Sandie Peters/Unsplash January 28, 2024 Banksias are iconic Australian plants, but their ancestors actually came from North Africa Byron Lamont, Curtin University; Lynne Milne, Curtin University; Richard Cowling, Nelson Mandela University, and Tianhua He, Murdoch University Today, these plants are iconic to the Australian bush. But banksias and their many relatives originated in far-away shores 130 million years ago.
South Africa’s Masabata Klaas (right) celebrates a victory against England. JOHN COWPLAND/AFP via Getty Images March 16, 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022: how South Africa fares on the world stage Kamilla Swart, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Kicking off the cup with three straight wins, South Africa is ranked 2nd in the world in one day internationals.
South Africa’s Temba Bavuma celebrates his century against England in Cape Town, South Africa. Mike Hutchings/Reuters February 9, 2017 When English wickets fall much more than just cricket is at stake Ashwin Desai, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s cricket is on the rise again, now represented by players of all the country’s races. One of them is Temba Bavuma. His first test century in 2015 knocked a few perceptions for a six.