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US tenor woos Cape Town fans
The Times, South Africa - 17 hours ago
The celebrated star — in Cape Town to sing the title role in Jules Massenet’s opera, Werther, from next week — is also available to meet fans who would like
Cape Town slashes councillors’ debt
Independent Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
By Lindsay Dentlinger Speaker of the city council Dirk Smit says a more “hands-on approach” by him has led to a major reduction in money councillors owe the
Brown’s latest arrest lawful, says court
Independent Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
The application was filed against the DPP, DSO, Cape Town Magistrate Vusi Mhlanga and senior magistrate Sam Maku. Today Judge Fourie also decided that Brown
Brown’s counsel disappointed at court ruling SABC News
Arrest warrant for fidentia man valid Citizen


GulfNews
Waubonsie Valley students plan for South Africa trip
Naperville Sun, IL - 6 hours ago
On June 4, 17 students will travel to Cape Town, South Africa, for two weeks. Getting to this point has been a journey. As we worked all year to make our
Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people in South Medecins Sans Frontieres
Xenophobic Terror in South Africa Media For Freedom
SOUTH AFRICA: Violence ‘under control’ as exodus gathers pace Monday Morning
Monsters and Critics.com - Sowetan

iAfrica.com
Jack Bauer in Cape Town
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 6 hours ago
The movie premieres in the US on Sunday, 23 November and the buzz surrounding its filming’s begun in Cape Town at the unfinished bridge over the Eastern
Neil Fraser on Sapoa conference Joburg
Marketing South Africa as an adventure tourism heaven Travel Wires

Somali traders in S.Africa march against attacks
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 2 hours ago
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Hundreds of mostly Somali traders marched to the South African parliament on Monday to protest against recent
Cape Town Approves 20% Hike in Price
Cape Business News, South Africa - 17 hours ago
The City of Cape Town has approved an average 20% increase in its electricity tariff, based on the National Energy Regulator’s (NERSA’s) approval of Eskom’s
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South Africa: Cape Company’s Ship Comes in
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
CAPE Town-based Resource Ballast Technologies (RBT) said last week it had secured an exclusive licence agreement with Norway-based Wilhelmsen Maritime
Registers set up to reunite families
Independent Online, South Africa - 5 hours ago
By Ashley Keyser The plan by the Cape Town’s Disaster Management to use refugee registries to help locate missing relatives has potential for harm,
South Africa: Yar’Adua Addresses Parliament Tuesday
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 10 hours ago
Yar’Adua is expected in Cape Town today. A government statement in Cape Town stated that Yar’Adua and his host, President Thabo Mbeki, would address the
Mbeki to host Nigeria’s Umari Yar’Adua SABC News
Nigerian’s state visit overshadowed by SAfrica violence AFP
10 Nigerians Nabbed for Killing South African AngolaPress
BuaNews Online (press release)

South Africa: WEF Convenes in SA, Tackles Migration
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
They were speaking ahead of the WEF on Africa, which opens in Cape Town on Wednesday and will be attended by about 800 business and political leaders from
South Africa: We Just Wanted Stuff, Say Looters
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 1 hour ago
“If you ask me why we did it here in Cape Town, it’s just because we saw it on TV. For me I didn’t mind getting all that free stuff.” His friend, also 19,
South Africa: Temporary Lane Closures at Hospital Bend in CT
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 4 hours ago
The City of Cape Town has warned motorists that some inbound lanes at Hospital Bend (N2 right hand lane, and M3 inbound left hand lanes) will be closed to
WEF aims to highlight Africa potential despite clouds
Africasia, UK - 5 hours ago
Political and business leaders gather in Cape Town this week for a World Economic Forum designed to highlight Africa’s economic potential despite concerns
18th World Economic Forum on Africa - Capitalizing on Opportunity eGov monitor


iAfrica.com
Naspers to Auction South African Internet Service Provider MWEB
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
“MWEB is planning to invest in wireless broadband,” Cape Town-based Naspers said in a stock exchange statement today. “This strategy, focusing on
Naspers Initiates an Auction Process for the MWEB Business FOXBusiness

IT boffin from Bay makes it big as a novelist
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 9 hours ago
He moved to Cape Town in 1983, but regularly returns to Port Elizabeth to visit his parents, who still live in the same house in which he grew up.
South Africa’s handling of displaced migrants under fire (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - 40 minutes ago
In Johannesburg and Cape Town many sought shelter in police stations, churches and civic centres. Authorities in Gauteng province, where Johannesburg is
Radio boss accused of theft to tune of R13m
The Times, South Africa - 18 hours ago
and ladies man” known for his jokes and ready smile has been unmasked as the alleged mastermind of a massive fraud at a Cape Town radio station.
Tamar launches Lifeline Charity
Netimperative, UK - 6 hours ago
The Tamar Lifeline Charity has been set up as a registered charity by staff from the London, Shanghai and Cape Town offices who volunteer their time to help
Tee-rific news for Durbanites! BJ and Baby Bop to join Barney at
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 6 hours ago
So make sure you reserve your stand at the upcoming baby expo in Durban and Cape Town with info@exposuremarketing.co.za. It’s the perfect platform for your
Alone I can’t .. but together we can
South African Film News (press release), South Africa - 7 hours ago
Conceptualised and produced by Lowe Bull Cape Town and directed by the Bomb’s Teboho Mahlatsi of Yizo Yizo fame, the commercial draws inspiration from
Mutharika flies to South Africa
Nyasa Times, Malawi - 20 hours ago
President Bingu Mutharika has left Yokohama, Japan for Cape Town, South Africa where he is expected to join other African leaders to attend the World
Amakwerekwere memories: ‘The police — they just laugh at us’
Thought Leader, South Africa - 3 hours ago
They’ve been in Cape Town for about five years. The previous Thursday they were on their way from their car-washing job to the Claremont station when a few
Movie Review - Jannat
Tonight, South Africa - 7 hours ago
And with latter portions of the film shot in Cape Town, it couldn’t have created a greater pull for SA film buffs. Did I mention that it features newcomer

Monsters and Critics.com
Resettlement of fearful refugees fails in South Africa
Monsters and Critics.com - 22 hours ago
People affected by the violence said at the weekend that it was continuing in Cape Town, and there were death threats and intimidation in Johannesburg and
Displaced Somalis in South Africa ask to be armed or given asylum African Path


Scrum.com
Wales chasing another historic chapter
Planet Rugby, UK - 9 hours ago
It was fitting that Wales, whose tour of South Africa has been under a constant cloud since preparations began in earnest, arrived in Cape Town under heavy
JONES SET FOR WALES RETURN Sportinglife.co.za
De Villiers ready for Dragons’ fire Keo.co.za
Wales coach Gatland chooses Jones over Hook for Springboks Test The Canadian Press
Sky News - ic Wales

Anti-Afrophobia
African Path, MN - 2 hours ago
It has been well documented that most of the actual violence in Cape Town had very little to do with hatred for foreign Africans and everything to do with
ECape TB patients in protest
Citizen, South Africa - 5 hours ago
CAPE TOWN - The Eastern Cape health department has condemned a protest by tuberculosis patients that disrupted a ceremony at East London’s Fort Grey TB
Gatland counts on experience for first Springbok test
International Herald Tribune, France - 12 minutes ago
By Zelim Nel Reuters CAPE TOWN: Wales coach Warren Gatland was able to name an experienced side for Saturday’s first test against world champions South

Javno.hr
Top judge accused of meddling in Zuma corruption case
guardian.co.uk, UK - 59 minutes ago
as principled upholder of judicial independence and integrity may not have been served by these events,” they said in a letter to a Cape Town newspaper.
Tony Leon and the ‘constitutional vandals’ Independent Online
Parties: Hlophe must step down News24
Hlophe complaint ‘very serious’ News24.com
Independent Online - Independent Online

Rugby-SANZAR to adopt two new laws for Tri-Nations games
Reuters.uk, UK - 48 minutes ago
CAPE TOWN, June 2 (Reuters) - Two of rugby’s experimental new laws will be used in Tri-Nations matches, southern hemisphere rugby bosses said on Monday.
Constantia and Pinelands restitution imminent
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 10 hours ago
bid for redress is drawing to a close with the imminent release of prime land in Constantia and Pinelands in Cape Town for restitution purposes.
HR Officer
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 6 hours ago
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a comprehensive service in Human Resources in the Cape Town branch.
South Africa: WC Hailed for Reintegration of Displaced Foreign
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 7 hours ago
The deputy president was accompanied by the Ministers of Public Works and of Arts and Culture, the Premier of the Western Cape, Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille,
Guts, but no glory as Solomons falls short
Independent Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
But on the night he was still too good for the Cape Town trier, though Solomons can still carry his head high. He was beaten but not bowed.
Rendition (Cert 15) Cinema Review
Warrington Guardian,  UK - 12 hours ago
Set in Cape Town in Africa, the story unfolds after an American envoy is killed in a terrorist bombing. An investigation leads to an Egyptian professional,
South Africa: Why Victims of Oppression Turned Into Vicious Killers
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 6 hours ago
The orgy of attacks started in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg on May 11, spreading to the outskirts of Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and Eastern Cape.
South Africa: Private Sector Short-Changed in Bid to ‘Save Jobs’
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
Since we’re talking fallacies, it’s also about time Cape Town’s rapidly dwindling pack of estate agents stopped advertising buy-to-rent apartments as
Bortolami ruled out for six weeks
The Press Association - 33 minutes ago
The Gloucester lock was one of several experienced Azzurri squad members left out of the party to play world champions South Africa in Cape Town on June 21

Sydney Morning Herald
Long Way Down
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago
(25000 kilometres) is just as colourful as they ride from John o’Groats at the northern tip of the Scottish mainland to Cape Town in South Africa.
A pasta infusion in Falmouth
Boston Globe, United States - 9 hours ago
This is big news for this little Upper Cape town. Even bigger news: All three are thriving. For summer dining on the Cape, there couldn’t be a more
View from the Couch: Hansie - where did it all go wrong?
Independent, UK - 3 hours ago
It took place during the mid 1990s during a holiday in Cape Town, not long after Mandela acceded the government of FW de Klerk. My father was at a one-day
“Africa has an opportunity to become a global player”
afrol News, Norway - 4 hours ago
afrol News, 2 June - Leading to the 18th World Economic Forum commencing in Cape Town, South Africa, 4-5 June, world economic leaders say the time is for
Report reveals good news for South African property market
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 1 hour ago
The following major cities are covered - Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria - and all free standing and
Information the most important tool for planning trips in Africa
Travel Wires, South Africa - 9 hours ago
Cape Town – Travel in Africa has always come with a range of variable challenges. But travel management specialists and business travellers should take care
SACP took large donations in cash, says ex-president Madisha
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 9 hours ago
Cape Town – The SACP has on several occasions taken large donations in cash in order to foil its creditors, according to former Cosatu president Willie
Somalis urge govt to intensify aid efforts
SABC News, South Africa - 49 minutes ago
A heavy police contingent was deployed to the Cape Town CBD today where hundreds of foreign nationals marched through Buitekant and Roeland streets making
Smith should be fit for Eng
News24.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
Cape Town - South African cricket captain Graeme Smith has aggravated his hamstring injury but he should be fit by the time the first Test match against
Jazz Diplomacy - Interview with Detroit Gary Wiggins
Cultural Diplomacy News, Germany - 2 hours ago
Maybe if I get around to it I would like to get to Cape Town, but from what I understand that’s not really Africa as the greater population knows it so it
Foschini Readies Itself for Tougher Times
Cape Business News, South Africa - 17 hours ago
CAPE TOWN-based Foschini Group is well placed to weather the current economic downturn and is set to continue the above average growth trend achieved over
Reintegration period ‘indeterminate’
Cape Times (subscription), South Africa - 15 minutes ago
“While Cape Town had its system in place 24 hours after the violence broke out, the ANC-governed cities took almost four weeks to start implementing the
Top judge denies interference allegations
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 26 minutes ago
‘It is inconceivable that a single judge sitting in Cape Town can influence 11 judges in the highest court of the land. I must be a very powerful person.
Zille: DA will fight Expropriation Bill
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 3 hours ago
Briefing the media in Cape Town, Zille said the fact that DA MP Sydney Opperman last week staged a walkout during public hearings on the measure does not
Chris to Rock South Africa
SABC News, South Africa - 55 minutes ago
Rock’s sold out show will kick off in Durban tomorrow, and with other performances following later in Cape Town on June 4 and 5. Rock will wrap his tour in
Truth in humour? Independent Online

Photographing evil in S.Africa’s townships
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 23 hours ago
Then, the attacks spread down to Cape Town and east to the port city of Durban. The explosion of deadly anger dealt a blow to the international image of a
Welcome in Bok pressure cooker
News24.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
The first group arrived from Cape Town. Among them were De Villiers and Gary Gold, coach of the forwards. Percy Montgomery, Luke Watson, Jean de Villiers,
Telkom South Africa Gains on Talks With Vodafone, Mvelaphanda
Bloomberg - 46 minutes ago
coming out,” Rajay Ambekar, an analyst at Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management, which manages about $7.3 billion, said by phone from Cape Town today.
S. Africans dominate festival
Variety, CA - 18 hours ago
Festival director Mandisa Zitha said this year’s event, which runs in Johannesburg June 19-29 and Cape Town July 3-13, would touch on a broad range of
SABC board told to go
Independent Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
Mpofu might even travel to Cape Town on Tuesday for the communication minister’s budget vote in parliament, Kganyago said. - Sapa.
Township children join choirs at performance
ic Wales, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
Children from the Fezeka School Choir in Cape Town’s Gugulethu township are joining Salisbury Community Choir and Salisbury Cathedral Youth Choir to perform
South African Manufacturing Index Declines on Prices (Update1)
Bloomberg - 6 hours ago
The seasonally adjusted index fell to 49.1 last month from 54.1 in April, Cape Town-based Investec Asset Management said in an e-mail today.
Xenophobia victim’s wife and son lost
Independent Online, South Africa - 6 hours ago
So, the man who has lived in Cape Town for five months ran. When he didn’t see his family at the police station, he tried to go back to Philippi.
South Africa: Children Need to be Better Protected Against Pornography
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 7 hours ago
The research was conducted among learners aged between 13 and 17 in randomly selected schools in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
Asian Stocks Gain, Led by BHP; National Australia Bank Drops
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
“The long-term story of commodities is still massive,” Scott Campbell, Cape Town-based director of fund management at MitonOptimal Asset Management,

Sky News
New Zealand add six new faces to their squad
Times Online, UK - 17 hours ago
Jones keeps James Hook on the bench when the grand-slam winners travel to Bloem-fontein from their Cape Town base. Warren Fury, the third-choice London
Read the glaring omission Stuff.co.nz

Parliament police line given a jolt
Independent Online, South Africa - 4 hours ago
on the part of government during the crisis, especially President Thabo Mbeki, Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool, and Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille.
Super 14 team of the tournament
Planet Rugby, UK - 24 minutes ago
Jantjes revived his career with a move to Cape Town and Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus certainly got his money’s worth from the former Lions player.
Funnyman Chris Rock campaigns for children
Sowetan, South Africa - 40 minutes ago
He will be appearing in Durban at the ICC Arena on June 3rd; Cape Town at Grand West Arena on the 4th & 5th June; Johannesburg at the Carnival Big Top Arena
Delta Inaugurates Nine International Flights in 10 Days
Primenewswire (press release), CA - 1 hour ago
Guyana (June 1); direct to Cape Town, South Africa via Dakar, Senegal (June 3); nonstop to Cairo, Egypt (June 4); nonstop to Malaga, Spain (June 4);

ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News
BJM tops SA rankings for investment analysts
ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News, South Africa - 1 hour ago
In addition to representation in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and George, the Company has subsidiaries in London and Stamford, Connecticut.
We are African
Thought Leader, South Africa - 2 hours ago
Steve Biko’s two children, first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town and one of four MDs of the World Bank, made an impassioned plea.

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
CAC to Screen Graffiti Documentary
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 2 hours ago
Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Cape Town South Africa, Sao Paulo Brazil, Tokyo Japan and back to Los Angeles, California.
Masters & Savant Worldwide blend 3D and 2D animation for FoxP2’s
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 2 hours ago
Says Masters & Savant Worldwide Cape Town creative director Reto Reolon, “Our aim was to bring the scenes to life, adding depth and dimension to the

News24.com
Rob Houwing joins Sport24
News24.com, South Africa - 2 hours ago
Cape Town - Former Sports Illustrated and Wisden Cricketer editor, Rob Houwing, has joined Sport24 as chief writer. And publisher and editor, Andrew “Tank”

PinkNews.co.uk
Gays excluded from HIV work in Uganda
PinkNews.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
Three months ago the former Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu joined 120 Christian and Jewish leaders in a call to the
Nauseb, Santos part ways
Kickoff, South Africa - 3 hours ago
Nauseb, who has regularly captained Namibia in recent years, made a huge impact at Kaizer Chiefs 10 years ago before moving to Hellenic, Ajax Cape Town and
Xenophobic attacks to top SA/Nigeria agenda
SABC News, South Africa - 7 hours ago
when he would also address a joint session of Parliament. He was also expected to address the World Economic Forum being hosted in Cape Town. - Sapa.
Prudential Portfolio Managers (South Africa) chooses FundReports
Bobsguide (press release), UK - 6 hours ago
FundWorks SA is pleased to announce that Prudential Portfolio Managers (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (“Prudential”) based in Cape Town has licensed and will be
White backs Boks against Wales
Planet Rugby, UK - 7 hours ago
Wales arrived in South Africa on Friday and, like the Springboks have been preparing in the surrounds of Cape Town before heading up to the Free State for
Bollywood Films - June 2, 2008
Tonight, South Africa - 7 hours ago
JANNAT: Shot in Cape Town, the story revolves around Arjun, an ambitious young man, who progresses from playing in small-time card games to becoming a
Photogenic cityscapes
Tonight, South Africa - 7 hours ago
The shoot will be spread around Durban, Cape Town and Joburg and the cast and crew will be here for about 40 days,” Maharaj explains. Of his other projects,
The gods of greed
guardian.co.uk, UK - 17 hours ago
The modern world not only means that we can keep in touch by email with our cousins in Cape Town and buy an agreeable Malbec from an Argentinian vineyard in
Liver patient is now queen of her own castle
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 9 hours ago
She received a liver at the Red Cross Children‘s Hospital in Cape Town on February 15, 2006, and a follow-up portal vein operation two months later.
Great season of mixed fortunes
Sowetan, South Africa - 9 hours ago
They sold top strikers Fanyana Dhladhla to Mamelodi Sundowns and Sifiso Vilakazi to Ajax Cape Town. But the other prolific strikers in Diyo Sibisi,
Amajita up their tempo
Sowetan, South Africa - 9 hours ago
These include George Maluleke, Kermit Erasmus (both with SuperSport United), Ramahlwe Mphahlele (Moroka Swallows) and Dylon Claasen (Ajax Cape Town).
Mustang celebrates SCIBS success
Sail World, Australia - 14 hours ago
Hong Kong, Dubai, Cape Town and Miami. Since the buyout earlier this year, the Mustang team has grown to around 100 people, including CEO, Chris Heaton,

Maui News
Grains of insight from the sand man
Maui News, HI - 16 hours ago
black sand beaches of Hawaii are created after lava cools to form basalt rock that erodes from the pounding surf; and quartz sand from Cape Town,
The South African Genocide; World not doing enough
Zimbabwejournalists.com, UK - 16 hours ago
By Julius Sai Mutyambizi-Dewa I WAS speaking to my childhood friend who has settled in Cape Town on Saturday 24 May 2008. A person who is lawfully settled
Holy Land: Archbishop Tutu condemns world silence on Gaza blockade
Independent Catholic News, UK - 18 hours ago
The retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town said the international community’s “silence and complicity, especially on the situation in Gaza, shames us all”
Boxing In South Africa: Mabuza Retains, Makepula Dethroned in IBO
SaddoBoxing.com - 20 hours ago
in the 12th and final round while South African Heavyweight Champ Osborne “Big Daddy” Machimana, 16-5-1 (12), halted Cape Town’s Miyan Solomons,
South Africa camps not fit for displaced migrants: Oxfam
U.S. Daily, ca - 23 hours ago
By Reuters A woman carries a child during a demonstration against the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town May 31, 2008.
Insurance bill might be delayed
Business Day, South Africa - 10 hours ago
CAPE TOWN — The treasury has been given a week by Parliament’s finance committee to consult with the insurance industry over the proposed Insurance Laws
Information bill makes new rules for state documents
Business Day, South Africa - 10 hours ago
CAPE TOWN — All state documents classified before May 10 1994 will automatically be declassified if they do not conform with the principles of proposed new
SAA costs SA Rugby R3m
News24.com, South Africa - 14 hours ago
Cape Town - A failure by South African Airways to sign their sponsorship contract with SA Rugby has already cost the World Champions R3m this year,
Six of the best are back against all odds
Sunday Independent, South Africa - 8 hours ago
Recovery from that and a move to Cape Town revitalised the player and at the age of 28 he is in his prime. His positional play has never been better and his

SA2010 Government Website
> LOC chief rounds off China, Australia tours
SA2010 Government Website, South Africa - 6 hours ago
29 May 2008 - The 2010 Fifa World Cup™ draw will be held in Cape Town, city mayor Helen Zille said on Wednesday. 28 May 2008 - Fifa President Sepp Blatter

Indian firm gets nod to importAIDS drug
Business Day, South Africa - 10 hours ago
CAPE TOWN — Pharmaceutical giant Merck’s South African subsidiary, Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD), has granted licences to the local operations of Indian firm

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