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Hosts Ivory Coast can win 2023 AFCON, says former star Kalou

Johannesburg (AFP) - Former Ivory Coast star Salomon Kalou believes his country have "a good chance to win" the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations when they host the tournament during June and July next year.

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Nine-man Masry snatch dramatic CAF Cup triumph

Johannesburg (AFP) - Egyptian club Al Masry overcame having two players sent off to snatch a dramatic 2-1 CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first leg victory over Moroccan visitors Renaissance Berkane on Monday.

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Kenya and Zimbabwe go into 2023 Africa Cup draw, despite bans

Kenya and Zimbabwe will be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw on Tuesday in Johannesburg, despite being banned by world governing body Fifa because of political interference in football.

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Banned Kenya and Zimbabwe to be included in 2023 AFCON draw

Johannesburg (AFP) - Kenya and Zimbabwe will be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw on Tuesday in Johannesburg despite being banned by FIFA over government interference.

AFP

South African strugglers Chippa score home win at 12th attempt

Johannesburg (AFP) - Lowly Chippa United on Sunday finally won a home match in the South African Premiership this season, after 11 failed attempts

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Unhappy Jele as Orlando Pirates sunk by Simba in CAF Cup

Johannesburg (AFP) - Orlando Pirates of South Africa captain Happy Jele conceded a penalty that Shomari Kapombe converted to give Simba of Tanzania a 1-0 win on Sunday in a CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first leg.

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Zniti saves penalty to boost Raja hopes of dethroning Ahly

Johannesburg (AFP) - Raja Casablanca goalkeeper Anas Zniti saved a penalty in Egypt to boost the chances of the Moroccan club dethroning CAF Champions League holders Al Ahly, despite a 2-1 loss in their quarter-final first leg.

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Brazilian Azulao stars as Angolan club Petro upset Sundowns

Johannesburg (AFP) - Captain Tiago Azulao scored and created another goal as Angolan club Petro Luanda upset South African visitors Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Saturday in the CAF Champions League.

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CAF Champions League quarter-finals: Five things to know

Johannesburg (AFP) - Forward Peter Shalulile from South African club Mamelodi Sundowns is in superb form ahead of a CAF Champions League quarter-final first leg against Petro Luanda in Angola on Saturday.

AFP

Endangered pangolins get fresh chance in S.African clinic

Johannesburg (AFP) - The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow.The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

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Two thirds of Africans have Covid-19 since pandemic

JOHANNESBURG: More than two thirds of Africans have been infected by Covid-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study published on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Sadiq Khan calls on leading vaccine manufacturers to share Covid jab blueprints with world

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan, alongside mayors of New York and Johannesburg, urged companies ‘to do all you can’ to promote vaccine equity and ‘help stop the unnecessary loss of life’

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Shalulile treble moves Mamelodi Sundowns within 10 points of title

Johannesburg (AFP) - Peter Shalulile scored a hat-trick as Mamelodi Sundowns moved within 10 points of a record-extending fifth straight South African Premiership title by winning 4-2 at Swallows on Wednesday.

AFP

Off-form Ahly to face on-song Raja in CAF Champions League

Johannesburg (AFP) - Off-form title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt were paired with in-form Raja Casablanca of Morocco on Tuesday when the CAF Champions League quarter-finals draw was made in Cairo.

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Favourable draws set up Orlando Pirates to reach CAF Cup final

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African club Orlando Pirates were given a good chance to reach a second CAF Confederation Cup final after being handed favourable quarter-finals and semi-finals draws in Cairo on Tuesday.

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Scoring spree takes Tanzanians Simba to CAF Cup quarter-finals

Johannesburg (AFP) - Former title-holders Renaissance Berkane of Morocco, Simba of Tanzania and Al Ittihad of Libya filled the three quarter-finals places up for grabs in the CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend.

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'We're laughing again': South African comedians find a pandemic balance

It’s a Monday night in Johannesburg, the time when comedy sessions typically take place at Cocktail on Six, in the Melville neighbourhood. The club is divided into two rooms: one for patrons to relax and wash away the day's worries, the other a designated space for comedy shows.

Reuters

Anti-migrant vigilante group Dudula stokes tensions in South Africa

Shopkeepers pulled down their metal shutters and foreign staff stayed out of sight as hundreds marched through a Johannesburg neighbourhood demanding that migrants leave and that their jobs go to South Africans.

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Factfiles of African 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Johannesburg (AFP) - Factfiles for Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, the five African nations who qualified this week for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Three African coaches bring instant World Cup joy

Johannesburg (AFP) - Cameroon, Ghana and Tunisia fired their coaches after unsatisfactory Africa Cup of Nations results this year, and the bold moves paid off this week with qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

AFP

Egypt will defend with 16 players against Senegal, vows Queiroz

Johannesburg (AFP) - Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz says his team "will defend with 16 players" when they protect a 1-0 lead over Senegal on Tuesday in the second leg of an African World Cup play-off.

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Cash-strapped and exiled, minnows Sao Tome book AFCON group spot

Johannesburg (AFP) - Forwards based in Finland and Bolivia scored in Mauritius on Sunday to take minnows Sao Tome e Principe to the group stage of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

AFP

Slimani stars for Algeria, disaster for Mali's Sissako

Johannesburg (AFP) - Veteran forward Islam Slimani scored five minutes before half-time to give Algeria a 1-0 win over Cameroon in Douala on Friday in the first leg of a World Cup play-off.

AFP

South Africa's soaking wet parliament delays arson trial

Johannesburg (AFP) - A South African court on Friday delayed the trial of the man accused of burning down parliament in January, saying the legislature was too waterlogged for investigators to gather evidence.

Reuters

Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye

Hundreds of striking Sibanye-Stillwater workers blocked a major highway outside Johannesburg on Friday to press their demands for higher wages, and union leaders said they would not back down despite the gold miner's no work, no pay policy.

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