Six women win 2026 Goldman prize, world’s top environmental award
First all-women cohort of winners hails from Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the UK and the US.
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Olympic gender test ‘a disrespect for women’, South Africa’s Semenya says
Olympic gold medallist lashes out at IOC and its president, Kirsty Coventry, for asking women to prove themselves.
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Pilots of firefighting helicopter survive crash in South Africa
Video shows the moment a firefighting helicopter lost control and crashed conducting water drops in South Africa.
Published On 27 Mar 2026
In Cape Town’s historic Bo-Kaap, locals priced out by rich foreign buyers
Amid digital nomads, a tourism boom and a housing crisis, can the people who built the city still afford to live in it?
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South African fruit exports face delays as Iran war disrupts shipping
South Africa’s fruit exporters face mounting losses and disruption as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week.
Published On 17 Mar 2026
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A rope was the miners’ lifeline to the surface. Then it stopped moving
Deep underground, artisanal miners face a fight for survival when a police operation cuts off their only lifeline.
South Africa summons new US ambassador over ‘undiplomatic remarks’
US President Trump has claimed South Africa is engaged in a campaign of white persecution, which Pretoria denies.
South African soldiers deploy in Johannesburg to tackle crime and gangs
First troops touch down nearly a month after President Ramaphosa said organised crime threatened country’s democracy.
ICC rejects bias claims from stranded South Africa, West Indies cricketers
Frustrated players say they were left in the dark for days over their travel while England flew out within two days.
‘It’s segregation’: Row over S Africa’s multimillion-dollar crime wall plan
As Cape Town plans security measures along N2 highway, shack dwellers say the project will separate the poor from rich.
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Is BRICS bloc divided over US-Israel attacks on Iran?
Since India took over as chair, the normally outspoken BRICS grouping appears to be more cautious.
