South Africa is home to one of the world's top rugby’s teams, the Springboks. It's also home to Africa’s only national league of wheelchair rugby, the only full-contact Paralympic sport. But while wheelchair rugby is an amateur sport with limited resources, there is no shortage of dedication and determination. Marize de Klerk reports from South Africa’s capital, Pretoria where South Africa’s top teams recently went head to head.
Mosibudi Jo Mathole and Khomotso Ramodipa are rare gems in the male-dominated diamond industry
((INTRO:)) [[Mosibudi Jo Mathole and Khomotso Ramodipa are rare gems in the male-dominated diamond industry. The South African sisters run one of the few women-owned diamond polishing businesses in the world. And, despite the slumping global market for diamonds, and a shrinking industry in South Africa, they've managed to keep shining and developing new female talent. Marize de Klerk reports from Bedfordview, South Africa.
Mosibudi Jo Mathole and Khomotso Ramodipa are rare gems in the male-dominated diamond industry. The South African sisters run one of the few women-owned diamond polishing businesses in the world. And, despite the slumping global market for diamonds, and a shrinking industry in South Africa, they've managed to keep shining and developing new female talent. Marize de Klerk reports from Bedfordview, South Africa.
U-Dream Global’s Cape to Cairo program aims to inspire African teenagers to a career in flying
A South African group of teenage pilots who flew a self-assembled aircraft across Africa are back in South Africa after tragedy struck the expedition. The two experienced adult pilots manning the support airplane accompanying the teens, died in an accident in Tanzania.
A South African group of teenage pilots who flew a self-assembled aircraft across Africa are back in South Africa after tragedy struck the expedition. The two experienced adult pilots manning the support airplane accompanying the teens, died in an accident in Tanzania. The group left South Africa in June as part of nonprofit U-Dream Global’s inspirational Cape To Cairo crowd-funded project. Marize de Klerk reports from Kyalami, South Africa.
Nearly 2,000 musicians from around Africa gather for the event, now in its eighth year
South Africa hosted the world's largest marimba and steelpan festival July 27-28, with nearly 2,000 musicians from around Africa, including Botswana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival prides itself for enabling disadvantaged and disabled people to compete on equal footing with other artists, as Marize de Klerk reports from Boksburg, South Africa.
Every year, dancers from South Africa and around the world — complete with tutus and pointe shoes — do a “special enclosure performance” for the calves in this rhino orphanage and to raise money to save them
Artists are often at the forefront of social change, as they use their works to address difficult political and cultural issues. Protecting the environment and cultural heritage are the focus of the annual Ballet in the Bush initiative. As Marize de Klerk reports from Sterkrivier, South Africa, American dancers recently joined international and South African ballet talent in the African bush for the sake of their art and an endangered species, the rhino.
The women are inspired by South African business executive Saray Khumalo, who in May became the first black African woman to climb the world’s highest mountain
Africa's women mountaineers are reaching new heights. In May, South African businesswoman Saray Khumalo became the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest. Now four other South Africans are preparing to become the first all-women African team to climb the world's tallest peak. Marize de Klerk reports from Waterval Boven, South Africa.
U-Dream Global’s Cape to Cairo program aims to inspire African teenagers to greater heights
A group of South African teenagers has assembled a four-seater airplane and is flying it across the continent. Aviation experts consider this a significant feat, one that will inspire teens who want to be pilots, engineers, or anything else. Marize de Klerk reports for VOA from Eikenhof, South Africa.
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