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SA News: ‘Some quite grotesque’ – Here are some of the weirdest presents given to Nelson Mandela

16 September 2018 By admin

‘Some quite grotesque’ – Here are some of the weirdest presents given to Nelson Mandela: In 2010‚ when South Africa hosted the Soccer World Cup‚ there was no surprise at what was at the top of his present list – vuvuzelas. Gifts from ordinary South Africans were often children’s hand-draw…
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SA counting on 8-year-old wonder kids: Durban – Having earned the title Champion of Champions at the Abacus Maths Association of South Africa (Amasa) championships recently, maths whizz kids Keshalya Singh and Dante Lazarus were selected t…
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Let’s heed Madiba’s call for planning: The community garden of Qibing collapsed never to rise again. South Africa is replete with Qibing-like community projects such as the drought that hit the Western Cape in the past season. We, therefor…
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New Ways to Address High-Risk Group of HIV Infected Women In South Africa Discussed: Socioeconomic problems that affect HIV risk in young women in South Africa are being targeted in two ways, Firstly the biological factors that modulate infection risk along with the early immunologic …
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Researchers believe South Africa has a microplastics problem: The dangers of plastics and more specifically microplastics is increasingly grabbing the world’s attention. A growing body of research shows that plastics and microplastics in the marine environment a…
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What the oldest drawing found in South Africa tells us about our human ancestors: Seventy-three-thousands years ago, one of our earliest common ancestors drew a series of lines in red ochre crayon on a stone flake. This simple figure belies the complexity of our homo sapien ancesto…
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Does South Africa have a microplastics problem? Our research says yes: (MENAFN – The Conversation) The dangers of plastics, and more specifically microplastics, is increasingly grabbing the world’s attention. A growing body of research shows that plastics and …
Source: “South Africa” – BingNews

South African rand enjoys strong week as Moody’s turns more upbeat: JOHANNESBURG: The rand was on course for gains of more than 2 percent against the dollar this week, despite some profit-taking on Friday, after Moody’s signalled it was unlikely to strip South Africa …
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