{"id":95382,"date":"2017-06-27T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T10:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-shrinking-the-lions-schedule-in-future-risks-diluting-its-special-qualities\/"},"modified":"2017-06-27T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T10:11:41","slug":"sa-news-shrinking-the-lions-schedule-in-future-risks-diluting-its-special-qualities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-shrinking-the-lions-schedule-in-future-risks-diluting-its-special-qualities\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Shrinking the Lions schedule in future risks diluting its special qualities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.irishtimes.com%2fsport%2frugby%2finternational%2fshrinking-the-lions-schedule-in-future-risks-diluting-its-special-qualities-1.3134747&#038;c=12584182641787833006&#038;mkt=en-us\">Shrinking the Lions schedule in future risks diluting its special qualities<\/a>: As things stand there are set to be only eight matches on the 2021 itinerary in South Africa to permit extra preparation time and to assist player welfare, with no further provincial fixtures once the test series commences. It potentially gives the &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.irishtimes.com%2fsport%2frugby%2finternational%2fshrinking-the-lions-schedule-in-future-risks-diluting-its-special-qualities-1.3134747&#038;c=12584182641787833006&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2ftechcentral.co.za%2fmtn-poaches-communications-chief-telkom%2f75242%2f&#038;c=17420666203010717962&#038;mkt=en-us\">MTN poaches communications chief from Telkom<\/a>: Mobile operator MTN South Africa has poached Telkom\u2019s top communications executive. Jacqui O\u2019Sullivan has resigned from the partially state-owned telecommunications provider, where she has served as managing executive of group communication and public &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2ftechcentral.co.za%2fmtn-poaches-communications-chief-telkom%2f75242%2f&#038;c=17420666203010717962&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fsportzwiki.com%2fcricket%2fbcci-might-cut-short-201718-south-africa-series%2f&#038;c=2421299350970617471&#038;mkt=en-us\">BCCI Might Cut-Short 2017\/18 South Africa Series<\/a>: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is once again looking to cut short their itinerary to South Africa. As per a news in The Indian Express, the BCCI is planning to shorten the tour so as to organise a tri-series with Bangladesh and New Zealand.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fsportzwiki.com%2fcricket%2fbcci-might-cut-short-201718-south-africa-series%2f&#038;c=2421299350970617471&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fallafrica.com%2fstories%2f201706270429.html&#038;c=11123205930591767024&#038;mkt=en-us\">South Africa: #GuptaLeaks May Be Biggest Crisis to Hit Democratic SA &#8211; Nzimande<\/a>: The leaked Gupta emails may well be the biggest crisis South Africa has experienced since the dawn of democracy, South African Communist Party&#8217;s (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande said. He said this while addressing members of the National Health &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fallafrica.com%2fstories%2f201706270429.html&#038;c=11123205930591767024&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=AA61C55BD8FA49758114C2CF0EC7D7F1&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnbc.com%2f2017%2f06%2f26%2falibaba-payment-app-alipay-expands-into-south-africa-targeting-chinese-tourists.html&#038;c=8703048657338681015&#038;mkt=en-us\">Alibaba&#8217;s payments app Alipay expands into Africa<\/a>: Alibaba&#8217;s payments app Alipay unveiled the latest step in its global expansion strategy Monday. 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