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Cipla chairman Dr. Yusuf Hamied elected Royal Society Honorary Fellow
August 1, 2019Cipla Medpro is proud to announce that Dr. Yusuf Hamied, Cipla’s Chairman, has been elected an Honorary Fellow of...
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Community clinic opens in Pretoria East
August 1, 2019The Cipla Foundation, in partnership with Intercare, the Kungwini Welfare Organisation, and the Dutch Reformed Church of Tygerpoort, have...
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Raising awareness one sock at a time
August 1, 2019We tend to think of doctors as the professionals we turn to when we are suffering, but we often...
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Cipla Medpro acquires a stake in connected health company Brandmed
April 16, 2019In recognition of the importance of the critical shift to a more patient-centric, integrated and predictive healthcare environment, Cipla...
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Cipla wins portion of state ARV tender
February 19, 2019Cipla, South Africa’s third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, announced that it has been awarded a share of the South African...
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World Aids day – Cipla launches new triple-combination antiretroviral drug, Reydin
November 30, 2018Ahead of World Aids Day and as part of its continued commitment to ensuring access to quality, affordable antiretrovirals...
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The road ahead for the pharma industry
October 23, 2018In recent years, South Africa’s pharmaceutical industry has increasingly shifted its focus to become more patient-centric in everything that...
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Cipla’s new triple combination antiretroviral drug approved
September 12, 2018The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved Cipla’s latest first-line triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV....
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Cipla Uganda first African manufacturer to produce new ARV combo
September 4, 2018The first batch of the new triple-combination first-line HIV treatment regimen was recently produced at the Cipla Quality Chemical...
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Cipla South Africa grows national footprint with Mirren acquisition
August 8, 2018Cipla Medpro South Africa (Pty) Limited (“Cipla Medpro”), wholly owned subsidiary of Cipla Limited, India (“Cipla”) and South Africa’s...
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Cipla Quality Chemical industries Ltd (CiplaQCIL) to list on Uganda’s Stock Exchange
August 16, 2018Kampala. Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL), a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda will soon announce an Initial...
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How the pharmaceutical industry can propel Africa to the forefront of healthcare
July 30, 2018The Fourth Industrial Revolution is having a profound effect on the pharmaceutical industry, as new technology is assisting with...
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Pioneering affordable HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa Cipla’s continued goal
July 27, 2018There are still several significant challenges that need to be addressed to ensure that people living with HIV (PLHIV)...
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Cipla Foundation – Sha’p left wins vision 2030 Healthcare Award
July 11, 2018Cipla Foundation’s initiative, Sha’p Left, won the certificate of excellence award in the healthcare category at the recent annual...
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Consumers need to understand the risks associated with using medication to combat pain
June 26, 2018South Africans need to better understand the potential risks associated with using medication to combat pain, as even the...
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Cipla Foundation’s David Grier Takes on The Great Wall of China – AGAIN
April 9, 2018From left to right: Andrew Stuart, David Grier and Harry de Witt, CEO of Fresenius Asia Pacific region ...
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Our next big mission: fighting cancer in Africa
April 6, 2018Cancer is emerging as a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, with a cancer burden that is only...
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Cipla’s novel solution to prevent TB in people living with HIV/AIDS
March 23, 2018With Tuberculosis (TB) estimated to infect around 781 out of every 100 000 South Africans, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)...
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The medicine makers
March 23, 2018Meet The Cipla people at our Durban Factory. Just fourteen kilometres from Durban’s CBD is Cipla’s MCC-approved GMP factory,...
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Meet the Cipla people at our Cape Town Distribution Centre
March 22, 2018What do the people at Cipla’s Distribution Centre in Dunoon do, and what do they love about their jobs?...
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More patient education needed on respiratory conditions
February 20, 2018There is a significant need in South Africa for education around respiratory conditions such as asthma and allergic rhinitis....
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Cannabis legalisation offers medical research opportunities
February 14, 2018The impending legalisation of access to medical cannabinoids in South Africa is opening up a host of research opportunities...
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HIV AIDS: the myths and the truth
December 8, 2017Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was described in 1981, there have been many widely held but false beliefs...
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Prostate cancer: to screen or not to screen?
November 29, 2017With prostate cancer as one of the commonest types of cancer affecting men, a lot of thought has gone...
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Ladies, it’s time use your powers of persuasion
November 16, 2017Have you tried getting your man to go and see a doctor about that skin rash, or his chronic...
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How to Thrive in Healthcare as a Woman
August 8, 2017Women play a vital role within the pharmaceutical industry and Cipla is committed to help women achieve their ambitions...
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Celebrating a Great Man’s Legacy
July 20, 2017On the 18th July 2017 South Africans from all walks of life celebrated Mandela Day. For many people across...
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The Link Between Gut Bacteria and Children Developing Allergies
July 10, 2017The probability that a child will develop an allergy is being proven to be largely related to their microbiome...
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The Importance of Deworming Your Kids
March 4, 2017School Health Week The 4th to the 8th of March 2017 is School Health Week, which presents an excellent...
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How Probiotics Can Alleviate the Symptoms of IBS
April 1, 2017International Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), is a chronic condition and one of the most...
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Medical Disaster Relief Unit Deployed to Hout Bay to Assist Fire Victims
March 16, 2017Over the past weekend, an estimated 15 000 people were left homeless after a fire ravaged Mandela Park Hout...
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Cipla Collaborates With American Cancer Society To Increase Access To Cancer Treatment In Africa
July 3, 201703 July 2017: Cipla Ltd, the global pharmaceutical company and owner of Cipla Medpro, South Africa’s third largest pharmaceutical...
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How To Manage Exercise-Induced Asthma
June 2, 2017In light of the Comrades Marathon on 4 June 2017 – South Africa’s marathon season is in full swing...
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Cipla Supports Your Right to Health Care
March 20, 2017South Africa has come a long way in providing everyone with adequate healthcare, food, water and social security, but...
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Synchrobreathe – Cipla launches revolutionary respiratory inhaler in SA
January 18, 201718 January 2017: Cipla today announced the launch of its innovative inhaler called Synchrobreathe. This state of the art...
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Thailand Ultra Adventure
November 1, 2016What’s this all about? David Grier’s mission is to run the 100 km Thailand Ultra Marathon, known as the...
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Cipla-Teva extend its existing Supply & Distribution Agreement to Include Actavis Products
September 30, 2016Cipla Medpro SA a fully owned subsidiary of Cipla Ltd and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (‘Teva’) have announced that Teva’s newly acquired...
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Alan Brand – Living a Life that is “Positively Alive”
July 21, 2016We caught up with employee wellness expert Alan Brand on how he remains ‘Positively Alive”. Having been diagnosed with...
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Sonto Moloi – Mother, Daughter, Partner, Employee, and… AIDS Survivor
July 20, 2016Sonto is a housekeeper working in Cape Town. She is in a long-term relationship with her boyfriend and together...
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Cipla Announces Africa Expansion Strategy During International AIDS Conference
July 18, 201618 July 2016: Cipla Limited today announced that negotiations to establish manufacturing facilities in Morocco and later in Algeria...
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Cipla to launch South Africa’s first biotech manufacturing facility
July 8, 2016Cipla Ltd announced this week that its proposed biotech subsidiary in South Africa will invest just over R1.3 billion...
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Miles4Smiles fun walk
June 14, 2016Miles4Smiles fun walk Join us on Youth Day (16 June) for a fun morning on the beach. Walk or...
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Early Childhood Development Campus Launched In Kaboweni- Mbombela
June 3, 20162 June 2016: The Department of Social Development in Mbombela, in collaboration with the Cipla Foundation, yesterday launched a...
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Four Cipla initiatives that make a difference in your community
May 13, 2016On 8 May it was World Red Cross Day. Here’s how three Cipla initiatives strive to support the Red...
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A solution to deadly fires in SA homes
May 10, 2016Over nine people die every day in South Africa in home fires that could have been prevented. Over 120...
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Current asthma related developments and research studies explored at Cipla conference
April 22, 201604 April March 2016: Recent real-life data from 579 UK practices show that a high proportion of patients with...
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Pharma Industry Key Role Players During Economic Crisis
April 20, 2016With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank cutting South Africa’s economic growth forecast for 2016 to...
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Surgeries get underway in Mbombela
April 12, 2016For 29-year-old Ephraim Moyo, who was born with a cleft lip, the Operation Smile mission to Mbombela made all...
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Dr Hamied on Asthma
March 30, 2016Patent monopolies on life-saving drugs: the biggest killer of our time? It’s a burning issue: should pharmaceutical companies be granted...
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How pharma industry can weather SA economic crisis
March 22, 2016While SA’s economy is facing possible junk status, the good news is that the pharmaceutical industry is in a...
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Cipla completes acquisition of generic businesses in US
February 19, 2016Cipla, a global pharmaceutical company which uses technology and innovation to meet the everyday needs of all patients, today...
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Pharma Industry Key Role Players During Economic Crisis
February 15, 2016With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank cutting South Africa’s economic growth forecast for 2016 to...
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Cipla Medpro: The first company to pioneer bringing down the cost of ARVs to R15 a day
February 8, 2016None shall be denied ARV treatment With its life-saving treatment costing less than R15 per day, Cipla has made...
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The global and South African need for ECD centres
January 29, 2016A proper foundation is the key to emotional, physical and cognitive success in childhood, as well as later on...
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The man behind Cipla, Dr Yusuf Hamied
January 20, 2016How did it all start? Cipla was founded in India in 1935 by a man with a dream. His...
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Back-to-school health on the agenda
January 22, 2016As children head back to school in their hundreds of thousands, parents may be concerned about how well their...
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How Cipla made ARV’s affordable
December 17, 2015Cipla prides itself on being able to provide affordable antiretroviral (ARV) medication to HIV/AIDS patients, as pioneered by Dr...
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Cipla Community Hero: Ana Rocha
December 14, 2015This month for Cipla’s Community Hero we spoke to breast cancer survivor, Ana Rocha. We sat down to ask...
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Cipla are doing their part for South Africa’s people
December 2, 2015Cipla have embarked on numerous Corporate Social Investment initiatives (CSIs) via the Cipla Foundation, and are giving back to...
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World AIDS Day and the red ribbon
December 1, 2015Since 1988, the first day of December has been known around the globe as World AIDS Day, allowing people...
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Cipla invests R185 million in new distribution centre
November 25, 2015Cipla Medpro (Cipla SA), the third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in South Africa, yesterday launched its new, purpose built 16 000...
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How to handle a flea infestation
November 25, 2015A flea infestation can mean big trouble for one’s household. Itching, scratching and general irritability: this is not a...
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R3 million Owethu clinic to benefit Cottonlands KZN community
November 23, 201523 November 2015: Cipla Foundation, the social enterprise division of leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, Cipla SA (Cipla Medpro), in partnership with...
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David Grier – An old-school hero
October 27, 2015Remember your childhood stories about heroes who’d go on adventures for the well-being of others? Well, as it happens,...
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Cancer Research at Owethu
October 26, 2015Is our urban lifestyle dangerous? Owethu, an initiative backed by Cipla is about to embark on a huge research...
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The 2015 Hope Hike
October 8, 2015On the 11th and 25th of October 2015, the Hope Hike will take place in Cape Town (D’Aria) and...
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SA adventurer runs 1500 km for children with cleft palates
January 9, 2014January 2014: Well-known South African adventurer, David Grier and his running partner Andrew Stuart, returned last week from Cuba...
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Early childhood development campus provides hope for children of Gugulethu
October 5, 2015January 2015: Cipla Foundation, the registered non-profit organisation (NGO) and social enterprise division of Cipla SA, announced the launch...
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World Alzheimer’s Month: New Hope For Affordable Alzheimer’s Treatment
September 4, 2015NEW HOPE FOR AFFORDABLE ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT Cipla Medpro, the third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in South Africa, has announced the...
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Cipla to launch innovative respiratory inhaler in SA
August 12, 2015Cipla’s Synchrobreathe (SB), a state-of-the-art breath-actuated inhaler, which will bring relief to millions of South Africans with Obstructive Airway...
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Ignite Hope sparks support for community upliftment in South Africa
June 8, 2015Not only in South Africa, but globally, there are so many communities in desperate need, but questions such as...
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Giving the gift of a smile with laughter
June 8, 2015Comedians for Smiles: Flower Power – a unique comedy festival featuring well-known comedians Shimmy Isaacs, Dylan Skew, Stuart Taylor,...
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Cipla Hands Over R1-Million To Operation Smile at Comedy Festival
June 8, 2015Cipla Foundation, the non-for profit arm of Cipla Medpro South Africa, handed over a R1-million cheque to Operation Smile...
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Cipla Announces US FDA Approval for the World’s First Paediatric Lopinavir and ritonavir Oral Pellets
June 8, 2015Cipla Limited, a global pharmaceutical company which uses cutting edge technology and innovation to meet the everyday needs of...
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Cipla Medpro announces new distribution centre due to steady growth
June 1, 2015Cipla Medpro, the third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in South Africa, today announced the construction of a new, purpose-built 16 000...
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OPERATION SMILE AMBASSADOR BREAKS CAIRO TO CAPE WORLD CYCLING RECORD
February 18, 2016In an attempt to raise funds and awareness for the plight of children born with cleft lips and palettes,...
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OPERATION SMILE AMBASSADOR BREAKS CAIRO TO CAPE WORLD CYCLING RECORD
February 18, 2016In an attempt to raise funds and awareness for the plight of children born with cleft lips and palettes,...
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Greater access to cancer medication vital to saving SA lives
February 4, 2015According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) study, low and middle income countries accounted for 57%...
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Cipla wins R2 billion of state ARV tender
January 5, 2015Cipla, the third largest pharmaceutical company in South Africa, today announced that it has been awarded R2 billion share...
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Cipla Miles for Smiles ambassador Chris Bertish attempts to break Stand-Up Paddleboard World Record
January 5, 2015Latest Miles for Smiles Ambassador, Guinness World Record holder, Mavericks Big Wave Invitational Champion & Inspirational Speaker Chris Bertish,...
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Health screenings conducted for Western Cape community at Owethu Wellness Day
December 8, 2014Cipla Foundation, the social enterprise division of leading pharmaceutical company Cipla Medpro, in partnership with NGO The Pebbles Project...
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World AIDS Day highlights strides made in treatments in SA
December 2, 2014The development of a successfully expanded antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme that allows people with HIV to live significantly longer...
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Cipla aids SA’s preterm infants with launch of respiratory medication
December 2, 2014Medpro Pharmaceutica (Pty) Ltd – a subsidiary company of Cipla Medpro, today announced the launch of an originator bovine...
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Cipla Mad Run raises R 151 000 for more than 20 corrective surgeries
September 23, 2014The Cipla Miles for Smiles Mad Run today announced that R151 000 was raised as a result of the...
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Cipla announces corrective surgery on final day of Mad Run
September 16, 2014The Cipla Miles for Smiles Mad Run officially kicked off on Sunday 7 September and will see Cipla ultra-runners,...
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Cipla awarded major stake in respiratory tender
July 8, 2014Cipla SA has been awarded a R345 million share of the national respiratory tender. This is the second largest...
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Cipla Mad Swim team complete near impossible 459km swim from Mozambique to Madagascar
July 8, 2014South African swimmers returned home as heroes after swimming an incredible 459km from Mozambique to Madagascar in just 24...
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Cipla launches SA’s first fully-serviced primary healthcare modular medical clinic
July 8, 2014Read more on Eikestadnuus.co.za here South Africa’s first fully-serviced modular medical clinic officially opened its doors at Villiera wine...
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Mad Swim team meet children affected by cleft palates for the first time
July 8, 2014Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot in March 2014 for the first time met the children whose lives they are inspired...
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Swim across Mozambique Channel to raise funds for children born with cleft palates
July 8, 2014Two South African swimmers, Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot, will in March 2014 attempt to swim 450km from Mozambique...
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SA adventurer runs entire length of Cuba to raise money for children born with cleft palates
July 8, 2014Well-known South African adventurer, David Grier and his running partner Andrew Stuart, returned in January 2014 from Cuba after...
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Cape running pair raise R300 000 for kids
July 7, 2014Original article posted on Timeslive.co.za on 20 January 2014 Becoming the first athletes to run the length of Cuba in...
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