Andrew Watson: The 'most influential' black footballer for decades lost to history

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  By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen

Mixed relief for SA motorists as fuel prices for September see slight adjustments

 


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Oil prices drop amid faltering demand outlook

Oil prices fell more than 1%, dropping for a third session, after official data showed that refining throughput and economic activity slowed in China in an indicator that fresh Covid-19 outbreaks are crimping the world's no.2 economy.

• Fuel prices will see another adjustment at the end of August 2021.

• It's predicted that diesel will decrease by around 16c/litre.

• The changes in local fuel prices are due to declines in international petroleum prices.

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Reporting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the Automobile Association (AA) notes that the price per litre for petrol and diesel could see modest changes when September 2021 comes around. According to the AA, it's expected that petrol will increase by around four cents a litre, while diesel could see a 16c decrease per litre.

The AA says: "The Rand's average exchange rate was virtually flat against the US dollar in the first two weeks of August - it has moved less than three cents. But the local currency is trending weaker, and this may weigh more heavily against the fuel price by month-end."

The adjustment in fuel prices comes on the back of declines in international petroleum prices.

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Reopening of N3 encouraging

In July, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel -which had limited oil production due to decreased demand during the pandemic - announced that it would increase output by 400 000 barrels a day from August until the previous restriction had been eliminated. Commenting on this, the AA says: "This should improve oil price stability throughout August, although it could be countered by Covid-19-related uncertainty as new variants of the disease affect economic activity worldwide."

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In local affairs, the AA commented that the SAPREF refinery, which was shut down under force majeure due to the recent unrest, had been slated for re-start on 21 July. The refinery had indicated this would take around ten days to complete. 

"We, therefore, don't anticipate fuel shortages related to either the refinery or bulk transport of fuel by road - indications are that the N3 corridor between KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng is stable and has not experienced significant disruptions since it was reopened, which is encouraging," the Association concludes.

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