Nigel Bidmead

Jul 3, 2023 | bbc.com | Isaac Fanin |Nigel Bidmead

Tennis player Hoosen Bobat was excluded from Junior Wimbledon in 1971Hoosen Bobat still has more questions than answers about what happened 52 years ago. Bobat was a promising 18-year-old tennis player from South Africa. He had won his national junior championship and been accepted to compete in the Wimbledon junior championships. But there was one problem - the colour of his skin.

Jun 30, 2023 | bbc.com | Isaac Fanin |Nigel Bidmead

In happier times, the team, including captain Janine van Wyk, were given a heroes' welcome after winning the Africa Cup of Nations last yearImage caption: In happier times, the team, including captain Janine van Wyk, were given a heroes' welcome after winning the Africa Cup of Nations last yearSouthAfrica's women’s football team, known as Banyana Banyana, are inturmoil ahead of the World Cup due to be held in Australia and New Zealand laterthis month.

Jun 30, 2023 | bbc.com | Mo Allie |Isaac Fanin |Nigel Bidmead

Khaligraph JonesCopyright: Khaligraph JonesKhaligraph Jones is an award-winning rapper from Kenya who hasstood by his genre despite all the other musical trends making waves on thecontinent - and it has paid off. He was born Brian Ouko Omollo and raised in the Kayoleneighbourhood of Nairobi and says he was attracted to hip hop music from anearly age. But his success did not come easily. People used to ask him why he didn’t just switch and do “Kenyanmusic”.

Jun 16, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Barbara Plett-Usher |Mike P. Williams |Nigel Bidmead

The safety of South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who hashad to travel to Ukraine without some of his security detail as they are stuck on aplane in Poland, has not been compromised, his spokesperson says. But Vincent Magwenya said the row was “regrettable” and effortswere being made to ensure those on the aircraft could proceed “to cover atleast the Russian leg" of the trip.

Jun 16, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Barbara Plett-Usher |Mike P. Williams |Nigel Bidmead

South African presidencyCopyright: South African presidencyThe South African president’s security detail have been stuck on a plane in Poland for hours as the authorities are refusing to allow them and accompanying journalists to disembark and continue their journey to Ukraine where Cyril Ramaphosa is leading a peace mission by African heads of states. The SAA chartered flight with more than 120 people on board reportedly landed in Warsaw's Chopin Airport early on Thursday afternoon.