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Analysis-Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up

South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.

Reuters

Why South Africa continues to be neutral in Ukraine-Russia war

Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue.

Al Jazeera

South Africa hails friendship with Russia

In tonight's edition: Opposition voices in South Africa and international critics of the Kremlin slam Pretoria's welcoming of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the United Nations, Amnesty International and the European Union call for a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of a human rights lawyer in Eswatini.…

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Ernest Cole: South Africa's most famous photobook has been republished after 55 years

Photographer Ernest Cole was born in 1940 in the Pretoria township of Eersterust, just before apartheid was formally introduced in South Africa in 1948.

The Conversation

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal

Tigrayan rebels began handing in their heavy weapons on Wednesday, a crucial element in the peace deal signed with the federal government last November, ending the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Radio France Internationale

Woman who claimed to have given birth to 10 babies at once is exposed as fantasist

Gosiame Sithole, from Pretoria, South Africa, claimed to have given birth to 10 children, or decuplets, in June 2021 - but public prosecutors found the birth didn't happen and that Sithole wasn't even pregnant at the time

Daily Mirror

India beat South Africa by 54 runs to take lead in women's U19 T20 series

PRETORIA (South Africa): The Indian U-19 women's cricket team produced an all-round effort to beat South Africa by 54 runs in the first T20I of the five-match series here on Tuesday.

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Return to abandoned street with forgotten homes hit by vandals and arson

Three years ago residents in Pretoria Street, Hull, felt forgotten as they were left to live in an area besieged by drug abuse and crime - but that has all changed now

Daily Mirror

South Africa paroles convicted killer of anti-apartheid icon

The convicted killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has been released from prison in the capital Pretoria after serving more than 28 years for the 1993 murder

The Independent UK

Missing South Africa international Sbu Nkosi found "safe and sound"

The Pretoria-based outfit revealed at the weekend that Nkosi had been reported as missing to police

Irish Mirror

S.African parole for Hani's killer roiled by appeals, protests

Pretoria (AFP) - The release from prison of the far-right killer of South African anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani hung in the balance on Wednesday, amid fierce bids to block the move.

AFP

Senegal supporters rejoice as team go through to World Cup knockouts in Qatar

Senegal are through to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a sensational 2-1 victory over Ecuador. Also, lawyers are striking in Chad over a mass trial of detained anti-government protesters following deadly demonstrations in late October. And the convicted murderer of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani…

France 24

S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages

South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country's other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over a wage dispute.

Reuters

S.Africa's ghost hunters look for clues in hollow rooms

Pretoria (AFP) - Shortly after nightfall, flashlight in hand, Rivas Bright knocks twice on the broken window of an abandoned building in Pretoria, South Africa.

AFP

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Ford launches next-gen Ranger production at South Africa plant

Ford Motor Co.'s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria on Tuesday launched production of the next-generation of the Ranger pickup truck, becoming the third plant in the world to do so following a $1 billion investment in the Dearborn automaker's South Africa operations.

AFP

Ethiopia warring parties agree to cease hostilities

Pretoria (AFP) - The warring sides in Ethiopia announced Wednesday an agreement to silence their guns after two years of devastating conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and left millions needing aid in Africa's second most populous country.

AFP

Ethiopia's warring sides agree to end fighting in breakthrough deal

Pretoria (AFP) - Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray on Wednesday declared they had set the goal of "permanently" ending the fighting, agreeing to a truce backed by a programme of disarmament and integration of rebels.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Parties to War in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Agree to Stop Fighting

The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine. Delegates from both sides signed the agreement in the South African capital Pretoria, just…

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Ethiopia warring parties agree to truce deal

Pretoria (AFP) - The warring sides in Ethiopia's devastating conflict have agreed on a truce, the African Union's mediator announced on Wednesday following marathon talks in South Africa.

AFP

Ethiopia warring parties agree to truce, says mediator

Pretoria (AFP) - Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray have agreed to a truce, the African Union's mediator said Wednesday following marathon talks in South Africa.

AFP

US terror alert in S.Africa 'unfortunate': Ramaphosa

Pretoria (AFP) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday regretted as "unfortunate" the US embassy's issuing of a warning of a possible weekend "terrorist" in the country without consulting his government.

AFP

S.Africa to swallow part of Eskom's debt to keep it afloat

Pretoria (AFP) - South Africa's treasury vowed Wednesday to take over more than half of Eskom's multi-billion-dollar debt to ensure the embattled energy utility's viability and curb the energy crisis that has put a break on growth.

AFP

Second day of Ethiopia peace talks in South Africa

Pretoria (AFP) - The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region went into a second day in South Africa on Wednesday.

AFP

Ethiopia peace talks enter day two in South Africa

Pretoria (AFP) - The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region entered day two in South Africa on Wednesday.

AFP

Ethiopia peace talks open in South Africa

Johannesburg (AFP) - The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region opened in South Africa on Tuesday.

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