India vs South Africa, 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Play called off for the day

Cricket ground workers pull over covers as rain delays the start of play. (AP Photo) India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Persistent rain forced play to get called off on Day 2 as India remained on 272/3 against South Africa. Umpires planned to inspect the SuperSport Park pitch at 11.30 AM local…Continue Reading

SA Vs IND: Former South Africa Captain Ali Bacher Hails Indian Pace Attack ‘Best In 30 Years’

Former South African captain and administrator Ali Bacher feels India will start as favourites in the three-match Test series against the home team as the tourists have the ‘best pace attack’ he has seen in the past 30 years. Preview | Live Streaming | News South Africa remain one of the very few places where…Continue Reading

Against South Africa, India need a united front, not a Virat Kohli dousing home fires

Kohli had you at hello. He oozed class, came across as a born-leader and even his anger was endearing. (File) A leading man facing unprecedented pressure extending beyond the field, a coach looking to kickstart the stint by shedding his good boy image, and a buoyant pacer primed to breathe fire into the attack against…Continue Reading

South African minister objects to sale of Nelson Mandela’s prison cell key

The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28 A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country’s first Black president, was long jailed for his…Continue Reading

South Africa: SAHPRA approves Janssen COVID boosters amid Omicron surge

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) or Janssen vaccines have been approved for the use as boosters by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Thursday, for the protection against the Omicron variant. South Africa is the country where the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron was found last month, as per the official report of SAHPRA.…Continue Reading

South Africa’s Case Drop May Show Omicron Peak Has Passed

Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease before traveling on international flights, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Image: Reuters)’It was a short wave … and the good news is that it was not very severe in terms of hospitalizations and deaths,’ a researcher said. Associated Press JohannesburgLast…Continue Reading

Two passengers from South Africa test Covid positive at India’s Bengaluru airport, quarantined

Two passengers from South Africa tested positive for COVID-19 at an airport in India’ southern Karnataka state. The authorities from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru city on Saturday said that their test samples have been sent to a virology lab to ascertain whether they are infected with Omicron variant of coronavirus. The health department…Continue Reading