Cape Town

Taking the gap in the Cape Flats

By Fran Blandy The laughing young man has a perfect set of teeth, his golden incisors glinting in the sunlight. Suddenly he pops out a pair of dentures, revealing a gap-toothed smile, the four upper front teeth missing, a...

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South African Refugee Group Slams Political Leaders Over Xenophobia

South African refugee rights group, PASSOP, has slammed local government officials for their handling of this week's outbreak of xenophobic violence near Cape Town, which saw more than 3000 foreigners, mainly Zimbabweans, flee...

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'Beaches Are a Privilege'

Summer is here, it's time to whip out the sunscreen and surfboards, and head for the beach for some fun in the sun. But the City of Cape Town and Lifesaving Western Province (LWP) have encouraged all beachgoers to enjoy the...

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New National Geographic ads have a strong South Africa feel

Directed by Cape Town-based Bryan Little from Fly on the Wall [the guys who made the Fokofpolisiekar movie that we enjoyed last week] these National Geographic ads have striking visuals. Good to see that South African directors...

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UN condemns SA vineyard attacks

The UN has condemned attacks against Zimbabweans seeking work in South African vineyards, which it says have driven 3,000 people from their homes. Local farm workers accused the Zimbabweans near Cape Town of stealing their jobs...

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22 arrested in De Doorns

Books Galore! Millions of books available at discounted prices! Fiction, thrillers, biographies,... Cape Town - Twenty-two people were arrested on Thursday night in connection with xenophobic attacks in De Doorns in the Western...

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Defence dept bans union talk

Cape Town - The defence ministry insisted on Friday that an interim service commission reporting on conditions in the military never had a mandate to raise the fraught issues of trade unions for soldiers. "The commission's...

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South African Jewish Leader Mendel Kaplan Dead at 73

Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) South African-Israeli Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan died Thursday in Cape Town at the age of 73 after suffering a stroke on Tuesday. The former chairman of the Jewish Agency's Board...

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Size zero is out of fashion for designer

By THANDANANI MHLANGA Staff Reporter A Cape Town fashion designer has launched a Say No To Size Zero campaign, urging people not to succumb to the modelling industry's ideal body image. Designer Stephan Golden, whose garments...

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Behind the sins of Kenya's closet gays

Some months ago, a friend who resides in Cape Town called me a lesbian. She did not give me that honourable title because I do the things which lesbians do – which I do not know – but because I sleep late and wake up early and...

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