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Kia Makarechi

The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Sugar Man, Searching for Sugar Man, Rodriguez, Slideexpand, Cape Town, Malik Bendjelloul, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, South Africa, Video, Coming From Reality, Cold Fact, Sixto Rodriguez, Entertainment News

Sixto Rodriguez had a simple vision of success. "I just wanted to sell some records and play bigger rooms," the 69-year-old musician said after Tuesda...

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Cape Town's Stunning Beauty And Deep History

Kristofer Eisenla | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Aerial Cable Way, African National Congress, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, Mandela Day, Cape Town, F.W. De Klerk, Nelson Mandela, British, Beaches, Travel News
Kristofer Eisenla

Whether you visit Cape Town for fun or business, you will not be disappointed in the stunning sights or rich history lesson you get during your visit.

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How Theater for Young People Could Save the World

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Theatre for Young Audiences, Theatre, Theater, SF PLayhouse, Adelaide, Cape Town, Children's Theater, Theatre-for-Young-People, Synchronicity Theatre Kennedy Center, Arts News
Lauren Gunderson

So much of toxicity in this world comes from a collective draining of empathy. We don't understand each other, and we don't want to. But theater forces us to empathize.

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PHOTOS: The 9 Best Cities For Street Art Spotting

BootsnAll | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Bootsnall, California, New York, Australia, France, USA, Brazil, New York City, England, Street Art, Los Angeles, Iran, Travel, South Africa, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Paris, Art, Germany, Graffiti, Tehran, Sao Paulo, Berlin, Slidepollajax, Travel News
BootsnAll

Sometimes massive murals cover entire buildings and artists use their medium to create beauty in an otherwise gritty landscape.

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Dependency Is Like a Walking Stick

Amy Russell | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: South Africa, Small Business, Poverty, walk4water, Charity, Clean Water, Dependency, Apartheid, Warehouse, Ngos, Cape Town, Charity: Water, Impact News
Amy Russell

I don't use a walking stick. I would become too dependent on one. When you learn to become dependent on something, not having that "thing" makes whatever task you are facing immensely harder, mentally.

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Jumper Breaks Legs In Failed Jump

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: South Africa, Table Mountain, Jeb Corliss Jump, Jeb Corliss, Table Mountain Jumper, Table Mountain Cape Town, Cape Town, Table Mountain Jumper Breaks Legs, Video, World News

JOHANNESBURG -- Police say an American who has claimed successful parachute jumps off the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge broke his legs in a ...

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PHOTOS: You Won't Believe What This Art Is Made Of...

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: German Contemporary Art, Art Meets Science, Wim Botha, Botha, Sculpture, Slidepollajax, Grotesque Art, UK Arts, Cape Town, Book Art, Berlin, Arts News

Wim Botha is more like a mad scientist than a sculptor. He revives materials that were stale in their connotations, visually latent from overexposure,...

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PHOTOS: 9 Awesome Art Hotels Around The World

BootsnAll | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: South Africa, Hotels, Germany, Art, Berlin, Scotland, San Francisco, Cape Town, Slidepollajax, Specialty Hotels, US Destinations, International Destinations, Destinations, Art Hotels, Travel News
BootsnAll

If you've ever dreamed of sleeping in a museum, check out some of the most beautiful art hotels in the world.

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Beautiful Gardens The World Over

Black Tomato | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Serpentine Gallery, Cape Town, Florence, Gardens, Kyoto, Canada, Shanghai, Travel News
Black Tomato

Let us take you on a tour of some of the most magnificent gardens from around the globe. There's no window boxes here, just acres and acres of the grassy stuff.

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PHOTOS: Cities For Wandering Art Scenesters

Black Tomato | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Chile, Art, Slidepollajax, City, Beunos Aires, Cape Town, Culture, Berlin, Creative, Travel Tips, Travel News
Black Tomato

Make a date with art and indulge your inner creative soul in these vibrant arty cities.

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WATCH: Desmond Tutu Celebrates 80th Birthday

BBC, AP | Danielle Cadet | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: South Africa, Apartheid, Dalai Lama, Video, Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, Bono, Impact News

South Africa's "moral conscience," Archbishop Desmond Tutu, celebrated his 80th birthday Friday, BBC reports. The octogenarian, who helped end the...

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PHOTOS: South Africa's Adventure Province

Mark Sissons | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Garden Route, Bungee Jumping, Adventure Travel, Slideadbigshot, South Africa Travel, International Destinations, Nelson Mandela, Africa Travel, South Africa, Cape Town, Travel Blogs, Africa, Travel News
Mark Sissons

South Africa's second largest and most bio-diverse province offers adrenaline junkies a veritable buffet of exhilaration, including zip-lining, hiking, kayaking, rafting, whale watching and surfing.

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South African Apartheid-Era Defense Minister Dies, Says Family Friend

AP | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town-South Africa, Apartheid, Magnus Malan, South Africa Apartheid, Cape Town, Gert Opperman, World News

JOHANNESBURG -- A family friend says one of South Africa's apartheid-era defense ministers has died. Gert Opperman says Magnus Malan died Monday morn...

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Michelle Obama Visits Cape Town Museum In Lieu Of Mandela Prison

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: South Africa, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town, Cape Town District Six Musuem, Michelle Obama Africa Trip, Robben Island, World News

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Michelle Obama on Thursday toured a museum that memorializes the forced segregation of a once vibrant and racially mix...

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South Africa's Newest Garden Delight

Meg Nolan | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: South Africa, Foodie Travel, South Africa Travel, International Destinations, Slidepollajax, Travel, Wine, Africa Travel, Cape Winelands, Cape Town, Destinations, Babylonstoren, Travel News
Meg Nolan

Few spots on Earth have the ability to enchant the visitor as instantly as South Africa, and particularly, the Cape Wine lands. For me, the dramatic vistas of the Franschoek and Stellenbosch Valleys are indelible.

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My Trip to Nairobi

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Africa, Ford Foundation, Arts, Nairobi, Godown, Cape Town, Kenya, Joy Mboya, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Nairobi presented a study in contrasts. It is a large city. Not as large as Lagos, but it still has a big city feel with millions of people and an ast...

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South Africa's Five-Star Adventures

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Table Mountain, Mattanu Lodge, Adventure, Americans, World Cup 2010, Luxury Vacation, Hot Air Balloons, Apartheid, Travel, Kalahari Desert, Black History Month, Kimberlee, Sharks, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Diamond Mines, Luxury, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, Marine Dynamics, One, Apartheid Museum, African-Americans, Soweto, Cape Point, Train Travel, Blue Train, De Beers, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lauri Lyons, Diamonds, Tourism, Western Cape, Goodman Gallery, Shark Cage Diving, Vacation, Orient Express, Northern Cape, Safari, Wildlife, Travel News
Lauri Lyons

If wild safari animals and ghosts roaming around your luxury tent isn't enough of a thrill for you, don't worry -- the South Africans have more wild activities up their vuvuzelas.

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South Africa's Sushi Scandal: A Timeline

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Phumla Matjila, Zwelinzima Vavi, Kenny Kunene, Bloggers, African National Congress, George Clooney, ZAR Club, Nyotaimori, Cape Town, Japan, Sashimi, Johannesburg, Models, South Africa, Brad Pitt, Anc, Blogger, African National Congress Youth League, Abdul Madoda Milazi, Fish, Carlos Amato, Sushi, Gwede Mantashe, Peter Delmar, The Times, World News
Danny Groner

South Africa's governing party has declared that eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is "politically incorrect." Here, a timeline of the events that have led up to today's announcement.

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Kidney Patients Face Dialysis Rationing

Sheri Fink | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dialysis, Rationing, South Africa, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Healthcare, Tygerberg Hospital, Kidney Disease, Home News
Sheri Fink

Photo: David Baron/PRI's The World In South Africa, treatment in the public health service for patients suffering from kidney failure is rationed. T...

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PHOTOS: A Day In Fun-Loving, Historic Cape Town

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: South Africa, South Africa Travel, Cape Town Tourism, International Destinations, Cape Town-South Africa, Slidepollajax, Africa Travel, Cape Town, Destinations, Travel News

Cape Town, and all of South Africa, rose to prominence once again with the World Cup last summer. And for good reason: Cape Town's stunning location a...

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Supersonic Flight Catastrophe in South Africa, One Year Later

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Adventure Travel, Supersonic Flight, Overberg Air Show, Dave Stock, Chuck Yeager, Mach 1, Death, Risk, Electric Lightning, MiG-25 Foxbat, Mike Beachy Head, Moscow, Thunder-City, Space Adventures, Cape Town, Travel News
James M. Clash

"Jim, if I say, 'EJECT, EJECT, EJECT,' and you don't pull this immediately, nothing but a smoking hole will be left in the space next to you." Test pilot Dave Stock is pointing to the ejection chord under my seat.

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Anni Dewani, British Newlywed, Found Dead After South Africa Honeymoon Carjacking

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa Honeymoon, Shrien Dewani, South Africa, Carjacking, Anni Dewani, South Africa Honeymoon Murder, Crime, Cape Town, World News

A British man's newlywed bliss turned to horror when his wife was killed in a carjacking while on their South African honeymoon, the AFP is reporting....

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Further Lessons from Cape Town

Cheryl Arnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Pay, Teachers, Teaching, Cape Town, Education News
Cheryl Arnett

Technology is used mostly for email, online games and tests, data collection, and word processing. Why? The explanation came to me in another lesson from Cape Town.

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Desmond Tutu, South African Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Archbishop, Retires At 79

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, The Elders, Nobel Peace Prize, Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, South African Archbishop, World News

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is stepping down from public life, as he celebrates his 79th birthday. The man described as the "conscience" of South Africa w...

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Dispatch From Africa: The New Africa, 5Bar, 3G Mobile Phone Service in Tanzania

John Hope Bryant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation Hope, Tanzania, Fortune/Time/Cnn Global Forum 2010, South Africa, Cape Town, Hope Global Initiatives, John Hope Bryant, World News
John Hope Bryant

A vision for a wireless Africa could spell the difference between a country and its people making $1 a day, or $10 a day.

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