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Teen's throat slit, foreskin removed
Cape Town :: South Africa | 5 months ago
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An 18-year-old boy was found in Kutlwanong with his throat slit and his foreskin removed Free State police said on Tuesday. Sergeant Puling Motsoeneng said the body was found on Saturday by a passerby walking near Tshepo mine. "When he saw traces of
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Africa: Using Insects to Measure Water Quality
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 5 months ago
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Since then he has become adept in the use of a new approach in testing water quality based on the presence or condition of certain aquatic insects. Unlike traditional chemical methods of detecting water pollutants, the use of an insect-based
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Something rotten in the ANC state
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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Something rotten in the ANC state After the Marikana massacre, Hilary Wainwright says ANC activists are turning against their government Tensions with the ANC are rising. In the background, the Unemployed People's Movement marches for service
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A Word With: Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai: The ‘Mies Julie' Stars, Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 7 months ago
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Follow @NYTimestheater for theater news and reviews from Broadway and beyond. Written and directed by Yael Farber, this version is set on a lonely South African estate 18 years after the election of Nelson Mandela...Cronje) is the daughter of the
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N2 hole inspires Grahamstown to PE flights
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 8 months ago
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Regular commuters between Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth have been dealt an inconvenient hand, as the past weekend's heavy rains washed away part of the N2, leaving a 50m-deep and 25m-wide hole in the road outside Pumba Nature Reserve . While many
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Road damage assessed in Eastern Cape
Port Elizabeth :: South Africa | 8 months ago
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Disaster management teams and road agency officials were assessing the rain damage to roads in the Eastern Cape, the local government department said on Monday. "Following a weekend of heavy rains, flooding and bad weather, our disaster management
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Treasure trove of nearly century-old African music gets digital treatment
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 8 months ago
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More than 80 years ago Hugh Tracey made his first recordings of African music and earned himself a reputation as a madman who sallied into the bush with people playing drums...Today his unique archives have been digitalized and used as teaching aids
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76 rescued from floods in Eastern Cape
Port Elizabeth :: South Africa | 8 months ago
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The rescuers, using fallen trees and tree trunks as anchor points, rigged a rope line, making hand rails along the line...Meanwhile, rain continued to cause havoc in the Eastern Cape on Sunday, with parts of the N2 closed to traffic, Eastern Cape
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What makes a great theatre festival?
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 8 months ago
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Solidly rooted and distinctive, this event is a chance for the Irish capital to have an important conversation with itself and the world...Mirror up to nature Tom Canton with the cast of The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Abbey theatre. Photograph:
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SA elected incompetent leaders - Pityana
Grahamstown :: South Africa | 9 months ago
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Reverend Barney Pityana has told South Africans to take responsibility for the country's failures because they elected leaders without vision and basic competence, the Daily Dispatch reported on Tuesday. "We must blame nobody but ourselves for the
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