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South Africa has handed over a new library and archives building to house the ancient Mali manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research in the historic city of Timbuktu.

Gauteng’s controversial Gautrain project looks like it will arrive at the station on time with the announcement that the first phase of the project will come into operation a mere two weeks before the 2010 Fifa World Cup kicks off.

The 2008 International Media Forum South Africa brought together journalists, marketing specialists and government officials to discuss ways to improve media relations and the branding of South Africa.

It’s not often you can generalise about a nation, particularly South Africa, but it's probably true to say that South Africans in general have at least one common quality. We like to complain, writes Tim Cohen.

The Internet has helped launch several music careers, but access to the medium is limited – so a South African hip-hop group has made use of other inexpensive yet effective technology to introduce their talent to the world.

The highest-paid living female artist in the world is South African, and she is back in her country of birth with an exhibition cataloguing her life's work.

South Africa has made the list of the top 10 adventure travel destinations just released by iExplore.com, one of the United States’ most visited online travel guides. Destinations are ranked according to trips purchased by visitors to the site.

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

Jim Furyk became the fifth player since the Nedbank Golf Challenge was first contested in 1981 to defend the title when he captured the 2006 event with a 12-under-par total of 276.

A Norwegian journalist arrived in Johannesburg, was mugged, experienced the vibrancy and of the city - and fell in love with it. He is now preparing to trumpet the virtues of the City of Gold to his fellow Norwegians to encourage them to visit.