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Entertainment
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What to do this week
Outdoor adventure, heritage, family treats, new art or museum shows. Follow LUCILLE DAVIE'S weekly selection of the most interesting city activities.
This Week in Joburg 

Nightlife
If you haven't burnt up all your energy during the day, Johannesburg offers a range of happening nightclubs and cocktail bars with live music and DJs spinning beats. We present a selection, from hardcore dance spots to more laidback venues.
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Casinos
Johannesburg has not forgotten the gamblers. There are two large casinos inside the city, two more on the outskirts, and others less than two hours drive away. Between them they offer 8 164 slot machines and 291 gaming tables - have fun!
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Theatre
Homegrown South African theatre is alive and well, as evidenced by the myriad productions staged at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July each year. Many of these travel the country afterwards, often ending up at Johannesburg's famous Market Theatre at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, or at the Civic Theatre in Braamfontein.
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Cinemas
There's nothing like a movie for some great, escapist entertainment. Johannesburg boasts a large number of excellent big-screen, big-sound cinemas spread throughout the city and environs.
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Local flavour given to Nutcracker
SET in the hot summer of a southern Christmas, the delightful Mzansi Productions version of The Nutcracker offers a "scattering of visual South Africanisms".
Informal traders learn new skills
THE private sector has been challenged to help the government support small medium and micro enterprises, and so join forces in the fight against poverty.
Rising food prices are examined
THERE are several reasons behind the rising cost of food - increasing oil prices, fertilizer prices, and adverse weather conditions that are affecting crop production are just some of them.
Giant Why Man to light up Sandton
AT six metres tall and standing on a balcony, the giant Mzansi Romance Why Men sculpture will stop night-time visitors to Nelson Mandela Square in their tracks.
Jozi ranks 11th most important city
JOBURG'S status as the economic powerhouse of Africa has been confirmed in the first MasterCard Emerging Markets Index, which places it at 11 out of 65 emerging market cities.

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