Schoolboy rugby in South Africa has quickly professionalised into a multimillion-rand industry. But the Selborne fall-out shows that money, big names and pro structures do not always guarantee success.

Netflix shares plummeted more than 9% on Thursday as the TV streaming titan’s quarterly earnings failed to impress investors and co-founder Reed Hastings announced he is leaving.

US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war in Iran could be reached soon, although the timing remained unclear, while US allies were gathering to discuss reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route.

EFF leader Julius Malema wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa, insisting that the rule of law be upheld in the investigation into Eastern Cape ANC leaders’ involvement in fraud at the University of Fort Hare.

SEOUL, April 17 (Reuters) – South Korea’s biggest Kpop agencies are in talks to join forces on a global music festival that could bring together the industry’s top stars, in what some local media have billed as a Korean version of the mega U.S. festival Coachella.

BEIRUT/QASMIYEH, Lebanon, April 17 (Reuters) – People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning home on Friday, checking whether their houses were still standing, though some did not plan to stay for fear a 10-day ceasefire in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel could prove fragile.

DOUALA, Cameroon, April 17 (Reuters) – Thousands of people were crowding into a stadium in Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and economic hub, for a Mass with Pope Leo on Friday that will likely be the biggest event of the pontiff’s four-nation Africa tour.

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the Iran war, its central bank governor told Reuters.