England's prolonged push for victory, which started soon after lunch on the fourth day, was finally realized with 8.2 overs left with a burst of three wickets in 14 balls from Ben Stokes.
Earlier, it was reported that South Africa too has joined the bandwagon, despite being the first nation to officially host a four-day Test, against Zimbabwe in 2017.
South Africa fought hard to reach 126-2 at stumps in its effort to save the test but James Anderson removed No. 3 Zubayr Hamza two overs from the end of the second-to-last day to keep England well on top.
Markram will go under the knife early this week after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger on Day Two of the first Test which Proteas won by 107 runs.
England was 121-1 overnight but lost nine wickets for 147 runs on the fourth day at SuperSport Park to be all out for 268. There are three more tests in the series.
England's appears to be the more delicate, though, after the tourists collapsed from 142-3 to 181 all out in their first innings, and South Africa had a 175-run lead by the end of Day 2
With the early dismissal, Elgar became only the fourth South African batsman to be dismissed on the first ball of a Test match after Gary Kirsten fell before West Indies pacer Curtly Ambrose in Cape Town.
The Proteas skipper said that Van der Dussen will bat at No. 5 behind Zubayr Hamza at three and himself at four.
South African all-rounder Vernon Philander announces retirement from all forms of international cricket.
In an official media release, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that due to widespread illness in the England camp, it has been agreed that the match against South Africa 'A' starting at Willowmoore Park on Friday
South Africa have appointed legendary former all-rounder Jacques Kallis as their batting consultant for an entire home summer.
South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has said that he will consider asking former Proteas star AB de Villiers to reverse his decision on retirement.
Enoch Nkwe will be the assistant coach while Faf Du Plessis will remain the Test captain.
Pakistan has also invited Ireland and Afghanistan to send their teams to Pakistan next year to play white ball and red ball series but are still awaiting confirmations.
Current interim team director Enoch Nkwe is expected to stay on and work with Boucher.
The dark clouds are all over CSA at present, but the suspension of chief executive Thabang Moroe also has a silver lining as this could mean the speeding up of former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith's appointment as Director of Cricket.
Board's President Chris Nenzani said that he had spoken to Smith about his appointment on Saturday morning.
The series if confirmed is likely to be held after the Pakistan Super League in the last week of March.
South Africa have struggled to replace the likes of AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla and Morne Morkel who all retired in the space of the past two years.
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