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South Africa Women's World Cup 2023 squad: Provisional 36-player squad named

Desiree Ellis has picked 36 players for South Africa's provisional Women's World Cup team

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COVID has highlighted the connection between spirituality and vaccine scepticism

In the two and a half years since the first COVID vaccines were administered, anti-vaccination sentiment has grown exponentially. Scepticism about vaccines has been voiced, in particular, in religious communities across the world, from South Korea and New Zealand to South Africa, the UK and prominently among white evangelicals, in…

The Conversation

Lewis Hamilton to have F1 dream ripped away as plans abandoned over "political barriers"

Hamilton has made one of his biggest desires for the future of Formula 1 very clear but, due to reported political concerns, the sport's top bosses have moved away from their plans

Daily Mirror

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This course studies NGOs aiming to help countries recover from mass atrocities and to prevent future violence

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

Gary Lubner: Keir Starmer’s new South African mega-donor

A South African car glass tycoon is set to become one of Labour’s biggest donors, after it was revealed Gary Lubner could give as much as £5 million to the party ahead of the next election.

The Week

South Africa's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

South Africa is in the middle of a severe electricity crisis, with enforced power cuts that have worsened every year. Electricity is sometimes unavailable for 10 hours a day. The shortfall is the consequence of frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal power plants, which constitute 74% of the country’s generating…

The Conversation

Tabloids plotted to wreck my love life, says Prince Harry

Duke of Sussex claims private investigator acting for a Mirror journalist ‘had Chelsy Davy under 24-hour surveillance in South Africa’

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Learning to read is a journey: a study identifies where South African kids go off track

Any parent who has watched a child learning to read knows that it is a journey. Various skills and processes must come together and build “brick by brick” before a child can read a text and answer questions about it.

The Conversation

Perth's Cerys Cairns selected to represent Scotland at Netball World Cup

The tournament will take place in Cape Town, South Africa this summer

Daily Record

World's oldest-known burial site found in South Africa

Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world

The Hindu

F1 pauses South African GP plans for 2024

To underline its status as a world championship, F1 has coveted a race in Africa. A return to the famed Kyalami circuit, which last hosted a GP in 1993, has long been the frontrunner.

Autosport

Major new research claims smaller-brained _Homo naledi_ made rock art and buried the dead. But the evidence is lacking

On September 13 2013, speleologists Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker descended deep into South Africa’s Rising Star cave system and discovered the first evidence of an extraordinary assemblage of hominin fossils.

The Conversation

World's oldest burial site found in S.Africa - scientists

MAROPENG, South Africa: Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.

Bangkok Post

Katie Price 'numb and shocked' as beloved dog Blade dies and says she 'has no words'

Katie, 45, first welcomed dog Blade into her family in 2019 after being held at gunpoint in South Africa

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Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest

South Africa’s agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector’s gross value added grew by 14.9% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021 and modestly by 0.3% in 2022 . This was primarily supported by favourable weather conditions.

The Hindu

Exhibition at Gandhi’s Phoenix settlement to mark 120 years of his ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper

An exhibition was launched on June 4 at the Phoenix Settlement to mark the 120th anniversary of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper started by Mahatma Gandhi during his time as a young lawyer in South Africa.

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease overtaking Covid as experts warn UK faces ticking timebomb

The Mirror went to South Africa to see the work being done to fight tuberculosis - which has now overtaken Covid as the world's most deadly infectious disease

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as South Africa refuse to go easy on Wales, WRU hopeful is replaced and Welsh star returns after World Cup nightmare

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It's India batting vs Australia bowling in WTC Final: Klusener

KOLKATA: Former South African all-rounder Lance Klusener expects a high-voltage clash in the World Test Championship (WTC) final and will be keeping an eye on action at the Oval next week. "It's difficult to pick any favourite in this battle," Klusener, who was unveiled as Tripura's coaching consultant for the…

The Hindu

India no longer lumbering around at relatively slow pace: EAM Jaishankar

India is no longer “lumbering around at a relatively slow pace”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said as he concluded his three-day visit to South Africa for a conclave of the five-nation BRICS grouping.

ABC News

Historical re-enactment troop from Gundagai to train mounted rangers at South African rhino sanctuary

Protecting rhinos from armed poachers isn't a typical assignment for the president of a historic battle re-enactment troop in Gundagai — but his unique skill set is required in South Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Brics nations open to expanding bloc as Putin arrest warrant looms

As Brics foreign ministers meet in South Africa, diplomats from the bloc of major emerging economies say the group is open to enlargement. However their two-day conference has been overshadowed by questions over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.

The Independent UK

Brics summit mulls expansion and new currency in bid to rival dollar and escape sanctions

Bloc of developing countries calls for new ‘multipolar’ world order and a shift from Western balance of power

Reuters

BRICS meet with 'friends' seeking closer ties amid push to expand bloc

Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies on Friday as it met to deepen ties and position itself as a counterweight to the West.

The Conversation

Eusebius McKaiser played a transformative role in talk radio in a democratic South Africa

South African broadcaster, author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser passed away suddenly on 30 May 2023 at the age of 45. News of his death reverberated through media channels. Tributes bore witness to the impact of his voice and the enduring significance of radio as the medium through which many…

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