Tag: Cape Town
Cape Town wildfire: About 90% of blaze now contained
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain...
Former Zimbabwe captain Streak banned 8 years for corruption
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was banned for eight years Tuesday for breaching cricket's anti-corruption code while he was...
African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing...
African basketball league to go ahead in Rwanda in May
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The inaugural African basketball league will take place in Rwanda in May after a delay of more than a...
African Cup: Egypt, Ghana qualify; Gambia, Comoros to debut
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Egypt and Ghana qualified for the African Cup of Nations on Thursday and were joined by Comoros and Gambia,...
Liz Mills takes big step for female basketball coaches
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Liz Mills’ decision to look more professional when coaching basketball games by wearing high-heeled leather boots instead of sneakers...
Hope that South Africa’s COVID-19 corruption inspires action
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — There's some hope in South Africa that this time the outrage against corruption inspires effective action.
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Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — He's made speeches alongside Barack Obama and attended business meetings with Donald Trump. He once gave $200,000 to Nelson...
FIFA brokers deal to decide next African soccer president
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — FIFA president Gianni Infantino brokered a deal to give politically connected South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe a clear run...
Crocodile hunt: Search on for escaped reptiles in S. Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the...