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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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…

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

Kar Hao Teoh, 40, described as a ‘loving family man’ and a ‘dedicated and talented’ medic

Violence has erupted all around Cape Town following last week's announcement of a disruptive taxi strike against new local legislation allowing authorities to impound irregular vehicles. In the absence of this critical mode of transportation, commuters living in nearby townships have been left stranded – an issue that has primarily…