South Africa will on Friday start offering loans from a 2.5 billion rand ($135 million) Youth Fund aimed at supporting small businesses, part of a push by the government to tackle one of the world’s highest unemployment rates.

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death

South Africa 61 (Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 2, Kurt-Lee Arendse 2, Siya Kolisi, Wilco Louw, Andre Estehuizen, Jesse Kriel tries; penalty try; Feinberg-Mngomezulu 3 conversions, Manie Libbok 4 conversions), Japan 7 (Yoshitaka Yazaki try; Seungsin Lee conversion). HT: 26-0

A decade on from one of the great World Cup upsets, South Africa and Japan clash again on English soil with the Springboks hoping to avoid a repeat of the “Miracle of Brighton”. The two sides tangle at Wembley as a busy Quilter Nations Series kicks off, with Eddie Jones looking to mastermind another underdog triumph. Kick off is at 4.10pm GMT.

By Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday there was no reason to delay a push for a lower inflation target to 3% despite persistent pockets of inflationary pressure from administered prices and wages.

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu helped world champions South Africa kick off their Autumn Nations Series with a thumping eight-try 61-7 victory over Japan in London on Saturday.

South African equities are on track for their longest monthly winning streak since early 2013, buoyed by optimism around the domestic economy, expectations of global monetary easing, and renewed appetite for emerging-market assets.

South Africa took the lead in the series with a dominant 55-run victory in the opening match in Rawalpindi. George Linde's all-round brilliance, coupled with Reeza Hendricks' fiery 60 off 40 balls at the top, set up a comprehensive win for the visitors.