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Mokoena magic lifts Team South Africa
Khotso Mokoena ended Team South Africa's Olympic medals drought on Monday, winning silver in impressive style in the men's long jump with a leap of 8.24 metres.
Shvetsov in record Comrades run
The 2008 Comrades Marathon produced some significant milestones, including a new men's "up run" record by Russia's Leonid Shvetsov, and an astounding new record for the most Comrades completed - by a man who first ran the race in 1961.
Bite into the cheese festival
Cheese connoisseurs from across the country will descend on the Western Cape to sample well-known and new varieties of cheese at the annual South African Cheese Festival held on a small farm in Paarl.
SA teen wins at tech awards
Johannesburg teenager Siyabulela Xuza won two top awards at the 58th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico for developing a safe and cheaper form of rocket fuel.
SA runner wins Two Oceans
South Africa's Bethuel Netshifhefhe broke a three-year Zimbabwean stranglehold by winning the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday, with 1996 Olympic marathon champion Josiah Thugwane finishing in second. Russia's Madina Biktagirova won the women's event on her debut.
Jordy Smith: world surfing champ
South Africa collected five medals to finish fourth out of 33 countries at the 2006 ISA World Surfing Games in California, with Jordy Smith scoring a sensational victory in the men's open division.
Parkin rewrites the record books
South African swimmer Terence Parkin set a new standard at the Melbourne 2005 Deaflympics, becoming the most successful competitor in the history of the Games by winning an astonishing 12 gold medals.
So close for Van Coller
As the Athens Olympics heads towards its conclusion, it has been a mixed bag for South Africa's athletes, with no more medals after four in the first week, and the results in many cases something of a disappointment, especially in track and field. We're not done yet, though.