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Voters line up in Cape Town to vote in the general elections which are widely believed to be one of the most contested polls in the last 30 years. IMAGES
British runner Russ Cook jogs with supporters who have joined him for the final leg of his 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES
British national David Good, who has been on holiday in South Africa for a fortnight and hopes to get home before the UK travel ban takes effect, says that Covid-19 is "very serious,". But Good adds: "we're always going to have new variants, so I don't know how we're going to keep locking down every time we find a new variant." South African tour operators are flooded with cancellations after countries follow Britain's decision to ban travel from the region over the discovery of a new coronavirus variant. SOUNDBITE
French skipper Charlie Dalin (Apivia) sprays champagne as he sets foot on dry land after becoming the first competitor to cross the finish line in the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world race. IMAGES
Aerial footage shows funerals under way at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery in Soweto, as South Africa's COVID-19 death toll continues to rise. South Africa is the worst-affected country in Africa and among the top five in the world in terms of confirmed cases, with more than 400,000 infections reported to date. IMAGES
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