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South African products brought to you, no matter where you find yourself

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South African products brought to you, no matter where you find yourself

The world is getting smaller and smaller. But despite the ease with which most of us can travel these days, shopping for uniquely South African products is not always worth an airfare across the world. So instead, there’s a company based in Bristol that is bringing South African products to you, no matter where you..
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Sprightly SA man, 81, bags bronze medal in world athletics race

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Sprightly SA man, 81, bags bronze medal in world athletics race

Jakobus (Jacques) van Zyl’s first 100m sprints were to beat the family car when the younger ones challenged him to a race during weekly visits. Little did the 81-year-old know that his running career, which only started in earnest after his 70th birthday, would end up with him clutching a bronze medal on an international..
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Chilean tourist recently disappears without a trace in SA

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Chilean tourist recently disappears without a trace in SA

Dessie Rechner of the organization Pink Ladies has made a new pamphlet with photographs showing Slavko Yaksic with short hair, as he be seen before he disappeared. A Chilean backpacker’s family is sick of worries after the missing man had not home a week ago after a visit in South-Africa. Slavko Andro Yaksic Besoaín (29),..
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Not just South Africa has done it, Canada has now completely legalised marijuana, and the economy is set to boom

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Canada has become just the second country after Uruguay to completely legalise the use of marijuana on a recreational basis.
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South Africa getting deeper into debt:- City of Cape Town to borrow R4bn from German state-owned KfW Bank

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The plan is to inject investment into the city’s capital programme. On Tuesday, at the mayoral committee meeting, it was revealed that the City of Cape Town is prepared to secure an R4-billion loan within the next three years from the German government-owned Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Development Bank.
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Flights to Hong Kong:- South African Airways (SAA) warns passengers to be ‘extra vigilant’

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South African Airways (SAA) has identified two passengers it believes are responsible for robbing passengers on the flight path between Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
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Why Some British expatriates are struggling to get their passport renewals processed

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Though the British government originally stated that the closure of regional passport processing centres around the world wouldn’t affect the processing of passport applications and renewals it seems that this is not the case.
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You May Ask This Question a Lot:- Why Does Your Expat Health Insurance Premium Go Up Each Year?

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So this is the time of the year. You receive your health insurance bill and are frustrated to find that you need to pay more this year. As a matter of fact, health insurance premiums seem to increase so naturally each year that you may stop asking why.
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DA:- Mpumalanga’s controversial Mandela statue the result of a bribe

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The Democratic Alliance has requested that public protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane investigate the procurement process. The bronze statue of former President Nelson Mandela which angered Mpumalanga locals is said to be the result of a R1.5 million bribe.
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