What a difference 10 minutes can make! Once Parliament had been cleared of his most vocal opponents, many of them by force, President Jacob Zuma started
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Results85Spier shares cash from carbon credits with workers
Workers at the Spier estate in Stellenbosch in South Africa’s winelands will have a little extra to spend this Christmas after the farm decided to divide
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Crowd-funding: almost as old as the hills in Africa
The idea behind crowd-funding, raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people via the internet to finance a project, might not be
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From ship to shop: V&A spends another R37m on passenger terminal
The V&A Waterfront on Thursday marked the launch of 2016/17 cruise season by announcing that another R37 million would be invested in the terminal that receives
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Taking people watching to new heights at the V&A
The V & A Waterfront will be teeming with all sorts of showmen and showgirls, tricksters and tramps next weekend when it hosts the first ever
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#FeesMustFall: good call, badly executed
I have been struggling to decide how I feel about the student protests. I have feel a deep sympathy for the students and support their demand to
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No Corona. No poncho. Surely not Mexican?
Mexico’s most famous chef, Jorge Vallejo, says South Africans seem to have similar problems to his countrymen when it comes to international image. Vallejo, who is
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So much more than tacos and tequila
A group of lucky Capetonians saw in Mexico’s national day on Friday morning with the country’s ambassador to South Africa, Mauricio Escanero, and most famous chef,
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One of Africa’s best and brightest coming home
Stopping short of slamming the door on a career in politics, Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze, the Nigerian national who is president of the UN’s International Fund
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Pay Back The Curry! delivers a feast of satire
I was expecting a large helping of slapstick with a dash of spice from Pay Back The Curry!, which opened at the Baxter Theatre on Tuesday,
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