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Let us Not Forget Orlando Stadium

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South Africa: Let us Not Forget Orlando Stadium Posted to the web 19 November 2008 Who at the Premier Soccer League threw dirt in the face of the hallowed history of South African soccer and botched up the official re-opening...

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Good-bye Makeba, Where Is Mogatusi?

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Posted to the web 18 November 2008 Rampholo Molefhe She had pleaded, as only she would have, with family and friends that there should be no excesses about the manner in which she would be put away once she had passed. Miriam...

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Mandela's cell still contains his blankets, bowls, bucket

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16-Nov-2008
        

The former prison on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles, including alleged mismanagement, a budget crisis and stormy weather that...

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Cape Town has rock-bottom beauty

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16-Nov-2008
        

For rock-bottom beauty, head down to Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA | Dollars go far here, where summer is just beginning CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Multicolored changing huts line the beach in Muizenberg, the surfing-friendly suburb...

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telegraph.co.uk: Volvo Ocean Race heads to India from Cape Town telegraph.co.uk

Volvo Ocean Race heads towards India

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15-Nov-2008 18 related
        

Propelled by a gentle breeze and iron will, eight yacht teams left Cape Town on Saturday for an unpredictable passage to India on the second leg of the Volvo Ocean round-the-world race. By Telegraph staff and agencies Heading...

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Makeba Gave Hope in Times Darkness

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14-Nov-2008 444 related
        

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Aubrey Matshiqi Johannesburg MIRIAM Makeba was more than a singer and musician. I thought it was natural for us as children to grow up in Soweto and go to a school where platooning seemed the...

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Uganda: Black Power

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14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Carolyne Nakazibwe Barack Obama has rewritten history. But Barack Obama was on November 4, 2008 elected the first African-American President of the United States of America. But the real juicy...

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telegraph.co.uk: Hope by George Frederic Watts telegraph.co.uk

Barack Obama's favourite painting

telegraph.co.uk
13-Nov-2008
        

Alastair Sooke reveals why Hope by George Frederic Watts is this week's hot ticket It is Barack Obama's favourite painting: this famous canvas by the visionary Victorian artist George Frederic Watts arguably set the...

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bbc.co.uk: Nelson Mandela bbc.co.uk

Prison memories

bbc.co.uk
12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Belfast is hosting an exhibition of artwork by one of the most important and iconic figures in recent history - Nelson Mandela. The lithographs capture the South African leader's 18 years in prison on bleak Robben Island off...

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Nigeria: Tourism, Technology to Struggle for Prime Attention

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12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

THE 2008 edition of Africa Com, an annual meeting point for communications experts, service providers and those who hope to use ICT to solve social and economic problems, kicks off in Cape town South Africa, next week.

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