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SOUTH AFRICA'S HEART OF SOCCER
SUBJECT: A trip to four world cup venues
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AUTHOR: Roman Goergen
WORDS: 1505
SYNOPSIS: While most soccer fans were hoping for their team to play in the stylish tourist hub of Cape Town during the 2010 world cup, don't despair if the draw sendsyour team in a different direction. It is actually South Africa's central region with the province of Gauteng and its surroundings that boasts the most matches of the competition. Not less than four world cup venues are situated here in a radius of only about 120 kilometers, hosting 27 matches And this vibrant region, with a modern urban and romantic African face, can keep up with the Western Cape as far as attractions go. |
INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN FREEMAN
SUBJECT: Invictus
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AUTHOR: Kate Turner
WORDS: 2690
SYNOPSIS: In his latest film, Morgan Freeman portrays the charismatic South African leader Nelson Mandela. It is the story about the little known partnership between Mandela and Francois Pienaar, captain of the underdog South African team, to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup and unite the country in the process. At the stylish Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg, the 72-year-old American actor and his producer Lori McCreary talk to FeatureNet's Kate Turner about rugby, ‘Madiba magic’, and about Freeman being the “anointed one” to portray Mandela. |
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
SUBJECT: Boxing enjoys revival of glory days in Zambia
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AUTHOR: Talent Ng'andwe
WORDS: 1163
SYNOPSIS: The audience for football, previously the number one sport in Zambia, is slowly fading in the country because fans think the players are not much good. But you can't say that for boxing, which is coming into a heyday. There is renewed hope that the impoverished southern African country will rekindle its lost sporting glory. |
IN SEARCH OF THE SNOW LEOPARD
SUBJECT: Trekking in the former kingdom of Ladakh in Little Tibet
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AUTHOR: Miles Amoore
WORDS: 2765
SYNOPSIS: Miles Amoore visits Hemis National Park in the former kingdom of Ladakh, Tibet, to look for snow leopards. He takes us to medieval villages, walking back into a long forgotten time, climbing to heights of 4,800 metres to try and find the beasts that are notoriously evasive and extremely rare. |