South Africa beats Pakistan in cricket test series
South African captain Faf Du Plessis could not help but be heartened when the Proteas earned a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan in the sides’ second test Sunday in Cape Town, clinching the three-test series. “I’m happy that we are dominating teams at the moment,” Du...
SA Golfer Louis Oosthuizen finishes third at Nedbank Golf Challenge
South African Louis Oosthuizen thought he played well in the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Nov. 8-11 at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City. Others, however, played a little better. England’s Lee Westwood fired a final-round 64 to finish 15 under par and win the...
Oldest Known Drawing — or is it a Hashtag? — Discovered in South Africa Cave
The announcement on Sept. 12 that Homo Sapiens’ earliest known drawing had been discovered in South Africa’s Blombos Cave was hailed as history-making. It is also being viewed, to some degree, as evidence of an ancient hashtag. The New York Times described the drawing...
Pik Botha, South Africa’s Last Apartheid Foreign Minister, Dies at 86
Suffice it to say that longtime South African foreign minister Roelof “Pik” Botha, who died on Oct. 12 at age 86, danced to the beat of his own drummer. The Economist noted in his obituary that he liked to liven up governmental retreats by throwing live ammunition...
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