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Social media was buzzing this week with well wishes pouring in for the 2016 South African Cricketer of the Year, Kagiso Rabada. The 21-year-old...

South African batsman AB de Villiers scored international cricket's fastest ton ever - 100 off just 31 balls - at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday. The Proteas scored an imposing 439/2, giving them a 2-0 lead over the touring West Indies side.

That funky Afrobeat is what gets Frank Gossner up in the morning. It is what kept him in Africa for several years, and it is what brings him back frequently. The German DJ is hunting down rare African blues, disco and funk records, and bringing them to an appreciative global audience.

The word is out! A Clifton, Cape Town home-owner has rented out their house for the duration of the 2010 Fifa World Cup for US$1-million - a new South African record. Zoopy TV visits the house to chat with Clinton Braude of Ronnie Matthews Estates.

South African Nuno Gomes has reclaimed the world scuba deep-diving record by descending to 318.25m below the Red Sea. The 52-year-old civil engineer now holds the cave, sea and overall depth records.

Illusionist Mark Rose-Christie brought the concepts of the London Ghost Bus and Jack The Ripper tours to South Africa two years ago. Now the The Mystery Ghost Bus Tour has gone national - climb on board and get into the spirit of SA's own ghouls, haunts, phantoms, famous murders and other paranormal delights. Sceptics welcome!