Murders of farmers in South Africa at 20-year low, contradicting talk of surge in violence targeting rural whites: Murders of farmers in South Africa are at a 20-year low, research by one of the country’s biggest farmers’ organisations claims. Forty-seven farmers were killed in 2017-18, according to statistics compiled by AgriSA, an association of hundreds of …
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Nelson Mandela Centenary: How the world will celebrate the big occasion: While Tata Madiba would have been 100 years old on 18 July, South Africa and the entire world are ready to remember him. The Nelson Mandela Centenary is set to see celebrations take place across the globe. Before we head abroad, let’s look at how Mzansi …
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Rubens portrait rediscovered in South Africa: A portrait by Peter Paul Rubens that was smuggled out of Germany to South Africa in the early 1930s and hung, unpublished and unrecognized, on the wall of the family home for decades, has been rediscovered and put up for auction. Portrait of a Gentleman …
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FoodForward SA launches Second Harvest, a program designed to address hunger in South Africa: 27 Jun 2018 — FoodForward SA is launching Second Harvest, a program that sources and collects surplus fruit and vegetables from commercial farmers across South Africa and redistributes this fresh produce to the 600 beneficiary organizations in their network.
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Big names to miss out for South Africa in RWC 7s: South African 7s stalwarts Seabelo Senatla, Cecil Afrika and Kyle Brown will miss the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco next month after injury ruled the three out. It’s a huge blow for coach Neil Powell and the squad, who were hoping Afrika …
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ANC’s election manifesto moment of truth: Core election slogans are good indications of the message a party like the ANC takes to the voters. “Together we move South Africa forward” – which was hardly distinguishable from 2009’s “Working together we can do more” – was the ANC’s …
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South Africa’s graft case against Zuma adjourned to July 27: DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — The corruption case against former South African president Jacob Zuma has been delayed until late next month, while Zuma took to a stage near the courthouse on Friday before thousands of cheering supporters and again declared …
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