Sonja Falck was happily married to a man 34 years her senior. When their age gap started to test their bond, they had to change their relationship in order to save it.
Category: South Africa
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Desire Marea’s Genre-Melting Music Stirs South Africa, and the World
The 32-year-old’s work in Zulu and English traverses styles and explores queer histories. This week he releases a new EP, “The Baddies of Isandlwana.”
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South African Inquiry Rebuts U.S. Charge on Russian Arms
A government investigation about a Russian ship contradicts U.S. accusations that South Africa provided arms to fight Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. But a government report won’t be released, he added.
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BRICS May Add More Countries to the Group. Here’s What to Know.
Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Indonesia and Egypt are among the potential candidates to expand the five-nation bloc, many of them seeking stronger ties with non-Western powers. Iran is also interested.
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China Works to Expand its Sway in Africa Amid Rivalry With the U.S.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, pitches his country as a leader of the developing world, rallying support for an alternative to the U.S.-dominated global order.
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A Cobra Appeared Mid-Flight. The Pilot’s Quick Thinking Saved Lives.
The pilot made an emergency landing after feeling a Cape Cobra slither under his shirt while flying across South Africa. “I had a moment of stunned silence,” he said.
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Oscar Pistorius, Olympian Convicted of Murder, Is Denied Parole
Mr. Pistorius, who has maintained that the killing was an accident and that he is remorseful, has served about half of his 15-year sentence.
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AKA, Influential South African Rapper, Is Fatally Shot
The rapper, whose legal name was Kiernan Forbes, was one of the most formidable songwriters in South African hip-hop. He and another man were killed outside a restaurant on Friday.
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‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients stand to benefit.
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Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75
A former domestic servant, she experienced the inequities of the job firsthand and helped build national and international unions to address them.
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Gerrie Coetzee, 67, Afrikaner Boxing Champ Who Fought Apartheid, Dies
He won the World Boxing Association title in 1983, became a symbol of racial comity and showed a surprising gentleness in public.