President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the Springboks at the Union Building, hailing them warriors who had made the country proud before they departed on their tour of Gauteng.
The former Galatasaray, Gent and Ajax Amsterdam manager was appointed on Wednesday, replacing sacked Benni McCarthy.
Fans lined the streets of Pretoria, waving flags and singing the national anthem as the Springboks kicked off the Gauteng leg of their World Cup Victory Tour.
President Cyril Ramphosa was addressing the team and fans outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday morning, where the Springboks departed for the first leg of their nationwide tour.
With the Internationals boasting only two players in the world top 20, Els’s young outfit face a huge task to win the trophy for the first time since 1998 against a powerful US team captained by Woods.
President Ramaphosa has been driving the second Investment Conference, with R363 billion pledged so far.
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The court ordered Zuma to apologise to former minister Derek Hanekom for calling him 'a known enemy of the state'.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said that small enterprises presented the greatest potential to the growth of the economy but were often overlooked when it came to both government planning and investment.
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South Africa football legend Neil Tovey says a club-versus-country tug of war over the team that will compete in an Olympic Games qualifying tournament from this weekend is a 'disgrace'.
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The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SACCI) monthly business confidence index (BCI) fell to 91.7 in October from 92.4 in September.
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