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  South African Runner Can Keep Her Privacy, And Her Gold Medal, Too

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:32 PM ET

  compared to the press in her home county, which fiercely criticized anyone who threatened Semenya's right to privacy. Cheers to the people of South Africa for protecting one of their own, no matter who she — or possibly he — might be. Photo courtesy of Erik van Leeuwen via Wikimedi Read More

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  Edward Norton Attends African Bazaar for Maasai

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:42 PM ET

  African music by The Very Best.Walking among the Kente cloth decor and using the foosball table (a subtle nod to the arrival of the World Cup in South Africa next year), partygoers munched on traditional African-themed hors d'oeuvres and fawned over the PUMA collection of soccer cleats an Read More

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  Charlize Theron Kissed a Girl (And She Liked It)

  By David Jenison | Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  Jeremy Piven even helped auction off walk-on roles on Entourage for a couple hundred grand, but the night's highlight came from Theron, one of South Africa's own.The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project is working with ONEXONE to help impoverished areas of rural South Africa, and sh Read More

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  Help Bring Water Roller to India

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:07 PM ET

  week we told you about the Hippo Water roller. The deadline to vote for the project and help bring it to India has now been extended through the end o Read More

  More like this in: Google, Africa, Education, India, Water, Entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship, Hygiene, Irrigation, Engineers Without Borders
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  Spice Girls to Rock the Cup?

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  A huge charity concert is set to kick off the 2010 World Cup Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Education, Football, Charity Concert, 2010 World Cup, Live 8, Live Earth, Spice Girls
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  There Will Be "Change" in Los Angeles

  By David Jenison | Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  "The Colbert Report" and "World News Tonight" with Charlie Gibson.This year alone, the organization has opened Playing For Change Music Schools in South Africa, Nepal an Read More

  More like this in: Music, Schools, Los Angeles, Ghana, Nepal, Jamaica, Norman Lear
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  What If James Dean Never Died?

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  when pitching to handle this commercial." says Alistair King, Executive Creative Director at King James. The one minute film is a concept to promote South African investment company Allan Gray. "This was an incredibly challenging [project], says Director of Photography Keith Rose. "You just tak Read More

  More like this in: Photography, Oscars, Cape Town, James Dean, Entertainment, Celebrity
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  Mandela for Another Generation

  By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:50 AM ET

  of 13 languages.The children's book, originally written by Respected South African author and poet Chris van Wyk, is also available in all native South African languages as well as English and Portuguese. Another South African, Paddy Bouma provided the illustrations. The original autobiograph Read More

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  Bracelet Honors Mandela AND Benefits Workers

  By Kirk Bromley | Mon Oct 5, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  is called 46664 Bangles, and it's a lot like the Lance Armstrong Live Strong thing, but with a difference. These bracelets are handcrafted in South Africa so they directly benefit the people they're meant to support. They're available in pure copper, silver, gold or platinum, but eac Read More

  More like this in: Lance Armstrong, AIDS, Nelson Mandela, Race, Jewels and Jewelry, Human Rights Campaign, Life & Style, Giving, Activism, Human Rights, Culture, Fashion
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  If Oprah Says So, It Must Be True: Women Matter

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 1, 2009 9:54 PM ET

  Oprah’s all over it. The talk-show megastar has long been committed to helping girls — even going so far as to open her own girls’ school in South Africa — but today she has dedicated her entire show to stories of women prevailing over odds to become empowered and grasp opportunities Read More

  More like this in: Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Africa, Slavery, Sudan, Women For Women International, Sheryl Wudunn, Nicholas Kristoff, Sexual Slavery