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  • The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Naledi Hlalele from Johannesburg won a gold medal at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy. - Ihsaan Haffejee
  • Protest outside the offices of African Rainbow Minerals in Johannesburg calling for to stop selling coal to Israel. - Ihsaan Haffejee
  • Thousands march in Cape Town calling for justice for raped child in the Eastern Cape. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Hundreds of people, mostly immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia, gathered to perform the special Eid prayer in the early morning at the Firdows park in Johannesburg. - Ihsaan Haffejee

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Customer holds a lottery ticket in a store
Customer holds a lottery ticket in a store
A customer shows his daily lotto tickets at a store in Lenasia South.
9 June 2025
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Lotto branding in store
Lotto branding in store
9 June 2025
African Penguin Faces Extinction
African Penguin Faces Extinction
The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5 June 2025
African Penguin Faces Extinction
African Penguin Faces Extinction
The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5 June 2025
African Penguin Faces Extinction
African Penguin Faces Extinction
The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5 June 2025
African Penguin Faces Extinction
African Penguin Faces Extinction
The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5 June 2025
African Penguin Faces Extinction
African Penguin Faces Extinction
The critically endangered African Penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5 June 2025
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2 June 2025

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