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SQUAD STRENGTH: Boks’ superior depth could prove decisive in Nations Championship title race
With a number of leading teams missing some key players, the Springboks are ideally placed to mount a really strong bid for glory in the tournament. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus went out of his way this week to praise his opposite number in Italy, Gonzalo Quesada, ahead of the Nations Championship clash between South Africa and the Azurri in Turin on Saturday, 7 November 2026. Since taking the coaching reins in 2024, Quesada has guided Italy to landmark wins against Austra…
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‘There are no barriers in the music’: The Savoy Ellingtons and H.B. Barnum
Last month, a 90-year-old arranger who once worked alongside Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and The Supremes stood in the Cradle of Humankind, a Unesco World Heritage Site in Gauteng, and conducted jazz. H.B. Barnum was in South Africa for the first time for the Our Origin Festival, held at Kromdraai Impact Hub in Krugersdorp from 16 to 18 October. With him were The Savoy Ellingtons, siblings Edward and April Ellington, who carry one of music’s heaviest surnames and were als…
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