South Africa news today

Latest South Africa headlines, collected from 3 news outlets and updated through the day (Tuesday 27 October 2026). Every headline links to the original publisher.

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• Live: Aussies bowling first against South Africa after Smith shockABC Australia · 1 h ago

  Australia is dealt a major blow on the morning of the final Test against South Africa in Cape Town as Steve Smith fails to pass a late fitness test. Follow live.

• South Africa's ambassador to US says it must repair strained relationsAfricanews · 2 h ago

  Roelf Meyer said Pretoria is seeking "direct dialogue" with Washington as it seeks to avoid exclusion from a key US-Africa trade deal.

• ‘We built this land’: descendants of enslaved people are reclaiming their history across South Africa’s vineyardsGuardian Africa · 1 d ago

  Slavery was integral to the country’s wine industry. Now a handful of wineries are addressing its legacy and righting the wrongs of the past At Groot Constantia, the oldest wine farm in South Africa, the 450,000 visitors

• Smith will be 'fine' as Australia returns to Cape TownABC Australia · 1 d ago

  Australia returns to the scene of Sandpapergate for the third Test in Cape Town, with the series on a knife edge.

• Paddy Donnelly obituaryGuardian Africa · 3 d ago

  My husband, Paddy Donnelly, who has died aged 70, was a South African who moved in the early 1980s to London. There he worked for the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF), which funded the legal

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