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Cape Town City Ballet
ArtslinkNews, South Africa - 1 hour ago
The Cape Town City Ballet presents Veronica Paeper’s 3 act ballet, The Merry Widow, from 10-25 May 2008 at Artscape Opera House. Following the great success

Times Colonist
Readers Respond: Victoria lessons from Cape Town’s waterfront
Times Colonist, Canada - 13 hours ago
I didn’t think I’d give Victoria a second thought on my recent holiday to Cape Town, South Africa. Instead, I thought of home often.
Five year energy plan for Cape Town
Athlone, South Africa - 20 hours ago
by Luyanda Makapela In an effort to save energy, the City of Cape Town is working on a comprehensive five-year energy plan to save at least 10 percent of
South Africa: Cape Town Unveils Air Pollution Awareness Campaign
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 22 hours ago
Free vehicle diesel emission testing stations are to be set up around Cape Town for three days, aimed at raising awareness around the importance of
Najwa returns from murder scene
SABC News, South Africa - 20 hours ago
Murder accused Najwa Petersen returned to her Cape Town home for the first time since her arrest early last year. She was taken to the house under police
Najwa returns home for court inspection Independent Online
Petersen goes home in chains The South African Star
Najwa sounded suspicious, cop testifies The Times
The South African Star

South Africa: Urbanisation Can Help Reduce Poverty
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 21 hours ago
Speaking on “Urban governance: lessons learned and challenges ahead - the case of Cape Town“, Ms Zille said crucial elements of economically-advantageous

AFP
Ten-match Lions rugby schedule in SAfrica unveiled
AFP - 14 hours ago
CAPE TOWN (AFP) — The British and Irish Lions are to play 10 matches on their tour of South Africa next year, including three Tests against the world
Lions snub for Newlands The Times
Lions to play 10 matches in 2009 tour of South Africa Reuters UK
SA to benefit financially from UK rugby tour SABC News
ic Wales - Guardian

Renting out to Hollywood
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 1 hour ago
Tanya Joubert, a director at Cape Town luxury accommodation agency Inhouse Properties, says that, over the last two months, movie production companies have

SuperSport
It’s the storm before the calm at Newlands
Independent Online, South Africa - 1 hour ago
It didn’t take long for the conspiracy theories to kick off in Cape Town ahead of the Super 14 clash between the Cheetahs and the Stormers at Newlands on
Rassie ready for familiar foes Keo.co.za
Rumours, secrecy and cameras SuperSport
Pressure on Stormers will be huge Business Day
The Times

DMO gives wings to tourism
Hermanus Times, South Africa - 7 hours ago
“This is the biggest domestic campaign Cape Town Routes Unlimited has ever undertaken. While recent brand research shows that the Western Cape destination

AME Info (press release)
Emirates defends contingency plans
Independent Online, South Africa - 14 hours ago
The Dubai-based airline, which launched in Cape Town just last month, could not be reached on Sunday. Emirates regional manager in southern Africa,
San Francisco marks second West-coast gateway for Emirates Easier (press release)

Pollution an urgent problem
Independent Online, South Africa - 22 hours ago
By Anel Powell The City of Cape Town is changing its “outdated” air pollution bylaw, which it says is “not hitting hard enough” at offenders who release

Business Line
The dark years
Business Line, India - 11 hours ago
From the jiving at the international jazz festival, the big music event of the year held in Cape Town, South Africa, it is a completely different change in
Can this RFU plot get any thicker?
Daily Mail, UK - 9 hours ago
Cape Town, where the Lions played their first match in South Africa more than a century ago, has been removed as a Test venue from next summer’s tour.
City’s draft budget open for comment
Helderberg.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
THE City of Cape Town’s draft budget of R19.8-billion for 2008/9, as well as its Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the next five years, are now open for
Online Travel Summit addresses major industry issues
Travel Wires, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Cape Town - Over 60 delegates from the travel industry attended the inaugural Online Travel Summit in Cape Town and they were not disappointed.
US citizen facing weapons smuggling charge
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 55 minutes ago
Marisa Ann Sketo-Kirsh (46) appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on two charges of importing and exporting ‘controlled goods that are classified as
We can eradicate tuberculosis in our lifetimes
Greenville News, SC - 1 hour ago
I had the privilege last November of participating in the 38th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
Lawyer calls for review of ‘tightly-worded’ MFMA
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 44 minutes ago
A leading Cape Town lawyer says government needs to review the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) with a view to improving service delivery and
Amajita fortify for friendly
Sowetan, South Africa - 1 hour ago
“I saw Bafana during the Metropolitan Cup in Cape Town during the Easter holidays, he was pretty good,” he said yesterday. Amajita could not secure the
City steps up hunt for worst traffic offenders
Athlone, South Africa - 20 hours ago
by City of Cape Town The City of Cape Town’s ten worst current traffic offenders have recorded over 717 warrants of arrest. According to the Chairperson of
Suburb’s water dries up
Helderberg.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
DistrictMail requested comment and an explanation for the problem, from the City of Cape Town’s Water Services division on Wednesday last week.
Evening at the theatre with Aviva Pelham will benefit new artists
Helderberg.com, South Africa - 9 hours ago
Diamond Diva with Aviva Pelham will be staged at the Artscape Opera House and also features the Voice of the National Ensemble, Cape Town City Ballet,
Agency Sales Executive
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 16 hours ago
To develop relationships and promote profitable business whilst projecting a positive image of Heart 104.9 Cape Town. The efficient and effective engagement
South Africa: Lanseria ‘Monopoly’ Irks Budget Carrier
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 22 hours ago
Kulula began operating flights from Lanseria, northwest of Johannesburg, in March 2006 with daily flights to Cape Town. In October last year the low-cost
Inflation: Forecasts develop slight fever
Business Report, South Africa - 2 hours ago
The bureau, based in Cape Town, said yesterday that analysts, business officials and labour union officials expected the CPIX (consumer price index minus
Akon and Fat Joe
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 18 hours ago
Two of the hottest hip hop artists, Akon and Fat Joe, are heading to South Africa for the Urban Music Festival in Johannesburg and Cape Town in April.
Sport24 plonkers and stars
News24.com, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Cape Town - After heated debate, flipping of coins and persuasion by mock strangulation, Sport24 have announced their Stars, Plonkers and Pictures for March
The bigger picture
Cyclingnews.com - 10 hours ago
It’s been six days now since the Cape Epic stage race wrapped up in Cape Town, South Africa. I’ve heard from the riders and staff that they are finally back
State gets Carmiche le to recall attack saga
Business Day, South Africa - 2 hours ago
CAPE TOWN — Photographer Alix Carmiche le, who was brutally assaulted and whose precedent-setting case changed common law principles relating to liability
From LL Bean to Brooks Brothers
Cape Cod Today, MA - 11 hours ago
Fifteen of the nineteen appointed members are appointed by the Cape’s towns. Appointments are made by the board of selectmen (town manager in Barnstable)to
Cop called to testify in Terry Norton case
The South African Star, South Africa - 18 hours ago
The Cape Town magistrate’s court has at the 11th hour summoned a colleague of the Metro Police officer accused of manhandling actress Terry Norton on Camps

Kickoff
Dipsy hoping for Cosmos win
Football365.co.za, South Africa - 18 hours ago
Ajax Cape Town’s Dipsy Selolwane is hoping for a Santos slip-up against Jomo Cosmos on Friday night. Ajax need Santos to lose if they are to hold on to any
Nahayo, Gould out of Santos’ clash Kickoff
Fighting on Sowetan

Get involved in 2010
City Vision, South Africa - 18 hours ago
I was taking a walk at the grounds of the University of Cape Town when I saw workmen and tractors digging a once normal football pitch.
News Editor
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 23 hours ago
The news editor will be expected to write and edit stories, as well as manage the news team in Joburg and Cape Town. Writing promos, captions and reviews
Account Manager
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 23 hours ago
This account is run out of both Cape Town and Johannesburg and the successful candidate will be based in our Johannesburg office, located in Bryanston.
More blackouts on cards for wasteful Cape
Independent Online, South Africa - 15 hours ago
The Western Cape has not even met half its 10 percent target of what it should be saving on electricity usage to avoid load-shedding.
Cape Town GP bid ‘on brink’ of collapse AutoCorse.it
Lifestyle changes vital to achieve 10% energy reduction Athlone
South Africa: ‘We’re Advancing in War On Crime’ AllAfrica.com

Stairway to heaven at Teahouse
Tonight, South Africa - 37 minutes ago
I recall joining the crowds at Cape Town’s city hall to listen to the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Emeritus Tutu call for non-violence and dialogue on Tibet.
EU pumps 107m euros into local water project
Business Report, South Africa - 1 hour ago
By Donwald Pressly Cape Town - The EU has committed €107 million (R1.3 billion) to the Masibambane project for fast-tracking delivery of water and
Town unites after murder
Hermanus Times, South Africa - 11 hours ago
David Rattray was murdered on his KwaZulu-Natal farm by armed robbers and when theatre producer Taliep Petersen was killed at his home in Cape Town.
In South Africa, This Dead Man Does Tell Tales
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago
When “Sizwe Banzi” was first devised and performed in Cape Town, and later brought to London and New York, the white government that had imposed apartheid
Hermanus voted best
Hermanus Times, South Africa - 7 hours ago
the festive atmosphere in town and a glittering flower-studded welcoming function made Hermanus the first choice of the Absa Cape Epic riders and their
Hermanus teams do well in Absa Cape Epic Hermanus Times

Villar to raise food, poverty woes during IPU assembly
Tempo, Philippines - 4 hours ago
Villar, as Senate President, leads the Senate delegation to the 118th IPU Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. He is set to deliver a speech supplementing
Villar to ask IPU for help in solving poverty, food crisis Manila Bulletin


ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News
South African Bonds Fall Before Central Bank Decision on Rates
Bloomberg - 21 hours ago
“A rate hike now would do more harm than good,” said Deon van Zyl, head of fixed income at Metropolitan Asset Management in Cape Town.
Mboweni hikes rates as inflation risks remain Business Report
Property stocks fall on rates doubts iAfrica.com
South African Central Bank Increases Key Rate by Half Point Bloomberg

THE BLAAUWBERG BEACH HOTEL The public can buy shares in the hotel
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 7 hours ago
Shares in the hotel, to be developed on the Blouberg waterfront, near Cape Town, will be opened up to the public and will be sold in the UK and in South
Exports up – time for a wine show
Grape, South Africa - 11 hours ago
Export buoyancy does augur well for Cape Wine 2008, the biennial industry showcase to the international market, which takes place in Cape Town in September
South Africa: Men for Change Launched in EC
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 14 hours ago
King William’s Town - The newly unveiled Men for Change campaign is expected to help build a nation that defines peace and security in the Eastern Cape,

Kickoff
D’Avray for Sundowns?
Kickoff, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Mamelodi Sundowns could be about to secure a sensational return to South African football for former Moroka Swallows and Cape Town Spurs coach Mich D’Avray.

MSN India
Exploring rock art in South Africa
MSN India, India - 1 hour ago
Professor John Parkington from the University of Cape Town says that the rock art could be anywhere from a few hundred years old to twenty five thousand
Sacramento Filled with Delicious Delights
The Sacramento Union, CA - 5 hours ago
who also owned Sam’s Town, the legendary and now-absent restaurant and entertainment center in Cameron Park. Regarding Stan’s Drive-In, Cape,
Sushi City
The Times, South Africa - 2 hours ago
(also in Illovo) never disappoints and Tank in Cape Town has managed to achieve the best mix between trendy, gourmet dining and traditional Japanese tastes.
Speaker departs for attending IPU Assembly
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 2 hours ago
Dhaka, Apr 10, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) — – Speaker Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar this (Thursday) morning left for Cape Town in South
Bangladesh speaker to attend Inter-Parliamentary meet Thaindian.com
South Africa: One Vote Gives ANC Top Cape Council
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours ago
He said the ANC was by far the biggest party in Stellenbosch and that the town had lagged in joining the new South Africa. He said the ANC was mindful of
Planners to gather in Joburg
Joburg, South Africa - 18 hours ago
planning and geomatics at the University of Cape Town; and Christine Platt, the president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners in South Africa.
Wrightsville Beach rejects bus plans
StarNewsOnline.com, NC - 6 hours ago
Thursday night, the town’s board of aldermen unanimously rejected the three proposals from the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority, better known as
WAVE Transit public hearing set for tonight Lumina News

Self belief gets Portia to the top
Helderberg.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
After school they sent her to college in Cape Town where she completed a massage and reflexology course and after this employed her at the SSISA.

Lumina News
Beach Access No. 33 signed, sealed, delivered
Lumina News, NC - 14 hours ago
Whalen said the Cape Fear Chapter of Surfrider Foundation had agreed to contribute $15000 of the $25000 purchase price, and the town would contribute $10000
Orleans police press case for new station
Cape Cod Times, MA - 1 hour ago
Cape Cod Times/Merrily Lunsford By Susan Milton ORLEANS — The latest thing to break in the Orleans police station was the system that records all incoming
Green Point stadium ‘on track’
Sunday Independent, South Africa - 15 hours ago
It was earlier reported that most of the city’s transport projects needed to support 2010 World Cup venues in Cape Town, including the Klipfontein and
South Africa: Vodacom’s Andre Beyers Goes Solo
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours ago
Beyers’ obvious flair for marketing attracted the attention of advertising man Len van Zyl, and he joined Lindsay Smithers Cape Town (now Draftfcb) in a
Galleries, April 11 - 18
Wicked Local Provincetown, MA - 12 hours ago
Cape Cod Art Association “The Places We Go” through April 20. Mike Helfen, photos and paintings, through April 13. Students of Laurence MacArthur Elementary
Music listings April 11-18 Wicked Local Provincetown

South African Circus Works To End Segregation
Huffington Post, NY - 16 hours ago
Twelve-year-old Andiswa Nkebendu, raised by her mother in the notorious Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, had never heard of such a thing.

New York Times
Antiques and Classic New England Peace and Quiet
New York Times, United States - 5 hours ago
A town of Colonials, ponds and deep woods, Woodbury sits in the southernmost part of Litchfield County, and — most significant for potential second-home
Kids show disgust for violence
City Vision, South Africa - 20 hours ago
Western Cape Police Forum Board, the South African Police Service, the Department of Community Safety. the City of Cape Town and Come and Play and
Entrepreneur seeks even more success
City Vision, South Africa - 18 hours ago
Born and bred in the Eastern Cape, Rani came to Cape Town in 1996 to get a tertiary education and pursue a career in teaching. The entrepreneurial seed was
York Town Column — April 10
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 21 hours ago
Those who want to attend should meet at the parking lot across from the Center for Wildlife on Mountain Road in Cape Neddick. FMI call 361-1821.
New strategies needed to organise the ICT sector
Union Network International, Switzerland - 15 hours ago
In an address to the UNI Communicators Forum meeting in Cape Town 9 - 11 April 2008, Deputy President of the South African communications union Karthi
Write to Know
Cape Cod Times, MA - 1 hour ago
Write your problem, giving as much information as possible, and send it to: Write to Know, Cape Cod Times, 319 Main St., Hyannis, MA 02601 or e-mail
Around town: Signs of spring
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 21 hours ago
In a ceremony held at Cape Cod Academy, eight students were inducted to the Cum Laude Society. The honor recognizes superior academic achievement,
Uganda: South Africans for KCB Rally
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 21 hours ago
Jon finished ninth, but just 57 seconds off the pace in last weekend’s rally in Cape Town. He beat a Subaru N14 by six minutes and a Subaru N 12 by two
Calendar - Art
Fall River Herald News, USA - 15 hours ago
HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY will be hosting “Thoreau’s Cape Cod” a video presentation and book signing by photographer Scot Miller along with a
Some enchanted evening
Cape Cod Times, MA - 1 hour ago
By Gwenn Friss With gentlemen in tuxedo tails and ladies in gowns swirling beneath the twinkle of tiny white lights, the Emerald Room at the Cape Codder
South Africa: Mobile Marketing And the Rules of Engagement
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours ago
As an example, a tourist could request a video via his or her mobile phone while standing on the Grand Parade in Cape Town and view the first speech given
Smith back to lead Cheetahs
Super 14, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Naka Drotske has made only one change to the side that beat the Reds last weekend for Saturday’s Super 14 encounter with the Stormers in Cape Town.
ECHO wins the Emirates Airline contract
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 16 hours ago
CTICC and featuring a world-class performance by Johnny Clegg, was a fitting launch pad for the Emirates Airlines direct route from Dubai to Cape Town.
RCMP still looking for slain children’s father
Cape Breton Post, Canada - 6 hours ago
Residents also didn’t get many answers when they attended a town hall meeting today about the murders of three children. Officials at the meeting claimed
Santos to reach the top?
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 11 minutes ago
Team’ are just three points behind ‘Matsatsantsa’ and could join them on 44 points if they manage to overcome a stubborn Cosmos side in Cape Town.
South Africa Mine Production Declines on Power Crisis (Update1)
Bloomberg - 19 hours ago
due to the power shortage,” said Andrew Joannou, who helps manage the equivalent of $390 million at Renaissance Specialist Fund Managers in Cape Town.
UN praises Mbeki
Independent Online, South Africa - 17 hours ago
Leonie Caroline, regional director of the Black Sash in Cape Town, said the law would help address the problem of child-headed households as it made
The Yanivs
Ha’aretz, Israel - 16 hours ago
The study contains a desk, computer, red chair and African mask (”I lugged it all the way from Cape Town” - Einat). In the bedroom is a double bed,
Massachusetts School Evacuated After Boy Brings Grenade for Show
FOXNews - 16 hours ago
School principal Kevin Depin tells the Cape Cod Times school officials didn’t believe it was dangerous but called town police and fire departments as a
Exchanges on the Interchange
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 22 hours ago
Plymouth Rock Studios’ proposal to site a 350-acre movie studio campus within the 1000 acres of town-owned land in South Plymouth requires a new Route 25
Hickman strikes it rich
Delaware Coast Press, DE - 22 hours ago
In either case, the Sussex County native was aboard the sailing ship when it cleared Cape Henlopen in March, 1849. Ahead lay California and the gold fields.
Briefly: New voter registration scheduled, Pop Warner seeks
Pembroke Mariner & Reporter, MA - 16 hours ago
Raffles, door prizes, a silent auction, beer tasting by Cape Cod Beer Co. and a food tasting competition will round out the evening.

Malaysia Sun
Zimbabwe Election Commission’s Secret Re-location Sparks Speculation
Voice of America - 4 hours ago
Mark Fungano is a Zimbabwean political analyst at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He tells reporter Peter Clottey that the delay in announcing
Zimbabwe: Senior War Vets Join Regional And Global Criticism of Mugabe AllAfrica.com
South African leader’s low-key approach under fire Toronto Star
Mugabe can save himself by stepping down, says Tutu Ecumenical News International
News briefs
Wicked Local Marion, MA - 15 hours ago
The annual town meeting is scheduled for May 12 and 13, and, if needed, May 14. BOURNE – Winter semester at Upper Cape Tech Adult Education registration is
Screen Queen - April 11, 2008
Tonight, South Africa - 36 minutes ago
It’s set in Cape Town, which makes a pleasant change, with locations like Sea Point, the Docks, the Waterfront and Mitchells Plain, as well as on the West

Canada.com
Another great start for Rose at Masters
Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours ago
Immelman played a very tidy round with no bogeys and two birdies on each side, a major reversal of form for the 28-year-old from Cape Town, who has missed
Japanese carmarker backs SA re-entry with R106m investment
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 1 hour ago
Dealerships are planned for all main centres, such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, East London and Bloemfontein and, by year-end,
Swallows still seething after loss
Sowetan, South Africa - 1 hour ago
Their first victims are likely to be title-chasing Ajax Cape Town, whom they meet at Germiston Stadium on Sunday at 5pm. The Birds’ general manager,
Faciliites management company increases energy efficiencies
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 1 hour ago
It is significant that, in the smaller economic centres of Cape Town and Durban, that it is in the multinational company headquarters where the value of FM
Electricity crisis creates nurturing environment for accelerated Creamer Media’s Engineering News

Lawmakers should moderate their greed
Manila Standard Today, Philippines - 2 hours ago
No less than 11 members of the House of Representatives and nine senators are going to Cape Town, South Africa. It’s the most expensive place in the African
State policy lurks at the root of inequality
Business Report, South Africa - 2 hours ago
This was clearly shown at a seminar in Cape Town last weekend. Hosted by the left-wing magazine Amandla, it featured high-powered speakers, including local

Mail & Guardian Online
ANC dumps Mbeki line
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa told a gathering of business people in Somerset West outside Cape Town that quiet diplomacy did not work and “Mugabe was
AP Weekly News Calendar
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 3 hours ago
AP CAPE TOWN, South Africa _ About 140 national Parliaments from around the world gather for the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly. Through April 18.
UB to host world’s biggest space party
University at Buffalo The Spectrum, NY - 3 hours ago
The event spread to cities such as Dublin, London, Istanbul, Vancouver, Boston and Cape Town. This year, UB will join what has snowballed into 168 parties

The Standard
Super 14: Sharks and Crusaders are still the ones to beat - bring
Sportingo, Israel - 4 hours ago
The Stormers had a very successful tour of Australia and New Zealand, picking up three wins from four games but Cape Town has not been a happy hunting
Crusaders to test reserve depth Independent Online

Origins of place names (13)
News Today Online, Philippines - 24 minutes ago
Iloilo City – When the Spaniards arrived, they discovered a small fishing village at a cape jutting out towards the sea like a nose (irong).
My Weekend: Darren Maule
The Times, South Africa - 6 hours ago
Cape Town. So totally in touch with the mountain and the ocean, you know. I’d stay at The Grace or The Cullinan and we’re talking about the whole deal here.
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