South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj reacts to his country winning their first major global title in 27 years in a teary interview with Graeme Smith. MATCH REPORT: South Africa crowned Test champions for first major title in 27 years Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Watch the emotional moment Kyle Verreynne hits a boundary to secure ICC World Test Championship victory against Australia, South Africa’s first global title since winning the 1998 Champions Trophy. MATCH REPORT: South Africa crowned Test champions for first major title in 27 years Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
A “terrific” piece of bowling from Australia’s Mitchell Starc brings Tristan Stubbs’ uncertain innings to an end as the South African exits with eight runs from 43 balls in the ICC World Test Championship Final. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read full article at...
South Africa’s Temba Bavuma, who was struggling with a hamstring injury, is caught by Alex Carey off the bowling of Pat Cummins to give Australia the perfect start to Day four of the ICC World Test Championship final. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read...
South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi takes three wickets in four overs as Australia lose five wickets for 29 runs in the evening session on day two of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC Test Championship final – South Africa vs Australia day two Available to UK users only. Read full article at...
Getty Images Many South Africans are deeply attached to their land South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a political firestorm after he approved a law that gives the state the power to expropriate some privately owned land without compensation for owners. The law, which is yet to be implemented, has drawn...
Standout defenders: Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves) Three full-backs stood out with their performances. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has switched his allegiance to DR Congo, made the most interceptions (66) and completed the most dribbles (64) among Premier League defenders – form that saw him voted West Ham’s player of the...
US President Donald Trump confronted his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, over widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa, during an Oval Office meeting on Wednesday. Mr Trump said that white farmers are “fleeing South Africa”, playing footage to the room showing people chanting “kill the Boer, kill the farmer”. Responding, Mr...
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg AFP/Getty Images It will be President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first meeting with Trump at the White House South Africa’s president has faced tough challenges before – he was the chief negotiator for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) during talks to end white-minority rule in the early 1990s – but his...
South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May. Malema said the UK had no “substantial justification” for its decision, and he saw it as an “attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective”. In a leaked letter to Malema’s deputy,...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes. The announcement comes three decades after the end of white-minority rule – and after a group of survivors and victims’ relatives sued Ramaphosa’s government over a perceived lack of justice. The Truth and Reconciliation...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ended an historic visit to South Africa, signalling a dramatic improvement in the once-strained relations between the two nations. The visit marked a diplomatic breakthrough for the Ukrainian leader in his efforts to counter Russia’s strong – and growing – influence in Africa. “I’m sure that Russia will be annoyed...
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: CEM OZDEL / GETTY IMAGES In Senegal’s capital city Dakar, Muslims belonging to the Layene Sufi order make their way to evening prayers on Friday… CEM OZDEL / GETTY IMAGES Worshippers typically dress all in white. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP...