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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters protest outside the magistrates court in Senekal, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, where two suspects were to appear on charges of killing a white farmer in the area. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Racial tensions rise in South Africa over farm killing

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, South Africa trammates celebrate at the end of a rugby championship match against Argentina in Salta, Argentina. Rugby Championship organizers SANZAAR on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, have given the World Cup champion South Africa an additional 48 hours to decide whether they will compete in the four-nation tournament in Australia from next month. (AP Photo/Florencia Tanjun, File)

World champion Springboks withdraw from Rugby Championship

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A worker constructs coffins at Enzo Wood Designs, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Sept. 30. 2020. Casey Pillay, a coffin-maker in South Africa, watched the coronavirus pandemic turn his business upside down. For Pillay, the need for coffins rose and fell as South Africa's lockdown levels changed, but overall, he said, &quot;business went down.&quot; As the world surpasses 1 million deaths, Africa is bracing for a likely second wave of infections. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African coffin-maker saw COVID-19 at work and at home

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

‘Early discussions’ over more South African teams in PRO14

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 file photo, rhinos walk in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in South Africa. South Africa’s anti-COVID-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn there is a risk of a resurgence of poaching of one of Earth’s most endangered mammals. Redoubled efforts are critical to prevent a resurgence of killings of the country’s rhinoceros, South African officials and wildlife activists say, as World Rhino Day is marked Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

South Africa’s rhino poaching drops during virus lockdown

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020 file photo, customers have their nails done near the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa. The country's success in bringing its first wave of COVID-19 under control has allowed it to almost fully reopen the economy, while monitoring for signs of a second surge, says the government's chief medical advisor. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

AP Interview: South Africa to know true virus toll in weeks

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Customers have their nails done near the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, as case numbers and death from Covid-19 hit the lowest in months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa says 12 million ‘probably’ had coronavirus

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Rugby Championship moved from New Zealand to Australia

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

FILE — In this Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008 file photo George Bizos, left, anti-apartheid activist, and life-long friend and lawyer of Nelson Mandela, right, arrives for his 80th birthday party in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bizos has died Wednesday Sept. Sept. 9, 2020, aged 92. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Mandela’s lawyer, anti-apartheid activist George Bizos dies

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

People walk on a beach, with Table Mountain in the background, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2020. Africa's tourism sector is struggling to cope with the drop in international travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates the drop in travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will see Africa lose between $53 billion and $120 billion in contributions to its GDP in 2020. ( AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

When will tourists return to Africa? Continent must guess

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Virus lockdown plunges South Africa deeper into recession

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 21 2020 file photo, funeral home workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a woman who died from COVID-19 into a hearse in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa. A South African funeral is usually an elaborate affair, often held on a Saturday, with family members and other mourners traveling from around the country, holding overnight vigils and washing the body. These days COVID-19 burials have to be held within four days, in the absence of relatives and friends and mourners being limited to fifty. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

COVID-19 takes loved ones, then the rituals to mourn them

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South Africa ends ban on cigarettes, but smuggling may stay

By MATHILDE BOUSSION - Associated Press

FILE — In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, South Africa. Ramaphosa on Thursday Aug. 27, 2020, faced tough questioning by lawmakers over COVID-19 corruption allegations, days after he asked ruling party members to refrain from stealing money meant for the poor. (Sumaya Hisham/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South African president grilled over COVID-19 graft scandals

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 11, 2020, members of the South Africa cricket team during a nets practice session in Dharmsala, India. Two players on the South Africa cricket squad have tested positive for COVID-19, at a team culture camp that involved more than 30 of the country's top players, the national association said Thursday Aug. 20, 2020, without releasing names of the players involved. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, FILE)

2 South Africa cricket players test positive for COVID-19

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A man stocks shelves with bottles of wine at a Johannesburg liquor store in Johannesburg Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, as the country will lift its coronavirus-linked ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco products on Tuesday. The purchase of alcohol and cigarettes was banned when the country went into a strict nationwide lockdown on 27 March to stem the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

As virus cases fall, South Africa allows liquor sales

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A man stocks shelves with bottles of wine at a Johannesburg liquor store in Johannesburg Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, as the country will lift its coronavirus-linked ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco products on Tuesday. The purchase of alcohol and cigarettes was banned when the country went into a strict nationwide lockdown on 27 March to stem the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa opens as virus cases fall, allows liquor sales

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A man wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks back home from work in Germiston, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. An Africa-wide study of antibodies to the coronavirus has begun, while evidence from a smaller study indicates that many more people have been infected than official numbers show, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

U.S. delivers protective gear to help fight COVID-19 in South Africa

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times