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England to face Fiji, South Africa and Argentina in inaugural Nations Championship games

Plans would see England travel to world champions South Africa and Argentina for their first Nations Championship games but Fiji hope to play them in Europe

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

A precarious success story: In South Africa, the hard-won progress of a youth-led HIV education program is threatened by international funding cuts

Youth rely on mobile health clinics to help curb the spread of HIV. But what happens now?

Fortune · Jun 3, 2025

More white South Africans resettle in US after Trump fast-tracks ‘refugee program’

The resettlement scheme comes after the US administration indefinitely suspended all other refugee programs

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

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Inquest into notorious apartheid-era killings opens in South Africa

‘We want to correct the historic record’ – families of the Cradock Four, beaten and killed in 1985, seek justice 40 years on

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025

Algae can clean sewage without electricity or chemicals – we put it to the test in South Africa

Across Africa, many rural communities face a growing sanitation crisis. Wastewater treatment systems, where they exist, are often old, overloaded, or broken. In some towns, untreated sewage flows directly into rivers, contaminating water sources and harming both ecosystems and public health.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2025

South Africa seek Stuart Broad help in bid to beat Australia in World Test Championship final

England bowling icon to spend brief stint as coaching consultant for the Proteas at Lord’s next week

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Trump admin plans to resettle ‘thousands’ of white South Africans in US this summer, report says

‘We won’t be talking about dozens of arrivals, but hundreds and perhaps thousands,’ a state official has revealed

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

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Stuart Broad to work with South Africa ahead of World Test Championship final

This will be Broad’s first coaching role, with the 38-year-old having been a television pundit for Sky Sports since retiring from playing.

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

South Africa tap into Stuart Broad’s secrets before World Test Championship final with Australia

No Test bowler knows more about taking Australian wickets than Stuart Broad

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

The Rev Zolile Mbali obituary

Other lives: Anglican priest and administrator who returned to minister in South Africa after being forced to leave under the apartheid regime

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2025

6-Year-Old Joshlin Smith Sold for Her Green Eyes and Skin: Inside the Dark Ritual That Shocked South Africa

Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared last February, never to be seen again. Her mother, her boyfriend and their friend have recently been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the young girl, with investigators fearing they sold her to a traditional healer in exchange for drug money.

International Business Times UK · May 31, 2025

Elon Musk's Grok AI Stuns Users With Racially Charged Replies About White Genocide

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok sparked backlash after repeatedly referencing 'white genocide' in South Africa unprompted, raising concerns about political bias and AI manipulation.

International Business Times UK · May 31, 2025

South African mother sells 6yo to healer wanting ‘her eyes and skin,’ finally meets the fate she deserves

The heart of a mother isn't always warm.

We Got This Covered · May 30, 2025

Simon Mann obituary

Mercenary jailed for his part in an attempt to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea in 2004

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025

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International Business Times · May 30, 2025

New To South Africa, Saffron Holds Promise

Livestock farmer Joe Kroon turned to saffron in desperation when drought threatened his livelihood and, as this season's harvest winds down, he is encouraged by the potential of a new entry into South Africa's farming catalogue.

The Conversation · May 30, 2025

Young men on South Africa’s urban margins: new book follows their lives over 10 years

South Africa’s young people, aged 15 to 34, who make up more than 50% of the country’s working age population, bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. They have done so for more than a decade. Of this group, those aged 15-24 face the highest barriers to the job market, according…

LiveScience · May 29, 2025

2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

Waiting for Godot has been translated into Afrikaans: what took so long

At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived – not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language. Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known drama, Waiting for Godot, now also lives as Ons Wag vir Godot.

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LiveScience · May 29, 2025

The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as genocide?

An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which South Africa has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide. The…

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

South African woman sentenced to life for selling six-year-old daughter

Racquel Smith and two others convicted over disappearance of Joshlin Smith, who court heard was sold to traditional healer

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history

President Donald Trump says there is a genocide of white people taking place in South Africa, meaning that Black South Africans are deliberately attempting to kill white farmers because of their race.

International Business Times · May 29, 2025

S.African Woman Gets Life Term For Selling 6-year-old Daughter

A South African court on Thursday sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

A South African woman is sentenced to life in prison for selling her young daughter

A South African woman has been sentenced to life in prison for selling her 6-year-old daughter

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

Mother sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her six-year-old daughter

Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared from a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape last year

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