Mathabiso Ralengau. On..

By Kevin Rademeyer. The road to the 2027 Rugby World Cup may still be more than a year away, but Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has already begun laying the foundations. Erasmus on Saturday unveiled an expanded 51-player squad for the Springboks’ first training camp of the season, with no fewer than 21 uncapped players included ahead of a busy international campaign that begins later this month.

By Antony Sguazzin and Mathabiso Ralengau. On a Friday last November, government officials representing Lesotho, a mountainous enclave in eastern South Africa, sat down in the capital Maseru for three hours of negotiations with Trump administration counterparts. Earlier that year, the US suddenly cancelled funding for healthcare programs in the country as part of billions of dollars in cuts to international aid.