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The Your Street Challenge recently took place in Cape Town, with the aim of bringing about positive social change in the city's suburbs, through design and innovation.
• SA housing innovation on show in US

Cecil Afrika was named world Sevens Player of the Year at the IRB Rugby Awards in Auckland on Monday. Four other South Africans - the late Kitch Christie, Francois Pienaar, Jake White and John Smit - were elected to the IRB Hall of Fame.

Hank McGregor and Grant van der Walt became the first crew to win a hat-trick of victories in South Africa's Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon on the weekend, and shattered the race record too after dominating the event from start to finish.

Johannesburg's far northern settlement is characterised by poverty and unemployment, yet locals - many of them migrants seeking a better life - have a strong sense of community, writes Mbhazima Lesego waka'Ngobeni.

An artwork inspired by tributes to Nelson Mandela from ordinary South Africans and their more famous counterparts was unveiled to mark the great man's 21st year of freedom from incarceration.

Johannesburg's FNB Stadium - previously known as Soccer City - is proving to be a hit with local and international tourists, both because of its status as South Africa's flagship stadium during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, and because of its architectural genius.

Writer Lauren Beukes has made literary history by becoming the first South African to capture the Arthur C Clarke Award in the 25-year history of the prestigious science fiction accolade.
• Arts festival with an edge 

South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has launched an ambitious drive to swell voter turnout at the 2011 local government elections – a poll that has, in the past, been under-supported, especially among young people.

South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission has launched an ambitious drive to swell voter turnout at the 2011 local government elections – a poll that has, in the past, been under-supported, especially among young people.
• Millions vote in record SA election

“Chris Rock, the American comedian, jokes that if you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book. Let’s prove him wrong and let’s get reading, sistas!” That call to action comes from Sis’ Nolly, the face of Nollybooks, a new South African romance imprint aiming to make readers out of young black women.