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One of South Africa’s two polar bears has died at the Johannesburg Zoo, leaving its mate now believed to be the only polar bear in Africa, a veterinarian said Wednesday. Geebee, the 29-year-old polar bear, came from Canada and had long survived the…

South African cricketing great Jacques Kallis will retire from Test and First-Class cricket after the upcoming Test against India, which gets underway in Durban on Thursday, he announced on Wednesday. However, the 38-year-old — described by Cricket…

The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, who claimed schizophrenia after being accused of being an arm-flapping fraud, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, South African media reported on Thursday. Thamsanqa Jantjie sparked…