Tag: South Africa

Serial rapist in South Africa gets 42 life sentences

Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start. A South African…

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Pioneering South African politician dies aged 65

The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went…

Paralysis, amputation and Paralympic archery

Shaun Anderson has called sport his “saviour” as he prepares for his…

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SA billionaire overtakes Dangote as Africa’s richest man

South African billionaire Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote as…

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How luxury African fashion has wowed Europe’s catwalks

Laduma Ngxokolo can pinpoint the exact moment he became a man -…

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Fake CV lands top ‘engineer’ in jail for 15 years

The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger…

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Why Tyla’s racial identity has rallied South Africans behind Coloured communities

When Tyla exploded on to the global music scene with her hit song Water,…

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Beauty contest sparks row over who counts as South African

When law student Chidimma Adetshina clinched a coveted spot as a Miss…

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SA rapper mourns daughter, 9, killed in car crash

South African rapper Shebeshxt is mourning the death of his nine-year-old daughter…

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The politics of street food: the South African chef championing Zulu cuisine

For Mmabatho Molefe, whose Cape Town restaurant reinvents ‘peasant dishes’, cooking is…

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