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SA Rocks promotes South Africa in all its glory. I am not ignorant or blind to the problems but I try to find solutions and stay positive!

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Nederburg Wins Again


Nederburg have done it again and walked away with yet another award for one of their wines. The Nederburg Winemaster’s Reserve 2006 has just won the Lexus Shiraz Challenge Award for 2008. Now this win and the indeed the wine is significant in a number of ways, some of which I will list for you now: - A [...] ....

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SA beats Denmark in Davis Cup and Chiefs hold Man U to a draw


All in all a great and interesting weekend for sports. Unfortunately the Springboks lost against Australia in the Tri-nations. But the South African tennis players did a sterling job at dismissing of Denmark in the Davis Cup. Kaizer Chiefs did a great job of holding Manchester United to a draw in Cape Town, which is [...] ....

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SA wines shine at London International Wine Fair


A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of taking the afternoon off from my day job and heading out to London’s Excel exhibition centre to attend the London International Wine Fair. If you’re thinking “big deal, we’ve been to the Robertson Roadshow, how mich bigger can it be?”, think again. [...] ....

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My Memories of Madiba


This is a contribution by Jennifer Reynard. This morning I overslept, and got into work 1:45 minutes late. I opened my Gmail in time to see a friend’s status saying ‘Happy Birthday Madiba’. Since then I have done little work, instead watching footage of the 46664 concert, birthday wishes for Madiba, the Asimbonanga video in Frankfurt, [...] ....

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Happy Birthday Madiba - Take a day off


I hope that Madiba is taking a day off today. He’s old and deserves to celebrate this day with people he loves and love him (yes we all respect the guy) away from the public hey. First off have a read over at Virtual Africa where you can see how to take a virtual tour [...] ....

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BLK JKS take post-apartheid rock international


The BLK JKS according to, well, themselves: What makes them hip is that they’re South African and damn it, they sound it. In fact listening to BLK JKS is kind of like taking a slow cruise through Jozi with your windows rolled down. Afro-jazz riffs segue into tribal rhythms, which swagger through street-level sociology before [...] ....

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Nelson Mandela features on Time magazine cover


Fantastic stuff. Time has such a great reputation and always manage to get their sources to rally around topical stuff. Visit Time for their great photo-essay on Madiba. I would love to know where the narrator got the information for the piece? Such definitive language use: “Defined his life” “Changed him forever”. I would suggest that [...] ....

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