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One year after Sudan's coup, thousands march in Khartoum

In tonight's edition: On the first anniversary of the military coup that derailed Sudan's transition to civilian rule, at least one protester is killed and thousands take to the streets against the power grab. Also, key peace talks open in South Africa between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigrayan rebels. Finally,…

France 24

Franco Smith sure Lions fixture can be rearranged

GLASGOW coach Franco Smith is confident that the URC will find a date for his team’s postponed game against the Lions in South Africa, even though…

The National (Scotland)

Tigray peace talks begin in South Africa but hopes low for halt to fighting

Violence has intensified recently as Ethiopia and TPLF seek to bolster their negotiating position

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Tonight's rugby news as Pivac explains why it had to be Tipuric and Dwayne Peel insists players are with him

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Wales Online

Andy Farrell to wait on Ireland’s injured stars ahead of South Africa clash

The newly-installed world number one team return to action against world champions South Africa next month

The Independent UK

Andy Farrell not fazed about throwing returning players into the fray against South Africa

Fresh from the summer tour triumph in New Zealand, the Ireland boss was able to report plenty of good news at his press briefing at Abbotstown

Irish Mirror

Ethiopia’s warring sides meet for talks in South Africa

The event marks first formal meeting between Ethiopian gov’t and Tigray forces since war broke out in November 2020.

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Peace talks under way in South Africa to end Ethiopia’s brutal conflict with Tigray

Peace talks to end Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. It is the highest-level effort yet to end two years of fighting that has killed perhaps hundreds of thousands of people.

France 24

Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act. It was renamed Orlando East…

The Conversation

URC boss admits bug victims Ulster and Glasgow may forfeit games in South Africa

'Ideally there's a slot where we can replay the game,' said chief executive Martin Anayi. 'If there's not a slot then the sporting committee will decide what happens next'.

Irish Mirror

Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa

(This Oct. 25 story has been corrected to clarify in paragraph 13 the sequence of events that led to the war)

Reuters

Tim Paine accuses South Africa of ball tampering after Australia sandpaper scandal

Following the scandal surrounding Australia's ball tampering in 2018, Aussie wicket keeper Tim Paine has now pointed the figure in another direction towards South Africa

Daily Mirror

Joey Carbery to train fully before Ireland v South Africa as Andy Farrell gets good news about his squad

Tadhg Beirne, Peter O'Mahony, Tadhg Furlong, Hugo Keenan and Jamison Gibson-Park among the frontliners who will return to the paddock this week but doubts remain over Josh van der Flier and Craig Casey

Irish Mirror

Tim Paine alleges South Africa were ball-tampering straight after sand paper scandal

Former Australia captain Tim Paine has sensationally accused South Africa of ball-tampering during the infamous 2018 Test series that prompted the sandpaper-gate scandal.

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The Guardian - UK

This Is National Wake review – the story of South Africa’s multiracial punk rockers

The rise and fall of the apartheid-era band is unspooled in this occasionally dazzling but often lacklustre documentary

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: We haven't had a good history with rain, says South Africa coach Mark Boucher

HOBART: Denied by persistent showers, South Africa coach Mark Boucher suggested his team was better off with a no-result in the first round of the T20 World Cup instead of being knocked out by rain in the knock-outs again.

The Times of India

Former Australia captain Tim Paine accuses South Africa of ball-tampering

SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Tim Paine has claimed in his book that South Africans were involved in ball-tampering in the Johannesburg Test which was played a few days after the infamous sandpaper-gate scandal in Cape Town that rocked Australian and world cricket in 2018.

France 24

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Warring sides head to South Africa for peace talks

In tonight's edition: The warring sides in Ethiopia's two-year-long brutal conflict head to South Africa for peace negotiations, although the talks are pushed back to Tuesday. Staying in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa submits his "action plan" in response to the Zondo Commission's report into graft and fraud in the…

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AAP

Proteas engaged in ball tampering: Paine

Tim Paine claims South Africa tampered with the ball in the final Test of the 2018 series against Australia and accuses the local broadcaster of a cover-up.

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as 'disappointed' Wales star insists he deserved to be picked

Roberts was not named in Wayne Pivac's initial 35-man squad for the autumn but may soon get a shout after an injury to Dewi Lake

Daily Mirror

South Africa denied by rain at T20 World Cup after slipping Zimbabwe bowler suffers injury

South Africa were frustrated after reaching 51-0 in Hobart from three overs but the umpires took the players off the pitch as rain worsened at the T20 World Cup

The Conversation

Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK – South Africa should embrace it, too

In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a future in which three psychics can “see” murders before they happen. Their clairvoyance allows Tom Cruise and his “Precrime” police force to avert nearly all potential homicides.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Rain delays start of Zimbabwe-South Africa game

HOBART: Rain delayed the start of the T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Zimbabwe here on Monday.

The Conversation

South Africa's parliament fails to hold the executive to account: history shows what can happen

In South Africa’s apartheid era from 1948 to 1994, the executive arm of government dominated over parliament. In any system, this allows a small group of politicians to dominate the larger body of elected representatives from which they are drawn, with no effective limitations. Corruption and abuse of power almost…

The Independent UK

Australia won’t be distracted by new sandpapergate claims, Mitch Marsh insists

Faf du Plessis has revealed South Africa suspected Australia of ball-tampering before they were caught out at Cape Town four years ago

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