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Analysis-Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up

South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.

Reuters

Why South Africa continues to be neutral in Ukraine-Russia war

Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue.

Al Jazeera

South Africa hails friendship with Russia

In tonight's edition: Opposition voices in South Africa and international critics of the Kremlin slam Pretoria's welcoming of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the United Nations, Amnesty International and the European Union call for a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of a human rights lawyer in Eswatini.…

France 24

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Ernest Cole: South Africa's most famous photobook has been republished after 55 years

Photographer Ernest Cole was born in 1940 in the Pretoria township of Eersterust, just before apartheid was formally introduced in South Africa in 1948.

The Conversation

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal

Tigrayan rebels began handing in their heavy weapons on Wednesday, a crucial element in the peace deal signed with the federal government last November, ending the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Radio France Internationale

Woman who claimed to have given birth to 10 babies at once is exposed as fantasist

Gosiame Sithole, from Pretoria, South Africa, claimed to have given birth to 10 children, or decuplets, in June 2021 - but public prosecutors found the birth didn't happen and that Sithole wasn't even pregnant at the time

Daily Mirror

India beat South Africa by 54 runs to take lead in women's U19 T20 series

PRETORIA (South Africa): The Indian U-19 women's cricket team produced an all-round effort to beat South Africa by 54 runs in the first T20I of the five-match series here on Tuesday.

The Times of India

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Return to abandoned street with forgotten homes hit by vandals and arson

Three years ago residents in Pretoria Street, Hull, felt forgotten as they were left to live in an area besieged by drug abuse and crime - but that has all changed now

Daily Mirror

South Africa paroles convicted killer of anti-apartheid icon

The convicted killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has been released from prison in the capital Pretoria after serving more than 28 years for the 1993 murder

The Independent UK

Missing South Africa international Sbu Nkosi found "safe and sound"

The Pretoria-based outfit revealed at the weekend that Nkosi had been reported as missing to police

Irish Mirror

Senegal supporters rejoice as team go through to World Cup knockouts in Qatar

Senegal are through to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a sensational 2-1 victory over Ecuador. Also, lawyers are striking in Chad over a mass trial of detained anti-government protesters following deadly demonstrations in late October. And the convicted murderer of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani…

France 24

S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages

South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country's other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over a wage dispute.

Reuters

Ford launches next-gen Ranger production at South Africa plant

Ford Motor Co.'s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria on Tuesday launched production of the next-generation of the Ranger pickup truck, becoming the third plant in the world to do so following a $1 billion investment in the Dearborn automaker's South Africa operations.

Tribune News Service

Parties to War in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Agree to Stop Fighting

The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine. Delegates from both sides signed the agreement in the South African capital Pretoria, just…

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Saudi Arabia to Become Global Hydrogen Supplier, Hub for Green Minerals

Saudi Arabia is on its way to becoming a global supplier of hydrogen and a hub for green minerals and highly competitive manufacturing. Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Mudaifer revealed Saudi Arabia is boosting the development of mineral industries in the region by attracting investment, spreading digital…

Daily Mirror

Strictly's Motsi Mabuse recalls being subjected to racist slurs while growing up

Motsi Mabuse, 41, has told how she was subjected to racist slurs at the convent school where she was educated while growing up near Pretoria, South Africa

Radio France Internationale

South African president Ramaphosa slams anti-immigrant protests

South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa condemned anti-immigrant protests in the capital, Pretoria, after demonstrators barred non-nationals from accessing a hospital. The trouble was sparked by a video on social media showing a regional health minister berating a Zimbabwean patient at a South African hospital a week ago.

Reuters

South Africa's COSATU leads union protests over high cost of living

Hundreds of South Africans protested in Pretoria and Cape Town on Wednesday against inflation that has soared to a 13-year high, in an action led by trade union group COSATU, a long-time ally of the ruling African National Congress.

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Los Angeles Times

Horrific rape case raises South Africa ghosts

PRETORIA, South Africa — The gang rape of eight women — allegedly by illegal miners — has transfixed South Africa and encapsulated numerous evils plaguing this society all at once.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration launches Africa strategy. But the real targets seem to be China, Russia

PRETORIA, South Africa — With Russia and China looming in the background, America’s top diplomat pitched a “new chapter” in U.S.-African relations on Monday, promising robust trade and calling for democracy despite political upheaval in much of the continent.

Wales Online

Rugby fans stage brutal game in stadium car park as footage of tackle comes with safety warning

Springboks fans held a mini match after their team's drama-filled victory over Wales in Pretoria

Wales Online

Wales' problem position just got worse with Wayne Pivac left with decision to make on Lions star

Tight-head prop Tomas Francis lasted only a minute in the first Test in Pretoria before having to leave the field

Wales Online

South African media dish out brutal ratings as flop gets 2/10 and Wales player is handed 3.5

The Springboks had been expected to coast to victory in Pretoria, but Wayne Pivac's men gave them a hurry-up

Wales Online

South Africa v Wales media reaction as 'heroic' tourists hailed but Pivac tipped for nightmares

Written off by most, Wales came within an ace of springing a huge shock in Pretoria

Wales Online

The unseen South Africa v Wales moments as things turn ugly, players square up and referee makes sharp exit

Wales came desperately close to creating history in Pretoria, with the game stuffed full of incident, drama and controversy

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