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The Springboks will unleash a number of returning Springbok stars in their one-off Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires next week Saturday, while also leaving some experienced players at home to begin preparing for Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry (RGR) series against the All Blacks. Speaking during a virtual media session on Tuesday afternoon, Bok coach Rassie Erasmus revealed that Ox Nche and Franco Mostert, who are in the current Bok 44-man group, are unavailable for the trip to South America next week. He also said that players such as Malcolm Marx and Pieter-Steph du Toit would likely get a break, while captain Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Lood de Jager among others, would be in the match 23 to take on Los Pumas. “Other than our long term injuries, like Kwagga (Smith) and RG (Snyman), only Ox and Franco Mostert are not available for next week’s game,” said Erasmus. “Apart from that, everybody, Ethan (Hooker), Canan (Moodie), Sacha, Eben, Lood, Morne (van den Berg), more or less everybody else is ready. “I know a lot of people are talking about Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry now, but our focus is on next week’s game and how we have to beat Argentina. So let’s get past that hurdle before focusing on what comes next.” Perfect timing After it was announced last year that the Rugby Championship would not be played in 2026, with the RGR series against the All Blacks taking its place, the Boks looked to add extra Tests to the calendar, which included one-off matches against Argentina and Australia. The match against the Pumas thus comes at the perfect time to get some players up to speed and match fit ahead of the All Blacks series. “We always knew we were going to play this game, but as it worked out, it’s a great opportunity to give some of the returning players a run,” explained Erasmus. “Siya could have returned a week earlier (against Wales), but we wanted to make sure that he is fully fit, because a hamstring is a difficult thing. Same with Eben’s concussion, Lood’s injury and Sacha’s return. Sacha came nicely through his first training (session) with us. “The game is a really good time for us and it’s a good quality team. It would be good to see who will be ready to play New Zealand in two weeks’ time after that match.” The Boks will name the 26 players from their current 44-man group to tour Argentina later this week.

Disruptive rain and snow have been forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with very cold weather expected in southern Free State and along the Lesotho borders on Wednesday, 29 July. Here is what weather to expect, according to the South African Weather Service (Saws). Weather warnings for 29 July 2026 Impact-based warnings The weather service has issued an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain resulting in flooding of bridge, roads or settlements and damage to property or infrastructure in places along the coast and adjacent interior between East London in the Eastern Cape and Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal. An orange level 5 warning has been issued for disruptive snow resulting in traffic disruptions, disruption to essential services and some communities temporarily cut off in places over the extreme northeastern high ground of the Eastern Cape. Similar disruptions are expected in places over the northeastern high ground of the Eastern Cape and the Drakensberg area in KwaZulu-Natal under a yellow level 4 warning for disruptive snow. Saws has also issued a yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain resulting in flooding of bridges, roads or settlements and damage to property or infrastructure over the southeastern parts of the Eastern Cape and the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the extreme northeast. Advisories Expect very cold and wet conditions with light snowfall to set in from Wednesday evening in places over the Eastern Cape, southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, southern Free State and along the Lesotho borders, with the passage of the cut-off-low weather system clearing from the west by Thursday. The weather service has advised farmers to take precautionary measures to mitigate negative impact under such adverse weather conditions. Extended weather forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, 29-30 July 2026:Fine and warm in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and rain but widespread in the south-east on Wednesday.#saws #weatheroutlook #winter pic.twitter.com/go9F2MULul— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) July 27, 2026 Provincial weather forecast Here’s what to expect in your province on 29 July: Gauteng: It will be a partly cloudy and cool to cold day with isolated showers and rain. Mpumalanga: Expect drizzle along the escarpment; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain. It will be cloudy in the morning. Limpopo: There will be drizzle along the escarpment; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers in the southeast. It will be cloudy in the east at first. North West: Partly cloudy and cool weather awaits, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme southeast. Free State: Expect partly cloudy and cold to cool conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the Lesotho border. Light snowfall is possible along the Lesotho border and in the extreme southwest. Northern Cape: It will be fine to partly cloudy and cold to cool, but very cold over the southern parts with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the southeast. Light snowfall is possible in the extreme southeast. Western Cape: Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions are expected in the east; otherwise, it will be fine and cool to warm, but cold in parts of the Central Karoo. The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is “very high”. Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure. Eastern Cape (western half): It will be cool in places along the coast; otherwise, it will be cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain, clearing up in the afternoon. Snowfall is expected in the high-lying areas. Eastern Cape (eastern half): Expect cloudy and cold to very cold weather with scattered showers and rain, but widespread south of escarpment. Snowfall is expected over high-lying areas. KwaZulu-Natal: It will be cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and rain, but isolated in the extreme northeast.

After fourteen years’ estrangement from her father, Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, Suri is legally dropping his surname. The 20-year-old is opting to use her mother Katie Holmes’s middle name as her surname, making her legal name Suri Noelle. Noelle is a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she reportedly registered to vote as Suri Noelle in 2024, as reported by Daily Mail. Holmes and Cruise (64) married in a star-studded Italian wedding in November 2006. She surprised Cruise with a divorce in 2012 when Suri was six-years-old, a divorce that was finalised in record time. She relocated to New York with Suri, making a clean break from the actor. Details of the divorce were never publicised. 47-year-old Holmes later dated Cruise’s friend, Jamie Foxx. They have since broken up, with Holmes now reported to be dating visual artist Jason Bard Yarmosky (38). Suri is not the only Hollywood offspring to distance themself from their father by dropping his surname. Brad Pitt’s children with ex-wife Angelina Jolie have been individually doing so as each becomes of age.

South Africans in KwaZulu-Natal will soon have to travel to either Johannesburg or Cape Town to apply for a US visa after the United States announced it will end routine visa services at its Durban Consulate. The change takes effect on Saturday, 1 August and forms part of the US Department of State’s broader plan to consolidate visa processing across Africa into regional hubs. According to the Department of State, the move is intended to strengthen US national security by ensuring more consistent screening, vetting and adjudication standards for visa applicants. Durban among dozens of affected cities In an announcement, the Department of State confirmed that Durban, KwaZulu-Natal is one of several African cities where routine visa services will be discontinued. Other cities affected are Antananarivo (Madagascar), Abuja (Nigeria), Asmara (Eritrea), Bamako (Mali), Banjul (Gambia), Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Bujumbura (Burundi), Conakry (Guinea), Cotonou (Benin), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Gaborone (Botswana), Harare (Zimbabwe), Juba (South Sudan), Libreville (Gabon), Lilongwe (Malawi), Lusaka (Zambia), Maputo (Mozambique), Maseru (Lesotho), Mbabane (Eswatini), N’Djamena (Chad), Niamey (Niger), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Windhoek (Namibia). Applicants who would previously have used these locations will instead be directed to designated regional visa processing centres. Where South Africans can apply From 1 August, routine US visa services for South African citizens and residents will only be available at the US diplomatic missions in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Across Africa, routine visa processing will continue at the US embassies and consulates in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Dakar (Senegal), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti, Kampala (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda), Kinshasa (DRC), Lagos (Nigeria), Lomé (Togo), Luanda (Angola), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Monrovia (Liberia), Nairobi (Kenya), Port Louis (Mauritius), Praia (Cape Verde) and Yaoundé (Cameroon). The Department of State said consolidating visa operations into regional hubs will improve consistency in the application process while enhancing security standards across the continent. The change means applicants in Durban and surrounding areas should factor in additional travel time and costs when planning future US visa applications. Have you travelled to the United States before? Let us know by clicking on the comment banner below …

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