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Alexander Zverev survived a tense fourth-round battle at Roland Garros on Thursday, keeping his French Open campaign alive while Brazilian prospect Joao Fonseca was eliminated from the draw in Pari…
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Liam Jacobs has rejoined the Democratic Alliance after issuing an apology centred on his trust in party colleague Gayton McKenzie. The South African politician confirmed his return to the DA fold i…
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Scientists tracking Pacific Ocean temperatures have issued their starkest warning yet: a powerful El Niño weather pattern is building, and Southern Africa stands to bear the earliest and harshest c…
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Heavy flooding driven by a severe cold front has struck South Africa's Western Cape province, inundating roads, damaging farmland, and forcing businesses to suspend operations. The storm system, wh…
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Police in Mossel Bay have launched a homicide investigation after two Mozambican nationals and a South African teenager were killed in the coastal town. Officers arrived at the scene on Tuesday to …
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Euromillions has reached €141 million, and the race is on. The jackpot has climbed through weeks of rollovers since July, and the prospect of a single ticket worth €141 million is driving ticket sa…
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Andries Mahlase, chief executive of South Africa's Land Bank, told reporters on Tuesday that the country's agricultural sector faces a narrowing window to build financial resilience against intensi…
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Maude Ahmad Fadala entered the world on a dusty roadside between Sudan and South Sudan. She weighed just 2.1 kilograms. Her mother had walked for three days to reach the border, bleeding and in lab…
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Goma's international airport resumed flights on Tuesday after a months-long closure triggered by an Ebola outbreak that killed more than 2,000 people in North Kivu province. The reopening came as h…
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The United Nations issued an urgent warning on Thursday that the world must prepare for a potent El Niño weather pattern, with scientists recording Pacific Ocean surface temperatures at levels not …
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South Africa is keeping its climate promises — at least that is what the numbers suggest. An assessment published this week found that the country is on track to meet its initial decarbonisation ta…
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South Africa's police watchdog has launched a formal investigation into allegations that senior officers accepted luxury gifts from a Brazilian man with suspected drug connections, a scandal that i…
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