Australia’s Purcell takes voluntary provisional doping suspension

September 10, 2024 – Australia’s Max Purcell in action during his doubles match with Matthew Ebden against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. 2 minutes Australia’s two-times Grand Slam doubles champion, Max Purcell, has elected to take a voluntary provisional suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Monday….

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Gold prices surged due to US tension and economic uncertainty

A worker cleans gold bars at South Africa’s Gold Fields South Deep mine in Westonaria, 45 kilometres south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 9, 2017. 1 minute Gold prices have surged due to increased demand for safe haven assets, amid growing trade tensions and economic uncertainty. President Donald Trump recently imposed sweeping tariffs on all…

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Experts say more protection needed for whistleblowers

A man with a mask holding a whistleblower board. 2 minutes Serious legislative reform is needed to improve the protection of whistleblowers in South Africa. That’s according to experts during a discussion at the anti-fraud and corruption dialogue in Pretoria. Whistleblowers remain vulnerable after exposing corruption despite existing legislation aimed at protecting them. The murder…

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EFF election outcome is a demonstration of unity: Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema delivers the closing address of the party’s third National Assembly. 3 minutes Newly elected Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has hit out at the media for casting aspersions on the outcomes of the party’s elective conference taking place at Nasrec in Johannesburg. The EFF has been criticised on the…

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