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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural…

‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth

Christiane Amanpour has spent four decades as a celebrated journalist and war reporter. With disinformation rampaging through the media, she talks about the threat of technocracy, Donald Trump’s seco…

The kindness of strangers: I lost my Kindle – and the person who found it loved my book collection

We exchanged emails and arranged to meet. One friend quipped that if we got married it’d make a magnificent story

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By the time I’d realised my Kindle was go…

‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world

A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species

The first …

Memorial to black first world war soldiers opens in South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission is beginning to honour hundreds of thousands of personnel not previously commemorated

Elliot Malunga Delihlazo’s grandmother would say that her brother Bhesengile we…

Princess Anne kicks off her solo trip to South Africa: Royal arrives at Cape Town riding school on first day of state visit - as husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence stays in the UK after injury

The royal, 74, looked fresh in a floral blue shirt on Tuesday as she arrived at the equestrian centre to observe a riding lesson as part of her two-day visit to Cape Town, South Africa.

Who will tame Donald Trump this time? Roll up, roll up, for the White House travelling circus | Simon Tisdall

On the eve of his return, it’s clear that world leaders, whether they like him or loathe him, can’t ignore this unpredictable showman

Michelle Obama’s one-woman boycott of Donald Trump’s presidential …

Africa has no shortage of celebrated writers – so why is it so hard for African readers to get hold of their books?

Across the continent books can be expensive and libraries scarce. But growing numbers of tech innovators and independent publishers are working to make African literature available and affordable

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