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Former South African president FW de Klerk dies after long battle with cancer

News11th November 2021

South Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk has died at the age of 85 after a long battle with cancer.

Music in the mix: rappers from three cities combine on “Heavy is the Crown”

Entertainment28th October 2021

It is no secret that Durban born rapper Blxckie has been making major moves in the industry since he moved to Johannesburg. He has been featured every week with big artists while also releasing music on the side.

Osaka ‘itching’ to get back on the court

Sport27th September 2021

Naomi Osaka is ready to make her return to the court after taking a mental health break.

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News29th August 2021

We present our Scrolla News report - read by Zuzile Ndlela.

Tanzanian president under fire for calling female footballers “flat-chested”

News Bites23rd August 2021

Despite being Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan has stunned her country and the world by saying the national Under/23 female soccer team are too unattractive for marriage.

Bianca Buitendag came into the games as the 17th seed – and surfed away with silver!

News27th July 2021

Bianca Buitendag has won South Africa’s first-ever Olympic surfing medal as she claimed the country’s second medal of the day – after Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

Lifelong defender of Kenya’s forests shot dead

News21st July 2021

For decades Joannah Stutchbury defended the Kiambu Forest from developers - and now she is dead.

South Africa’s constitutional democracy is under threat, warns Ramaphosa

News Bites16th July 2021

The rioting and looting of the past week has put South Africa's constitutional democracy under threat and been designed to provoke a “popular insurrection", says President Cyril Ramaphosa.