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By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadLwazi Msipha, an animation artist works on his cartoon show" My Cartoon Friend" at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 6, 2021.... REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham JOHANNESBURG( Reuters)-Self-taught South African 3D animator Lwazi Msipha wanted to create something for both grown-ups and kids, along the lines of The Simpsons, when he dreamed up the character that won him a coveted slot on satellite TV.So he hit on an idea: what if his children’s’ cartoon character were

CAPE TOWN( Reuters)-Anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu's choice of aquamation over cremation or traditional burial came as a surprise to some South Africans, while others were impressed by this environmentally conscious move.By opting for aquamation Tutu, who died on Dec.... 26 aged 90, joined a growing" green burial" movement centred around the use of biodegradable materials and natural decomposition.In aquamation, the body is submerged in an alkaline solution in a metal chamber and heated until

By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadSlideshow( 2 images) JOHANNESBURG( Reuters)-Deserted streets, empty restaurants and shut liquor stores greeted the first day of South Africa’s move back to a harder lockdown, as a third wave of COVID-19 infections courses through a population less than 4% of whom have yet been partly vaccinated. Africa's most advanced economy recorded on Saturday 18, 000 new infections, just 3, 000 shy of its second wave peak seen in January.... Government data shows that one in every

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 28( Reuters)-More than 20, 000 people marched through Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate Pride, singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa who cannot be open safely and whose relationships are criminalised.At the front of a parade that organisers estimated was 24, 000-strong was Mandela Swali, a 25-year-old Ugandan gay man who was attending his first Pride, having been in South Africa just a month-and-a-half. Swali, face coated in gl

JOHANNESBURG( Reuters)-South Africa deployed soldiers on Monday to quell violence that erupted following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, after days of riots left at least six people dead. Police said disturbances had intensified as Zuma challenged his 15-month prison term in the country's top court. The judgment in the case has been reserved. Smoke swirled from burning buildings as items from burgled shops lay strewn by the side of the road in Pietermaritzburg in Zuma's home province