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Four students from St John's Preparatory School in Johannesburg have won first place at the World Literary Competition, an international youth event that promotes...

The latest edition of the world's greatest ultra-marathon takes place on Sunday. Catch up on the history - along with some fascinating facts and anecdotes - of a race that's internationally recognised for the body-sapping challenge it poses and the camaraderie it fosters among its thousands of participants.

South Africa finished 22nd on the Paralympics medals table, which ended in Rio on 18 September 2016. Team South Africa has made a nation...

South Africa put on a stellar performance during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The country racked up a tally...

24 August 2016 Today we welcome home Team RSA . They showed what it means to #teamSArise @MorningLiveSABC @SPORTATSABC pic.twitter.com/rAXS5FLzC5 — Vaylen Kirtley (@VaylenKirtley) August 23, 2016 Hundreds of...

15 July 2016 Meet Naomi Ruele, #Botswana’s first Olympic swimmer #TeamBotswana #Rio2016 ?? pic.twitter.com/33kwCaIH0B — Botswana (@Botswana) July 13, 2016 Botswana is going Olympics-mad over its new...

South Africa's Chad le Clos won four gold medals in the second leg of the Fina Swimming World Cup, while fellow swimmer Cameron van der Burgh kept the South African flag flying high with his victory too. They are taking part in the Fina/airweave Swimming World Cup series.

Groot Constantia's 2013 Chardonnay beat more than 800 other entrants from around the world to be judged the best overall chardonnay at the 22nd annual Chardonnay du Monde competition held recently in France.

In the week he was crowned as the world's best swimmer for 2014, South Africa's Olympic champion Chad le Clos set a new world record in the 100m butterfly - and won gold in the 200m freestyle - at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Doha.

South African Bongmusa Mthembu claimed his first Comrades Marathon victory on Sunday, while Great Britain's Eleanor Greenwood was also a first-time winner in the women's race after a dramatic conclusion to the 89.28-kilometre ultra-marathon.