Naledi Ntepang hauls passengers around Kuruman in the Northern Cape province and to Johannesburg once a week.

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But the merger would give the new entity a chance of doing well in the Northern Cape.

ECONOMIST: South Africa's opposition

It was formed on the eve of democratic elections at around the same time as its better-known sister settlement, Orania, in the Northern Cape.

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These are sure to show a hefty rise as Northern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces replace underground casinos with their first legal ones.

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On Tuesday, police arrested 40 striking workers who had seized equipment worth millions of dollars at Anglo American's Kumba Iron Ore mine in the Northern Cape province.

BBC: South Africa Gold Fields workers 'end strike'

This time the Nevada desert will not be big enough, so the attempt will take place over an even larger expanse of flat ground at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape in South Africa, perhaps next year.

ECONOMIST: The land-speed record

The African bid, whose core will be in Northern Cape province, did well in the technical stakes, chiefly because the geography of the area allows a more efficient layout for the telescope, and also because electricity was thought likely to be cheaper there.

ECONOMIST: The Square Kilometre Array

To get your mind around just how much marine rubbish washes up on our shores, consider this: A Marine Debris Survey at Cape Arnhem in northern Australia counted, identified and collected all the rubbish washed up on a 5 mile stretch of beach in 10 days.

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