The Blitzboks play in Sevens champions in Dubai. 1 minute South Africa’s reign as Dubai Sevens champions has come to an end. The Blitzboks, who have won the last five tournaments in the United Arab Emirates, were beaten 24-17 in the quarterfinal by New Zealand who outscored their opponents by four tries to three. The…
The 2024 Carling Knockout Champions Magesi FC celebrating their win in Bloemfontein. 4 minutes Magesi F.C. assistant coach Papi Zothwane says the side is determined to create more history in their maiden season in South Africa’s topflight football. The Limpopo-based side is gunning for a second trophy within a short space of time after lifting…
He urged farmers to document their varieties and work together to preserve their seed banks. PELUM Zimbabwe, a network-based organisation that promotes agroecology, has committed to increasing efforts towards the protection of farmer-managed seed systems in the country. Speaking at a validation meeting on guidelines for developing a sui generis system for seed protection, programme…
A street money changer counts South African rands. 1 minute As the African National Congress (ANC) continues to knock on the doors of political parties, trying to secure support for the 2025/26 budget vote, political analyst Asanda Ngoasheng says the Democratic Alliance (DA) is shooting itself in the foot for not wanting to pass the…
This follows the recent success of the Zimbabwe Chess national teams at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary last month. ZIMBABWE chess players impressed after winning six gold medals, four silver and two bronze at the Botswana International Youths and Cadets Chess Championships which took place in Botswana last week. This follows the recent success…
Police are seen outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume at the High Court in Pretoria this morning. The case was postponed to allow Advocate Charles Mnisi to prepare for the defence of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya. Mnisi…
2 minutes The ANC, COSATU, the SACP and SANCO will today march against the potential closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa, which threatens to leave thousands of workers jobless. Despite the company’s decision to delay the closure of its long steel business by a month pending talks with the government to try to save the business,…
Accused in Senzo Meyiwa’s murder 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume today at the High Court in Pretoria. Last week, defence counsel Zandile Mshololo said there is no evidence that suggests that accused number 5 Fisokuhle Ntuli, drove the car allegedly used as the getaway vehicle when Meyiwa was killed….
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2024 SONA. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament says it is looking forward to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this week which will focus on the key priorities such as strengthening water and energy supply, as set out by the party that leads the…
Pension jar 2 minutes The Auditor General’s office with the assistance of some pension fund administrators have embarked on an investigation to hold senior municipal officials who have contravened Section 38 of the workers pension fund act accountable. About 100 municipalities across the country were found to have violated the act. Most of them allegedly…
