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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MTN will be taking part in AfricaCom, the pan African telecoms conference, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, between 11 - 12 November 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The theme of this year's conference is 'Sustaining growth in Africa's communication markets'.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The City of Cape Town says it would need R10-billion every year for the next five years in order to provide formal housing for all people living in backyards or in informal settlements around the city.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
President Jacob Zuma has called for greater cohesion among Cape Town's Coloured and African Communities.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Cape Town International Airport's readiness has been put to the test shortly before Terminal 2010 - the new multi-million-rand central terminal building - opens.
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subrealism (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Washington Post | A worldwide upsurge in a crime that officials say could stop trains, flood basements and darken homes has come to the Washington area, where this week's examples include the theft of a bus shelter roof. The crime involves stealing copper, whether pipes, fittings or wiring. Authorities said the incidence of the thefts often rises with copper's price per pound, which has rebounded sharply...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A project which began as an effort to empower citizens of Cape Town’s poorest neighbourhoods to grow their own food has mushroomed into a scheme for selling vegetables for the city’s wealthier residents.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Councillors were unanimous yesterday in their support of Cape Town Stadium as the name for the new facility being built for the World Cup, but there was some confusion about its Xhosa equivalent.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The national Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is circulating an SMS calling on people to report "water cut-offs and other poor municipal services in Cape Town".
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Cape Town animal conservationist Bryan Vorster, better known as Snake Bite Jones, has been hauled to court over the alleged illegal importation of reptiles, including cobras and pythons.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Former colleagues describe Dr Molefi Sefularo as a change agent and the tonic South Africa's beleaguered health system needs. The former North West health MEC was last year appointed as deputy health minister and was recently handed a list of critical responsibilities not traditionally reserved for deputies. Anso Thom of Health-e News Service spoke to him in his Cape Town office.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa, on 25 October 2009, for a three-day visit ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, next month.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
GREENPEACE activists in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg on Saturday placed banners on statues of local leaders to urge President Jacob Zuma to provide leadership during the Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December.
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Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The Southern Africa Special Interest Group (SA-SIG) at JewishGen publishes a quarterly newsletter. The latest issue (September 2009) and all previous issues are available online . The purpose and goal of the group is to bring together Jewish genealogy researchers with a common interest. It provides information to Jewish family history researchers with roots in South Africa, Lesotho, Basutoland, Botswana,...