60 m. ago Desperate hunt for missing Brit, 71, who vanished on hike to croc

Tourist Elaine McSorley, 71, was staying at a hotel in Mkhuze in South Africa’s KwaZulu Province with her husband Leon, 81, when the pair decided to go for a walk to search for wildlife

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4 h. ago Linsey Smith delighted to contribute as England open with thumping win

The spinner took the new ball and picked up three for seven to prevent South Africa building any early momentum.

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5 h. ago England make World Cup statement by dismantling South Africa in opener

Linsey Smith set the tone to back up the faith placed in the spinner as England won by 10 wickets after skittling South Africa for 69

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12 h. ago Why Argentina and South Africa are playing Rugby Championship decider in London

While strictly speaking an Argentina ‘home’ game, the Springboks will expect strong backing as they attempt to retain their title

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22 h. ago Olympic champion runner Semenya ends landmark legal fight against sex eligibility rules

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field

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29 h. ago Cricket World Cup: England players kept grounded as challenge begins

Head coach Charlotte Edwards emphasises pride in shirt and says team are in a great place mentally and physicallyCharlotte Edwards is drawing on her memories of playing “for nothing” as an amateur to keep England grounded ahead of their World Cup opener against South Africa in Guwahati on Friday.Edwards represented England between 1996 and 2016, playing 18 of those years before the arrival of professional contracts, and the England head coach joked this week that she could “write a book” about her tournament debut at the 1997 World Cup in India. There was also a serious point to be made to the current team, however, who were accused during January’s Ashes whitewash of having lost touch with reality following large pay rises in 2024. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago England players kept grounded as Cricket World Cup challenge begins

Head coach Charlotte Edwards emphasises pride in shirt and says team are in a great place mentally and physicallyCharlotte Edwards is drawing on her memories of playing “for nothing” as an amateur to keep England grounded going into their World Cup opener against South Africa in Guwahati on Friday.Edwards represented England between 1996 and 2016, playing 18 of those years before the arrival of professional contracts, and the England head coach joked this week that she could “write a book” about her tournament debut at the 1997 World Cup in India. There was also a serious point to be made to the current team, however, who were accused during January’s Ashes whitewash of having lost touch with reality following large pay rises in 2024. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago What do the Springboks need to win the Rugby Championship? Title permutations explained

New Zealand and Australia still harbour hopes of overhauling the defending champions at the top of the table

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56 h. ago Charlotte Edwards ‘couldn’t be happier’ with England’s World Cup preparations

England will take on South Africa on Friday in Guwahati.

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61 h. ago Embeth Davidtz on Matilda, trauma and her haunting new film: ‘I was a child, so I absorbed the bigotry and violence around me’

The ‘Schindler’s List’ actor has stepped behind the camera for a sensational new film that carries echoes of her own childhood growing up in South Africa amid apartheid. She speaks to Adam White about confronting racism head-on, her ‘semi-retirement’ from acting, and the Nineties kids who still adore Miss Honey

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3 d. ago Jos Buttler: ‘A big burden has been lifted – I wasn’t the same leader after the 2023 World Cup’

The England white-ball veteran on his post-captaincy career, his Ashes struggles and the recent death of his fatherAnother summer is over and, for Jos Buttler, life and cricket feel more precious than ever. The fleeting nature of both has been accentuated by the loss of Buttler’s father, John, after his unexpected death in August. The 35-year-old will soon talk movingly about grief and acceptance but, first, he reflects on his venerable place in white-ball cricket after England’s international summer ended in a low-key series in Ireland.Buttler opened the batting and Jacob Bethell and Rehan Ahmed, who followed him at three and four in the opening match, are both 21. But he had proved his sustained brilliance a few weeks earlier when, against South Africa, he hit 83 off 30 balls in a blistering knock that helped England to become the first team to pass 300 in a T20 international. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘I am quite tough’: Schindler’s List star Embeth Davidtz on her explosive film about Rhodesia’s final days

After starring in Mad Men, Californication, Spider-Man and Junebug, Davidtz soured on acting. Now she’s directed – and starred in – a powerful debut filmBorn in the US, raised in apartheid-era South Africa, a reluctant star in her 20s following her big break in Schindler’s List, and now a first-time director at the age of 60, Embeth Davidtz knows what it means to be an outsider. “I’ve always had the feeling,” she says, “that I don’t quite belong.”Normally found in Los Angeles – where she lives in a house once owned by Julie Andrews, with her husband, the entertainment lawyer Jason Sloane – Davidtz is today in Cape Town for work and family commitments. Speaking by video call from a cream-and-beige bedroom, wearing a white top and glasses with peach-coloured frames, her brunette hair tied back, she looks the picture of serenity. The effect is completed by her voice, which soothed millions of children when she starred as the perfect teacher, Miss Honey, in the 1996 film of Roald Dahl’s...

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3 d. ago Ox Nche returns as Springboks bid to seal Rugby Championship title

Prop Nche was a late withdrawal from South Africa’s first clash with Argentina but is fit to start at Twickenham

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3 d. ago Nigeria handed fresh twist in World Cup qualification battle as South Africa issue statement after punishment

South Africa have been penalised for fielding an ineligible player in a qualifying win over Lesotho

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3 d. ago South African ambassador Nathi Mthethwa dies in plunge from 22nd floor of famous Hyatt Hotel in Paris

SOUTH Africa's ambassador to France has died after reportedly plunging from the 22nd floor of a famous Paris hotel. Nkosinathi “Nathi” Mthethwa, a veteran politician and diplomat, had been missing since Monday, sparking a police search after his wife alerted authorities. She said she had received a “worrying message” from the 58-year-old that evening, according...

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3 d. ago Why are South Africa playing Rugby Championship game against Argentina in London?

Why are South Africa playing Rugby Championship game against Argentina in London?  Rugby World

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3 d. ago Why Gandhi’s statues have become a global target, London to South Africa to Melbourne

Why Gandhi’s statues have become a global target, London to South Africa to Melbourne  ThePrint

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4 d. ago Nigeria's World Cup qualifying hopes boosted as South Africa slapped with points deduction

Bafana Bafana have been penalised for fielding an ineligible player in a qualifying win over Lesotho

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4 d. ago South Africa docked qualifying points over ineligible player in huge blow to World Cup hopes

South Africa were top of their qualifying group but have now relinquished that position to Benin

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4 d. ago Springboks star launches ball half of the field then does something remarkable

'Sacha was amazing - not just in the way he scored tries but in the way he controlled the game,' said South Africa captain Siya Kolisi of his teammate Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

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