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Wildfire breaks out across Table Mountain National Park blanketing Cape Town in thick smoke

A wildfire has broken out across Table Mountain National Park, blanketing South Africa’s Cape Town in thick smoke.

The Independent UK

Iconic South African hiking trails closed after fierce Table Mountain wildfire

A raging wildfire has scarred large areas of Cape Town's Table Mountain but now appears to be under control

Advnture

‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa

Ahead of a career retrospective, Sue Williamson tells how the US pair are dragging her country ‘through the mud’

The Guardian - UK

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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa

Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown

The Guardian - AU

Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma

Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification

The Guardian - UK

Drought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control

Water scarcity is often viewed as an issue for the arid American West, but the U.S. Northeast’s experience in 2024 shows how severe droughts can occur in just about any part of the country.

The Conversation

Bangkok ranked 2nd best city

Bangkok has been ranked second after the South African city of Cape Town in Time Out magazine

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Memorial Honors Black South African WWI Servicemen

Unveiling of a memorial in Cape Town honoring Black South African WWI servicemen who served in non-combat roles.

Top News

Princess Anne’s iconic sunglasses are back in the spotlight

Anne has been wearing the Team GB accessories since the London 2012 Olympics

The Independent UK

Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War

Anne will unveil the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial.

Evening Standard

City break to safari: actor Luke Evans on the perfect southern African itinerary

From climbing Table Mountain to spotting giraffes, here’s why everybody should put the Cape Town to Botswana route on their bucket list

Evening Standard

K Sello Duiker, a rock star of South African literature, died 20 years ago. How his work lives on

K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up the country’s literary scene with their irreverent take on…

The Conversation

Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa

A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

Al Jazeera

Aussies call up former schoolboy prodigy for Sevens

The Australian Sevens team has called up a former schoolboy prodigy, while veteran Maurice Longbottom returns from injury for the tournament in Perth.

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Anne to mark non-combat work by black South Africans during First World War

The Princess Royal is president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Independent UK

The world’s best city to visit right now, according to Time Out

London made the 2025 shortlist for its cuisine, pub culture and shopping opportunities

Motorsport

How next season's Formula E calendar is already taking shape

Returns to Santiago and Cape Town, as well as new venues in Phoenix and Bangkok, are options being considered for the 2025-26 Formula E calendar.

Evening Standard

Man finishes 8,000-mile run from Cape Town to London at Downing Street

Man runs for more than 500 days in continent-spanning run against racism

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The Guardian - UK

Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days and 7,700 miles on the road

Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basis

The Guardian - UK

John Dobson: ‘I’m old school. When the Stormers fire me I’m done in coaching’

Stormers head coach on his Cape Town connection and ‘putting up a fight’ at Harlequins in the Champions Cup

The Conversation

Cat videos and wild caracals: how the internet’s viral trends can help conservation

Have you recently opened YouTube or TikTok and immediately gone looking for cat videos? If your answer is “yes”, then you’re not alone: the global consumption of cat-related media online is simply massive. In 2015, there were over 2 million cat videos on YouTube alone, with an average of 12,000…

The Independent UK

My epic Antarctica voyage ended in angry protests – but I loved every minute of this beautiful adventure

With sea storms and an unfixable ship, things did not go according to plan on SH Diana’s trip to the world’s southernmost continent, but Mark Stratton recounts how the cruise still ended up being a magnificent odyssey

AAP

Levi upstaged as USA repeat Olympic win over Aussies

Australia's rugby women have been beaten in the semi-finals of the Cape Town Sevens, losing their Olympic rematch with the USA.

The Independent UK

Everton fan who travelled from South Africa ‘shattered’ as derby is called off

Gareth Clark flew from Cape Town for the Merseyside derby but it was postponed because of Storm Darragh.

The Conversation

Gangs, guns and bibles in Cape Town: what it takes to quit a life of violence and stay alive

“Blood in and blood out” is a well-known saying in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. It refers to the violent initiation rituals often needed to enter a gang – and the likelihood of being killed before one can get out. These are the perils that people face when…

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