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Volkswagen announces R4bn investment in Kariega plant: Volkswagen Group Africa on Tuesday announced a R4bn investment in its manufacturing plant in Kariega ...
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Volkswagen announces R4bn investment in Kariega plant
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For top chef Paul Nash, Eberstein Castle outdoes Cape Town: South African Paul Nash is returning to Eberstein Castle as head chef. The 44-year-old is more in ...
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For top chef Paul Nash, Eberstein Castle outdoes Cape Town
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Five parties join forces with Gayton McKenzie’s PA to take on DA in Western Cape: The race for votes in the Western Cape is heating up, with the Patriotic ...
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More officiating drama as Sundowns beat Spurs to stay on course for title: There was drama as runaway DStv Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns stretched their ...
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More officiating drama as Sundowns beat Spurs to stay on course for title
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He did it! 'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook finishes gruelling challenge to run length of Africa
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Quick Glance: He Succeeded! 'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook Completes Grueling Challenge of Running Length of Africa
  • British Russ Cook, self-proclaimed 'Hardest Geezer,' has completed a nearly year-long grueling challenge of running the length of Africa. Starting from the most southern point in South Africa, Cape Agulhas, he finished at Ras Angela, Tunisia, the most northern point of the continent.

  • During his journey through 16 countries, Cook faced extreme heat, physical exhaustion, and dangerous situations including armed robbery in Angola and separation from his supporters in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Utilizing social media, he secured a visa to cross the border from Mauritania into Algeria.

  • Cook has raised over £600,000 for two charities and plans a celebration with a performance by the band Soft Play to mark his accomplishments. The funds collected will benefit The Running Charity and Sandblast. Despite Africa being his most significant challenge, it wasn't his first, having previously run from Asia to England.

  • The 27-year-old invited his supporters to run the final marathon with him and arranged a finish line party featuring a live performance by Soft Play in Tunisia. Through this challenge, known as Project Africa, Cook not only pushed physical boundaries but also raised substantial funds for charitable causes supporting the mental health of young individuals and educating about Sahrawi culture.
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South African politician calls to close Jewish school, says 'grooming Zionist killers'
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TOM EATON | Dream on Corné, CapeXit is just a figment of your imagination: Why does the Western Cape get to be independent, but the City of Tshwane doesn’t?
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TOM EATON | Dream on Corné, CapeXit is just a figment of your imagination
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Mampara of the week: John Steenhuisen: If the Iron Curtain worked for Stalin, it can work for the DA, writes Hogarth.
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Mampara of the week: John Steenhuisen
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Winter is coming – a critical period for SA’s crop-growing regions: We know the El Niño state is expected to end and return to neutral by early winter ...
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Winter is coming – a critical period for SA’s crop-growing regions
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Cape Town’s Boulders Beach ranked second among world’s top 100 beaches: The Golden Beach Award 2024 by BeachAtlas, has ranked Boulders Beach in Cape Town 2nd out ...
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Cape Town’s Boulders Beach ranked second among world’s top 100 beaches
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(Bi)cycle of life — Eastern Cape man delivers medication by bike so rural patients don’t slip through the cracks
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(Bi)cycle of life — Eastern Cape man delivers medication by bike so rural ...
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Who the hell is talking about referees?: Middendorp on Sundowns’ penalty: Cape Town Spurs coach Ernst Middendorp has questioned why South African Football ...
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Who the hell is talking about referees?: Middendorp on Sundowns’ penalty
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Cape storm that has claimed one life clocked wind speed of 115 kmp/h: It’s the second highest speed since records began more than 10 years ago
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Cape storm that has claimed one life clocked wind speed of 115 kmp/h
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Severe storm continues to lash Western Cape: Heavy rainfall, strong winds and fires have damaged roads and structures in the province
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Severe storm continues to lash Western Cape
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Distance queen Gerda Steyn breaks record again in fifth Two Oceans win: Gerda Steyn proved once again that she indeed is the queen of ultra marathon in the ...
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Distance queen Gerda Steyn breaks record again in fifth Two Oceans win
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POLL | Do SA referees deserve recent criticism from football coaches?: Referees in South Africa have been in the spotlight recently, lambasted for some decisions ...
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POLL | Do SA referees deserve recent criticism from football coaches?
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Three years since Anele Tembe’s death, her family still yearns for the truth: Several months have passed since the announcement of the inquest into Anele Tembe’s ...
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Three years since Anele Tembe’s death, her family still yearns for the ...
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DA’s Steenhuisen eases back on contentious comments about working with ANC: DA leader John Steenhuisen set tongues wagging when he said working with the ANC was ...
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DA’s Steenhuisen eases back on contentious comments about working with ANC
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These are the road closures for the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town: The Totalsport Two Oceans 21km marathon will be held on Saturday, and the ultra marathon on ...
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These are the road closures for the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town
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Massive sea turtle centre to open at V&A Waterfront: Current facility too small for number of rescued sea turtles
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Massive sea turtle centre to open at V&A Waterfront
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Police hunt for killers of five people gunned down in Khayelitsha: Four men and a woman were gunned down in the early hours of Wednesday at Harare in Khayelitsha ...
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Police hunt for killers of five people gunned down in Khayelitsha
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‘I am happy with the performances,’ says Safa referees boss Ebrahim: South African Football Association (Safa) head of referees Abdul Ebrahim has defended recent ...
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‘I am happy with the performances,’ says Safa referees boss Ebrahim
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‘94 murders in 3 days’ — Western Cape ‘war zone’ killings exceed European country’s annual fatal shootings
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‘94 murders in 3 days’ — Western Cape ‘war zone’ killings exceed European ...
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Stranded cruise passengers travel through Africa to rejoin ship: Norwegian Cruise Line passengers traveling from Cape Town to Barcelona were stranded in West ...
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Stranded cruise passengers travel through Africa to rejoin ship
Quick Glance: Passengers Stranded: Drama Unfolds After Cruise Leaves Without Them
  • Eight passengers were left stranded on the African island of São Tomé and Príncipe after their ship departed without them as they were late to return from a private tour.

  • The group of eight tourists, six from the U.S. and two from Australia, were abandoned by the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship after failing to make it back on time, leading them to make their own travel arrangements to catch up with the ship.

  • Due to bad weather and tidal restrictions preventing the ship from docking in Banjul, Gambia, the guests had to travel through seven countries in 48 hours to rejoin the ship in Dakar, Senegal.

  • A silver lining of the ordeal was the encounter with another stranded passenger who was left behind on the island for medical reasons and was assisted by the other tourists to safely return home.
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Nearly 100 shots fired as gangs battle it out in Manenberg: Rival gangs turned Manenberg into a war zone on Tuesday evening, firing nearly 100 bullets from 20 ...
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Nearly 100 shots fired as gangs battle it out in Manenberg
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Nearly 4,000 people blocked from entering SA illegally over Easter: Border Management Authority SA commissioner Mike Masiapato has revealed that over a 10-day ...
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Nearly 4,000 people blocked from entering SA illegally over Easter
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Rulani to rotate exhausted Sundowns squad for Birds, Esperance clashes: Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena will rotate his squad as their relentless ...
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Rulani to rotate exhausted Sundowns squad for Birds, Esperance clashes
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UK man runs the length of Africa in 10,000 miles and 352 days | Africanews: “It’s quite hard to put into words, 352 days on the road, long time without seeing ...
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UK man runs the length of Africa in 10,000 miles and 352 days | Africanews
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JUSTICE MALALA | Sabata Dalindyebo must be spinning in his grave: Our politicians, and the ANC in particular, have lost their moral and ethical compasses ...
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JUSTICE MALALA | Sabata Dalindyebo must be spinning in his grave
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Invest in megaprojects and economic diversification to overcome economic gloom: Public, private partnerships and adopting advanced technology will help in this ...
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Invest in megaprojects and economic diversification to overcome economic ...
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Bearing witness to evil: Meet one of SA’s top forensic pathologists, responsible for thousands of post-mortems a year
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Bearing witness to evil: Meet one of SA’s top forensic pathologists ...
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Ramadan, a time of social cohesion in Cape Town: The holy month of Ramadan is special in Cape Town and here’s why.
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Ramadan, a time of social cohesion in Cape Town
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Sundowns sweat on fitness of Teboho Mokoena ahead of Esperance clash: Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena will be hoping influential midfielder Teboho Mokoena ...
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Sundowns sweat on fitness of Teboho Mokoena ahead of Esperance clash
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Power from Free State solar farm set to be ‘wheeled’: Africa Data Centres (ADC) has begun construction of a new solar farm in the Free State that will transmit ...
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Power from Free State solar farm set to be ‘wheeled’
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Karoo Oddities (Part Two) – welcome to the Street of Dreams, where there’s power in the sausage   
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Karoo Oddities (Part Two) – welcome to the Street of Dreams ...
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Knock on wood: a better way to build: A Cape Town architect’s solid-wood Muizenberg hillside garden cottage leads the way in faster and more environmentally ...
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Knock on wood: a better way to build
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South Africa's national parks expand as conservation efforts bear fruit: South Africa's national parks are growing in size and significance, thanks to the ...
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South Africa's national parks expand as conservation efforts bear fruit
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POLL | Is the DA guilty of using 'swart gevaar' tactics: Is Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi correct when he says the DA is leaning towards "swart ...
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POLL | Is the DA guilty of using 'swart gevaar' tactics
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Cooler, unsettled weather expected across the country: Cold temperatures, extensive rain and possible flooding are forecast across South Africa this weekend and ...
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Cooler, unsettled weather expected across the country
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'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds: Bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predictable bunny motifs? ...
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'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds
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Too many children go missing in South Africa: Every five hours a child goes missing in South Africa.
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Too many children go missing in South Africa
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Monster Wind Sends Truck and Camper Van Careening Off South Africa Bridge: Thankfully, there were no deaths or major injuries.
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Monster Wind Sends Truck and Camper Van Careening Off South Africa Bridge
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Western Cape police captain jailed to 20 years for raping a 14-year-old girl: A Western Cape cop has been jailed for raping a teenage girl in 2019.
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Western Cape police captain jailed to 20 years for raping a 14-year-old ...
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FF Plus backs referendum on Western Cape succession: Corné Mulder says there is support for the idea of self-determination
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FF Plus backs referendum on Western Cape succession
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The right to a dignified death — 300 years later we are still waiting: Helping suffering people to end their lives remains a crime in South Africa. Now ...
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The right to a dignified death — 300 years later we are still waiting
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10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the length of Africa
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10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the ...
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Mokwena relishing Sundowns’ clash with ‘one of my favourite coaches, Ernst’: Four days after their Caf Champions League quarterfinal victory on Friday ...
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Mokwena relishing Sundowns’ clash with ‘one of my favourite coaches ...
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BHEKISISA | I get R7 for every ARV parcel I deliver to patients on my bike: Travelling far to a clinic and waiting a long time to get help discourages people ...
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BHEKISISA | I get R7 for every ARV parcel I deliver to patients on my bike
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The pickled fish dish that unites Christians and Muslims at Easter: Christians eat fish on Good Friday. But in Cape Town the fish is almost always smothered in a ...
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The pickled fish dish that unites Christians and Muslims at Easter
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Tech puts brakes on taxi driver, 24, facing fines worth nearly R400k: Number plate recognition technology led to the arrest on Tuesday of a 24-year-old minibus ...
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Tech puts brakes on taxi driver, 24, facing fines worth nearly R400k
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Your weekly arts and culture diary: The Apartheid Museum, Filah Lah Lah and the Nellie will warm the cockles of your cultural heart this week
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Your weekly arts and culture diary
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Sea wanderlust: Four-day vacation on a cruise ship: I am inside a cruise ship, MSC Splendida, docking at Cape Town Cruise Terminal in South Africa.
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Sea wanderlust: Four-day vacation on a cruise ship
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UDM manifesto — end the coalition free-for-all and ban forced marriages: The UDM manifesto also singles out traditional leaders as deserving of special treatment ...
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UDM manifesto — end the coalition free-for-all and ban forced marriages
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Big-name local artists celebrate 125 years of Mount Nelson: To mark Belmond Hotel’s 125th birthday celebration, Mother City, a curation of artworks from the ...
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Big-name local artists celebrate 125 years of Mount Nelson
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IN PICS | Funders turn out for turtle gala: The Turtle Conservation Centre is caring for about 300 rescued turtle hatchlings after the recent storms in the ...
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IN PICS | Funders turn out for turtle gala
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Bad weather causes damage to 26 Western Cape schools as more rain expected: Twenty-six Western Cape schools have so far reported weather-related damage as a ...
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Bad weather causes damage to 26 Western Cape schools as more rain expected
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SA Weather Service issues more warnings of disruptive rain and possible flooding: An Orange Level 9 warning of disruptive rain that could result in flooding was ...
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SA Weather Service issues more warnings of disruptive rain and possible ...
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Azinga Fuzile and Rodney Berman mend their rift, reunite for ring return: The Duncan Village boxer is set to feature in Berman’s tournament in Cape Town in July
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Azinga Fuzile and Rodney Berman mend their rift, reunite for ring return
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Cape Town man drowns while on holiday with family and friends: A man on holiday with his family drowned while fishing with friends in Mossel Bay in the Western ...
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Cape Town man drowns while on holiday with family and friends
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High-flying Stellenbosch soar past Kaizer Chiefs at FNB: Winger Devin Titus scored the decisive goal that earned Stellenbosch FC a 1-0 DStv Premiership win ...
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High-flying Stellenbosch soar past Kaizer Chiefs at FNB