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Solms-Delta wine farm, near the village of Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands Region, is leading transformation in the wine industry through its farmworker empowerment programmes.
• Preserving memories of Antarctica

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.

The historic Chauncy Maples, Malawi's oldest ship, is being turned into a floating clinic to bring much-needed healthcare services to fishing villages along the shores of the country’s massive lake.
• China injects R1.7bn into Malawi

It's going to be a busy week for US First Lady Michelle Obama, who is on her first official visit to South Africa. Obama met with President Jacob Zuma's second wife, Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma, in Pretoria on Tuesday before visiting the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.

South Africa has cancelled Cuba’s R1.1-billion debt owed to it, a decision that the government said will help accelerate trade between the two countries.
• South Africa-China trade ties to strengthen

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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.