The Springboks will start their Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour in Pretoria on Thursday morning when the open-top bus departs from the Union Buildings at 09h30. The Gauteng route will start in an easterly direction and go past Loftus Versfeld before heading west to take in the Pretoria CBD. The Boks will then transfer to Johannesburg, where they are due to start at 14h00 at No 1 Jan Smuts Avenue in Braamfontein before crossing the Nelson Mandela Bridge and then heading to Soweto. The Gauteng tour will conclude when the Boks arrive at FNB Stadium at approximately 15h45 – entry is...

PARIS – When the four South African kayakers started their competition at the Olympics in Paris on Tuesday, there was another prominent Gauteng administrator literally following in their paddle strokes at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium this week.