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Natalie Du Toit Wins First Gold for SA

August 31, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Natalie du Toit Paralympics 2012 Source: Facebook

Congratulations to Natalie du Toit who won South Africa’s first gold medal at the London 2012 Paralympics yesterday! She clocked a winning time of 1 minute 09.30 seconds in the women’s 100 m butterfly final. The Capetonian swimmer, whose left leg was amputated in 2001 following an accident, has already been congratulated by South Africa’s [...]

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Engineering improves healthcare

August 22, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Dr Megan Russell is using her engineering knowledge to find practical solutions to the problems of healthcare in poorer countries by helping develop medical technology appropriate for more primitive conditions. This young South African’s enthusiasm for engineering earned her a place on this year’s Mail & Guardian newspaper list of 200 remarkable young South Africans, an [...]

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SA’s fashion gold medallist

July 5, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

South Africa’s athletes will be walking out in style at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in London, in a kit created by Durban designer Leigh Schubert. It was up to South Africans to decide which kit makes it onto the field, and the public voted overwhelmingly in favour of Schubert’s striking designs. [...]

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Bold Zapiro wins global favour

July 5, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Jonathan Shapiro has been taken to court over some of his most controversial cartoons of the past few years – the most notable being a depiction of several African National Congress leaders in a compromising situation with Lady Justice – but his doggedness has won him the 2012 Freedom to Publish Award. Zapiro, as Shapiro is more [...]

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SA Olympic team announced

June 7, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

The first group of athletes who will be representing South Africa at the London Olympics next month was announced by South Africa’s Olympic governing body, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), on Wednesday 6 June in Johannesburg. A total of 112 sportsmen and women made it into the initial list, with the [...]

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Watch the beautiful story of Sonja Kruse, the Ubuntu Girl

May 26, 2012 By SA-People

The story of Sonja Kruse — aka “The Ubuntu Girl” — will be aired on South African TV this weekend, highlighting the incredible journey that Sonja embarked on across South Africa, discovering a spirit of goodwill and oneness that connects its people beyond the divisions of culture and mistrust. It’s a beautiful and uplifting story, [...]

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Princess Charlene opens Turtle Island

April 26, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Inaugurated by H.S.H. Princess Charlene of Monaco, surrounded by a group of children of the Principality (Recreation Centre Prince Albert II), «The Turtle Island» is opening to the public, wednesday April 25th and it will enhance the visit to the Museum in a fun manner while raising the visitors’ awareness to the cause of tortoises [...]

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“The excitement never left us”

April 25, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Ahead of Freedom Day on 27 April, which this year marks the 18th anniversary of South Africa’s first post-apartheid election, political activist and women’s rights campaigner Amina Cachalia shares her memories of Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as the country’s first democratically elected president. Memories of a special day Cachalia has vivid memories of that day, 10 [...]

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Born free to dream

April 25, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

The “born frees” turn 18 this year, coming of age at the same time as a democratic South Africa. While they acknowledge the struggle, for them the future is more important than looking back to a past that happened before they were born. It was on a tour of some popular heritage sites in Soweto, in [...]

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Louis Oosthuizen makes Golfing History (and just misses out on Tournament Win)

April 9, 2012 By SA-People

Eish! South African golf sensation Louis Oosthuizen just missed out on winning the Masters Tournament at Augusta in Georgia, USA BUT he did make rare golfing history yesterday. In a nail-biting finish, Ooshuizen’s dream of becoming only the sixth player in the world to win majors at the revered Augusta National and St. Andrews (which [...]

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