Blog horizontal

Banyana Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis, has named a 36-member preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Banyana will go into camp in Johannesburg on Monday, giving the players a chance to impress the coach before the final list for the global tournament is announced later this month. “It’s most probably one of the most difficult selections I’ve ever had to make,” the […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the people of South Africa expect and are entitled to local governments that serve them and uphold their right to dignity. He says all spheres of government must work together to ensure that municipalities are able to fulfill their responsibilities.   The President's remarks follow the Auditor -General's damning findings that only 38 of South Africa's municipalities received clean audits. The 2021/22 Municipal Audit Outcomes also revealed that by […]

Springbok centre, Lukhanyo Am, says it's a huge blow for the Springboks that captain Siyamthanda Kolisi is a doubt for this year's Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup in France in September. Kolisi has been undergoing rehabilitation with the Springboks medical team following a knee surgery in May and is in a race against time if he is going to be part of the Boks' title defence in just […]

ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, has refuted assertions that the party is only visiting the community of Hammanskraal to gain votes. In a statement, the ANC says it visited the community out of concern following the cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 20 lives in the area. The comments come as the country heads into election season, ahead of next year's national polls. Mbalula visited the community in the […]

Tickets to Bafana Bafana's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against FIFA World Cup semi-finalists Morocco at the FNB Stadium on the 17th of this month are selling for just R20 at TicketPro. This comes as the national football has struggled to fill stadiums in recent times. The early bird tickets are available at R20 until Wednesday, the 7th of June. Thereafter they will sell for R50 for adults and […]

Disgraced celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, will find out on Monday morning whether her case against the state has been successful. Magudumana is accusing government of abducting her from Tanzania alongside her lover, Thabo Bester. During today's court hearings, she relied on top international lawyer, Anton Katz, to clearly paint the picture as to why she should be released. Advocate Katz argued that Magudumana's deportation from Tanzania was a disguised extradition. […]

The government has announced that the estimated repair and upgrade of the Rooiwal Wastewater Plant will cost about R4 billion. The Rooiwal Wastewater Plant discharges has been identified of the dirty water in Hammanskraal. It discharges sludge to the Apies River, which flows into the Leeukraal Dam.  The Temba Water Treatment Works takes the water from the dam for treatment and then distributes it to the Hammanskraal residents, who have […]

Seven new cholera cases have been confirmed in Tshwane, taking the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 99. Kanana in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, has been hardest-hit. Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, confirmed this earlier on Wednesday at a media briefing on the department’s efforts and interventions in response to the cholera outbreak. The disease has so far claimed 23 lives in Tshwane and one in the Free State. The […]