Cape Town – Wales finished their 2018 Test campaign in style when they beat South Africa 20-11 in a highly entertaining Test in Cardiff on Saturday.

In a tough and uncompromising clash, highlighted by numerous brutal collisions, Wales stood up well to the Springboks’ physical onslaught and eventually outscored their opponents by two tries to one.

The result means Warren Gatland’s charges complete their first ever clean sweep in the November internationals, as they also beat Scotland, Australia and Tonga in their previous Tests. They have also now won their ninth Test in a row.

The Springboks were full of running early on and in the fourth minute, Pieter-Steph du Toit found himself in space down the left-hand touchline, just outside Wales’ 22, where he sold Hadleigh Parkes a dummy before dotting down. His effort was ruled out, however, as television replays revealed that he had a foot in touch.

Despite that setback, South Africa continued to attack and won plenty of ground but they were met by a solid defensive effort from the home side.

Wales soon got into the game and in the 11th minute, they took the lead when Ellis Jenkins burst through a tackle from Malcolm Marx, inside the Boks’ 22, before offloading to Tomas Francis, who crashed over under the posts.

Gareth Anscombe added the extras and Wales held the upper hand over the next five minutes as they had bulk of the possession. And in the 15th minute, they were rewarded again when Anscombe found Liam Williams with a long pass deep inside Springbok territory before he stepped past the cover defence on his way over the try-line.

Anscombe was on target with the conversion attempt again before Handré Pollard opened the visitors’ account with a long range penalty midway through the half.

In the 25th minute, Pollard had a chance to further reduce the deficit, after Gareth Davies held onto the ball on the ground, but his shot at goal missed the target. Five minutes later, Anscombe also lined up a kick, after Steven Kitshoff infringed at a ruck, but his effort hit a post.

The next 10 minutes was a slugfest with both sides spending long periods camped inside each other’s half, although the Boks finished the half stronger. But, despite dominating those latter stages, they failed to add to their points tally.

In the 38th minute, Embrose Papier made a fabulous break from a line-out close to the halfway line and he did well to boot the ball ahead but knocked on when trying to regather close to Wales’ try-line.

A minute later, Jesse Kriel crashed over Wales’ try-line from close quarters but his effort was disallowed when the television match official ruled that it was inconclusive whether he grounded the ball.

South Africa continued to attack as the half drew to a close but just before the break, Eben Etzebeth conceded a turnover inside his opponents’ 22 which meant Wales had their tails up with the score 14-3 in their favour at half-time.

The Boks came out firing in the second half and after an extensive period camped inside Wales’ half, Kriel crossed in the left-hand corner after a strong carry from Duane Vermeulen and quick hands from Willie le Roux in the build-up.

Pollard’s conversion attempt was off target but the Boks continued to attack and in the 62nd minute they narrowed the gap to three points when Elton Jantjies slotted a three-pointer off the kicking tee after Wales conceded a breakdown penalty.

That meant it was game on but with the Boks chasing the game, they also conceded several penalties and when it was in goal-kicking range. Wales made them pay. Dan Biggar had replaced Anscombe by then and in the 69th minute he punished a Bok infringement at a breakdown when he slotted the resulting penalty.

And in the 72nd minute, the Boks strayed offside on defence and Biggar added his second penalty which gave his side a 20-11 lead.

The game’s closing stages was a frantic affair as the Boks tried desperately to haul in their hosts but it wasn’t to be as Wales’ defence held firm.

Scorers:

Wales 20 (14)

Tries: Tomas Francis, Liam Williams

Conversions: Gareth Anscombe (2)

Penalties: Dan Biggar (2)

SA 11 (3)

Try: Jesse Kriel

Penalties: Handre Pollard, Elton Jantjies

Teams:

Wales

15 Liam Williams, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ellis Jenkins, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Nicky Smith

Substitutes: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Owen Watkin

South Africa

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Damian Willemse 

The University of Zululand (UniZulu) “expels” pregnant students from residences when they are in their final trimester of pregnancy, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has found.

The commission released its findings on Thursday following its hearings into gender policy at tertiary institutions.  

CGE spokesperson Javu Baloyi told News24 that its legal officer Mlondolozi Vava, held a meeting with UniZulu’s recently elected Student Representative Council (SRC) on October 16.

The issues that the SRC raised, including the alleged expulsion of pregnant students, included the university not providing prenatal services for students (during the pregnancy), according to the CGE.

According to the commission, other issues raised during the meeting with the SRC included: The university’s ambulance not assisting students with pregnancy-related emergencies, the university expecting deaf students to lip read lecturers when in class and the university not having a sexual harassment policy, but a draft one.

The SRC also confirmed that they were not aware of the draft policy, according to the CGE.

“[The] CGE will investigate further and UniZulu was requested to respond in writing,” said Baloyi.

But UniZulu spokesperson Gcina Nhleko-Mdluli denied the allegations.

“There has been no student who has been chased away from university residences as a result of pregnancy, neither is there a policy,” she said via email.

Nhleko Mdluli said the findings were “malicious” and were “regressing the efforts championed by the university on gender issues”.

Fuzile says Van Rooyen also wanted him to process access cards for the two men, as well as a third person, Malcolm Mabaso.

He said Mabaso would not be paid by the department, but “he will just be around”. 

Fuzile says he objected to Van Rooyen’s instructions on Mabaso, and stood his ground. Van Rooyen then told him “You must facilitate this thing, you are just a DG”.

Fuzile says this shocked and irritated him.

A man has lost his arm in a freak accident while repairing an air-conditioner on Tuesday. 

Emergency service Netcare 911 said it responded to reports of bleeding at a sports bar in Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast

“Reports from the scene indicate that an adult male sustained a partial amputation of his arm when while repairing an air conditioner,” Netcare 911 said.

The police search-and-rescue unit was called to assist in helping the injured man off the roof of the bar.

“The patient was treated on scene before being transported by another private ambulance service to hospital for further treatment,” according to Netcare 911. 

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The DA in Limpopo is in panic mode after a move to oust it from political power at the Modimolle-Mookgophong Municipality through two separate motions of no confidence filed by the ANC and EFF.

This was worsened by the resolution of the provincial executive to invoke Section 139(1) (c) which deals with the dissolution of the municipal council and the appointment of an administrator until a new council is elected, if exceptional circumstances warrant such a step.

The ANC and EFF are to use their combined numbers in the council to oust the DA, which gained power through a coalition with the EFF and Freedom Front after the August 2016 municipal elections.

The ANC has 12 seats, the DA holds seven, and the EFF and Freedom Front have five and two respectively.

The ANC has filed a motion against mayor Marlene van Staden. The EFF wants the whole political management team – Van Staden, speaker Dingaan Motshwene and chief whip Hercules Louw – removed.

But DA provincial leader, Jacques Smalle, told the media on Monday that the motions of no confidence were driven by sinister motives.

“These motions came at a time of the imminent release of a forensic audit investigation preliminary report which is likely to incriminate the failing ANC and EFF politicians and some municipal officials into irregularities of tenders and contracts awarded [in] the last two years,” Smalle said.

“In addition to this, the municipality is in the process of awarding several tenders to the value of tens of millions of rands. The DA was reliably informed that the motions are allegedly aimed at stopping the release of the forensic investigation and to elect an ANC/EFF coalition of corruption to share in a tender scheme with an eye on raising funds for both parties’ 2019 election campaigns,” he said.

The municipality is currently under administration, but Smalle reiterated that the challenges were inherited from the previous ANC administration. He said the DA/EFF coalition at the Thabazimbi Municipality remain intact despite numerous efforts by the ANC to wrestle power back after it was removed from power in the 2016 municipal elections.

At a separate media briefing, Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism MEC Seaparo Sekoati announced an executive decision to invoke Section 139(c) at its special meeting in Bela-Bela.

The reasons include that the municipality remains severely cash-strapped and unable to fulfil its constitutional obligations. It’s unable to pay creditors within the stipulated 30 days and credit stands at R448m as at October this year of which R354m is over by 20 days.

“Since the intervention, there has been notable slow progress to turn around the state of affairs at Modimolle-Mookgophong municipality. The progress is hampered by continuous disruptions,” Sekoati said.

“The executive committee does not meet [as] regularly as it should due to the meetings not forming a quorum occasioned by last-minute apologies by members, while the municipality convenes more special meetings than ordinary council meetings which implies that council committees are dysfunctional,” he said.

However, Smalle later told News24 that he believed the decision was politically driven.

“I think it’s premature and it is clear that this is linked towards the DA. There is seven days to respond and this still has to be referred to the minister and has to be debated in council. There is still a lot of water to run.”

He said the ANC and EFF motions could still be debated before a council could be dissolved.

Meanwhile, the Fetakgomo-Tubatse Municipality which lost millions of rands invested in the now liquidated VBS Mutual Bank, is technically bankrupt and has been placed under administration.

Sekoati said the risk of community unrest was mounting as service delivery projects have come to a halt and creditors were not being paid, among other problems.