#south-africa

#south-africa

Ssshhhhhhhhh! The talking is over, for now at least, and England's World Cup is about to begin. The bad news is they start with a tough game against South Africa. The good news is they start with a tough game against South Africa. Victory today would give England instant momentum and legitimise the cautious confidence of their pre-tournament chatter. An excellent win over Australia in their last warm-up has increased that confidence.

Teboho Mokoena played in the 2-0 win over Lesotho in March despite the 28-year-old midfielder being due to serve a suspension after accumulating two yellow cards. A Fifa disciplinary committee has ruled that South Africa breached competition rules, and has imposed a 3-0 forfeit. The country's football association (Safa) has been fined 10,000 Swiss Francs ($12,500, 9,340), while Mokoena has been issued with a warning.

Tomorrow is a big domestic data day for South African markets, with the CPI and retail sales data to be released. The slew of data could set the tone for Thursday's SARB interest rate decision and the Q4 risk tone. Investors come in knowing the July CPI printed 3.5% YoY, a 10-month high. While it remains within the 3-6% band, it stayed above the stated ambition to target around 3% over time rather than just the midpoint of the 3-6% range.

France enjoyed a one-sided 57-10 victory over South Africa at Franklin's Gardens to take top spot in Women's Rugby World Cup Pool D, scoring nine tries with two each for Emilie Boulard and Joanna Grisez. They will take on Ireland at Sandy Park in Exeter next Sunday in the last eight. The scrum-half Pauline Bourdon Sansus earned a second straight player of the match award for orchestrating France's highest score over the Springbok Women in front of a sellout crowd of 15,000.

It has been a South African summer at Lord's. After the World Test Championship triumph in June came a second to savour at the home of cricket: a tight five-run win under lights that sealed their first one-day international series victory on English soil for 27 years. For England it was another reminder of how far they have fallen since lifting the World Cup on this ground six years ago, this their fifth ODI series defeat from their last six.

Nearly 1,000 undocumented migrants working illegally at the Sheba Gold Mine in South Africa were arrested as part of Operation Vala Umgodi targeting illegal mining and immigration violations.

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Linda Motlhalo opened the scoring for South Africa from the penalty spot after a foul on Noxolo Cesane. The penalty was confirmed by VAR.

The 1980 tour of South Africa by the British Lions was not solely a rugby tour. It was a 70-day, all expenses, paid anthropological study of one of the world's most troubling, most diverse and most interesting countries. The 30 players from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland who left London would not have missed it for the world.

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