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EU flags stronger partnership with South Africa with €4.7bn investment

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €4.7 billion investment package for South Africa, on her visit to the country for the EU-South Africa summit, with the country's President Ramaphosa welcoming consolidated cooperation.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have killed peacekeepers while overrunning the region this year

The Independent UK

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by geologist and palaeontologist Gideon Mantell in England.

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EU leaders to boost ties with South Africa at summit focusing on Ukraine

EU leaders aim to further strengthen their relations with South Africa at the eighth EU-South Africa summit on Thursday, calling the country a "strategic partner for the EU". The situation in Ukraine is also expected to take centre stage.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living

The Independent UK

Formula 1’s (almost) all-American teams

For many years Formula 1 tried and failed to connect with the US audience, but all that has changed in the last decade. Burgeoning interest is now served by three grands prix on US soil and an American team on the grid – with another one about to join. Cadillac is…

Motorsport

S.Africa Revised Budget Gets Booed Despite Smaller Tax Hike

South Africa's finance minister unveiled Wednesday a budget with a smaller increase in value-added tax than previously proposed, but it was immediately rejected by a key party in the unity government.

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We should love this India team but Champions Trophy felt a hollow triumph

Rohit Sharma’s side are all-time greats but Indian dominance has created imbalance and over-dependence

The Guardian - UK

Animal rights group calls for investigation into Ambani’s private zoo that Modi inaugurated

Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa seeks investigation into ‘legitimate concerns’ over animal exports to India

The Independent UK

New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists – why it matters

Whether it’s an astronomical discovery, news of a previously undiscovered disease or a major report about climate change, science is often making headlines.

The Conversation

South Africa’s state-owned entities are flagging – how innovation, research and development could revive them

South Africa has about 700 state-owned enterprises. They operate across sectors like transport, energy and public utilities, and some are among the largest employers in those sectors.

The Conversation

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

‘If you don’t get early years right, children are unlikely to catch up’: why South Africa is trying to reboot its school system

With 80% of 10-year-olds unable to read for meaning, the government is prioritising literacy and numeracy among pre-school pupils as it tackles its education problems

The Guardian - UK

Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human

I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.

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How good are South African kids at maths? Trends from a global study

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted from learning maths. Tracking the changes in maths performance is a measure of how far the country…

The Guardian - UK

Athol Fugard was a dreamer, listener and master storyteller – on stage and at home

The South African writer, who has died aged 92, was grateful for his extraordinary life and wrote out of love rather than anger

The Guardian - UK

The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one

The Independent UK

South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’

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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

The Guardian - UK

Janet Suzman on Athol Fugard, ‘a writer of true integrity’

The actor recalls her interactions with one of South Africa’s greatest playwrights

The Guardian - UK

Athol Fugard obituary

South African playwright whose work dealt with the injustices and absurdities of the apartheid era

The Guardian - UK

Athol Fugard, South African political dissident playwright, dies aged 92

A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island

The Guardian - UK

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – the man who turned his camera on apartheid

Raoul Peck offers a lyrical documentary portrait of the late South African photographer who dared to show his country’s racist regime to the world

The Conversation

Moving graves and people for coal mines: the devastating costs of mining in South Africa

About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. The country’s 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date. They have not only lost their homes and land, but have suffered the trauma of their ancestral graves being…

The Independent UK

The bold call that paid off for France against Ireland – and why it is controversial

Ireland 27-42 France: A Springboks-style bench proved vital for France in seizing control of the Six Nations - but not all are fans of the tactic

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