“I feel great. I had a really good, sweet finish, so I'm really happy,” said Newman.

“It gives me a lot of confidence. I've been playing well on the back nine the last two days. Yesterday I shot five-under on the back nine, today four-under. I felt I was going to do well.

“I'm just going to try and keep doing what I'm doing. Maybe make a few less bogeys on the front nine, but looking forward to the weekend.”

“I'm very happy with my performance today and over the last two rounds. I'm still in contention,” said Karanga.

“I shot four-under and two-under today. My target is to go even lower tomorrow and try and shoot six-under. In the days I've played, from the practice round up to now, I've learned something on the golf course. As I said yesterday, just keep the ball in play and you can score.”

South African pairing Jack Buchanan and Johndre Ludick sit one shot further back on five-under-par 139, while overnight leader Tanaka Chatora of Zimbabwe slipped back after a 75 to sit on four-under-par going into the weekend. 

The cut fell at 15-over-par with the top 40 players and ties progressing. 

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