Sitting on his wheelchair on a sandy Cape Town beach, Raemondo Lessing, 16, watches on as fellow surfers ride the same waves he learnt his craft on. Having lost both his legs and arms to meningitis when he was only a few months old, the teenager is now one of South Africa s best para surfers and hopes he will get the chance to show his skills at the Paralympics next year.
Inflation in South Africa in April dropped to the lowest level in almost a year although food prices remained obstinately high, the national statistics agency StatsSA said on Wednesday.
A grieving family gathers in their yard in a town near Pretoria, mourning the death of a relative who fell victim to a deadly cholera outbreak which has killed 15 people in recent days.