South Africa’s rich and complex movie history (Contra Costa Times)
It’s a country with a rich and complicated cinematic history. Over the years, South Africa has served as both an inspiration and backdrop for many compelling dramas, thrillers and yes, comedies too.
Could Zuma Be What South Africa Needs? (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Could Zuma Be What South Africa Needs?
Allenby is playoff winner in South Africa (UPI)
SUN CITY, South Africa, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Robert Allenby won the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa, Sunday with a two-putt par on the third hole of a playoff with Henrik Stenson.
South Africa Human rights group upholds Jewish complaint (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
The South Africa Human Rights Commission upheld a hate speech complaint lodged by a Jewish group.
Hollywood and South Africa tie post-apartheid knot (Contra Costa Times)
JUST 20 YEARS AGO, South Africa was commonly perceived as one of the most polarized, ill-starred places on the planet. Shackled by the racist system of apartheid, or legally enforced segregation, it was a nation divided against itself and shunned by the rest of the world as a pariah state.
Could Zuma Be What South Africa Needs? (Time Magazine)
Despised by South Africa’s Élite and reviled by liberals, Jacob Zuma was supposed to spell disaster for his country. But his presidency has started well. Can he deliver on that promise?
Johannesburg, South Africa: World Cup 2010 city guide (Daily Telegraph)
A guide to Johannesburg’s best attractions, restaurants and bars in time for South Africa’s World Cup.
Where’s Johannesburg? Traveller’s guide to the finals in South Africa (Daily Mail)
How to get there, how to get around and how top find the best hotels in South Africa. Sportsmail’s Laura Williamson has the answers to the fans’ big questions.
South Africa ‘privileged and humbled’, says Mandela (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nelson Mandela kicked off the 2010 World Cup draw on Friday by saying that South Africa was “privileged and humbled” to be staging football’s greatest event.
Kevin Eason at large: World Cup draw a great night in South Africa’s history (Times Online)
That’s that then. From the window of my hotel I can see workmen still dismantling the high fencing that surrounded the convention centre that staged South Africa’s 2010 World Cup draw on Friday night.
