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With the lack of modernised laboratories being identified as the weakest link in providing quality HIV/Aids health care to people in Tanzania, the Abbott Fund have pledged more than US$10-million towards to upgrading laboratories across the country.

Work has begun on South Africa's first aerospace supplier park. Centurion Aerospace Village will place smaller companies in close proximity to large suppliers like Denel and Aerosud, helping to increase their participation in the high value sector.

Orlando Pirates were crowned 2008 Telkom Charity Cup winners on the weekend after they beat traditional rivals Kaizer Chiefs by a goal to nil in the final at the Mmabatho Stadium in Mafikeng.

Intensive talks between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the main opposition party over the next two weeks, brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, have inspired hope that the country's political landscape is on the verge of an about-turn.

President Thabo Mbeki has praised Nelson Mandela for his role in South Africa's transition to democracy, describing the famous 90-year-old as "an iconic son of the people of South Africa whom we have also surrendered to the nations as a citizen of the world."

It's a potent symbol of unity and progress. It's the only six-coloured national flag in the world. It's also one of the youngest, yet whatever shape it takes - and it's taken more than any other national symbol - it's instantly recognisable to South Africans everywhere. Learn how to draw our flag!

Oscar Pistorius' dream is alive again after the Court for Arbitration in Sport ruled that his prosthetics do not give him any advantage over able-bodied runners, thus paving the way for him to compete in the Olympics.

Texas-based fund manager John Mauldin pays another visit to South Africa - and is amazed at the difference 13 years can make.

When Gary Player tees off at the US Masters at Augusta on Thursday, he will be playing in the major for a record-equalling 50th time.

South Africa has become the fifth country in the world, and the first in Africa, to allow legal marriages between same-sex couples, after a historic vote in Parliament, followed by the signature of the acting President, passed the Civil Union Bill into law.