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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

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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.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

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 Independent UK

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:

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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 Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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

The Guardian - UK

Hezbollah Spokesperson Addresses University Of Cape Town Students Amid Controversy

UCT event featuring Ibrahim al-Mousawi raises concerns over campus extremism and safety of Jewish students.

Zenger

Rwandan court orders suspected serial killer to be detained pending trial

In tonight's edition: A Rwandan court orders a suspected serial killer to be detained for 30 days. Denis Kazungu pleaded guilty after multiple bodies were found buried in his kitchen, in a case that has shocked the nation. Also, several children are amongst the eight people killed following heavy rains…

France 24

South African tourism: informal traders need support, not more red tape

South Africa is an attractive tourist destination for foreign travellers on the African continent. It ranks 27th out of 128 countries in the world when it comes to visitor arrivals.

The Conversation

South Africa: Three killed in navy submarine disaster as crew swept off deck near Cape Town

Crew members swept off deck as helicopter was attepmting to drop off supplies

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South Africa to host US trade forum as diplomatic tensions subside

South Africa will host a meeting of nations participating in the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act despite earlier calls to exclude the country from the forum due to its ties to Russia and the docking of a sanctioned Russian vessel near Cape Town last year

The Independent UK

Rob Herring says family all supporting Ireland against native South Africa

Herring’s mother and two of his three sisters have travelled from Cape Town for the tournament.

The Guardian - UK

Johaar Mosaval obituary

The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rules

The Independent UK

Where is hot in December? Best holiday destinations for winter sun in 2025

Escape the winter cold in one of these sun-filled destinations

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Eric Liknaitzky obituary

Other Lives: Programmer and distributor of arthouse films who influenced the alternative cinema scenes in Cape Town and London

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Sylvia Mdunyelwa, one of South Africa's great jazz vocalists, kept music traditions alive

If Miriam Makeba is hailed as the South African vocalist of her generation who brilliantly embraced (and actually shaped) global music sounds, and Sathima Bea Benjamin as the experimenter who entranced the modern jazz scene in Europe and the US, then Ncediwe Sylvia Mdunyelwa joins that pantheon of late, great…

The Conversation

Cape Town taxi strike exposes a deeply unequal city – and the legacy of apartheid

Cape Town in South Africa often tops international travel polls and was recently voted the best city in the world to travel to by readers of a UK newspaper. But the reality for many residents is a stark contrast.

The Independent UK

British surgeon shot in head after taking wrong turn on family holiday to South Africa, inquest told

Kar Hao Teoh was on holiday in Cape Town when he was killed

The Times of India

'Namaskar Modi ji': South African legends Jonty Rhodes, Gary Kirsten welcome PM Modi ahead of BRICS Summit

CAPE TOWN : Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to South Africa for the 15th BRICS Summit, Proteas' cricketing legends Gary Kirsten and Jonty Rhodes released video messages welcoming PM Modi to the country.

Autosport

The top 10 Formula E drivers of 2022-23

As in previous years, the title battle went down to the final round of the 2022-2023 Formula E Championship after another frenetic season of racing. There were no fewer than seven winners across the campaign, representing six different teams and using three different powertrains, such was the competitiveness of the…

The Independent UK

Tributes to British doctor shot dead in Cape Town in front of wife and son

Renowned British surgeon Kar Hao Teoh was killed after ‘taking wrong turn’ during during violent protests in the South African city

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