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South African feel-good movie Felix has added to its long list of accolades by winning three more awards at international film festivals in March and April, bringing to 13 the number of awards the film has scooped so far.

"If you are doing ballet, and you're a guy, they will start calling you names. But for me it was not a problem, because I know who I am." South African Ballet Theatre dancer Patrick Mngeni talks about family, learning to dance in a township, and the work that goes into the achieving of dreams.

The new season of the Play Your Part Television Series celebrates South Africans who continue to move the country forward. It started on 26...

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, in Johannesburg on Monday for the C40 Cities Mayors Summit, announced a $10-million initiative to support pan-African business and financial journalism, focusing initially on Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

South African comedian, Riaad Moosa, is at the forefront of a campaign that aims to change the negative perceptions of Muslims. Called #MuslimNotExtremist, it aims to show that Muslims are normal people leading lives that are anything but militant.

"Too fast? Too bad. I was born to do this." This is the message gold medallist Caster Semenya conveys in her latest ad.   This year...

At a recent meeting in Pretoria, representatives of three African academic institutions reported to Unesco on the progress of its science journalism initiative, launched in 2008 to develop a post-graduate curriculum in science, health and environmental reporting.
• Reshaping reportage on Africa

Artists across Africa are set to strengthen their grip on the US-dominated international music market with the inaugural MTV Africa Music Awards, to be held in Nigeria later this year.

Stellenbosch University has launched its new journalism centre, Mediafrica, which will develop well-trained, professional media workers who can competently and objectively tell Africa’s story.
• Boosting African journalism

A cash injection of R30 million from the City of Cape Town will accelerate construction of the Dreamworld Film Studio and boost the City’s objectives to become the country’s film city.