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Alexander Gillespie: The meaning of holocaust

South Africa: A billion-dollar diamond dig

Chris Pritchard digs deep into Kimberley's past.

Kimberley, South Africa

Back in the late 1800s, Kimberley was the scene of a diamond rush that coincided with Johannesburg's gold rush and sparked a population surge.

Cricket: Proteas' lesser lights get chance to shine

Shakira blames Blackberry for close call with sea lion

Pop star Shakira takes to Facebook to recount how she was nearly attacked by a sea lion while on holiday in South Africa.

Cricket: South Africa arrive with stronger mentality

Plane crash doctor to be farewelled at aerodrome

Plane victims 'loved by many'

The Parker-Hulme murder: Why it still matters to us

South Africa: Off the garden path

Provide me with a rental car in foreign territory and I become geographically promiscuous.

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South Africa: An alternative Garden Route

Jill Worrall discovers some of South Africa's hidden gems when she detours from the well-traversed Garden Route.

Cricket: Australians humiliated as Ponting is exposed

Salil Shetty: Commonwealth should stand up for human rights

South Africa: Tracing my grandfather's incarceration

Jill Worrall visits the site of a former Cape Town prison where her grandfather was once incarcerated.

Cape Town, South Africa

Travel blogger Jill Worrall explores the town where her Kiwi grandfather was briefly incarcerated during the Boer War.