Proteas coach Mark Boucher said it was a bitter pill to swallow after South Africa beat England in their final Super 12 encounter but failed to make the semifinals.

Cricket South Africa says each venue will be able to welcome and host a maximum of 2,000 fans across various cricket venues.

South Africa went into their final Rugby Championship match of the year against New Zealand looking to avoid a fourth straight defeat in the competition.

South Africa went into the match with an inferior record against their archrivals, having only won 36 of the previous 99 encounters.

South Africa will open their World Cup campaign against Australia on 23 October.

Steyn announced on Tuesday that he was retiring from cricket having represented South Africa across all three formats since 2004.

The former midfielder was recently appointed as the new senior commercial and marketing manager at the SA Football Association (Safa) and is aiming to shine the spotlight on women’s football in the country.

Enoch Nkwe resigned on Tuesday, just days before the team departed for their limited overs tour of Sri Lanka. The 38-year-old cited concerns about 'the functioning and culture of the team environment'.

Now, the matric student is gunning for Paralympic gold to add to his already impressive medal collection that includes gold in the 2019 World Championships and silver in the 2017 edition of the same competition.

The statement comes after the Springboks' fixtures against New Zealand on 25 September and 2 October in New Zealand were cancelled.

South Africa is in group 1 of the Super 12 alongside Australia, England, West Indies and two qualifiers.

Bafana Bafana have had a run of good form since the last Fifa rankings were released, winning six and drawing one of their seven games.

The Proteas were last in action in July when they beat Ireland 3-0 in a T20 series and drew the ODI series 1-1.

Sascoc on Monday confirmed that Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag, South Africa’s only two medallists at the Games, would not be getting bonuses.

Schoenmaker and Buitendag were the only athletes from Team South Africa to win medals at the Tokyo games.

Despite the low medal total, it was a week that many South Africans will never forget as a few shining lights put their names on the world map.

Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women's 200m breaststroke in a new world record time of 2:18.95.

In the hour-long clip that includes 26 pieces of footage from the game, Rassie Erasmus addresses issues such as him being the water carrier in that Test, officiating mistakes and instances where there was foul play by the Lions that weren’t penalised.