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Fidel Castro honoured in SA on Heritage Day  -  Sep 24, 2008
SABC News,Orta will this evening receive the Ubuntu Award on behalf of Fidel Castro at another function at the Mapungubwe World Heritage Park.

SA architect builds a ‘White House’ for Rwanda  -  Sep 13, 2008
The Times,The same kind of vaults can be seen at South Africa’s world heritage site at Mapungubwe, near Musina. Rich won the competition to build the R20-million

Castro recognised with Ubuntu Award  -  Sep 11, 2008
Independent Online,...president Kenneth Kaunda respectively. Castro's award will be made at a ceremony at the Mapungubwe National Park, north of Limpopo, on September 24. - Sapa.

Castro gets Ubuntu prize  -  Sep 22, 2008
Sowetan,Former Cuban president Fidel Castro will be awarded the prestigious Ubuntu Award at the Mapungubwe Heritage Site in Musina, Limpopo, tomorrow.

Cherrie on the top  -  Aug 28, 2008
The Times,I think it is time to pause and say in measured tones: “Stoned Cherrie deserves a Mapungubwe recognition or some national order for its contribution,

Castro honoured with Ubuntu Award  -  Sep 25, 2008
Independent Online,The award was received by the acting Cuban ambassador, Enrique Orta, on Tuesday night at the Mapungubwe national heritage site in Musina, Limpopo.

Castro gets Humanitarian Award  -  Sep 13, 2008
SKNVibes.com,The Award Ceremony will be held on September 24, the country’s National Heritage Day, at the Mapungubwe National Park.

Honour for castro  -  Sep 25, 2008
Sowetan,The presentation took place at Mapungubwe Heritage Site. Castro could not attend the presentation because of ill-health. The Ubuntu Award is celebrated

South Africa: Mpumalanga Man, Fidel Castro Receive Ubuntu Awards  -  Sep 24, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The NHC said the current Ambassador of Cuba Enrigue Orta would accept the award on behalf of Mr Castro in an official ceremony held at Mapungubwe Wednesday

13 Questions for New MacArthur Genius and Time-Travelling Engineer ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
Popular Mechanics,There's another project under construction that's in South Africa, the Mapungubwe Museum at a World Heritage site. That's where we're using local earth.

Peacemakers broker South African land reform  -  Sep 17, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,...here in this region,� says Mashudu Dima, a wizened man in a silver goatee, noting that the cultural site of Mapungubwe shows evidence of iron smelting.

Top accolade for Rhodes scientist  -  Sep 20, 2008
Weekend Post,In 2005 President Thabo Mbeki awarded her the Order of Mapungubwe for her contribution to science and in 2004 she received the SABC2 Shoprite/ Checkers

"The unbearable whiteness of being"  -  Sep 8, 2008
Politicsweb,...by white colonialists that disrupted the peace-loving heirs of the ‘glittering' civilization of Mapungubwe (I saw nothing about the wars of Mfecane).

Arms deal weapons "obtained honestly" - Thabo Mbeki  -  Sep 5, 2008
Politicsweb,The period since Nelson Mandela, Esteemed Member of the Order of Mapungubwe, made this statement, has seen the transformation of our Navy and the rest of

Cerrah ve Bahçıvan/İlk kalp naklindeki yalan  -  Sep 25, 2008
Milliyet,Hamilton Naki’nin büyük başarısı ancak 2005 senesinde, kendisine Cape Town üniversitesinin fahri doktorluk ünvanı ve “National Order of Mapungubwe� nişanı

Reisen & Verkehr Hier haben Elefanten Vorfahrt  -  Sep 2, 2008
Yahoo! Nachrichten,Zu den Hauptattraktionen gehört der Mapungubwe-Nationalpark im Länderdreieck von Botsuana, Simbabwe und Südafrika. Vor etwa 1.000 Jahren war hier das

Blick ins Herz Südafrikas  -  Sep 25, 2008
PresseAnzeiger (Pressemitteilung),Die letzten beiden Tage bringen einen Blick zurück in die vor 1000 Jahren blühende altafrikanische Mapungubwe-Kultur. Neben diesen beiden Specials bietet

Juego de Ojos/Miguel Ã?ngel Sánchez de Armas  -  Sep 3, 2008
EnLíneaDirecta.info,Se le expidió un título de cirujano honoris causa, y fue condecorado con la orden de Mapungubwe, uno de los mayores honores de su país, por su contribución

Inner-city buzz  -  Aug 8, 2008
Financial Mail (subscription),But we could have, because Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments in Marshalltown - on the corners of Anderson, Ferreira and Marshall streets - has become a buzzy

Another award for KZN scientist  -  Aug 4, 2008
Independent Online,Distinguished Woman Scientist award, the 2006 Gold Medal of the South African Association of Botanists and the National Order of Mapungubwe in Silver.

In Marshalltown, Black is the new black  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Times,Black is the restaurant at the Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments in what used to be the French Bank. The hotel apartments were launched in March and according to

Buckland is top woman  -  Aug 7, 2008
Sowetan,Last year she received the Order of Mapungubwe from President Thabo Mbeki for her contribution to the field of speech and language pathology and for her

Buckland named Woman of the Year  -  Aug 1, 2008
Weekend Post,...and Prof Claire Penn, an internationally acknowledged scientist who was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe by President Thabo Mbeki last year.

Dated Kempton Park property identified for 'street-front' CBD upgrade  -  Aug 6, 2008
eProp.co.za,...but has completed some very successful redevelopments within the Johannesburg CBD including the award winning Mapungubwe Hotel and Apartments in another

South Africa: President Mbeki Hails Madiba As 'Citizen of the World'  -  Jul 20, 2008
AllAfrica.com,South Africans are not just celebrating Madiba's 90th birthday, but a honoured member of the Order of Mapungubwe, who the country surrendered to the nations

Shoprite Checkers / SABC 2 Woman of the Year winners announced  -  Aug 8, 2008
Supermarket Online,South Africa’s premier accolade for achievement by women went to Janet Buckland who was named the Shoprite Checkers/ SABC2 Woman of the Year 2008.

Historically disadvantaged: the Bullard wars  -  Apr 14, 2008
The Times,He reflects on “patriotic orgasms induced by the lumpy little gold rhinoceros found in Mapungubwe, touted not as an anthropological or artistic find,

Red Rocket flies into 2008  -  Apr 10, 2008
Bizcommunity.com,CI, marketing collateral, signage and launch of Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments, a four-star luxury hotel in downtown Jozie. What sets Red Rocket apart from

Ramshackle revival  -  Apr 17, 2008
eProp.co.za,Just up the road is the newly opened four-star Mapungubwe Hotel, which enjoys 90% occupancy. “Developers have committed a further R5bn to new projects,�

Mbeki to bestow National Orders to nation's heroes  -  Apr 17, 2008
BuaNews Online (press release),Other National Orders are the Order of Mapungubwe, Order of Ikhamanga and the Mendi Decoration for bravery. - BuaNews.

Adriaan Basson reviews Hermann Giliomee and Bernard Mbenga's New ...  -  22 Feb 2008
Mail & Guardian Online,...four to 1,5-million years ago; of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe and its rain-maker king; of the first multinational company, the Dutch East India Company,

Joburg sanctuary  -  Feb 4, 2008
Sowetan,But the mood in room 407 at Mapungubwe Hotel was seductive. Situated in Marshallstown on the corner of Anderson, Ferreira and Marshall streets,

Remains of Mapungubwe people reburied  -  Nov 17, 2007
SABC News,The remains of 143 people that were found during archeological excavations at Mapungubwe since 1933 are now being reburied at the same place.

Mapungubwe communities hold cleansing ceremony  -  Nov 5, 2007
SABC News,The descendants of the Mapungubwe communities have held a cleansing ceremony at the World Heritage site in Limpopo. About 100 representatives of the so

Mapungubwe cleansed  -  Nov 6, 2007
Sowetan,Excitement filled the air at Mapungubwe World Heritage Site yesterday when the six families who lived in the area several decades ago co-hosted a cleansing

Ancestral cleansing ritual at Mapungubwe  -  Nov 5, 2007
Sowetan,Six Limpopo families will today co-host a cleansing ceremony at Mapungubwe World Heritage Site to prepare for the reburial and repatriation of their

Demand for own language  -  Nov 19, 2007
Sowetan,Khelobedu and Venda belong to the Shona and Swahili cluster of languages. ba-Rozwi-Vakalanga of Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe who communicated and still

Record collection for tourism marketing levy  -  Nov 4, 2007
Travel Wires,1st November 2007, the Mapungubwe Hotel in the heart of Johannesburg, as well as the expansion and renovations of a number of hotels in the country.

YEAR-END REVIEW 5: GOOD AND HORRID  -  Nov 26, 2007
Joburg,...and put into operation, as has the adjacent four-star sectional title development Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments (the previous French Bank building).

The nine 2010 World Cup host cities in brief - Feature  -  Nov 20, 2007
Earthtimes,Mapungubwe National Park. a World Heritage Site, marks the site of a highly-developed South African kingdom that existed 1000 years ago and traded gold and

It’s Official – Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments is Open  -  Oct 4, 2007
eProp.co.za,Located in Marshalltown, Johannesburg on Anderson, Ferreira and Marshall Streets, Mapungubwe is positioned down the road from Standard Bank Head Office and

Mbeki honours Wits professors  -  Sep 27, 2007
Vuvuzela Online,Penn was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver for her excellent contribution to the field of speech and language pathology, especially in the area of

Editorial Opinion  -  Aug 15, 2007
Dispatch Online,Limpopo has the fascinating remains of the ancient city state of Mapungubwe, which includes evidence of trade with Arabia and Asia.

South Africa: The Backstage Master And His Chances of Playing the Lead  -  Aug 3, 2007
AllAfrica.com,In a reflective frame of mind he has compared postapartheid SA to the great civilisations, such as Mapungubwe, that "once adorned the hills and plains of

Baboon Point to get management plan  -  Aug 6, 2007
Legalbrief (subscription),Cape's equivalent of the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng and the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape site in Limpopo – both proclaimed World Heritage Sites.

Jozi's public artworks go global  -  Aug 17, 2007
Joburg,Those from Joburg on the site include the huge Nelson Mandela statue in Nelson Mandela Square, in Sandton; the golden Mapungubwe rhino in Main Street;

Enviro education centre opens in Polokwane  -  Aug 3, 2007
BuaNews Online (press release),Parks (Mapungubwe, Karoo, Mountain Zebra, Mokala, Richtersveld, Bontebok and Tankwa) can also participate in the programme," the Minister added.



Wild dog chase with a difference  Nov 7, 2006
Participants will track a group of endangered African wild dogs in Venetia, observe the different animal and bird species within the Mapungubwe National Park ... - Independent Online,
New tourist route explores ancient kingdoms Feb 26, 2006
The Route of Lost Kingdoms in the Soutpansberg region of the Limpopo Province last year and the launch function will take place at the Mapungubwe National Park ...
Zoutnet,

Table Mountain nears peak of national parks Mar 7, 2006
Of the 14 major national parks featured in the report (excluding the Table Mountain National Park) the Mapungubwe National Park in Limpopo leads the pack, with ...
Independent Online,

Tips for holidaying under the stars Mar 13, 2006
These include Gauteng's Cradle of Humankind, the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, Robben Island, the Okhahlamba Drakensberg Park, Mapungubwe National Park in ...
Independent Online,
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