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IOL News
17-07-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
South Africa's comedy of errors led to defeat against New Zealand
South Africa's experimental batting lineup (including promoting Senuran Muthusamy (pictured left) to number four) led to a 21-run defeat against New Zealand in their T20 tri-series clash in Harare, despite their bowlers initially reducing New Zealand to 70/ Farooq Naeem/AFP It was quite a different response from South Africa against the Kiwis in Harare, though, as a mostly experimental lineup fell 21 runs short of their imposing target. The Proteas would go on to win that historic match, which is widely hailed as the best ODI ever, also known as 438 due to the score SA reached in response. I'm paraphrasing, but that was the gist of what Kallis said straight after South Africa saw Australia post a then-record of 434 in their 50 overs in that famous One-Day International ( ODI ) at the Wanderers in 2006. The famous quote of Jacques Kallis came to mind on Wednesday after South Africa allowed New Zealand to post 173/5 in their innings. The line, of course, was 'the bowlers have done their job, now it's time for the batsmen to do theirs.' Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. South Africa's Experimental Batting Backfires in T20 Match Against New Zealand I don't even blame the bowlers, even though they had New Zealand 70/5 in the 10th over. In modern T20s, one expects the bowlers to take a beating, and that's exactly what happened. It's simply the nature of the game. The Proteas, though, went against their nature and were far too experimental with their batting lineup. After a solid opening stand of 34, Rubin Hermann and Senuran Muthusamy were both elevated up the order to number three and four, respectively. The pair looked at sea and combined for eight runs between them. Such was the gravity of the backfire that the experienced skipper Rassie van der Dussen was clearly feeling the pressure as he was run out for 6. Though Dewald Brevis (35) and George Linde (30) delivered decent knocks, the odds were always stacked against them after Van der Dussen's departure left South Africa 62/5 after 8.4 overs. It was painful to watch; let's just hope South Africa ditch the experimentation in their next match of the tri-series and instead the batters simply focus on doing their jobs. @Michael_Sherman IOL Sport * The views expressed are not necessarily the views of IOL or Independent Media. ** JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Send us an email with your comments, thoughts or responses to iolletters@ Letters should be a maximum of 500 words, and may be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Submissions should include a contact number and physical address (not for publication).
News24
11-07-2025
- News24
Father kills daughter over TikTok ‘honour' in Pakistan
A man in Pakistan killed his daughter over her TikTok account. Police arrested him. This follows the killing of TikTok star Sana Yousaf. Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok. In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by family members for not following strict rules on how to behave in public, including in online spaces. 'The girl's father had asked her to delete her TikTok account. On refusal, he killed her,' a police spokesperson told AFP. According to a police report shared with AFP, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter on Tuesday 'for honour'. He was subsequently arrested. The victim's family initially tried to 'portray the murder as a suicide' according to police in the city of Rawalpindi, where the attack happened, next to the capital Islamabad. In June, a 17-year-old girl and TikTok influencer with hundreds of thousands of online followers was killed at home by a man whose advances she had refused. Farooq Naeem/AFP Sana Yousaf had racked up more than a million followers on social media accounts including TikTok, where she shared videos of her favourite cafés, skincare products, and traditional outfits. TikTok is wildly popular in Pakistan, in part because of its accessibility to a population with low literacy levels. Women have found both audience and income on the app, which is rare in a country where fewer than a quarter of the women participate in the formal economy. However, only 30% of women in Pakistan own a smartphone compared to twice as many men (58%), the largest gap in the world, according to the Mobile Gender Gap Report of 2025. Pakistani telecommunications authorities have repeatedly blocked or threatened to block the app over what it calls 'immoral behaviour', amid backlash against LGBTQ and sexual content. Arif Ali/AFP In southwestern Balochistan, where tribal law governs many rural areas, a man confessed to orchestrating the murder of his 14-year-old daughter earlier this year over TikTok videos that he said compromised her 'honour'. Reuters reported that more than 1 000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to 'honour', according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. That could involve eloping, posting social media content, fraternising with men, or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women.
