Springboks team The Springboks have moved to the top of the Rugby Championship standings with a comprehensive 67-30 victory over Argentina in Durban. Bok flyhalf, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, contributed 37 points, which included a hat-trick, as South Africa ran in nine tries to three. He has also moved past Percy Montgomery to top the all-time list…
Models on a runway Emerging fashion designers and models showcased their colourful heritage apparel at the annual Limpopo Fashion Festival that showcases local designers from across the province. The festival, in its sixth year, aims to promote the work of local designers and connect them with potential investors. Organisers say they have seen an increase in…
Former President Thabo Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki has welcomed KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, exposing the rot in the country. Mkhwanazi’s allegations of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu having links with crime syndicates are among the issues probed at the Madlanga Commission. Mbeki spoke on the sidelines of the African National Congress (ANC) political school…
Police seized counterfeit goods valued at more than R260 million Police in the North West have seized counterfeit goods worth R260 million. This was done through the police’s operation aimed at dismantling the illegal trade in counterfeit and illicit goods across the country. The integrated operations were led by the National Counterfeit and Illicit Goods…
Former City of Tshwane Cilliers Brink. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the City of Tshwane’s admission that it is double-billing residents is proof that the metro is facing a full-blown billing crisis. Thousands of households that already pay over R400 a month for weekly waste collection were wrongly charged an extra R223.00 for a so-called…
Orlando Pirates celebrate victory Orlando Pirates have advanced to the next round of this season’s Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League. Pirates beat Lesotho’s Lioli F.C. 4-0 in the second leg of the first preliminary round at Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Bucs have advanced with a 7-nil aggregate score, after winning 3-nil…
Aerial view of the Knysna Waterfront. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has blocked a move by the Western Cape Government to place the Knysna Municipality under administration. Provincial Minister for Local Government, Anton Bredell, says the decision was driven by politics rather than evidence of the municipality’s dysfunction. He warns that the NCOP ruling…
Limpopo police are looking for suspects involved in the murder and attempted burglary that occurred at a high school in Wisane village in the Mopani district. Police say the armed suspects exchanged gunfire with on-duty security guards before fleeing the scene. One suspect was shot dead. Suspected housebreaking tools, live rounds of ammunition and empty cartridges…
National Taxi Alliance President, Francis Masitsa National Taxi Alliance (NTA) president, Francis Masitsa has blamed government for the violent killings in the taxi industry and the high crime rate in the country. He was speaking at the funeral of NTA Chairperson in Gauteng, Thamsanqa Moya, in Soweto. Moya was killed in a hail of bullets on…
The VW Polo three constables were travelling in is being pulled out of the Hennops River. The families of the three South African Police Service (SAPS) constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, in Gauteng, in April, say they are frustrated with the delays in releasing a report that will shed…
