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  • 24
    Oct
    2012
    10:42am, EDT

    Monkey business: Baboons raid tourists’ car

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    Tourists Alexandre Casias, center back, and Emilie Vachon, not in photo, from Montreal in Canada, have their car raided by Baboons, at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 24.

    Two baboons raided a car belonging to two Canadian tourists at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Monitors with paintball guns track baboon troops to keep them from getting into trouble, but that does not always keep them from mischief.

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    Baboons raid a car belonging to tourists Alexandre Casias, partially seen in background, and Emilie Vachon, right, from Montreal in Canada at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 24.

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    A close up of a baboon with a tracking collar at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 24. Baboon monitors armed with Paintball Guns attempt to prevent baboons raiding cars, houses, dust bin's. The baboon monitors spend their days following baboon troops across the cape peninsula to ensure they do not misbehave.

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    70 comments

    it looks like getting carjacked in the ghetto to me

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  • 15
    Oct
    2012
    6:40pm, EDT

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    Breaking wave sends water sky high

    A wave breaks over Kalk Bay harbor wall in gale force winds in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 15. Springtime in the Cape Peninsula brings regular gale force south-easterly winds which have been blowing for days. These winds were a contributing factor in the boating accident on Oct. 13 in Cape Town, where at least one person died after a tourist boat carrying 39 people capsized during a seal watching trip.

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  • 12
    May
    2012
    3:27pm, EDT

    Fishing trawler runs aground off Cape Town beach

    Schalk Van Zuydam / AP

    Rescue workers help a crew member from a stranded trawler into a rescue boat.

    A 50-meter (164-foot) Japanese trawler with 28 fishermen ran aground off a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, May 12. Craig Lambinon, spokesman for the National Sea Rescue Institute, said thick fog may have contributed to the accident early Saturday at First Beach in Cape Town's upscale Clifton area. Rescuers evacuated 19 of the 28 crew aboard and are hoping to refloat the vessel at high tide.

    Mike Hutchings / Reuters

    Onlookers walk past the stranded fishing trawler.

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  • 8
    May
    2012
    11:39pm, EDT

    Seasonal fog engulfs Cape Town

    Mike Hutchings / Reuters

    Seasonal fog is illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbor as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter, May 8, 2012.

    Seasonal fog is illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbor as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter, May 8, 2012.

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    3 comments

    Absolutely, stupendously beautiful!! Think I just found a new desktop background.

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  • 27
    Sep
    2011
    11:37am, EDT

    Prime Cape Town waves captivate surfers

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Surfers lucky enough to be in Cape Town, South Africa are seeing phenomenal waves today.

    Swells approaching 20 feet may look intimidating in these photos, but imagine the feeling of paddling a surfboard headlong into them.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    A surfer paddles over a breaking wave at an offshore reef in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    Josh Redman of South Africa surfs a wave at an offshore reef in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 27.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    Mickey Duffus, left, and Grant Baker from South Africa surf a wave at an offshore reef in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 27.

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    South African surfers ride a wave at an offshore reef in Cape Town, South Africa on Sept. 27.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    Dave Smith, of South Africa wipes out while surfing at an offshore reef in Cape Town, South Africa on Sept. 27.

    See more great action shots in The Week in Sports Pictures.

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  • 2
    May
    2011
    11:32am, EDT

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    A South African resident of Masiphumelele informal shack settlement carries bed springs from the remains of his home after a fire in Cape Town on Monday.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    A South African boy, resident of Masiphumelele informal shack settlement, looks at the remains of his home after a fire destroyed more than 1500 homes in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, May 2.

    Thousands displaced after fire destroys homes in Cape Town

    According to EPA:

    Around 1500 shacks were burned to the ground in the blaze which started in the early hours of Monday morning. Thousands have been left destitute and the body of a man was discovered after the fire spread rapidly through the densly populated area. The cause of the fire remains unclear but residents blame government for not addressing the housing crisis causing the overcrowded shacklands.

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  • 28
    Mar
    2011
    4:24pm, EDT

    Musicians descend on Cape Town for International Jazz Festival

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    American saxophonist Dave Koz performs live at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa.on Saturday, March 26.

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    Sandra Cordeiro from Angola performs live at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Saturday,

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    Phillip Bailey Jr. of American funk band, Earth Wind And Fire performing live during the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Friday.

    Nic Bothma / EPA

    Drummer Cindy Blackman from the US performs during the International Jazz Festival in Cape Town on Saturday.

    By Elena Grothe

    More on the 12th annual two-day festival here:  Cape Town jazz fest draws brass, Wind

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  • 28
    Mar
    2011
    6:15am, EDT

    Jailbirds help hardened criminals to reform

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    A notorious South African jail where Nelson Mandela spent six years as an inmate is rehabilitating criminals by giving them the responsibility to rear parrots and other birds. The Correctional Bird Project at Cape Town's Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison tasks inmates to take care of chicks and young birds before they are sold as tame pets to bird lovers.

    Stephane de Sakutin / AFP - Getty Images

    A parrot sits on the hand of a prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, South Africa on March 18.

    Stephane de Sakutin / AFP - Getty Images

    Prisoners talk in a corridor at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, near walls painted with murals of parrots.


    According to photographer Stephane de Sakutin, the program fields constant requests from prisoners wanting to join and places are limited to around a dozen prisoners who undergo training and must adhere to a ban on gangsterism, smoking, swearing, and drugs. In return, the inmates are given privileges like single cells.

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    A prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" talks to his Senegal parrot at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town.

    Stephane de Sakutin / AFP - Getty Images

    A prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town feeds a parrot chick.

     

    7 comments

    Yes: prisoners learning empathy etc is a very important goal, and should be applauded. But at what cost (in this case)? The prisoners will have these birds at most for 5-6 months while they are weaned, and then the birds will be sold to someone and live on for another 50 or so years. Yes, it is ille …

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  • 14
    Jun
    2010
    4:20pm, EDT

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    Italy's defender Giorgio Chiellini (R) challenges Paraguay's defender Aureliano Torres during their 2010 World Cup group F first round football match on June 14, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.

    Italy vs. Paraguay

    I don't know that much about soccer, but I bet this is a foul...

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    I guess what he can't see won't hurt him.

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