Safa finally turns loss into profit: Long-serving president Molefi Oliphant had stepped down and did not contest the post – on the eve of South Africa hosting the World Cup in 2010. “The decision to move the elections was also in line with Safa’s Vision 2022, which is an eight-year …
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The heart of the matter: 50 years ago today Dr Christiaan Barnard transformed medicine: Washkansky should have received the heart of a young black man at the end of November 1967. But things were not so simple in South Africa under Apartheid. The Chief of Cardiology, Val Schrire, opposed giving a black man’s heart to a white man. The police …
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Kwagga Smith hoping to gallop his way into South Africa’s 2019 Rugby World Cup squad: He was nicknamed “Zebra” at birth, and Kwagga Smith has certainly been showing his stripes by staring for South Africa in two codes of rugby this year. An intrinsic part of the South Africa sevens set-up for several years – he won a gold medal at the …
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How South Africa Voluntarily Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons: The Republic of South Africa is the only country in the world to build a nuclear weapons program, then unbuild that program after domestic and international conditions changed. Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how did it build them and why did …
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England Women to host South Africa and New Zealand in June: South Africa to play three ODIs before New Zealand joins the two sides for a T20I tri-series. The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed that their women’s side will host South Africa and New Zealand in a busy home summer in 2018. Nearly a year …
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Wales finish autumn on a high, but victory against poor South Africa must be put in context: Wales ended their autumn campaign with a 24-22 win against South Africa, but they made mighty hard work of it after at one stage looking like they would enjoy a comfortable afternoon. Warren Gatland’s side raced into a 21-3 lead in the opening 36 minutes …
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