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Aiden Markram has an advantage no other South African cricket captain has had before -- he led a team to victory in a World Cup.

Two suspected gang members who opened fire on police during a brazen shooting in Helenvale were sentenced to life imprisonment plus an additional 58 years in the Gqeberha High Court on Thursday.

A Finnish translation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book "Refugees" was due in December 1939. The relationship between the person who happily returned the book and the original borrower remained unknown.

Billions of dollars worth of gold is smuggled out of Africa each year, much of it bound for Dubai.

In January, Lipa called for a "humanitarian ceasefire" during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. She had previously signed an open letter to US President Joe Biden calling for "an end to the bombing of Gaza and the safe release of hostages".

Ballot counting was under way Thursday after South Africans queued long into the night to vote in a watershed election.

A bid for wholesale reform of New Zealand rugby's governing body was rejected by heartland unions on Thursday.

Gqeberha police said fatal Schauderville shooting incidents not related to the election.

Despite some voting stations opening late due to community protests and the late delivery of ballot papers, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) said they've had a smooth start to the 2024 national and provincial elections.