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Finn replaces injured Wood in only England change
With the inclusion of Westley and another debutant batsman in Dawid Malan, England moved Moeen Ali down to number eight at The Oval.
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Moeen hat-trick seals England rout of South Africa
Moeen finally ended Elgar's dogged resistance for a 228-ball 136 and the spinner snapped up Rabada with the last ball of his over.
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SA's stock market defies recession, scales record highs
South Africa's official unemployment rate is around 28% but widely regarded to be well over 40% and few of those without a job.
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SA tourism increases by under 1%
Stats SA's latest data shows an uptick in tourism to 760,000 visitors in May.
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Indonesian authorities keen to do business with SA
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies met with his Indonesian counterpart at the 3rd session of the joint trade committee in Pretoria on Thursday.
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SA's teen high jump world champ: I've proved people wrong
Breyton Poole made South Africa proud this weekend as he clinched the gold medal in the boys' high jump final in IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi.
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Rand firms up after taking hit over Sarb row
At 0640 GMT, the rand traded at R13.5250 per dollar, 0.31% firmer than its overnight close, but still trading around its weakest levels in two months.
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SA's private sector activity drops to 14-month low in June
Political instability, high unemployment and credit-rating downgrades have hit business and consumer confidence in South Africa.
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SA to know fate over failure to arrest Omar al-Bashir on Thursday
South Africa appeared before the ICC in April to argue that the Pre-Trial Chamber shouldn't make a finding of non-compliance against the country for not arresting al-Bashir when he attended the AU Summit in Johannesburg in 2015.
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[OPINION] Zuma and Putin’s ‘strong man’ leadership
Judith February warns against the Putinesque behaviour evident in South Africa.
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[OPINION] Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in SA
Eskom recently repeated that it will not conclude supply contracts with the developers of new renewable energy power stations.
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[LISTEN] Rapidly rising temperatures in SA pose more risk of wildfires
According to Professor Francois Engelbrecht, this phenomenon has made the region more vulnerable to extreme events such as wildfires.
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‘SA-UK relationship a long term one despite downgrades’
British High Commissioner to South Africa Nigel Casey says SA and the UK have a two-way street relationship in terms of investment.
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[OPINION] Protests in SA, Colombia reveal link between inequality, uprisings
South Africa, with its frequent and plentiful protests, is often dubbed 'the protest capital of the world'.
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[ANALYSIS] Protests in Colombia & SA reveal link between inequality & uprisings
Both countries have highly entrenched inequality, with class, ethnicity, and skin colour defining from birth the opportunities available to their citizens.
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[LISTEN] What impact will the recession have on you?
Stats SA's latest GDP figures show that the country has entered a technical recession, with growth contracting in two consecutive quarters.
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SA border bill not passed, again
The Border Management Authority Bill first came before the House on 11 May.
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Rand extends losses after GDP data
GDP data released on Tuesday morning shows that the country has entered into a technical recession.
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[OPINION] Democracy is looking sickly across southern Africa
SA is embroiled in domestic policy tensions of unprecedented proportions since it became a democracy. And the situation in the sub-region is not much better.
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[LISTEN] What is the private sector doing to save water?
Every drop of water counts. Here's what the private sector is doing about saving water during the drought in the Western Cape.
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Fitch reaffirms South Africa BB+ rating
Fitch says it is unlikely that government will raise its expenditure ceilings, which has served as anchor for fiscal policy.
