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Because Kenya are co-hosts, only one other team will qualify from Bafana Bafana’s group. A late Kenyan equaliser in Soweto has cut South Africa’s lead over Guinea to a single point, while Nigeria and Tunisia are also facing the consequences of the same qualification rule.
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Because Kenya are co-hosts, only one other team will qualify from Bafana Bafana’s group. A late Kenyan equaliser in Soweto has cut South Africa’s lead over Guinea to a single point, while Nigeria and Tunisia are also facing the consequences of the same qualification rule.
Asanele Velebayi's late strike sent Kaizer Chiefs past Siwelele and into a last-four showdown with Mamelodi Sundowns, while defending champions Orlando Pirates will face Stellenbosch.
Manchester City suffered a third consecutive league defeat at Nottingham Forest, Arsenal edged past Hull to strengthen their grip on top spot, while Senegal's Nicolas Jackson scored twice in an eight-goal thriller at Old Trafford.
Bronkhorstspruit’s Tiyani Makamu has won the first Miss South Africa crown of the Motsepe era, taking home R1 million in cash and a mandate to support women entrepreneurs. But a mocked crown and a revamped prize structure suggest the pageant’s reinvention is still dividing opinion.
Renowned jazz pianist and academic Dr Nduduzo Makhathini will join an international line-up of scholars at Unisa’s 2027 Decoloniality Summer School, which will focus on moving beyond theoretical debates to practical ways of transforming teaching, research and knowledge production.
Hungary's government will ease access to emergency contraception and roll back a controversial abortion rule as part of a broader package of women's rights reforms, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday.
The leaders of the US, China and Russia are expected to meet together for the first time in Shenzhen on Thursday. Ukraine, nuclear arms control and trade are likely to feature, while South Africa remains excluded from the US-hosted G20 summit scheduled for next month.
Hungary's government will ease access to emergency contraception and roll back a controversial abortion rule as part of a broader package of women's rights reforms, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday.
A gunman firing from a car killed six people and wounded 15 in Krakow’s Main Market Square before police shot and detained him. Authorities have not announced a motive.
