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Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine

Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India…

Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard Photos: Craig Mercer/Getty Images

The good, the bad and the Boks

There was much to report on this year with multiple World Cups taking place across several sporting codes

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Sam Cane of New Zealand looks dejected as he walk past the Webb Ellis Cup after the Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and South Africa at Stade de France on October 28, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)

Red card will be with me forever, says All Blacks skipper Cane

Head coach Ian Forster was extremely proud of how his New Zealand side had taken it to the wire despite playing one man down for about 50 minutes.

South Africa’s flanker and captain Siya Kolisi lifts the Webb Ellis Cup after South Africa won the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

South Africa celebrates as Boks win again – by one point

The All Blacks were winning the battle for both territory and possession but the Springboks drew on their reservoirs of self-belief to win 12-11

Siya Kolisi acknowledges the fans after defeat to Ireland during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between South Africa and Ireland at Stade de France on September 23, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Siya Kolisi is our own Babe Ruth

Rugby, represented by the Springboks, is the country’s most symbolic, just as baseball is to Americans.

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Game, bet and match: The Springboks in action against Tonga in their Rugby World Cup game in Marseille, France, on Sunday. (Christophe Simon/AFP)

Tough choices ahead for Nienaber and Erasmus as quarters loom

Kriel or Am? Pollard or Libbok? Nails are being bitten as the South African team heads for the quarter-finals

Cheslin Kolbe, Siya Kolisi and Herschel Jantjies with the trophy during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Champions Tour on November 11, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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The Springboks, Mr Barnes, Ma Zandile and James Small

Rassie, along with his captain, Siya Kolisi’s generation of players, have deepened our bonds with rugby in a manner that I thought inevitable as a young boy. Win or lose, they…

NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND – JANUARY 19: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation at the War Memorial Centre on January 19, 2023 in Napier, New Zealand. (Photo by Kerry Marshall/Getty Images)

Lessons in feminism from the leadership of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

The loss of a female political leader of the calibre of Ardern should be mourned, in the context of our troubled world

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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

At her peak she was a domestic force, but her government has been steadily sliding in the polls over the last year

Remove nuclear sword of Damocles

Even small countries can add their voices to the international attempt to enforce a ban on these devastating weapons that hold the globe captive

South Africa celebrate their win during the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and South Africa at Bay Oval in Tauranga on March 11, 2022. (MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Proteas floating on a high as World Cup semis draw near

South Africa are close to finding the sweet spot between competitiveness and enjoyment

DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND – MARCH 05: Shabnim Ismail of South Africa celebrates catching out Salma Khatun of Bangladesh during the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and South Africa at University Oval on March 05, 2022 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Joe Allison-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

World Cup: Proteas need to punch above their prestige

South Africa sailed past past the Bangladeshis in their opener but somehow failed to convince in doing so

Kagiso Rabada’s broad shoulders have carried the South African attack since his Test debut in 2015. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

The science behind the Proteas’ succession of fast bowlers

The Proteas have consistently had a bevy of strong pace bowlers. The man in charge of ensuring this remains the case for many years to come is confident that all the right plans…

Dean Elgar of South Africa reacts during day one of the First Test Match in the series between New Zealand and South Africa at Hagley Oval on February 17, 2022 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

Boucher and Elgar’s partnership key for faltering Proteas, but bigger issues await coach at home

The Proteas players say they will come to Boucher’s support in his fight against racism allegations, but first they must focus on the Test series against the Kiwis

A factory of the National Moroccan phosphates company (OCP/public) in Marca, near Laayoune, the capTial of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. As a global leader in the market for phosphate and its derivatives, OCP has been a key player in the international market since its founding in 1920, the world’s largest exporter of phosphate rock and phosphoric acid and one of the world’s largest fertiliser producers.  (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP)

Morocco drives a war in Western Sahara for its phosphates

Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara is about the presence of resources, especially phosphates that make up 72% of the world’s reserves. Phosphate is used in fertiliser, a key…

In this handout image provided by the Australian Defence Force, Australian Defence Force members load humanitarian aid supplies onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley on January 20, 2022 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. The undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano near Tonga erupted on Saturday 15 January, causing a subsequent tsunami in the nearby Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa and surrounding islands as well as triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. (Photo by LACW Kate Czerny/Australian Defence Force via Getty Images)

First foreign aid flights reach Tonga

Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday, when one of the largest volcanic explosions in decades cloaked the nation in a layer of ash, triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami and…

The Ferrero factory in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, where workers have claimed a victory against the practice of zero-hour contracts. (Madelene Cronjé)

Ruling deals crushing blow to zero-hours contracts

Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work

A Gauteng health department official collects samples from a man during a door-to-door COVID-19 coronavirus testing drive in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on April 3, 2020. (Marco Longari/AFP)
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