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Williams weary of potent Pirates

Mamelodi Sundowns captain, Ronwen Williams, is expecting a close encounter when they renew their rivalry against Orlando Pirates at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Sold-out signs went up as early as early last week for the much-anticipated Betway Premiership match. The league champions are in a rich vein of form, having scored 14 goals in their last four matches across all competitions while the Buccaneers have found the back of the net on eight occasions in the same number of matches. […]

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Farmer accused of selling rotten food sparks anger

  South Africans have reacted with disgust and concern after a 30-year-old Mpumalanga farmer was arrested for allegedly selling repackaged expired and rotten food. According to information provided by authorities, Pieter Grobler was nabbed after receiving a tip-off that the products were repacked for delivery to different retailers destined for human consumption. Reports suggest that the young farmer would collect expired food from chain stores and other distributors, saying he was going to use it to feed his domestic animals. […]

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Presidency dares critics to show proof of self-interest in DRC deployment

The Presidency has called on those who claim that the SANDF members deployed in the DRC are there to protect President Cyril Ramaphosa’s interests to provide proof. President’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, addressed the media in Cape Town in the wake of the damning allegations on the SA troop’s role in the war-stricken eastern DRC. His media address came as the bodies of 14 SANDF members, who died in the fierce fighting in Goma were being repatriated. It was in response […]

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Youth demand education and employment ahead of #SONA2025

As As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA), young South Africans say their struggle to access affordable higher education and find employment must be a priority.  With hours to go before Ramaphosa outlines government's plans for the year, the youth say idle and uneducated young people must be given opportunities. "There's a lot of funding issues in universities. A lot of students sleeping outside and experiencing difficulties getting into faculties. It's not because […]

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Ramaphosa’s handling of US spat hailed

  International Relations expert, John Stremlau, and some ordinary South Africans say President Cyril Ramaphosa' decision to reach out to Elon Musk was a right move to ensure that false narratives about the country are curbed. The remarks are part of a fierce debate in the country over the President's decision to call Musk amid the controversy over Donald Trump's threat to cut off funding to South Africa due to allegations of government confiscating land and ill-treating certain classes of […]

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Injury rules Coetzee out, again

Just mere hours after initially being announced, fast bowler, Gerald Coetzee, has been ruled out of Proteas white-ball coach Rob Walter's provisional squad for the Tri-Nation ODI series against hosts Pakistan and New Zealand. Coetzee was expected to make his long-awaited national return having missed out on the Proteas' summer, as well as being ruled out of the Joburg Super Kings' campaign in the SA20 with a hamstring strain. He was earmarked to replace injured pace bowler Anrich Nortje, but […]

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McKenzie links JP Smith to Cape Town gangsters

Photo Credit: JP Smith Facebook Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader, Gayton McKenzie, has accused Democratic Alliance's (DA) Deputy Federal Chairperson, JP Smith, of enabling the rife gangsterism that's been ravaging through Cape Town for years. During a recent PA event, Gayton insinuated that the Mayoral Committee Member (MMC) for Safety and Security is among DA members who are giving business to gangsters, oiling their bloody networks, which continue to commit heinous crimes in the Western Cape without consequence. He claims prisoners […]

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MPs grill defence ministry over SANDF deployment in the DRC

High-ranking officials from the Defence Ministry faced the third degree in Parliament over the deployment of SANDF troops to the DRC. Members of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans wanted to know what the South African soldiers were doing in the civil war-weary country during a sitting aimed at discussing plans to repatriate the bodies of the 14 soldiers who lost their lives in the battle with the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. EFF MP, Carl Niehaus, came guns-blazing, accusing […]

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Bulls suffer Louw blow

The Bulls have provided an update on the injuries of their club captains, Ruan Nortje, and Elrigh Louw, as well as first-choice fly-half, Johan Goosen. Springboks lock, Nortje, sustained a knee ligament injury in the first half of the Bulls clash United Rugby Championship clash with the Lions in Johannesburg on the 25th of January. The 26-year-old Springbok has already begun his non-invasive rehabilitation programme, which is expected to last eight to 10 weeks. The big concern, however, will be […]

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