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Ruthless South Africa steamroller British and Irish Lions to level series

Much was expected of the Lions after their first Test win but they were simply outmuscled after the break and had no answer to the Springboks.

31 Jul

Death toll rises to 72 in South Africa as rioting and looting continues

Riots began in KwaZulu-Natal province last week as protests against the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma.

13 Jul

Former South African leader Jacob Zuma turns himself in to serve prison term

Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country’s highest court.

8 Jul

Waitrose changing name of Kaffir lime leaves over links to racial slur

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in world first, reports say

Firefighters tackle raging wildfire on slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain

Inside South Africa’s Eastern Cape: hard hit and hard to vaccinate

The Black war hero who single-handedly blew up a German ship

Fears over South Africa variant raise prospect of autumn booster jab

The dance sweeping the world - from Angolans to Israeli monks and Irish police

Concerns over South African Covid variant lead newspaper front pages

South Africa strain: What we know so far on another Covid-19 variant

Will vaccines protect us from the new South African Covid strain?

UK bans South Africa travellers as widespread Boxing Day lockdown looms

How can we stop the spread of the new Covid-19 variant from South Africa?