Sport has a significant role in South African culture. The three most popular mainstream sports in the country — cricket, football and rugby — reflect...
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SuperSport is a sports broadcaster with a history of international operations. Originally, it extended its reach beyond Africa, operating in various European...
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Cricket is the third most popular sport in South Africa (behind football and rugby union). Traditionally played by English-speaking Whites, Indians, Coloureds...
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popular sport in almost all African countries, and in 2010 South Africa became the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup. Some African nations...
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usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport followed by rugby union and cricket. The governing body is the South African Football Association...
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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798...
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a highly popular sport in South Africa, often attracting the country's most talented athletes. For nearly a century, South Africans have rallied behind...
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and online casino. SportPesa has offices in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Italy, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the UK. SportPesa in Kenya is operated...
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The South Africa national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international soccer and is run by the South African Football Association, the...
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Sport in pre-union South Africa saw some of South Africa's major sports, cricket, rugby union, and football being introduced by British settlers following...
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South African Football Association (colloquially known as SAFA) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the...
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Apartheid (redirect from History of South Africa in the Apartheid Era)
system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised...
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events in South African sport in 1992. 15 August - South Africa plays their first test since the end of the apartheid. 7 July - South Africa beats Cameroon...
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introduced apartheid in 1948, it added sport-specific restrictions from the late 1950s, on interracial sport within South Africa and international travel by nonwhite...
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Sport and Recreation South Africa (also known as the Department of Sport and Recreation) was until 2019 the department of the Government of South Africa...
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exclusion in 1964 and the D'Oliveira affair in 1968, only white athletes had been allowed to represent South Africa in international sport, a reflection...
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Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum won the Dutch Open golf tournament for the second year in a row. 1960 in South Africa Timeline of South African sport v t e v t e...
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groups in South Africa have a variety of origins. The racial categories introduced by the colonial apartheid regime remain ingrained in South African society...
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Johannesburg 1997 in South African sport 1998 in South Africa 1999 in South African sport Timeline of South African sport "SA beat Egypt 2-1". Mail & Guardian...
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This is a timeline of sport in South Africa. For other events see the list of years in South Africa. 1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918...
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languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi...
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of roller skating (artistic and speed roller skating) in South Africa. Roller Sport South Africa is affiliated to the world governing body International...
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South Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 1.6% of the total population. Islam in South Africa...
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of events in South African sport in 1995. 25 May - 24 June - South Africa hosts and wins the Third Rugby World Cup 26 April - South Africa (Bafana Bafana)...
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Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...
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South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Almost all South Africans speak English to some degree of proficiency, in addition to their...
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A list of current public holidays in South Africa: In gold, the National Day The Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) states that whenever a public...
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The South Africa men's national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by...
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events in South African sport in 2005. 7 March - Mbulaeni Mulaudzi wins gold in the 800 metres at the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...
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South Africa's energy crisis (or load shedding) is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months...
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