South Africa in the news:
- Hurricanes eye redemption after emerging in top spot: Australian media, meanwhile, have lamented the nation’s failure to qualify more than one team in the playoffs while hard questions will also be asked in South Africa on Sunday. Lions’ coach Johann Ackermann’s gamble to leave 15 first-choice players at home …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Mick Fanning wins at J-Bay in triumphant return | video: Mick Fanning has capped an extraordinary return to the scene of last year’s shark attack, winning the World Surfing League event at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Fanning fought off what was believed to be a great white shark in the disbanded contest final of …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Hurricanes are Super Rugby top qualifiers: With conference winners hosting next week’s quarter-finals, two New Zealand teams must travel to South Africa while the Highlanders will be in Canberra on Friday to meet the Brumbies, a team who accrued nine fewer competition points. The Highlanders …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- The botched Turkish military coup – An eyewitness account: And some of the action was unfolding virtually right outside flat. My Whatsapp and Facebook apps were inundated with messages from family and friends back home in South Africa and elsewhere, keen to know what was happening and if I was safe. It was so surreal.: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Gender dispute rumbles as Semenya goes for gold: JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life. The athlete, who was at the centre of a bitter dispute over gender …: “South Africa” – BingNews