Springboks women on a sports field. The Springbok women opened their Rugby World Cup campaign on a high note. They humiliated World Cup debutants Brazil 66-6 in a Pool D match in Northampton, England, on Sunday afternoon. The Brazilians have had the better of the Springboks in 7’s rugby, winning three out of four matches, but…
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is in the High Court in Pretoria to continue its bid to have the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry dismantled. President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission following KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police officials interfere with police operations and have links to criminal syndicates. The officials include Police…
Standard Bank’s offices Standard Bank has delivered a strong set of results for the first half of 2025, reporting a 10% increase in headline earnings per share. The Standard Bank Group has released half-year financial results. For the six months ended June 2025, the bank reported headline earnings of R23.8 billion, up 8% from the…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has declared that this year’s edition of Sunshine City Half Marathon, which is set to take place at Harare Gardens this weekend, will be bigger and better than the inaugural edition in terms of the number of athletes taking part. Mafume was speaking at the launch of…
Team World player Taylor Fritz celebrates after winning a point against Team Europe player Carlos Alcaraz at the Laver Cup at Chase Centre Taylor Fritz delivered the decisive blow at the Laver Cup on Sunday by beating Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(4) as Team World completed a 15-9 win over Team Europe to reclaim the men’s…
Banyana Banyana players praying in the change room on match day. 1 minute African champions, Banyana Banyana, have suffered their third successive defeat in an international friendly. Jamaica beat their South African visitors three-nil at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay earlier this morning. The Reggae Girls opened the scoring through Siobhan Williams…
Person using a cellphone The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has criticised a proposal by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis for cellphone signal-blocking technology to be used at Pollsmoor Prison. In a formal letter to Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald, the mayor says inmates are using mobile phones to orchestrate crime from…
Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. Analysts say the recent settlement of the Steinhoff matter is a crucial step closer to remediation for the beleaguered company. This comes as the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has officially “put the Steinhoff matter to bed” through a comprehensive settlement amounting to R6.3 billion, including interest. The settlement follows…
The five accused of murdering rapper AKA and his chef friend Tibz appear before the Durban High Court on 12 June 2025. Five men accused of the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and his friend, celebrity chef Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, will today be back in the High Court in Durban for a pre-trial hearing. Forbes and Motsoane were gunned…
[FILE IMAGE]: A branch of mobile communications provider Vodacom in Cape Town is shown in this picture taken November 10, 2015. Vodacom has posted a 32.3% increase in interim profit with improved earnings. However, despite strong financials from the group, a multi-million rand once-off payout to Nkosana Makate in relation to the “Please Call Me”…
