South Africa
The World Cup of Afrophobia
South Africa are back in the greatest contest in world sport – but why are so many fans in other African nations getting behind our opponents?
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Why I wish hantavirus hadn’t come to South Africa
Whenever something bad happens, it always has to happen to us. Haven’t we been picked on enough already?
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What happens when a country runs out of fuel?
There’s been a run on fuel in some parts of South Africa and the pumps are running dry. It raises the possibility that something much worse might happen
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The secret lives of Agatha Christie
The great crime writer, who died 50 years ago, may have looked in later life like Miss Marple – but in her youth she was an intrepid world traveller with a passion for surfing
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The whole of South Africa is currently shut down
If you really want to understand this country and who we are, you need to come here in December
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Why is a summit called a summit?
As the G20 gathers in South Africa without the US, international deal-making faces another steep climb up the Everest of diplomacy
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Ghosts of the apartheid monster
South Africans’ experience with racism isn’t just something that happened in the past; it’s a core characteristic associated with the country
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South Africa, a country without consequences
Another inquiry, another set of shocking truths. South Africa’s real crisis isn’t corruption – it’s the lack of consequences
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The potholed roads don’t lead to despair
South Africa is very comfortable with chaos, especially on the roads
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South Africa’s winter is here
Unfortunately, this time comes with unique reminders of the inequality and suffering that is the core experience of South Africans
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There are no prizes for trophy hunting
Like bullfighting, this practice shows little respect for animals’ capacity to suffer and turns their deaths into a spectacle
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Donald Trump’s imaginary genocide
The ‘white genocide’ story overlooks the suffering faced by the majority of South Africans. It also ignores the entire history of Apartheid
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Trump’s policies are already killing people
The withdrawal of USAID has ended the system of Aids treatment and research in the most affected country on earth
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Trump kicks out an ambassador
In a recent speech, Ebrahim Rasool claimed Trump was launching a ‘supremacist assault’ in both the US and South Africa
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Elon Musk: a very controversial export
South Africans hold mixed views on their most notorious expat – some see him as a genius, others as a reckless megalomaniac
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Meet Times Radio’s new expert pundit: Elon Musk’s dad
Errol Musk pontificated on the station about Tommy Robinson and Nelson Mandela. But might he have something to contribute on grooming?