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Broos confident of World Cup qualification despite injury woes

Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos, is confident of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. South Africa will host Benin at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday and then travel to East-Central Africa to face Rwanda on Tuesday. Bafana held their first training session yesterday afternoon in Pretoria, and as usual, Broos' preparations were disrupted by player withdrawals. Strasbourg striker, Lebo Mothiba, was ruled out of the […]

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Bavuma still in semi-final mix

With just three days to go until their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-final encounter against five-time champions, Australia, the Proteas have been handed a huge boost after captain Temba Bavuma batted in the nets on Monday without any noticeable discomfort. Bavuma strained his right hamstring while fielding in South Africa’s last World Cup round-robin match against Afghanistan on Friday. The 33-year-old then struggled to bat, fuelling speculation that he […]

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Police officer’s GPS records allowed as evidence in Meyiwa murder trial

Sergeant Vusimuzi Mogane’s GPS records will be allowed as evidence, as the trial-within a trial continues in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case. The records are expected to shed light on the police officer’s movements the day he allegedly transported and tortured Bongani Ntanzi into confessing his involvement in Meyiwa’s mysterious 2014 killing. Defence in the matter today brought an application for the evidence not to be heard, telling the court […]

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CPUT stabbing incident reignites debate on toxic masculinity

The violent stabbing of a student from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) by her husband from a neighbouring university, has reignited the debate over the need for toxic masculinity to be addressed in society, including at institutions of higher learning. Non-profit Organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, says it is concerning that those who are meant to protect the vulnerable, are the same people that usually carry […]

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Motsoaledi pushes for a revamp of the country’s immigration system

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the recently published White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee protection sets out to overhaul the country's migration system. The white paper process was approved by Cabinet on the first of November and it seeks to provide a framework to guide the granting of residency and citizenship to foreign nationals, as well as the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. The drafting of […]

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Calls mount for the ICC to probe international law breaches in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  As pressure mounts for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate cases of human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the war surges on after more than a month since the initial attack. In the recent attacks, hundreds of patients were left trapped and thousands of people seeking shelter around the Al-Shifa Hospital, which has become the latest focal point of the war. The conflict started on October 7  […]

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Sundowns crowned inaugural AFL champs

South African league champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, became the first side to win the African Football League (AFL) title after beating Wydad Casablanca 2-0 in Pretoria on Sunday. The South African side won the second-leg of the final match and won the game 3-2 on aggregate after losing the first-leg of the game in Casablanca seven days ago. Sundowns went into the home leg trailing 2-1, but turned the tie around- […]

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Pirates edge Chiefs in Soweto Derby

Orlando Pirates grabbed the Soweto Derby bragging rights when they secured a 1-0 victory over their arch rivals, Kaizer Chiefs, at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The hard-fought victory saw the Buccaneers climb up to the seventh spot on the league standings. They are set to travel to KwaZulu-Natal to face Richards Bay on November 25. Chiefs, on the other hand, slipped down to the eighth spot on the […]

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Ramaphosa unlikely to testify in Phala Phala farm theft case

It’s unlikely President Cyril Ramaphosa will be called to testify in the case against the three people accused of stealing millions of dollars from his Phala Phala farm, in Limpopo. Imanuwela David (39) Froliana Joseph (31) and her brother, Ndilinasho Joseph (27), appeared before the Bela Bela Magistrate Court on Friday. During their formal bail application, the Joseph siblings pleaded not guilty to stealing roughly $580 000 in cash from […]

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Dirco defends Pandor following backlash over call with Hamas leader

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) could not be drawn into whether or not it will respond to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies' (SAJBD) application for a Promotion of Access to Information Act order against Minister Naledi Pandor. On Thursday, SAJBD revealed to YNews that it planned to apply for a PAIA to ascertain what exactly was said by Pandor and the leader of Hamas during […]

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