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Madiba Jive song included on World Cup album

Madiba Jive song included on World Cup album The song that made former president Nelson Mandela stand up and jive shortly after he was released from prison 20 years ago has been revamped and sung by international superstars for the official World Cup album. The song Sekunjalo Ke Nako, meaning 'Now ...

Category:Music

Madiba meets Bafana Bafana

Madiba meets Bafana Bafana Nelson Mandela met Bafana Bafana's World Cup team at the Nelson Mandela Foundation offices in Johannesburg on Thursday 3 June to wish the team well for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Wearing a Bafana Bafana jersey carrying the captain's number "4", Mandela arr ...

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Make World Cup opening party plans now!

Make World Cup opening party plans now! Where will you be on 11 June 2010!? Just because you are a continent away from Soccer City in South Africa on the opening day of the World Cup, does not mean that you should not celebrate this epic achievement! It’s a celebration for all of Africa – and e ...

Category:Entertainment
Author / Submitted bySue Northam

Music video MVP competition for SA bands

Music video MVP competition for SA bands In a first for South Africa, MK, DStv¹s leading rock and pop music channel, is commissioning 10 high quality music videos of South African artists valued at R50,000 each. Dubbed the MK Music Video Project (MK MVP), the initiative is inviting production c ...

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Morkel leads SA to 13-run win

Morkel leads SA to 13-run win A savage batting onslaught from Albie Morkel and a disciplined bowling performance saw South Africa to a 13-run win over New Zealand in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. Morkel smashed his way to 4 ...

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Moses Mabhida stadium has generated over R4 million

Moses Mabhida stadium has generated over R4 million Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium has generated over R4 million through its sky car and bungee jumping facility in the past few months, the city said on Thursday. "This proves that our stadium will never be a white elephant. The over R4 million does not in ...

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More WC tickets available as sales approach 90%

More WC tickets available as sales approach 90% South Africans who still want to buy 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets went on sale this week. Football body FIFA said the tickets became available following the ongoing finalisation of seating ar ...

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Make or break weekend awaits

Make or break weekend awaits After 11 weeks of Vodacom Super 14 action we still have as much as ten teams left harbouring hopes of semifinal qualification. Week 12, however, could see the end of the road for as many as four of our current contenders, while the top four is in for a ri ...

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Microsoft invests in South African talent

Microsoft invests in South African talent In one of the biggest equity-equivalent deals seen in South Africa to date, Microsoft is to invest almost half-a-billion rand in the local software industry over the next seven years as part of the company's broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) pr ...

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Mayday Emergency Party in London in aid of Born Free

Mayday Emergency Party in London in aid of Born Free In support of two South Africans who wish to ride from London to Cape Town over six months, The Walkabout in Wimbledon will be hosting an Emergency Services Party over the bank weekend on 2 May 2010. All proceeds will go to the charity Born Free. On 1 S ...

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MacStanley - As I am video

MacStanley - As I am video The video for MacStanley's As I am with lead singer Andrew Mac's distinctive and strong voice.

Category:Photos & Videos

More African acts for opening concert promised

More African acts for opening concert promised Organisers of the FIFA World Cup kick-off concert are planning to add more local acts to their much-criticised  line-up. Local Organising Committee' s  Hazel Feldman told Eyewitness News that  a revised lineup with more local acts is on the cards. South ...

Category:Music

Mud mud glorious mud

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Mud mud glorious mud The thought did cross my mind when we left SA as to whether my sports-loving son would continue in his sports quest here in the UK. Besides studying sports at college (he immediately jumped at the chance of studying sports instead of history and geography ...

Category:WEB Bloggers
Author / Submitted byIngrid Botha

Mandela comic book wins American award

Mandela comic book wins American award A graphic novel depicting the life of Nelson Mandela has won an American award for children’s literature. Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book won the 2010 Best Book for Older Readers in the Children’s Africana Book Awards from the Outreach Council o ...

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MICHELLE LOTZ in Texas

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MICHELLE LOTZ in Texas We’ve lived in Durban, Joburg and Cape Town as well as Dar es Salaam in Tanzania but America is completely different to any place we’ve lived. It’s just so vast and contrary to most beliefs, it’s very expensive to live here. Our life is just really an exi ...

Category:USA
Author / Submitted byMichelle Lotz
Home Town in SADurban
Now Living inHouston, texas, USA

Master Jam feat. RJ Benjamin - Change the World video

Master Jam feat. RJ Benjamin - Change the World video Master Jam featuring RJ Benjamin with the dance track Change the World. Change the World is one of 20 songs nominated for the 2010 Record of the Year at the South African Music Awards. The SAMAs will be announced on 17 April 2010. RJ, who is a songwrite ...

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Manuel appointed to UN panel

Manuel appointed to UN panel National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed as a member of the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. Launched last month, the group was established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to mobilise financing to assist devel ...

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Marthinus nominated for top UN job

Marthinus nominated for top UN job President Jacob Zuma has nominated Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk for the post of the United Nations' new climate chief. Van Schalkwyk has been tipped as a strong contender to take over from Yvo De Boer who headed the UN Framework Convention on ...

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Malaika - Destiny video

Malaika - Destiny video Destiny is one of Malaika's original hits, taken off their 2004 multi-platinum debut album entitled Malaika. This SA afro-pop group sold over 350,000 copies. They won the Best Newcomer Group statuette in 2004 and then the Best Afro-Pop Group in 2005 Cha ...

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More than 2.2 million World Cup tickets sold

More than 2.2 million World Cup tickets sold The number of tickets sold for the 2010 Soccer World Cup tournament has reached the 2.24 million mark, said Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke on Thursday. "We are satisfied that we've sold 2.2 million tickets," Valcke told media in Johannesburg. To e ...

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