Boks to bring SA to a standstill, but captain Siya has a crucial message

Phony doctor threatens to sue Gauteng health dept for damaging his reputation

View Online Good Morning, SA Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has pleaded with the country to bottle the feeling of togetherness his team winning a successive World Cup has engendered throughout the country this time around. Here are your top stories for Wednesday, 1 November.  KELLY ANDERSON, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR SA's party has started: Boks to bring SA to a standstill, but captain Siya has a crucial message The story: Springbok captain Siya Kolisi steered clear of the usual platitudes and demanded that the country try to bottle the feeling of togetherness their Rugby World Cup victory has brought for good.   What was said: Speaking at the team's arrival from France at OR Tambo Airport, Kolisi said the way forward needed to be mapped out as the country worked out how to become better.   What else: He also pleaded for more understanding among the different cultures that make up the country's population. Read the full story Controversial Tshwane IT contractor – once linked to VBS kingpin – faces scrutiny The story: Brilliant Telecommunications has lost another key legal bid to keep details about why it was awarded a R585 million City of Tshwane contract under wraps.   What's more: The company's apparent connections to VBS Mutual Bank may also raise questions.   What we know: While Brilliant itself is not implicated in any VBS wrongdoing, it appears to have helped pave the way for Tshifhiwa Matodzi – former VBS chair and accused number one in litigation – to get access to the mutual bank.  Read the full story Matthew Lani: Phony doctor threatens to sue Gauteng health dept for damaging his reputation The story: Matthew Lani threatened a damages claim against the Gauteng health department.   What happened: He spent two days in police custody and cut a beleaguered figure when he emerged from the cells.   What's more: He admitted he was not a doctor - and that his social media persona was "just playing".  Read the full story News for You NEWS Mandla Mandela wants to see Bokke parading their trophy at Madiba's birthplace in Mthatha The Chief of Mvezo and Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, says the door is open for the Springboks to honour Madiba by bringing the Webb Ellis trophy to his birthplace in Mthatha's Qunu Village anytime. ECONOMY Medium-term budget: Focus on cost cutting as state spending surges SA government spending has hit more than R1 trillion so far this year. POLITICS R6bn Post Office shambles: Gauteng to lease private property for licence disc renewals Panyaza Lesufi was absent as he was among the crowd of people that descended on OR Tambo International Airport to welcome the Springboks back from their triumphant Rugby World Cup campaign in France. If we were as intent as the Boks, Mr President, we would fix the little things President Cyril Ramaphosa was correct in some of what he said on Monday. The Boks are a shining example of what to do in order to succeed. But some of what Ramaphosa said is hard to believe, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana. MCEBISI NDLETYANA Meanwhile, in the rest of the world The department of foreign relations and the SA Jewish Board of Deputies got into a full-blown war of words over the Hamas-Israel war.   Lebanon said Israel used white phosphorous shells that started wildfires, Bolivia broke off diplomatic ties with Israel (again), and Hamas promised to release some foreign hostages in coming days. For that, and everything that happens in the Hamas-Israel war, see our continuing live update.   Lesotho's Prime Minister Sam Matekane lived to see another day, politically.    SADC is due to have a big talk about Lesotho, the DRC, and regional security in general.   And King Charles didn't exactly apologise for Britain's colonial past, but said there was no excusing the excesses during its rule of Kenya.   Must-read in lifestyle Lungani Zama | Let Kolisi's words be a rallying cry Siyamthanda Kolisi saved the most powerful words of the entire World Cup campaign for his first address back on home soil, and they should be used as a rallying cry by South Africans, writes Lungani Zama. Read more Proteas' latest threat: Son of an All Black and a kid named after Dravid and Tendulkar Proteas coach Rob Walter, who coached him previously, isn't surprised by Rachin Ravindra's status as the breakout star of the 2023 World Cup. 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