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The best young rugby players in the world everyone's about to meet

The stars of tomorrow will take centre stage at this summer's Under 20s World Championship in South Africa

Wales Online

World’s oldest prehistoric burial site discovered in South Africa

Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger claims that the oldest burial site in the world, dating back to some 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, is in South Africa. He believes the primitive Homo naledi species buried their dead and carved symbols on tomb walls. The findings challenge the current understanding of human evolution.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure and neglect – new report

A report released by the South African government paints a grim picture of the country’s water resources and water infrastructure as well as the overall quality of its drinking water.

The Conversation

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Should I get the flu vaccine? South African experts say yes - here's why

The winter months are synonymous with the flu in South Africa. Similar to other countries in the southern hemisphere, South Africa has an annual influenza season stretching from April to August.

The Conversation

Meet Albert van den Berg, the maverick South African World Cup winner out to inspire the Scarlets

Albert van den Berg is the new Scarlets forwards coach

Wales Online

Sex, money and love: what South African university students say about romance and dating in a material age

Transactional sex – the exchange of consensual sex for material support like gifts, money or food – occurs on university campuses in many parts of the world.

The Conversation

Nigel Walker reveals 'tension' over controversial decision to take Wales rugby games off free-to-air TV

Wales' glamour summer World Cup warm-up games against England and South Africa in Cardiff will be behind a TV paywall

Wales Online

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South Africa Women's World Cup 2023 squad: Provisional 36-player squad named

Desiree Ellis has picked 36 players for South Africa's provisional Women's World Cup team

FourFourTwo

COVID has highlighted the connection between spirituality and vaccine scepticism

In the two and a half years since the first COVID vaccines were administered, anti-vaccination sentiment has grown exponentially. Scepticism about vaccines has been voiced, in particular, in religious communities across the world, from South Korea and New Zealand to South Africa, the UK and prominently among white evangelicals, in…

The Conversation

Lewis Hamilton to have F1 dream ripped away as plans abandoned over "political barriers"

Hamilton has made one of his biggest desires for the future of Formula 1 very clear but, due to reported political concerns, the sport's top bosses have moved away from their plans

Daily Mirror

This course studies NGOs aiming to help countries recover from mass atrocities and to prevent future violence

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

Gary Lubner: Keir Starmer’s new South African mega-donor

A South African car glass tycoon is set to become one of Labour’s biggest donors, after it was revealed Gary Lubner could give as much as £5 million to the party ahead of the next election.

The Week

South Africa's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

South Africa is in the middle of a severe electricity crisis, with enforced power cuts that have worsened every year. Electricity is sometimes unavailable for 10 hours a day. The shortfall is the consequence of frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal power plants, which constitute 74% of the country’s generating…

The Conversation

Tabloids plotted to wreck my love life, says Prince Harry

Duke of Sussex claims private investigator acting for a Mirror journalist ‘had Chelsy Davy under 24-hour surveillance in South Africa’

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Learning to read is a journey: a study identifies where South African kids go off track

Any parent who has watched a child learning to read knows that it is a journey. Various skills and processes must come together and build “brick by brick” before a child can read a text and answer questions about it.

Daily Record

Perth's Cerys Cairns selected to represent Scotland at Netball World Cup

The tournament will take place in Cape Town, South Africa this summer

The Hindu

World's oldest-known burial site found in South Africa

Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world

Autosport

F1 pauses South African GP plans for 2024

To underline its status as a world championship, F1 has coveted a race in Africa. A return to the famed Kyalami circuit, which last hosted a GP in 1993, has long been the frontrunner.

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Major new research claims smaller-brained _Homo naledi_ made rock art and buried the dead. But the evidence is lacking

On September 13 2013, speleologists Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker descended deep into South Africa’s Rising Star cave system and discovered the first evidence of an extraordinary assemblage of hominin fossils.

Bangkok Post

World's oldest burial site found in S.Africa - scientists

MAROPENG, South Africa: Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.

Daily Mirror

Katie Price 'numb and shocked' as beloved dog Blade dies and says she 'has no words'

Katie, 45, first welcomed dog Blade into her family in 2019 after being held at gunpoint in South Africa

The Conversation

Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest

South Africa’s agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector’s gross value added grew by 14.9% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021 and modestly by 0.3% in 2022 . This was primarily supported by favourable weather conditions.

The Hindu

Exhibition at Gandhi’s Phoenix settlement to mark 120 years of his ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper

An exhibition was launched on June 4 at the Phoenix Settlement to mark the 120th anniversary of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper started by Mahatma Gandhi during his time as a young lawyer in South Africa.

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease overtaking Covid as experts warn UK faces ticking timebomb

The Mirror went to South Africa to see the work being done to fight tuberculosis - which has now overtaken Covid as the world's most deadly infectious disease

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as South Africa refuse to go easy on Wales, WRU hopeful is replaced and Welsh star returns after World Cup nightmare

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