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SA20: Full list of updated squads after 2025 auction

NEW DELHI: MI Cape Town made a significant splash in the SA20 2025 auction by securing Reeza Hendricks for an impressive R4.30 million, the highest price tag of the season.

The Times of India

Uber launches $200 safari experiences in South Africa – here’s how you can book

Forget calling a taxi or ordering food, Uber users can now chase the ‘big five’ on the app

The Independent UK

Scotland begin WXV2 title defence with Italy victory

Defending champions Scotland started their WXV2 title defence with a 19-0 victory over last year’s runners-up Italy in Cape Town.

The National (Scotland)

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Wallaroos power to revenge win over Wales in WXV2

Australia's rugby women have made a brilliant start to their campaign in the WXV2 tournament in Cape Town, hammering Wales 37-5.

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Gangs'stories: Marwan, or how to find redemption in Cape Town

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters arguably constitute fundamental lenses through…

The Conversation

Scientists identify first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies

The Independent UK

Photographer captures stunning images of underwater kelp forests in Cape Town using Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Explore the underwater kelp forests of Cape Town with photographer James Lowe and his Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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The Indian poet who scared white South Africa – and changed it

With her stirring speech 100 years ago, Sarojini Naidu inspired united opposition to empire and white minority rule.

Al Jazeera

James Matthews: the rebel writer who was South Africa’s voice of resistance

World renowned South African poet James Matthews has died at 95. His was the last great voice of an era of writers who worked against South Africa’s repressive and racist system of apartheid, which resulted in him being relentlessly harassed, detained by police and his work banned.

The Conversation

South Africa win Freedom Cup after tense victory over New Zealand

South Africa 18-12 New Zealand: Siya Kolisi and Malcolm Marx score the only tries as the Springbok’s won the game in Cape Town

The Independent UK

South Africa v New Zealand LIVE: Result and reaction from Rugby Championship as Springboks win Freedom Cup

South Africa 18-12 New Zealand: Sifa Kolisi and Malcolm Marx scored to secure the win for the Springboks

The Independent UK

Why are Cape fur seals in South Africa infected with rabies?

It’s the world’s first significant rabies infection in marine mammals. And it has scientists – and beachgoers – worried.

Al Jazeera

Springboks and All Blacks collide again as rugby’s tectonic plates shift on and off the pitch

The Springboks look set to secure the Rugby Championship as the two fierce foes renew their rivalry in Cape Town this weekend, but it may be off the pitch where the more significant battles are about to be fought

The Independent UK

Viviane Sassen to showcase large retrospective exhibition at Foam

Viviane Sassen returns to her hometown to showcase her largest retrospective that delves into the work and meaning behind her illustrious career

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The Guardian - UK

How we met: ‘I found her amazing fan fiction and escaped into this fantasy world’

Philippa, 45, and Jacky, 66, met during the pandemic through an online forum for fans of Holby City. They now live together in Cape Town, South Africa

Evening Standard

Search under way for French rugby player 'swept away by wave' in Cape Town

Mehdi Narjissi went missing while swimming near Cape of Good Hope

The Conversation

Astronomy ‘Olympics’ is being hosted in Africa for the first time: 4 big talking points

Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system’s central star, the Sun, are just a few of the topics that will be on the table in Cape Town, South Africa, for an event that’s a scientific version of the Olympic Games – though the world’s leading astronomy researchers…

The Conversation

Invasive wasps threaten South African ecosystems: what the public can do to help stop the spread

The sight of a swarm of wasps, or even just a single wasp, strikes fear into many people’s hearts. Most wasp species aren’t dangerous to humans (unless you’re allergic), but their stings are painful.

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LiveScience

Rabid seals are attacking people in South Africa

A string of fur seal attacks on surfers and beachgoers in Cape Town has been linked to an outbreak of rabies, with 11 seals testing positive for the virus so far.

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Cape Town Hit By Devastating Storms And Flooding

Recent severe storms in Cape Town and Western Cape cause displacement, damage, and evacuations. Relief efforts are ongoing to support affected residents.

The Independent UK

South Africa's Cape Town is hit by more storms, with 4,500 people displaced by floods and damage

The South African city of Cape Town and surrounding areas have been hit by more storms, ripping roofs off houses and causing widespread flooding

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

Seals have been biting people in the first big outbreak of the disease in marine mammals, writes Nick Dall in Cape Town

The Independent UK

Nearly 1,000 homes in Cape Town destroyed by storms

Cape Town’s disaster coordination team has been on alert since last Thursday

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