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7 hours ago ago from the ChirpRoom
On the brilliant African affairs blog Thinking Man's Uhuru I came across a great blog post on land affairs in Africa, cleverly titled: This Land Was Your Land, And Now It's MY Land . Here's a quote: When it comes down to it, Land Rights are HUMAN rights, and human rights are a key facet of a functioning, healthy, and just society. That is pretty powerful. In South Africa we have three issue to be dealt with: Number ...
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7 hours ago ago from Jimmy Kainja\'s Blog
Every sports fan knows that every sporting tournament has what is widely known as "surprise package". With the final places for the Africa's biggest football tournament, African Cup of the Nations (ACN), finally decided, Malawi can fittingly be pointed at as the "surprised package" of the qualifying rounds. This is not only because Malawi had hitherto qualified only once to the finals, in 1984, but also because the country has qualified at ...
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19 hours ago ago from Untold Stories
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I found a wine that appears to be without a year and without a grape. It leaves me wondering quite how they made it! It's from South Africa and called First Cape Cape White'. It's 12.5% and pretty floral on the nose. The body is smooth, but not delicate; quite sharp, in fact, but in a good way. The finish is similar to that of a Chardonnay. You can find it at Tesco if you're interested, but I wouldn't give it a mark much higher than six out ...
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BBC News - South Africa 'rugby unity': Fact and fiction
1 hour, 22 minutes ago ago from BBC
By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg Fourteen years ago Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite black and white South Africans. A film based on the historic event, Invictus, opens on Friday and has raised the question: Has the dream of transformation lived on? Both the film and the book on which it is based - John Carlin's Playing the Enemy - have a fairytale ending, but this is not necessarily the case for ...
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