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T20 World Cup: All-round Australia edge out South Africa by 5 wickets

Australia endured some anxious moments before edging out South Africa by five wickets after their bowlers set it up with a clinical display in an ICC T20 World Cup match here on Saturday. Needing eight runs in the final over, Marcus Stoinis (24 not out) hit Dwaine Pretorius for two vital fours and completed the job with two balls to spare. This was after Australia were reeling at 81 for five in the 16th over. Defending a modest target of 119, South Africa got the start they were looking for when Anrich Nortje (2/21) dismissed opposition skipper Aaron Finch for a duck in the innings' second over. Finch went for a drive but he could not middle it as the ball took a top edge and flew towards the third man region. Dropped from his IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderebad in the second leg of the league recently, David Warner (14) seemed to have found his form with three boundaries but Kagiso Rabada cut short his promising start when the batter sliced one in the air for Heinrich Klaasen to ...

South Africa arrests 56 people for taking Cabinet ministers hostage

South African police said Friday they have arrested 56 people who will likely face charges of kidnapping after two government Cabinet ministers and a deputy minister were held hostage for three hours

South Africa court rejects Zuma's application to rescind his jail sentence

South Africa's top court on Friday rejected former president Jacob Zuma's application to rescind his 15-month-jail sentence for contempt of court. Zuma handed himself over in July after the Constitutional Court found him to be in contempt of court for repeatedly refusing to return to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, where several witnesses have given details of his alleged role in a number of issues relating to the looting of state departments and parastatal organisations. In a majority judgement of the Constitutional Court, Judge Sisi Khampepe dismissed 79-year-old Zuma's application of rescission with costs. Commenting on Zuma's conduct, Khampepe said that he had wilfully refused to participate in litigation and then reopened the case when it suited him. The majority emphatically reject any suggestion that litigants can be allowed to butcher of their own will judicial process which in all respects has been carried out with the utmost degree of regularity, only later

Sinovac launches clinical trial of vaccine on children, teenagers in SA

Chinese pharma company Sinovac Biotech on Friday launched the Phase III clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine on a group of children and teenagers between six months and 17 years old in South Africa

South Africa vaccinates some kids in test of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

South Africa on Friday started vaccinating children and adolescents as part of the global Phase 3 clinical trials of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for children aged between 6 months and 17 years

No BRICS recognition for Taliban govt until int'l law assurances: SA

The BRICS countries have agreed not to recognise Taliban government in Afghanistan until they receive assurances that it will comply with prescripts of international law, South African minister said

TVS Motor ties up with ETG Logistics for South Africa distribution

ETGL is a division of ETG (Export Trading Group) - a global conglomerate present in 48 countries with expertise across various industries

Covid-19 pandemic: Variant alert for states amid rising mutants

The health ministry has added seven more countries to the list of nations where travellers have to take an RT-PCR test upon arrival in India.

South Africa detects new variant of interest of Covid-19 C.1.2

South Africa has identified a potential variant of interest (VOI) of Covid-19 that is assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2

No work, no food: Coronavirus pandemic deepens global hunger

An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially life-threatening food shortages this year - compared to 150 million before the pandemic - according to analysis from World Food Program

South Africa loosens Covid-19 restrictions as new cases see dip

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the lifting of certain coronavirus-restrictions, including relaxation on inter-provincial travel, sale of alcohol and larger public gatherings

South African health regulator probes 28 deaths recorded after jabs

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority said it was probing the deaths of 28 people who apparently died after being administered with a Covid-19 vaccine

Japan opens Olympic men's soccer with 1-0 win over South Africa

An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics. At least the men's soccer team won on Thursday a day before the opening ceremony of the pandemic-impacted games. Takefusa Kubo scored the only goal with a curling strike off the post in the 71st minute that clinched a 1-0 victory over South Africa at the Tokyo Stadium. Kubo is a 20-year-old forward signed up to Real Madrid who has yet to play for the Spanish giants while gaining first-team experience elsewhere in La Liga. In the other Group A game, Mexico beat France 4-1.

Tokyo 2020: Three S Africa under-23 football players test Covid-19 positive

Three members of South Africa's men's under-23 football team have tested positive for Covid-19 and they currently are in isolation in the Tokyo 2020 facility

South African prez admits govt was poorly prepared for violent protests

South African government was poorly prepared for the wave of violent protests in the country following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, incumbent leader Cyril Ramaphosa said

South Africa's big retail chains race to restock looted stores

Retailers also said they are racing to keep stores unaffected by the violence stocked as some shoppers were stripping shelves with panic buying

Death toll climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Jacob Zuma jailed

The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores

Ramaphosa announces efforts to quell rampant violence in S African cities

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced plans to quell the rampant violence and looting in major South African cities for the past three days

South Africa extends Covid-19 restrictions with certain relaxations

South Africa on Sunday extended Covid-19 restrictions for a fortnight with certain relaxations amid rising infections

South Africa's ex-leader Jacob Zuma turns himself in for prison term

Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month prison term