The land and its people
Mandela Rhodes Trust turns five
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- 12 September 2008
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation recently celebrated its fifth year, marking the festivity with achievements that its namesakes would be proud of.
Long walk immortalised in bronze
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- 27 August 2008
A three-metre-high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela, world statesman and South Africa's first democratically elected president, has been erected outside Victor Verster prison, where he took the last steps of his long walk to freedom.
Terry Pheto is worth it
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- 25 August 2008
Terry Pheto, the star of the South African Oscar-winning movie Tsotsi, has been named as the new face of international cosmetics house L'Oreal, marketing a new skincare collection developed for dark complexions.
SA still upbeat about the future
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- 15 July 2008
The FutureFact 2007 survey has revealed that South Africans are in general positive about their futures and that of the country.
The state of the nation
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- 14 July 2008
Statistics South Africa, the country’s national statistics board, has released the results of its annual general household survey, which reports on living conditions in South African homes and quality of service delivery in certain key sectors.
Global acclaim for SA film
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- 03 July 2008
A stirring documentary series about democracy, part of which was produced by SA-born Don Edkins, has been notching up international accolades since it made its screen debut in 2007.
Crime in SA still a challenge
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- 02 July 2008
The South African Police Services released its annual report on crime on 30 June 2008. In a media briefing Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula revealed that while robberies and hijackings increased, contact crime, including murder, showed a marked decrease.
