marketplace for people who want to make a difference, will be hosting a "Do It Day" on Friday 19 September - an annual opportunity for South Africans to unite in positive community action. 

Thousands of women from all walks of life will unite behind a positive South Africa on 31August at the Absa Stadium in Durban. 

From avant-garde couture to wispy romantic ready-to-wear, South Africa's growing viability as a new fashion frontier was paraded on the ramps at Cape Town's Fashion Week this weekend.

Veteran South African designers launched their spring/summer 2008 collection alongside young unknowns as the country aims to provide aspringboard for the growing array of fashion talent at the tip ofAfrica.

Bursting with creativity, South African designers are working to show their skills can compete worldwide.

The Freedom Park Trust launched a nation-building booklet last week as part of its pledge to assist the country in building a society free from intolerance, racism and tribalism. 

When South African native Nicky Prins lived in London, there was one television advertisement that always touched her heart. 

As part of an effort to encourage tourism,  South African Tourism ran a commercial showing the country's dramatic landscape, coupled with emotive music and excerpts from President Thabo Mbeki's famous "I am an African" speech.

Johannesburg is one of the least expensive cities for expatriates, according to the 2008 Mercer Cost of Living Survey. The City of Gold was ranked 140th out of the 143 countries surveyed.

The best way to honour former president Nelson Mandela is to live up to his example, US presidential hopeful Barack Obama said in a message recorded for broadcast at the Nelson Mandela museum near Qunu on Saturday.

The University of South Africa (UNISA) will confer an honorary doctorate on former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Kofi Annan, the university announced on Monday. 

In the aftermath of the xenophobic violence that erupted in South Africa in May, the "reintegration" of displaced people into their communities became a buzz phrase, but with few concrete ideas as to how that could be achieved.  

A new initiative calls upon all South Africans to stop for 30 seconds in silence, prayer or solidarity and offer positive encouragement to the country's leaders.  

Three South African hallmarks of environmental beauty are among the 277 natural wonders from around the world vying for a spot in the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign.

Online media company News24.com has launched a comprehensive educational website about former national president Nelson Mandela. 

Legendary South African adventurer Kingsley Holgate and his family have re-entered South Africa after 427 days of circumnavigating the African continent. 

Stalwarts of South Africa's democracy were honoured at a special ceremony held on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Thursday.

Advocate George Bizos, Albertina Sisulu and Justice Arthur Chaskalson received the Constitution Hill Trust Award for Democracy, Human Rights and Constitutionalism at the Trust's inaugural awards ceremony.

 

The whole world has been invited to leave Nelson Mandela a birthday message on what will be the biggest virtual birthday card in history. 

One of the world's leading conductors, who has been described as a "wild haired musical genius", a "catalyst for excellence" and a "liberator of the soul", will be bringing his powerful message on the art of possibility to South Africa in August. 

Benjamin Zander, a composer, conductor and world-renowned speaker, has a special interest in South Africa and has already visited the country four times. He is known to be deeply inspired by former president Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Nation's miracle transition from Apartheid to democracy.

In the 10 years since the Johannesburg Inner City Renewal Strategy was launched by then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, the City of Gold has indeed experienced a rebirth.

The International Marketing Council (IMC) has launched a new campaign in which all South Africans are encouraged to describe the country they want to live in. 

A German couple with a love for South Africa has started a bag company in Cape Town with the hope of making the world a slightly better place.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has announced that it will launch a book in honour of Madiba's 90th birthday, featuring rare archival material. Funds raised from the '90th Birthday Book' will be used to build  and run a public Centre for Memory and Dialogue.

The official and authorised Nelson Mandela 90th birthday book will include material reflecting Mandela's personal and political life story. Much of the material was entrusted to the Foundation by Mandela himself, following his retirement from the world stage in 2004.

In the early 1960s, the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Johannesburg was the centre of ANC military operations. Today, in a transformed political environment, the farm has reopened as a museum to commemorate the liberation struggle for current and future generations.

It was on this 28 acre farm in July 1963 that key leaders of the liberation struggle were arrested following a raid by the Security Police.

A recently released report reveals that the country's property market is in good shape and that, while the ‘boom' is tapering off in certain cities, it's only growth rates, not actual property prices that are dropping.

Millions of Rands in support of victims of xenophobic violence continues to pour in as South African corporates lend a hand to relief efforts.

Thousands of Africans marched along the streets of Johannesburg on Saturday in a show of unified condemnation against xenophobic attacks that continue to plague the country.

The march was led by the Coalition against Xenophobia, a partnership between the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF), the Social Movements Indaba and other non-governmental and faith-based organisations