Cape Town

Baboons Rob South African Tourists, Steal Food

AP | COURTNEY BROOKS | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high cr...

The Real District 9: Cape Town's District Six

newsweek.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


Science fiction has always provided the best metaphors for isolation and anomie, and District 9--the two-week-old box-office hit from South African di...

South Africa Eliminates Funding For AIDS Vaccine Research

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa launched a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers Monday, a proud moment in...

Rare White Bengal Tiger Cub Born

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green


An extremely rare white Bengal tiger cub has been discovered at a South African conservation center near Cape Town, according to the Daily Mail. The...

Achieving Sustainable Impact at Scale

Karl Hofmann | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


Karl Hofmann

I was privileged to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town this month. More than 800 leaders of business, government, civil society and the NGO world were in attendance.

South Africa Increases Efforts To Stop Baboon Break-Ins

AP | CLARE NULLIS | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Baboons seeking snacks are breaking into tourists' cars in South Africa, and authorities have threatened to fine visit...

Back to Africa on an Obama High

Brent Kessel | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


Brent Kessel

I imagine being a black South African, and realize that for the very first time in the modern era, a black-skinned man is the king of the world in the eyes of the South African people.