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Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers

Cannabis is a drug crop with a long history in Africa. Alongside coca and opium poppy, it has been subjected to international control for nearly a century. The International Opium Convention of 1925 institutionalised the international control system and extended the scope of control to cannabis.

The Conversation

What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going

The chief operating officer of South Africa’s electricity utility, Eskom, warned in May that the government should urgently start building new generating capacity. He was referring to a new build programme which has existed for at least a decade.

The Conversation

The difficult Wales team meeting to be held as players arrive amid 'last chance' warning

The Wales squad will begin their preparations for South Africa this week, with the first point of order likely to be addressing their last match

Wales Online

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Injury-hit Wales sweat on the fitness of yet another star ahead of tour of South Africa

The Ospreys winger is the latest player to emerge as a doubt for the three-Test series against the Springboks

Wales Online

Marine life in a South African bay is full of chemical pollutants

The adage “out of sight, out of mind” has long summed up humans’ attitude to dumping personal and industrial waste. In a 1974 Scientific American article, the oceanographer Willard Bascom wrote that “the ocean is the plausible place for man to dispose of some of his wastes”. If done “thoughtfully”,…

The Conversation

Sunday rugby news as top pundit hits out over South Africa entry into European Cup and warns they'll join Seven Nations

Your rugby bulletin for Wales and beyond on Sunday May 29

Wales Online

When Indian Navy crew avenged loss of 1992-93 cricket series to South Africans

LUCKNOW: India’s defeat during their South Africa tour in 1992-93 was rather humiliating. The squad led by Mohammad Azharuddin lost the Test series 1-0 and ODI series 5-2 to South Africans led by former Aussie player Kepler Wessels.

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Matt Henry: ‘Brendon McCullum is great with people – he’ll do a good job’

New Zealand bowler is full of praise for England’s new coach, but is focused on cementing his own place when the sides meet at Lord’s

The Guardian - UK

INS Gomati and INS Khukri crew avenged Indian cricket team loss in South Africa

LUCKNOW: Be it sea or 22-yard pitch of gentleman's game cricket, the Indian Navy have always shown their skills to dominate on their opponents, with whatever available resource they have. Some 28-years ago, the crew of INS Gomati and INS Khukri with their skills avenged Indian cricket team losses in…

The Times of India

The world isn’t spending enough to prevent disasters, UN says

Nations are spending too little to prevent disasters in the face of rising global calamities from the floods in South Africa to a record-breaking heat wave in India.

Tribune News Service

Spirit of Ntu: South African piano maestro Nduduzo Makhathini on his 10th album

Nduduzo Makhathini is a prolific South African pianist, improviser, healer, educator, scholar and storyteller. He possesses a gift that enables him to articulate a distinct and rich identity and genealogy. His sound signifies a deep rootedness in his ethnic identity in the Zulu culture, and an internationalism embodying it. In…

The Conversation

'This happiness can't be explained in words': Death-overs specialist Arshdeep Singh looking forward to potential India debut against South Africa

NEW DELHI: Left-arm medium-pacer Arshdeep Singh was getting ready for his IPL team Punjab Kings' last league match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad when he got a call from the Indian team management. The call was about his maiden call-up to the Indian team. Arshdeep had a big smile on his…

The Times of India

'Frontline' teams up with Star Tribune for documentary on Minneapolis police

MINNEAPOLIS — During nearly 40 years of investigative journalism, "Frontline" has crisscrossed the world, reporting on everything from the rise of Vladimir Putin in Russia to the fall of apartheid in South Africa.

Tribune News Service

South Africa's Zuma suffers new setback in corruption trial

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma has suffered another setback in his attempts to remove the lead prosecutor from his arms deal corruption trial, as a top judge dismissed his latest petition in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).

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Wales Online

The South Africa reserve team from the URC they reckon would beat Wales

Wales head to face the world champions this summer in a three-Test series in South Africa

Benzinga

Is The South African Rand Forging Its Own Path Against The USD

The exotic pair of the U.S. Dollar to South African Rand (USD/ZAR) has not correlated strongly with other USD pairs since this year. In fact, the USD is down 1.3% against the ZAR since the beginning of the year, all the while, the USD index has been super bullish, up…

The Conversation

Ghanaian women in dance reality show challenge stereotypes about obesity

Since the debut of Big Brother Africa in South Africa in 2003, reality television shows have become a common feature on television stations across the continent. They have helped the development of a host of television stations in the wake of the democratisation of the airwaves in the 1990s. This…

Al Jazeera

South Africa needs $250bn for clean energy transition: Report

Approximately half of the funding required is needed to ramp up wind and solar power projects, new publication says.

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Daily Record

Livingston record breaker Keaghan Jacobs seal move to Championship side Arbroath

The 32-year-old South African said farewell to the Lions last week but has got his future sorted by signing a

Daily Mirror

Princess Charlene opens up about 'very painful' mystery illness in rare interview

The 44-year-old royal says she has been on a long road to recovery after falling seriously ill on a trip to her native South Africa early last year and vanishing from the public eye

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow Warriors sign South African forward Sintu Manjezi

Glasgow Warriors have added some more South African beef to their roster for next season with the signing of back-five forward Sintu Manjezi from…

Benzinga

Cannabis Reg. Update: MN Approves Hemp-Derived THC For Adults, South Africa Marijuana Bill, Actions In LA, OH, GA

Minnesota To Allow Small Amounts Of THC In Food & Beverages

Wales Online

Mike Phillips picks the Wales team to play South Africa as Alun Wyn Jones left out and Basham must play

Phillips is looking forward to seeing a new centre partnership and youngster having the chance to nail down a jersey for years to come

Evening Standard

Princess Charlene of Monaco opens up about ‘long, difficult’ health battle

The 44-year-old spent almost a year away from the Mediterranean principality in her native South Africa

The Conversation

Foreign companies exiting Russia echo the pressure campaign against South Africa's racist apartheid system

McDonald’s provided many Russians with their first taste of capitalism three decades ago. Now, the global fast-food giant is exiting the country. Starbucks is also on its way out.

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