Messi scored twice and created goals for Arturo Vidal and Luis Suarez as champions Barca moved top of the table with 22 points from 10 matches.
Sergio Aguero struck again in the 56th with the softest of touches after Riyad Mahrez’s 30-metre shot hit a defender and looped into his path.
Speaking on the team's return from a three-Test trouncing in India, Du Plessis said uncertainty over key positions was "a massive red flag".
Ivan van Rooyen takes over the reins from Swys de Bruin who joined the Southern Kings as a consultant after parting ways with the Johannesburg franchise earlier this year.
The projected deficit would be the highest since 2009/10, raising investor concerns about South Africa’s only remaining investment-grade credit rating, which will be reviewed by Moody’s on Friday.
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Michael Baden contradicted the official verdict of suicide by hanging given by officials in August, saying Epstein's injuries were 'more indicative of homicidal strangulation'.
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The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it has arranged their release with police.
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Western Cape Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier said he would do everything possible to oppose budget cuts to provinces across the country.
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A number of residents are still missing after part of a hill collapsed in the mudslide that hit the city of Bafoussam in the highlands of western Cameroon on Tuesday.
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