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Australia's Lyon expects India fightback after drubbing

Lyon said the paltry 36 runs India scored in the second innings in Adelaide last Saturday was no reflection on the quality of the touring side, recalling that he was part of an Australian team bowled out for 47 in South Africa in 2011.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 08:40am

World

Netherlands bans all flights from South Africa over COVID-19 mutation

The Dutch government said all passenger flights were banned with immediate effect until Jan. 1 at the latest.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 03:51am

Sports

De Kock wants to safeguard future cricket tours to S.Africa

The players were adhering to a strict regime of room service meals, social distancing and training in small groups pending a Covid test on Tuesday.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 05:52pm

Markets

South Africa's rand drops on fears over new virus strains, travel bans

South Africa said on Friday a virus strain similar to the one reported in the United Kingdom was driving a second wave in the country, prompting some countries to include South Africa in their travel bans.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 11:50am

Markets

South Africa's rand hits 10-month high as risk appetite nudges up

Lower interest rates in the United States typically lift demand for higher-yielding assets in emerging markets like South Africa.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 12:44pm

World

South Africa tightens restrictions further as COVID-19 infections rise

Ramaphosa said the main reasons for the sudden rise in cases have been large gatherings and travel.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 05:36pm

Sports

Rugby World Cup pool draw to be held under concussion cloud

"It's a big moment, we're a little bit excited to know who we'll start against and our pool," Ollivon told Canal+ on Sunday.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 09:35am

Sports

South Africa's tour to Pakistan a massive breakthrough: Ramiz Raja

The tour will also be a great challenge for Pakistan players in term of the standard of their game, their quality and talent.

Published 13 Dec, 2020 08:40pm

Sports

South African star Madisha dies in 'horrific' car accident

Ngcongca spent nine years with Belgian club Genk and was loaned to French outfit Troyes before returning to South Africa four years ago.

Published 13 Dec, 2020 04:44pm

Business & Finance

South Africa's manufacturing output down 3.4pc year-on-year in October

Factory production was up 2.6pc in October month on month, and jumped 17.2pc in the three months to the end of October, Statistics South Africa said.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 04:43pm

Sports

South Africa confirms first tour to Pakistan in 14 years

Karachi and Rawalpindi to hosts Tests, T20Is to be played in Lahore.
Proteas set to become fourth side after Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to tour Pakistan in the past 15 months.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:24pm

World

South African economy rebounds in Q3 led by mining, manufacturing

All sectors expanded, with primary sectors registering the biggest growth. Mining jumped 288.3pc, manufacturing was up 210.2pc and trade rose 137pc.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 03:49pm

Sports

England-South Africa ODI series called off after COVID-19 outbreak

The development came three days after the postponement of the opening ODI of the series, which was scheduled to take place at Newlands on Friday.
The three T20Is were played as scheduled.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 07:12pm

Business & Finance

South Africa's net foreign reserves down to $51.257bn in November

Gross reserves rose to $53.760 billion in November from $53.658 billion the prior month.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 12:45pm

Markets

South Africa's rand steady as investors await data

Statistics South Africa will publish third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on Tuesday, while consumer price inflation (CPI) and retail sales data is due on Wednesday.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 12:28pm

Sports

South Africa, England ODI series to go ahead

England expressed concern over the strength of the bio-secure environment after the positive result, while a South African team investigation has not yet shown how the unnamed player caught the virus.

Published 05 Dec, 2020 04:00pm

Sports

South Africa-England ODI moved to Sunday after positive COVID-19 case

The decision places a spotlight on the South Africa camp and their protocols during a tour that will provide much-needed revenue for struggling CSA.

Published 04 Dec, 2020 06:21pm

Business & Finance

Trade body urges Pakistani industrialists to fill the trade gap with African region

Africa is a vast sea of trade with exports of trillions of dollars, he said.
Under the Look Africa policy, the present Pakistani government has focused on the African continent and as a result, exports have increased by 15 percent.

Published 18 Nov, 2020 11:57am

Sports

PCB confirms Pakistan tour of South Africa next year

Both teams will play three T20Is and ODIs each during the tour.

Published 27 Oct, 2020 03:42pm

Business & Finance

South Africa to launch tender for mobile broadband spectrum

Allocation of frequency bands for wireless communication is seen as key to expanding broadband services, especially 5G.
The authority will make available 406 MHz of spectrum for the provision of mobile broadband services in South Africa,

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:06pm

Sports

South Africa wait on selection convenor to make Test captain choice

Boucher revealed De Kock is not keen to lead the side in Tests.

Published 22 Sep, 2020 04:04pm

World

South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from Oct 1

Travel to and from within continent allowed.
Travel restricted from high infection countries.
Govt yet to say which countries on restricted list.
Business travel to be allowed under certain conditions.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 07:51pm

Sports

Cricket South Africa rejects SASCOC bid to sideline embattled board

SASCOC told Reuters on Thursday night that the embattled board of CSA was asked to step aside.

Updated 11 Sep, 2020 03:04pm

World

IMF board approves $4.3bn loan to help South Africa to fight pandemic

The IMF said the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) loan, equal to 100% of South Africa's IMF quota.
It also will "limit regional spillovers, and catalyze additional financing from other international financial institutions."

Published 28 Jul, 2020 01:20am

World

South Africa earmarks $22bn of infrastructure projects to create jobs

The project doesn't draw resources from the fiscus ... and will be self-funded by the private sector.
The country had almost a third of its population of close to 60 million unemployed as of last year.

Published 27 Jul, 2020 10:34pm

World

South African schools to be closed again over virus

Schools will be closed from 27 July and scheduled to reopen on August 24.

Published 24 Jul, 2020 01:32am

Sports

Former South Africa captain Du Plessis will 'take the knee'

The BLM issue has shown up racial divisions in South African cricket.

Updated 17 Jul, 2020 05:25pm

Sports

Black players allege 'racial divide' in South African cricket

Current black players such as Kagiso Rabada and Ngidi were not included, nor were any white players.

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 09:03pm

Sports

South Africa to stage unique three-team fixture on July 18

CSA had to postpone the match from its original date of June 27.

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 07:03pm

World

South Africa's unemployment rate hit record high before virus

Unemployment rate rise to 30.1% in Q1.
Some firms plan to cut jobs amid COVID-19.
South Africa's economy already in recession.

Published 23 Jun, 2020 05:16pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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