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Wallabies up the physicality for smarting Springboks

The Wallabies know a repeat of their slow start in Johannesburg won't be good enough in their return Rugby Championship bout with the Springboks in Cape Town.

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'Pressure is coming': Wallabies ready for Boks backlash

The Wallabies are expecting a ruthless response from the Springboks when they clash a week after they downed the back-to-back world champions in Johannesburg.

AAP

South Africa 22-38 Australia: Rugby Championship Test – as it happened

A Harry Wilson double inspires an Australian comeback with 38 unanswered points from 0-22 down to win in Johannesburg for the first time since 1963 .

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Schmidt dilemma: Edmed waits on Wallabies' No.10 woes

Tane Edmed is waiting in the wings as Australia coach Joe Schmidt ponders an eve-of-match rejig to the Wallabies' line-up against South Africa.

AAP

British Airways ‘SuperJumbo’ to Heathrow turns back for heavy landing after smoke alert

Exclusive: Airbus A380 lands safely at Johannesburg with over 100 tons of fuel on board

The Independent UK

Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg

African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we build cities that are not only smart but also fair, inclusive and resilient?

The Conversation

LIV Golf Confirms New Venue For 2026 Season

After speculation that South Africa would be added to the LIV Golf League schedule, the circuit confirmed the news that Steyn City in Johannesburg will be the new venue

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Why you should visit – and stay in – Johannesburg’s Soweto

TRAVEL FOCUS: Travelling through South Africa, Annabel Grossman finds that Soweto – a township often associated with crime and poverty – is worth far more than just a cursory glance, with a wealth of music, culture, history and food to be discovered

The Independent UK

Johannesburg’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

Johannesburg is weathering a storm of crises. Nowhere is its complex tangle of challenges more visible than in the inner city, where crime, overcrowding, and infrastructure collapse – such as roads literally exploding – paint a grim picture. Cultural institutions haven’t been spared either, with long-standing landmarks like the Johannesburg…

The Conversation

South African cooks join forces to make 67,000 liters of soup to fight hunger on Mandela Day

Chefs and volunteers in Johannesburg have made 67,000 liters of soup to honor Nelson Mandela Day

The Independent UK

Devil worship, muti and murder: what’s behind the growth of occult gangs in South Africa?

The Conversation

Mourners left waiting as court orders halt to former Zambian president’s funeral

Halt to burial in Johannesburg is latest chapter in feud Edgar Lungu had with his successor Hakainde Hichilema

The Guardian - UK

‘At one point, I stepped on a cow’s head’: Gulshan Khan on her best photograph

‘This is the largest landfill site in Johannesburg. African sacred ibis hover vulture-like over those who eke out a living from the waste’

The Guardian - UK

Johannesburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix South Africa’s economic powerhouse

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa met senior leaders of Johannesburg and Gauteng, the province it’s located in, in March 2025 to discuss ways to arrest the steep decline in South Africa’s largest city.

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: South Africa Hillbrow Festival

The streets of Hillbrow, a tough downtown Johannesburg district more famous for its hijacked buildings, poverty and raging crime, came alive on this sunny Saturday morning as hundreds joined in a joyful street parade mixing music, art and performances.

Latin Times

Elon Musk's Friend Claimed All Traffic Lights are Broken and Bread Costs $50 in Johannesburg. Grok and Social Media Users Showed Otherwise

Elon Musk sparked backlash online after sharing a message from a friend claiming that every traffic light in Johannesburg, South Africa is broken and a loaf of bread costs $50—claims that were quickly debunked by Grok and South African social media users.

Al Jazeera

‘They’ll be back’: White Afrikaners leave South Africa to be refugees in US

Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries.

The Independent UK

A jazz club in Johannesburg plays its last songs and laments downtown's decline

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South Africa Launches Reform Of Derelict Municipalities

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.

The Guardian - UK

‘Is there a place for the poor?’ Artists and activists try to revive Johannesburg, crumbling City of Gold

Issues around basic services, corruption and class trouble vibrant Johannesburg, which this year hosts the G20 summit

The Guardian - UK

Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art

Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants

Space

'Chappie' is 10 years old, and Blomkamp's flawed humanist take on robots and AI is more relevant than ever

Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.

Al Jazeera

Formula One: South Africa bids to return F1 to continent – where, when, how

Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring Formula One back to the African continent for the first time in 32 years.

The Independent UK

12 dead, 45 injured in horror bus crash that left patients ‘lying across the road’

Two bodies are still trapped in the wreckage

The Independent UK

A South African artist hopes vibrant sculptures make parks more welcoming in a city known for danger

South African sculptor and painter James Delaney wants to encourage people in Johannesburg to engage with parks through public art

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