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Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has knee surgery: source

Johannesburg (AFP) - Springboks captain Siya Kolisi had surgery on his injured knee on Friday just four months before the World Cup kicks off, a source familiar with the situation told AFP.

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South Africa's hidden jazz history is being restored album by album

It’s fitting that Johannesburg is among 12 cities featured in the 2023 Unesco International Jazz Day, themed “jazz journey around the world”. The day, established in 2011 to celebrate the role of jazz in “uniting peoples across the globe”, is now marked annually on 30 April in close to 200…

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Power theft costs S.Africa's Eskom $55 million a month: ex-CEO

Johannesburg (AFP) - An average $55 million has been siphoned off every month from South Africa's energy firm Eskom which is battling to supply power, a former CEO told lawmakers on Wednesday.

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Buckets for toilets and no lights - Johannesburg's poorest feel let down

In a dilapidated block in the business district of Africa's wealthiest city, Johannesburg, Thulani Cele and 300 others squatting in the building fill buckets with water from the only working tap so they can drink and wash.

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S.Africa backtracks on quitting ICC after communication 'error'

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa is not planning to quit the International Criminal Court, as earlier suggested by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his office said Tuesday, citing a communication error from the ruling ANC party.

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Knee injury could rule Springboks captain Kolisi out of World Cup

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa captain Siya Kolisi could miss the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France after injuring his knee in a United Rugby Championship match against Munster at the weekend.

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South Africa votes in 2024: could a coalition between major parties ANC and EFF run the country?

South Africa’s 2024 national and provincial elections are regarded as a realistic opportunity for coalition governments to be formed in some provinces and also at the national level. This would mark a dramatic change from the current situation in which coalition governments have only been formed at local level.

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Fathy gives Ahly two-goal lead in clash of African club titans

Johannesburg (South Africa) (AFP) - Hamdy Fathy scored to clinch a 2-0 win for Al Ahly of Egypt over Raja Casablanca of Morocco on Saturday in the major attraction of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals first legs.

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Ukraine activist wants S.Africa to ask Putin to attend BRICS summit virtually

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South African 'Mourinho' targets continental glory with Sundowns

Johannesburg (AFP) - Rhulani Mokwena is a suave 36-year-old South African who grew up dreaming of being a lawyer, but now lays down the law at Mamelodi Sundowns, the dominant football club in the country.

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Matfield favours Ackermann or Van Graan to coach Springboks

Johannesburg (AFP) - Springboks legend Victor Matfield said on Wednesday that Johan Ackermann or Johann van Graan should succeed Leinster-bound Jacques Nienaber as coach of South Africa.

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Kahraba stars as Ahly eye African title after surviving scare

Johannesburg (AFP) - Egyptian giants Al Ahly will hope for more goals from Mahmoud Kahraba as they chase a record-extending 11th CAF Champions League title having survived a huge group-stage scare.

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Moroccan armed forces club FAR favourites to lift CAF Cup

Johannesburg (AFP) - Moroccan armed forces club and former African champions, FAR Rabat will be the team to beat in the CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage this season.

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Stick or Davids set to succeed Nienaber as Springboks coach

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa assistant coaches Mzwandile Stick and Deon Davids are the favourites to succeed Jacques Nienaber as head coach when he quits after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

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Prison break fugitive back in S.African jail

Johannesburg (AFP) - A fugitive rapist and murderer who left a burnt corpse in his cell during a daring jailbreak has returned to prison in South Africa after fleeing to Tanzania, officials said Thursday.

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South Africa's Communist party raises questions over murder of former boss Hani

Communist party leaders in South Africa on Monday paid tribute to their former general secretary Chris Hani who was murdered on 10 April 1993 in Johannesburg by a Polish-born rightwing extremist.

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S.Africa anger after UAE refuses to extradite graft-accused brothers

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa said Friday it had learnt with "shock and dismay" that the United Arab Emirates had rejected a request to extradite two brothers accused of orchestrating industrial-scale corruption.

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The Guptas: The brothers at the heart of South Africa's graft storm

Johannesburg (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates has turned down a South African request to extradite two Indian-born brothers accused of systemically plundering state resources.

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UAE rejects extradition of S.Africa's graft-accused Gupta brothers

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa said Friday it had learnt with "shock and dismay" that the United Arab Emirates had turned down its request to extradite two brothers accused of orchestrating industrial-scale corruption.

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Former Springboks coach McIntosh dies aged 84

Johannesburg (AFP) - Former Springboks coach Ian McIntosh died aged 84 on Wednesday in a hospital near Durban from cancer, his family told AFP.

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Markram onslaught takes South Africa to verge of World Cup

Johannesburg (AFP) - Aiden Markram hit 175 off 126 balls as South Africa took a giant step towards automatic qualification for the Cricket World Cup with a 146-run win over the Netherlands in the third one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

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Wind project near S.African elephant park riles activists

Johannesburg (South Africa) (AFP) - Plans to build wind farms next to a South African national park have riled wildlife activists who worry the turbines will ruin the landscape and impact elephants.

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Pistorius: Murder, trial and prison

Johannesburg (AFP) - A South African parole board meets Friday to decide whether Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius should be released from prison early, a decade after he killed his girlfriend.

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Oscar Pistorius: Olympian hero turned disgraced killer

Johannesburg (AFP) - At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.

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S. Africa's Pistorius seeks parole decade after killing girlfriend

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is expected to attend a parole hearing on Friday that could see him released from prison early, a decade after he killed his girlfriend.

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