With South Africa’s first Rugby World Cup match on Sunday, the coming weeks will be a time of frantic activity for the Springboks. Luke Alfred tries to unravel the tangle of cultural, national and emotional factors that imbue the Boks with meaning for South Africans
Moroccans on Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people, as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble of flattened villages.
The history of our rugby team often runs parallel to that of our conflicted, divided society
Rassie, along with his captain, Siya Kolisi’s generation of players, have deepened our bonds with rugby in a manner that I thought inevitable as a young boy. Win or lose, they are us
Climate change is a risk to public health that demands immediate action
As the move to renewables accelerates, the continent is in a strong position to develop its gas reserves to benefit its people and deliver a sustainable transition
The Woodstock Residents’ Association received a lawyer’s letter after it questioned the City of Cape Town’s submissions ahead of an appeal process next week
The production of cannabis and hemp for medicinal and industrial purposes finally gets a boost from the government
With no cellphone service or phone calls, people in Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur are resorting to a bygone means of communication — handwritten letters, carried by taxi drivers
Who wrote the songs from the 1600s by the Khoi-Khoi, the gold miners and those of the struggle?