Bentancur banned for seven games after racist remark about Son

Rodrigo Bentancur 1 minute Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist remark about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a television appearance, the Football Association said on Monday (November 18). The FA said in a statement the midfielder “acted in an improper…

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Analogue switch-off may be postponed again: Malatsi

SABC’s Henley entrance in Auckland Park Johannesburg on November 13, 2024. 2 minutes Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says the deadline for the analogue to digital switch-off may have to be postponed yet again. He updated Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on the latest regarding the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) digital migration. The deadline…

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Pakistan appoints Aqib Javed as interim white-ball head coach

Cricket ball and bat seen on the pitch. 1 minute Former fast bowler Aqib Javed has been appointed Pakistan’s interim white-ball coach until next year’s Champions Trophy, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said on Monday. Aqib, who earlier coached the United Arab Emirates, will take over Pakistan’s interim coaching duties from Jason Gillespie, who assumed…

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‘Legalising artisanal mining key to fighting poverty’

Community members pray outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law at Wits University, Tracy-Lynn…

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