In many households in Mabopane and Soshanguve — townships on the northern outskirts of South Africa’s City of Tshwane that are marked by high poverty, unemployment and informal economic activity — evenings follow a familiar pattern. When electricity cuts occur or power becomes unaffordable, families turn to gas stoves, paraffin heaters, or wood and coal…
South Africa’s Marco Jansen and teammates (ANI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in New Delhi: South Africa are on an unbeaten run in the T20 World Cup. Except for the double Super Over against Afghanistan, they’ve steamrolled top teams, including India, whom they beat by 76 runs. On a seven-match winning streak, South Africa hopes to shed their…
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, second right, celebrates with teammate Marco Jansen (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) TimesofIndia.com in New Delhi: South Africa are the team to beat in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Except a nervous and edge-of-the-seat double Super Over against Afghanistan, they have highlighted their credentials with win versus title favourites and defending champions India….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Professional golfer Andrea Pavan withdrew from the DP World Tour’s Investec South African Open due to injuries he sustained in a freak elevator accident. Pavan, 36, was hospitalized and “thankful to be alive” after he fell down an elevator shaft in the building he was staying in…
India’s Axar Patel, with skipper Suryakumar Yadav (ANI Photo) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the team management’s decision to leave out Axar Patel for the crucial Super 8 clash against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026.India opted to persist with Washington Sundar in the playing XI, citing his favourable match-up against…
South Africa’s Marco Jansen celebrates with teammates the wicket of India’s Tilak Varma (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) India endured a nightmare start to their Super 8 campaign in the T20 World Cup as South Africa handed them a crushing 76-run defeat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday night. Chasing 187/7, the hosts’ batting…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A bus crash in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday has left at least four people dead and 31 injured, authorities said. The bus was traveling from the Gauteng province in South Africa to Zimbabwe when it lost control and swerved into a ditch on the N1 highway close to the border…
Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65 per cent of the  is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40 per cent of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits of lithium are found in Zimbabwe. Ghana is emerging as a miner of that mineral of…
A woman has shared her highs and lows of a “magical” cycle across Africa. Ellie Mitchell-Heggs, 35, flew to Kigali in Rwanda in May to start her 10,000km (6,214 miles) journey to Cape Town in South Africa. During her trip, she was chased by tsetse flies and cycled through blistering hot desert during the dry…
Big picture: Will South Africa stay perfect? The threat of rain looms over South Africa’s final group stage game in the T20 World Cup 2026, but for a change, there is no jeopardy of weather-induced heartbreak for last year’s finalists. They have won their three games so far, and already secured their spot in the…