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Diski dance, a sequence of moves based on soccer tricks, is the official World Cup dance - and the city is out to set a world record for the most people doing it at the same time at the launch of the Cape Town Summer Festival this weekend.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MTN Uganda was last week named winner of the Rural Services Award at the Second AfricaCom Awards in Cape Town, South Africa.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000, said the South African Red Cross Society.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Up to 2,700 Zimbabwean asylum seekers have set up a temporary "safety camp" in a rural South African town following attacks on their shacks in a dispute over jobs, a human rights group said Wednesday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, after some of their shacks in an informal settlement were attacked and demolished, said a police official.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Dressed in identical orange uniforms, inmates at South Africa's maximum-security Pollsmoor prison sing and act for the cameras in a new reality series where they vie to be crowned "Jail Star". The Cape Town prison, best known for gang violence in one of the world's most violent countries, has launched a TV talent search for offenders as part of its rehabilitation programme. The show will...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Police have unearthed a cache of ammunition in the back garden of a Cape Town home.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The draw for next year's Soccer World Cup taking place on December 4 in Cape Town - is likely to give hoteliers in the inner city a boost after the Mother City's gloomiest winter season in many years.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Covering the landmark Athlone towers with a giant South African flag will detract from efforts to maintain a rural atmosphere in the area which is home to Cape Town's model initiation site, says the city.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The police are searching for a Cape Town security guard accused of murdering a colleague late on Sunday night.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Cape Town and the World Cup draw await, but there are those who still haven't earned the right to join the party. The tragic death of German goalkeeper Robert Enke, who had been a sure bet to be in South Africa next June, has yet again brought forth the bitter irony that football shouldn't be a matter of life and death, a quite sobering perspective for me and you.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
That's your problem right there. It could be more, we don't know. Six million people have to survive somehow. They do that by stealing. Stealing from citizens and stealing jobs. A study once found that 80% of squatters derived their income from stealing from surrounding neighbourhoods. This is an insurmountable problem and getting worse by the day, a problem that would test the best-run countries...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A civilian pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed shortly before he was to participate in an air show in South Africa Saturday, an air force official said.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Cape Town - The nature of crime in South Africa is "different" to that of other countries, President Jacob Zuma said in Parliament on Thursday. "The crime in South Africa is different from other countries ... it is different from the point of view that this one is violent, more violent than in any other part of the world. Related: "Shoot the bastards" - Fikile Mbalula, Deputy...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
World champions South Africa will seek to break a 12-year hoodoo when they take on France at the Municipal Stadium here on Friday. The Springboks last won on French soil in 1997, handing the home side a record 52-10 defeat in the national team's final game at the iconic Parc des Princes in Paris. There have since been three losses in France while the French have also beaten the Boks twice away, most...
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