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Actor Ben Affleck is getting ready to tackle his next project, which is raising money and awareness for global poverty, and that is why he will live on $1.50 per day.

Facebook. A social network that some of us can't seem to live without. To us, Facebook satisfies our curiosity when we can't help but wonder what our friends and family are up to. But to Eddie Beatrice, Facebook was a matter of life or death.

Pretoria - The South African Air Force (SAAF), generally recognised as the second oldest air force after the British Royal Air Force, turned 93 on February 1, 2013.

Pretoria - The Hungarian community of South Africa’s economic heartland, Gauteng Province, has commemorated March 15th, a national day and the anniversary of the revolution which threw out feudalism in 1848.

Johannesburg - South Africa has held its annual Remembrance Day nationwide with services being held in all the main centres of Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as in smaller towns.

Pretoria - Thousands thronged the South African capital’s historic Church Street, some climbing into trees, to get a glimpse of President Jacob Zuma during Freedom Day celebrations. The country recalled 17 years of democracy and the end of apartheid.

Pretoria - A former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) P-51D Mustang fighter surprised onlookers at the first South African Air Force (SAAF) Flying Day of 2011 at the Swartkop Museum by an unexpected visit from nearby Lanseria Airport, near Johannesburg.

Johannesburg - South Africans from around the country recalled the dead of wars and conflicts on Remembrance Sunday with the main commemoration being held in Johannesburg at the Cenotaph. Remembrance Day has been held here for 90 years.

It may be a holiday that very few people have heard of, but September 19 actually is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Today, August 13, is International Left-Handers Day, and is marked with special events around the world. The day was first celebrated on August 13, 1976.