Karabo Keepile
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/ 16 March 2009

Real boys do ballet

It’s Tuesday afternoon in Alexandra and Jonathan Rakgatlha (17) is on his way to class. DJ Cleo’s latest anthem, Es’khaleni, blasts from a passing taxi and a group of kids respond with the latest kwaito dance moves.

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/ 14 June 2006

New scramble for Africa

As instability in the Middle East threatens energy security, the West is turning to Western and Central Africa, which is emerging as an increasingly important player in global oil markets. The region from the Gulf of Guinea to Sudan is becoming the subject of fierce competition by energy companies in a new scramble for Africa — for its high-quality, easily refinable oil.