South Africa bounce back from defeat to Australia in last week's Rugby Championship opener - earning a battling 30-22 victory over the Wallabies in soggy Cape Town.

For many years the unique quality of the Six Nations Championship has been its propensity to throw up at least one result that confounded the divinations of the best rugby oracles each year. It might not have exhibited the best rugby on the planet,

South Africa is set to launch its first new underground gold mine in more than a decade, marking a resurgence in a once-dominant industry.