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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Is South Africa’s foreign policy contradictory or a balancing act?

South Africa’s seemingly contradicting stance on global issues in the last year has confounded many. Oscar van Heerden, an international relations scholar and author of ‘Consistent or Confused: An Analysis of Post-Apartheid South Africa’s Foreign Policy, is one of them. “South Africa knows the world is a complex place … and in order for us to have world peace, multilateral …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Oscar Pistorius and the Valentine’s killing of Reeva Steenkamp. What happened that night?

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Here’s what to know about the night South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine’s Day killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar. A judge initially accepted Pistorius’ story but South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius granted parole, to be released from prison on January 5

The Hindu

Double-amputee Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. Pistorius’ parole will come with other conditions, Department of Corrections spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo said outside of the prison where Pistorius has been incarcerated in the South African capital, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius gets parole and will be released on Jan. 5

Associated Press

PRETORIA, South Africa — Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. Pistorius’ parole will come with other conditions, Department of Corrections spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo said outside of the prison where Pistorius has …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — At least 17 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the Hammanskraal township outside South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, authorities said Wednesday. Health authorities are yet to confirm the exact source of the cholera outbreak, but poor waste water management and local government instability in South Africa’s capital city have been blamed for the situation. South Africa is …

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1 year, 8 months ago

South Africa's paralympian Oscar Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend's murder

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Pistorius, now 36, shot dead Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013, when he fired four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria house. Pistorius, who is now 36, shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, a model, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013, when he fired four times through the bathroom door of …

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1 year, 11 months ago

SA20 2023: Top five most expensive IPL 2023 auction players who will feature in South Africa T20 league

The Hindu

The inaugural season of SA20, South Africa’s flagship franchise T20 league, will begin on Tuesday at Newlands in Cape Town. Here are the top five IPL 2023 auction picks who will feature in the SA20: SAM CURRAN The English all-rounder was bought for a record sum of INR 18.5 crore by Punjab Kings in the IPL 2023 auction, becoming the …

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2 years, 4 months ago

CSA T20 League: Pretoria Capitals sign Anrich Nortje and Migael Pretorius

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Pretoria Capitals on Saturday announced two signings ahead of the inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa’s T20 League in the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Migael Pretoriu New Delhi: Pretoria Capitals on Saturday announced two signings ahead of the inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa’s T20 League in the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and …

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Is South Africa’s foreign policy contradictory or a balancing act?

Oscar Pistorius and the Valentine’s killing of Reeva Steenkamp. What happened that night?

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius granted parole, to be released from prison on January 5

South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius gets parole and will be released on Jan. 5

Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe

South Africa's paralympian Oscar Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend's murder

SA20 2023: Top five most expensive IPL 2023 auction players who will feature in South Africa T20 league

CSA T20 League: Pretoria Capitals sign Anrich Nortje and Migael Pretorius