The Rugby World Cup is down to the crunch matches as the action descends on the Stade de France for the semi-finals. Watch every game of the Rugby World Cup LIVE on Stan Sport. HOW TO WATCH ALL BLACKS v ARGENTINA IN AUSTRALIAThe All Blacks' semi final against Argentina will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport on Saturday October 21. Like the first semi-final, coverage will start from 5:30 am (AEDT), with kick-off expected at 6:00 amHOW TO WATCH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP ACROSS THE WORLDFor Springbok fans, SuperSport is the home of the Rugby World Cup 2023, which will show both semi-finals. In New Zealand, Sky Sport will show the game, with the All Blacks game free on Sky Sport Open.

This year was no exception as the IEFA convened for their 17th annual Toronto Global Forum between 11 and 13 October in Canada. Since inception, the different annual themes have always been centered around key pillars that serve as the backbone of what the IEFA seeks to achieve through the Toronto Global Forum. Team South Africa was bestowed with the responsibility of promoting South Africa’s green economy and investment opportunies for North American Institutional Investors. Being one of the most diverse and largest economies in Africa, South Africa stands as a key market for Canadian goods and services on the continent. South Africa’s participation at the Toronto Global Forum comes at a critical time for an economy that is facing energy challenges.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has witnessed a significant 56% year-on-year decline in initial public offerings (IPOs) proceeds for the first nine months of 2023, according to a report by Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz). The total funds raised through 29 IPOs amounted to $6.8 billion, compared to a much higher figure in the previous year. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) led the GCC IPO market with four offerings that generated $3.9 billion, accounting for 58% of the total GCC proceeds. The top five GCC IPOs were led by Adnoc Gas with $2.5 billion, surpassing Borouge's $2 billion in 2022. Despite the downturn in IPO activity this year, 11 more IPOs are expected in the UAE in 2023.

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Tunisia’s President fired Tuesday October 17 the country’s Minister of Economy Samir Saïed amid economic hardship that has gripped the North African country. Saied’s office said Finance Minister Sihem Nemsia will also double as caretaker of the ministry. President Saied has refused to subscribe to the IMF $1.9-billion loan and strings attached to it. Samir Saïed has been a proponent of the IMF loan. Saïed’s removal also comes nearly three months after the appointment of Ahmed Hachani as the country’s new Prime Minister in replacement of the country’s first female Premier Najla Bouden.

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In South Africa, a Memorandum of Understanding on green hydrogen development was signed this week between the Provincial Governments of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape. The MOU’s objective is to explore areas of collaboration between the provinces that will see the creation of linkages to support local and regional green hydrogen development. This latest announcement comes after Sasol and Freeport Saldanha signed an MOU last year aimed at getting a green hydrogen hub up and running in Saldanha Bay. Leaping into the green hydrogen marketOther leading projects include green hydrogen developers focused on the export of green ammonia and green methanol as a fuel derivative. The Department revealed that the development of a green hydrogen hub in Saldanha will provide both direct and indirect job opportunities.

VALR, a crypto exchange in South Africa, and Visa, the world’s card network, have formed a strategic partnership for issuing Visa cards and delivering digital payment solutions. They will collaborate on payment solutions that leverage VALR’s crypto expertise and Visa’s extensive payment capabilities. VALR recently gained approval to offer crypto services in Europe and is in the process of obtaining licenses in Dubai, Mauritius, and South Africa. This partnership follows Visa’s other collaborations with prominent global crypto service providers, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Circle. Visa, with its global reach, has issued billions of card credentials and is a trusted name in the digital payment landscape, facilitating transactions for millions of merchants.

The Alcoaxarquia Group has just acquired a new processing plant in Morocco through the subsidiary Alcoaxarquía Maroc. With this operation the company reinforces its presence in North Africa and in avocado production. The processing center has a production capacity of 80 tons per day. Mr. Hasnaoui Aziz Choukri with group CEO José Antonio Alconchel. In Morocco and the Tangier plant, as in the rest of the production areas, we will apply our processes efficiently, with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint and making local, sustainable, tasty and healthy products with guaranteed availability in the markets.

WorldBiden says seems Gaza hospital hit by the 'other team'PostedU.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Washington would provide Israel with everything it needed to defend itself as it wages war against Palestinian militants, which he appeared to blame for a devastating blast at a Gaza hospital.

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) JazeeraSpontaneous protests have emerged in a number of major cities across the Middle East and North Africa as well as elsewhere, some devolving into confrontations with local security forces. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons in an effort to break up the protest. Hundreds gathered outside the French embassy in Tunis , chanting anti-French and anti-US slogans. Egyptian opposition parties led protests in front of the US Embassy in Cairo, while others took place in neighbouring Giza. And in Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city, protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate before police dispersed the crowd.

The support was through the department’s Food Security Programme during AcceleratedService Delivery Programme – Thuntsa Lerole which was held in Borolelo Township,Swartruggens on Friday, 13 October 2023. In addition, fifteen (15) female headed indigent families and two (2) institutions weresupported with agricultural produce and vegetable seedlings for their backyard gardens. The seedlings planted adds to the variety of vegetables that I haveand will assist to feed my family nutritious food,” said Mothibedi. During the 2023/2024 Budget Vote Speech, MEC Desbo Mohono asserted that theDepartment will continue to pursue a ward-based approach and to target vulnerablehouseholds. The department has developed an Integrated Food Security ProvincialImplementation Plan, which categorises food security initiatives earmarked to target 3 040households and subsistence producers at the end of the financial year.

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The UN Security Council held closed-door consultations in New York on the Moroccan Sahara issue. These consultations take place as a prelude to the adoption, at the end of October, of a resolution extending MINURSO’s mandate. According to the same sources, several countries expressed, during these consultations, their support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, noting that this plan represents the serious and credible basis that can end the regional dispute over the Sahara, as enshrined in Security Council resolutions since 2007. The role of Algeria as the main party to this dispute was also highlighted during these consultations. The members of the Security Council highlighted the close cooperation between the Moroccan authorities and MINURSO, as confirmed in Mr. Guterres’ latest report.

The Nigeria government has subsidised its electricity sector by around $176 million in the second quarter of 2023 to cover tariff shortfall funding. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said in its recently released quarterly report that “in the absence of cost-reflective tariffs, the government undertakes to cover the resultant gap (between the cost-reflective and allowed tariff) in the form of tariff shortfall funding.”This funding is applied to the NBET (Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading plc) invoices that are to be paid by discos (electricity distribution companies), of which there are 11. Nigeria: Project to supply electricity through battery energy service“This is an increase of N99.21 billion ($129.7m) compared to the N36.02 billion ($47.1m) incurred in 2023/Q1.”This represents a 275% increase. On average, the subsidy obligation incurred by the government per month was N45.08 billion ($58.9m) in 2023/Q2,” the report said. This was attributed to poor customer enumeration, insufficient metering, inaccurate meters, and energy theft (commercial loss).