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    Here's where South Africans can travel without a visa

    South Africa has the most powerful passport on the African continent, with its citizens able to enter a full 90 countries across the world without a visa, and able to gain a visa on arrival at a further 31 countries.

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    Oyinbo Princess, the Nollywood actress with a difference

    Meet the "Oyinbo Princess", a talented British actress with a love of Nigerian culture and an excellent command of the language, who is making waves in the Nollywood film business.

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    Fistball's finest come to South Africa for World Cup

    The obscure but fun sport of fistball – one of the world's oldest sports – is gaining small, grassroots support among a diverse group of Capetonians. The city hosts the sport's World Cup this weekend.

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    Role of tertiary sector in shaping the nation brand

    Universities have a large but not impossible task: eradicating the legacy of apartheid, imagining a future society and finding innovative solutions to the problems of unemployment, inequality, poverty and failures in governance.

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    Johannesburg, art hub, ends year on high note

    Johannesburg staked its claim as an art hub this year with a wildly popular Matisse exhibition at the Standard Bank Gallery. But it was only one of several events during a year that is ending with the start of First Thursdays and Air: Inspiration – Expiration.

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    BRICS summit: opportunity for solutions and investment

    The annual BRICS bloc summit is a chance for South Africa to showcase its investment opportunities to a market comprising approximately 42% of the world’s population. It is taking place in India until 16 October 2016.

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