CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Meghan, the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, has tied a ribbon at the site in Cape Town where a student was murdered last month, in a gesture of solidarity with those who have taken a stand against gender-based violence. Uyinene Mrwetyana (Nene) was raped and murdered in a Cape Town […]

FUKUROI CITY, Japan – Japan did it to South Africa in 2015, and today they did it to Ireland too – with a stunning 19-12 win over the Irish. And Japan’s players vowed to continue making headlines at the Rugby World Cup… The Pool A victory on Saturday puts the host nation in pole position […]

TOYOTA CITY, Japan – South Africa’s electric wing Makazole Mapimpi scored two tries as they eased to a nine-try 57-3 win over neighbours Namibia… but it was a far from polished performance in the Rugby World Cup Pool B clash at the City of Toyota Stadium on Saturday. Billed the ‘African Derby’, there was only […]

South Africa defence coach Jacques Nienaber has warned Rugby World Cup rivals the team has emerged stronger from its opening 23-13 Pool B loss to New Zealand in Yokohama. The Springboks dominated large parts of the match on Sept. 21 but were undone by two tries in four minutes from the world champions, both coming from South African errors […]

Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener will replace Phil Simmons as Afghanistan’s new head coach, the country’s cricket board (ACB) said on Friday. The ACB said they received more than 50 applications and picked Klusener who previously served as a bowling coach with Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians and a batting coach with the […]

JOHANNESBURG – Britain’s Prince Harry followed in his late mother’s footsteps on Friday, wearing a protective vest and visor during a visit to a de-mining project in Angola that echoed a famous series of images taken of Princess Diana more than 20 years ago. Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne […]

JOHANNESBURG – Luxury handbag designer Lana Marks has been appointed U.S. ambassador to South Africa, the U.S. embassy said on Friday. Marks was born in South Africa and speaks English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, the White House has said. The U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination, which President Donald Trump put forward last year. Washington has had […]

Britain’s Prince Harry warned the world faces “a race against time” and that “no one can deny science” as he arrived in Botswana on Thursday to visit conservation and health projects on the next leg of his family’s tour of southern African. Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne, also referenced Swedish […]

A rare blue diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana, just days after one was found in South Africa, it was announced Thursday. Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corp said it recovered a 9.74 carat blue gem diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana (which is a fifth the size of the famous Hope […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu hailed Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan as “genuinely caring” people when the royal couple visited the former archbishop along with their four-month-old son Archie in Cape Town on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have recently been the subject of scurrilous […]

CAPE TOWN – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan danced and chanted with a group of mental health mentors at Cape Town’s Monwabisi beach on Tuesday, on the second day of their ten-day Africa tour. The royal couple visited the Waves for Change project, which grew from a small surfing club started in Masiphumelele […]

CAPE TOWN – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan melted hearts as they started their tour of South Africa on Monday in Nyanga township, which is sadly known as the country’s “murder capital”. The royal couple visited The Justice Desk in Nyanga, a group that teaches self-defence and empowerment to vulnerable children, many of […]

CAPE TOWN – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in South Africa on Monday for their first overseas tour since the birth of their first child. Later in the trip, Harry will rekindle memories of the couple’s courtship in Botswana and of his mother Diana in Angola. Meghan, an American former actress, has […]

CAPE TOWN – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in South Africa to start their first overseas tour on Monday since the birth of their first child… choosing to begin their tour in a township outside Cape Town known as the country’s “murder capital”. Former US actress Meghan has had only one official […]

 In a box office win fit for a queen, Focus Features’ “Downton Abbey” ruled over the competition in North America… and played to packed audiences in South Africa. The big-screen continuation of the popular British TV show beat expectations in the US with $31 million when it debuted in 3,079 theatres, setting a new opening weekend […]

CAPE TOWN – Bringing local communities into mainstream conservation was vital to South African efforts aimed at curbing rhino poaching that has steadily declined from a peak of 1,215 animals killed five years ago, the environmental minister said on Sunday. South Africa, with one of the world’s largest rhino populations, is battling organised crime syndicates […]

LUSAKA – Zambia is in talks with South African power utility Eskom to import 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity, the country’s Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa said on Tuesday. While South Africa itself has been struggling to generate enough power, with threats of further load shedding (power cuts) – Zambia is desperate with a power deficit […]

South Africa’s assistant coach Mzwandile Stick is hoping for a strong performance by the match officials when the Boks take on New Zealand in their Rugby World Cup opener in Yokohama on Saturday. The Boks have previously felt they have not always got the rub of the green from the officials in clashes with the world champions, […]

CAPE TOWN – South African soldiers will patrol gang-ridden Cape Town streets for an extra six months after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday extended their deployment to the end of March 2020. The army was deployed in July to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year and that some officials have likened […]

As if marathons weren’t hard enough already, today in South Africa, an accountant, an entrepreneur and a boxing executive were among 20 friends running the Cape Town Marathon – with saplings strapped to their backs. The group are promoting the planting of native trees amid a nationwide push to replace invasive species with indigenous one […]

HARARE – Foreign leaders, including South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, supporters and ordinary citizens gathered at a national stadium on Saturday to bid farewell to Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe, after a week of disputes over his burial that have threatened to undermine President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s economic growth is unlikely to reach the treasury’s target of 1.5% in 2019 because conditions have changed and the country is facing increasing headwinds, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Friday. This week ratings agency Moody’s, the last of the top three credit firms to rate South Africa’s debt at investment […]

Tanzania has flown in nine black rhinos to its Serengeti national park from South Africa as part of efforts to restore its population of the critically endangered species. Rampant poaching during the 1960s and 1970s in the Serengeti, famed for its sweeping planes and Africa’s most spectacular wildebeest migration, devastated the population of rare east African black […]

CAPE TOWN – Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will be officially awarded her gold medal from the 2011 World Athletics Championships at this year’s edition in Doha, but will not be there to receive it. Semenya was elevated to the gold medal position two years ago when Russian athlete Mariya Savinova, who sped past […]

LONDON – Two female penguins are set to raise the first “gender neutral” chick, a London aquarium said on Wednesday, the latest same-sex penguin parents to take a furry baby under their wings. Rocky and Marama, who have been together for six breeding seasons, have adopted a four-month-old Gentoo chick that will be classified as […]