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MANCHESTER – England batsmen Ollie Pope said he was relieved to be nearing a century in the third and deciding test against the West Indies after failing with the bat earlier in the series.

CAPE TOWN – The Cricket South Africa (CSA) Board of Directors has noted the latest developments in the country, with the Black Lives Matter (#BLM) campaign lead taken by Proteas fast bowler Lungisani Ngidi.

Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced 250 more deaths owing to Covid-19, as well as 13944 new infections, taking the total confirmed cases over 421 000.

DURBAN - Facebook has published the Global State of Small Business Report which highlights the challenges small businesses are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as understands their ongoing challenges and areas for further support.

MANCHESTER – Ollie Pope scored an unbeaten 91 and Jos Buttler contributed a half century as England took advantage of a tired West Indies attack to move to 258 for four on Friday when bad light brought play to a premature end on the opening day of the final test.

By Shabtai Gold

Washington - US President Donald Trump is correctly shifting his policy and rhetoric on the coronavirus response, the government's top infectious diseases expert said on Friday, noting in particular the push for mask usage.

Anthony Fauci said it appeared to him that Trump was having a "realization of the reality that is going on" with the surging number of coronavirus cases across parts of the country.

"He is adjusting to that now and acting accordingly," Fauci said in an interview with Fox News. Читать дальше...

CAPE TOWN - Sixty-one prisoners have been rearrested on Friday after escaping from Malmesbury Remand Detention Facility opposite the police station in Malmesbury, 60 km north of Cape Town, by overpowering officials during an exercise.

Oslo - The Norwegian government will make an exception for Tom Cruise and his crew to shoot parts of a new "Mission: Impossible" movie in Norway this autumn without imposing quarantine requirements, a minister said on Friday.

Cape Town – Independent Media today announced the appointment of Kiki Ntuli as editor of Isolezwe, South Africa’s largest Zulu-language publication. Kiki replaces Slindile Khanyile who will be leaving the company to join a family business at the end of the month.

CAPE TOWN – Faiek Davids, one of the finest sportsmen from the non-racial fraternity during apartheid, says that former Springbok Test batsman Barry Richards “refused” to share a commentary booth with him during a match at Newlands in 2002.

Cape Town – Independent Media today announced that it has appointed seasoned journalist, Ayanda Mdluli as Editor: Special Investigations.

A Delft man has started his own little school with 5 kids at R30 per day. Jonathan, who worked with his best friend Andrew Stevens, ran a daycare but Andrew was murdered in April, leaving Jonathan to fend for himself. Supplied

Cape Town - A Delft man has opened his own daycare at home for children in his community after his friend and creché owner was murdered in April.

By Siyabonga Kalipa

Cape Town - Residents from Siyahlala informal settlement in Philippi protested outside the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court in support of the elderly woman who was raped in the area.

The 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped by Khayalethu Mkhumathela, 50, a member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) last month. The victim’s family was in court for the first time.

State prosecutor Craig Esterhuyse submitted a petition signed by 150 residents asking for bail to be denied. Читать дальше...

PRETORIA – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday sent out a message of condolences following the death of Tanzania’s former president Benjamin William Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005.

Cape Town - This mother says she can now sleep peacefully knowing her drug-addicted son is in a rehab centre and getting help.

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JOHANNESBURG – Three identified players and staff members attached the national women’s cricket side, tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the National High-Performance squad’s training camp that is set to start on Monday.