Pirates beat Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs 2-0 in the league curtain-raiser match Carling Black Label Cup after goals from Augustine Mulenga and Thembinkosi Lorch.
Evra played for United between 2006 and 2014 and won nine major trophies, including five Premier League titles and the Champions League.
Itumeleng Khune was withdrawn as a precautionary measure from Carling Black Label Cup matchday squad to face Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates.
Minister Pravin Gordhan announced that Jabu Mabuza would be acting in both positions for the next three months.
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In a first for the continent, the South African Medical Research Council launched its state-of-the-art Genomics Centre situated at the facility’s Bellville campus on Monday.
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Warrick Walsh was sentenced to 15-years imprisonment by the Pretoria High Court last week for defrauding Sars of R5 million.
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National police head Kehla Sithole moved Western Cape police boss Khombinkosi Jula to KwaZulu-Natal following several reports of infighting within the province’s senior police management.
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Her visit would mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being sent to the United States.
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Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.
The 29-year-old powered home to win in 52.20sec at rain-soaked Drake Stadium, obliterating the 16-year-old previous world record of 52.34sec set by Russia's Yuliya Pechonkina in 2003.
