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Indian stars Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma named in ICC women's ODI Team of the Year

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced its Women's ODI Team of the Year 2024 on Friday, which features India's two star performers -- opening batter Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma.

The Times of India

Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks Silence On Psychological Impact Of South Africa Abduction

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‘We were betrayed’: families of apartheid victims sue South African government

High court case demands inquiry into 1985 Cradock Four killings and ‘constitutional damages’ worth £7.3m

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Five artists, five nations: taking to the road to find southern Africa’s hidden stories

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden stories. His mission was to visit artists in their studios to learn about the environments in which they work and…

The Conversation

Industrial scale farming is flawed: what ecologically-friendly farming practices could look like in Africa

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers have described it as a “must read for all who care about the future of Africa and its people”. The book outlines how…

The Conversation

Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads had been placed into the marrow cavity.

The Conversation

Princess Royal offers advice to yachting hopefuls in South Africa

The princess last visited South Africa in 2012.

Evening Standard

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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will

In mid-January 2025 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala Umgodi — meaning “plug the hole” – which had cut off food and water in an effort to “smoke out”…

The Conversation

Princess Anne just wore her signature snazzy sunnies in South Africa for special visit

The Princess Royal is on a solo visit to South Africa and she wore a practical outfit and her iconic sunglasses on the first day

Woman & Home

Memorial Honors Black South African WWI Servicemen

Unveiling of a memorial in Cape Town honoring Black South African WWI servicemen who served in non-combat roles.

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Families’ relief as memorial unveiled to first world war black South African dead

Commonwealth War Graves Commission begins project to honour those who, unlike white counterparts, were never commemorated

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Africa’s changing diplomacy as G20, Ecowas divisions and new global alliances loom

In this edition of the Spotlight on Africa podcast, experts and analysts delve into Africa's evolving diplomacy as the continent approaches 2025. Topics include South Africa's G20 leadership, the division within the West African bloc ECOWAS, and emerging partnerships with the US and China.

The Independent UK

Anne lays wreath to honour black South African labourers in First World War

The Princess Royal said the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial is ‘a reminder of a shared but sometimes difficult past’.

The Independent UK

Princess Anne’s iconic sunglasses are back in the spotlight

Anne has been wearing the Team GB accessories since the London 2012 Olympics

International Business Times

Lesotho's King Pitches Green Energy To Davos Elites

Lesotho's King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers have converged, to make a royal pitch: invest in his small African nation's green transition.

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Evening Standard

Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War

Anne will unveil the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial.

The Independent UK

Rescue camera gave officials a view of hundreds of miners in South Africa trapped in shaft

Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners were reported to be trapped, starving, dehydrated and desperate to get out

Marie Claire

Princess Anne Had the Wittiest Response to Being Asked How Many Ponies She Owns

She made the hilarious revelation while visiting the South African Riding for the Disabled Association.

The Times of India

'No question mark over Sanju Samson as wicketkeeper in T20Is'

After his good show in South Africa, Sanju Samson was named India's first-choice wicketkeeper for the five-match T20I series against England, beginning on Wednesday in Kolkata; and captain Suryakumar Yadav said Samson has shown "what he is capable of."

Marie Claire

Princess Anne's Husband Suddenly Cancels Royal Trip to South Africa After Suffering Injury

Sir Timothy Laurence was reportedly "injured while working" at Gatcombe Park.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump seems to confuse Spain with South Africa: ‘You’ll figure it out’

Trump wrongly told a reporter: ‘They’re a Brics nation, Spain. Do you know what a Brics nation is? You’ll figure it out’

Evening Standard

Maverick the pony kicks up a fuss as Anne visits stables in South Africa

The Princess Royal admitted to owning more ponies than she should, when asked by an 11-year-old.

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