South Africa's Women of the Year
The founder of the first full-time professional drama company in the Eastern Cape; the founder of the first health spa in Soweto; a teacher who tackles social injustice; an HIV/Aids researcher who broke new ground; a professor who has won back-to-back Rugby World Cup medals ... meet South Africa's magnificent Women of the Year.
SA judge appointed UN rights chief
South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been appointed as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the highest international office dealing with human rights.
Adventurers 'running a smile' around SA
Extreme athletes David Grier and Braam Malherbe are raising money for Operation Smile - which provides free reconstructive facial surgery for disadvantaged children with cleft lips and palates - by "running a smile" around 3 500km of southern African coastline.
Trailblazer: Carl Pretorius
What does it take for an espresso addict from Johannesburg to revolutionise the Rooibos industry? Nothing, initially, except for the conviction that there must be a way to get a strong fix from something that doesn't leave you shaking in your business boots three cups down the line.
Community Builder: Uzendt Peters
As a teacher in a state school, Uzendt Peters knew that if skills-dependent industries wanted skilled labour, and his pupils wanted jobs, that industry had to be brought into the education field.
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