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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.

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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.

AFP

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Reuters

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Leal shrugs off 15,000-kilometre journey to score AFCON winner

Johannesburg (AFP) - Luis Leal shrugged off a 15,000km journey and a big time difference to score and give Sao Tome e Principe a 1-0 win over Mauritius on Thursday in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier.

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African students wonder what next after Ukraine war upends education

Nkateko Muyimane and six fellow African students hid in a subway while Russian shells pounded Kharkiv, before fleeing on a train to Budapest they very nearly failed to board.

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South African Test cricketer suspended after positive drugs test

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African cricketer Zubayr Hamza has agreed to a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a prohibited substance, Cricket South Africa announced on Wednesday.

AFP

Surprise side Gambia want to avoid becoming one-tournament wonders

Johannesburg (AFP) - Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach who transformed Gambia from minnows to Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finalists this year, desperately wants to avoid the fate that befell Madagascar.

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Johannesburg's first woman mayor speaks on effective coalitions and fighting corruption

South Africa’s nationwide local government elections held on 1 November 2021 saw a continuing trend of no outright winners in some key cities, resulting in coalition governments. This is a relatively new phenomenon in South Africa, resulting from the decline in support for the African National Congress, which has dominated…

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Orlando Pirates reach CAF Cup quarter-finals despite red card

Johannesburg (AFP) - Full-back Ntsikelelo Nyauza scored with a powerful header as South African club Orlando Pirates reached the CAF Confederation Cup quarter-finals on Sunday with a 2-0 win over JS Saoura in Algeria.

AFP

South African rookies Royal eye CAF Champions League place

Johannesburg (AFP) - A Royal AM team coached by former Malawi star John Maduka moved closer to a fairy tale top-two finish in the South African Premiership on Sunday and qualification for the CAF Champions League.

AFP

Rabada exploits tricky pitch to set up South African win

Johannesburg (AFP) - Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada exploited a tricky pitch to set up a convincing seven-wicket win for South Africa in the second one-day international against Bangladesh at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

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