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Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar announces retirement from international cricket after India series

South African cricket legend Dean Elgar retires after 84 tests, 5,146 runs and 13 centuries. Last test at Newlands in Cape Town on Jan 3.

The Hindu

“I called Keith Richards about doing it. His manager said: ‘Keith has already got a band. They’re called the Rolling Stones’”: the epic story of Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup

Featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more, Kings Of Chaos are rock’s most high-profile covers band

Louder

Firefighters battle a wildfire on the slopes of a mountain near Cape Town in South Africa

More than 300 firefighters have been battling a blaze on the slopes of a mountain near Cape Town in South Africa for a second day

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Simon's Town: Firefighters battle huge mountain blaze near South Africa's Cape Town

Wildfire threatens homes on mountain slopes near Simon's Town, 25 miles south of Cape Town

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Table Mountain Attacks Highlight Crime Threat To S.Africa Tourism

Hikers hit the trail before dawn at South Africa's natural jewel Table Mountain, but instead of simply trekking its rugged landscape they were also demonstrating against a surge in attacks on walkers and tourists.

International Business Times

Man charged with terrorism over a fire at South African Parliament is declared unfit to stand trial

A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged South Africa’s historic Parliament complex in Cape Town has been declared unfit to stand trial

The Independent UK

Aussie sevens women triumph again but men lose final

Australia's sevens women have earned back-to-back world series triumphs in Cape Town in dramatic fashion while the Aussie men were beaten in their final.

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Levi on fire as Aussie women, men progress in Cape Town

Free-scoring Maddison Levi has powered Australia's women to a dominant day-one performance at the world series sevens in Cape Town.

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Interview | Virat is the best batter in the world and Rohit is great for the game, says Dr. Ali Bacher

Dr. Ali Bacher, 81, is a cricketer, administrator, and passionate advocate for South African cricket. He follows the tough domestic games and will be watching the India-South Africa series with great enthusiasm. He believes India has the best chance of winning the Test series due to their strong bowling attack.…

The Hindu

Sevens 'Queens of the Desert' out for Cape Town glory

Australia's Sevens women will be returning to the scene of their 2022 World Cup triumph in Cape Town as they seek back-to-back world series triumphs.

AAP

Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African

Many people thought that classical opera in South Africa – regarded as a western, colonial art form that was the preserve of white people during apartheid – would die with democracy in 1994. Instead the opposite happened. Black singers emerged as the new stars and the format of opera began…

The Conversation

Three runners mugged during Cape Town’s Ultra-Trail this weekend

It follows the high profile mugging of a pro-runner during training on Table Mountain last week

Advnture

Kenya approves police deployment mission in Haiti despite court order

In tonight's edition: Kenyan lawmakers try to sidestep court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa. Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s biggest…

France 24

Ghana calls for African united front on demand for slavery reparations

Africa is seeking an action plan on the back of growing calls for compensation for the historical enslavement of millions of its people at a conference in Ghana. Meanwhile in the Central African Republic, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to renew its local peacekeeping mission – MINUSCA…

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The Conversation

Henry Bredekamp and the Khoisan: the living legacy of a renowned South African historian

When Professor Henry Charles “Jatti” Bredekamp began his career as a historian of early Cape Town in South Africa, there was still a commonly held myth that the region’s native people, the Khoisan, had “all but disappeared”. This was in the wake of slavery, colonialism and apartheid, a system of…

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Now Gallery presents the vibrant culture of ‘A Young South Africa’ captured through the lens

Now Gallery’s ‘A Young South Africa, Human Stories’ showcases six inspiring photographers for the 2023

Al Jazeera

Dream or mirage: Can South Africa’s white-led opposition win in 2024?

South Africa’s key opposition party believes it is the government-in-waiting ahead of the 2024 vote. But analysts doubt.

The Guardian - UK

Access all arias for South Africa’s rising young opera singers

A pioneering initiative in Cape Town is helping a new generation thrive in what was once seen as a ‘white space’

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8 of the best Christmas holidays for festive winter sun

Leave bad weather behind this Christmas in favour of sun-soaked beaches and warmer cities

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Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa

Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country's 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa

The Conversation

Evolution revolution: how a Cape Town museum exhibit is rewriting the story of humankind

Picture your typical human evolution museum display. You walk into a dimly lit space with glass boxes on white plinths or roped off areas. There are lots and lots of bones. Maybe a bit of history on how those bones were collected, and pictures of the famous people – usually…

The Conversation

South Africa's 2022 census missed 31% of people - big data could help in future

No census is ever exact: as academics Tom Moultrie and Rob Dorrington at the University of Cape Town have noted previously:

The Independent UK

8 of the best wine tour holidays around the world

Wet your palette with wine-fuelled trips – both close to home and far-flung – in some of the world’s best wine regions

The National (Scotland)

It’s real coup that major yacht race is coming Scotland – let’s make the most of it

IT’S not often that you’ll hear Oban mentioned in the same breath as Washington, Cape Town or Panama. But in winning selection as a host port of…

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: South Africa floods kill at least 11 people

Cape Town mayor declares major incident as roads closed and 80,000 people left without electricity

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