JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - The new Mr South Africa 2006 will be announced at the Protea Hotel Mongena Game Lodge near Pretoria on Friday 27. The pageant is in its 15th year and has attracted many handsome South African men countrywide but only 15 finalists were short listed for this year.

The winner will have to work closely with wildlife conservation groups as an ambassador. He will be working work closely with the wildlife education organizations from underprivileged regions throughout the country. Gert Claasen, the new pageant’s PR from Kaosela said “everything is running 100 percent on schedule”.

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Like many South African women, Bongi Tsuene is worried about her weight.

The difference is that Tsuene, featured in a television advertisement promoting a slimming formula, is black.

Experts say more black women like Tsuene are shunning the traditional African reverence for the fuller figure as they adapt to the pressures of post-apartheid South Africa, raising fears they could become vulnerable to eating disorders.

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