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...Adoring Springbok fans have called talk shows to express their fears that their stars would all bolt from the country and leave South Africa with little hope for future wins. A few weeks ago, government officials dropped a decision to bar Springbok players from playing future international tournaments if they played for local teams overseas. As the political arguments have grown more heated, one South African rugby blogger wrote wistfully this week: "We knew it was too good to last! The feel-good atmosphere in SA Rugby after the Boks' World Cup triumph did not even make...
...Africa is the world's most varied continent: a place with 53 countries, 2,000 languages and a geography that veers from glaciers to deserts to nine of the world's 20 fastest-growing cities...
Inside that tropical tapestry, South Africa - Nelson Mandela's Rainbow Nation - is its most multicolored country...
...gardens, spread over 89 acres (36 ha), were established in 1913 on the old farm of southern Africa's chief British colonizer Cecil Rhodes, and are the most beautiful in Africa, mixing indigenous Cape species, such as fynbos, silver trees and 8,500 indigenous flowers with hundreds of thousands of imported species. On late, lazy Sunday afternoons from November to April they form what must be the world's most pastoral concert arena. Backed...
...with all that, and the organizers deliver by offering a mix as eclectic as the country they live in. This season, which runs from Nov. 25 to April 6, kicks off with folksinger Vusi Mahlasela, often described as South Africa's Bob Dylan. There follow 26 concerts from performers as varied as the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, pop chart-toppers Freshlyground and punk rockers Fokofpolisiekar, plus four nights of Christmas carols. Tickets...