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Cape Town classical music festival
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 www.cpo.org.zaLaunched in 2006, the sixth edition of this classical music festival offers a lively programme of performances by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Japanese maestro Yasuo Shinozaki, with principal guest soloists as South African pianist Ben Schoeman and German-Japanese...
>moreCape Town hosts rugby’s 2012 Junior World Championships
Wednesday, December 14th 2011Cape Town and the nearby university town of Stellenbosch are to host rugby’s 2012 Junior World Championships from 4-22 June, as announced by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Stellenbosch is situated about 50 km east of Cape Town, in the...
>morePlans for rail link from Cape Town to Durban
Wednesday, November 30th 2011South Africa’s department of transport has released details of its long-term plan to construct a railway line from Cape Town to Durban, linking the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The department said that the coastal rail link would mean...
>moreSouth Africa to limit freedom of information
Thursday, November 24th 2011 www.r2k.org.zaSouth Africa’s lower house of parliament has approved a new bill that endangers the country’s freedom of expression and the right to information. Journalists across the country have staged protests and there has been widespread condemnation of the ruling African...
>moreCape Town’s Table Mountain among “seven wonders of the world”
Thursday, November 17th 2011Table Mountain was listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation on 11 November. The win was the result of a global competition in which hundreds of millions of votes were submitted online and via...
>moreCape Town’s Table Mountain among “seven wonders of the world”
Tuesday, November 15th 2011Table Mountain was listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation on 11 November. The win was the result of a global competition in which hundreds of millions of votes were submitted online and via...
>moreNew direct flights to Cape Town
Tuesday, November 8th 2011Air France has launched seasonal direct flights between Cape Town and Paris. The French company said it would consider extending the service all year-round if there is consistent demand throughout the summer season. Swiss airline Edelwiss Air also launched direct flights...
>moreSouth Africa targets pollution
Monday, October 31st 2011South Africa is to place limits for carbon emissions on the country’s top polluters, who will face fines if they do not conform to new regulations. The measures, contained in a recently-issued national climate policy paper, are part of the...
>moreCape Town named World Design Capital 2014
Thursday, October 27th 2011Cape Town has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design on the final day of its congress in Taipei, on 26 October. The first African city to win the title, Cape Town beat...
>moreThe city of Cape Town has issued swimmers with shark warnings and has drawn attention to the seasonal increase in the presence of Great White Sharks around in-shore areas along the Western Cape. Traditionally most shark sightings occur between late...
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