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Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach, Cedric Kaze, says the squad is in high spirits ahead of their first home league fixture of the season against Polokwane City on Wednesday night. Amakhosi are particularly upbeat after they got their season off to a perfect start after defeating Stellenbosch 2-0 in Cape Town on Sunday. New signings Ethan Chislett and Paseka Mako are available for selection, following clearance to register as a local […]

  Residents of Pharoe Park in Germiston say they were not notified about the evictions carried out earlier today. Approximately 450 families have been left stranded after being evicted from low-cost government flats they had occupied for years. Authorities allege the tenants were occupying the buildings illegally and had consistently refused to pay rent. According to the Ekurhuleni municipality, several eviction notices and warnings had been issued over time, but […]

Operation Dudula has defended its actions of blocking undocumented foreign nationals from accessing public health facilities, insisting that there is nothing illegal about their operations. This follows the release of three of the group's members, who were arrested last week for allegedly intimidating patients at the Lillian Ngoyi Clinic in Soweto. The women appeared at the Orlando Magistrates’ Court today and were released on a warning. It’s alleged the trio […]

Springbok head coach, Rassie Erasmus, has named a strong matchday 23 for South Africa’s Rugby Championship opener against Australia at Ellis Park on Saturday. The Boks are aiming for a fifth consecutive win over the Wallabies, having beaten them twice in Australia last season and once each in 2022 and 2023. Eben Etzebeth will extend his record as South Africa’s most capped player to 134 Tests. Erasmus has opted for […]

The family of six-year-old Amantle Samane, who was brutally murdered last year, is calling for the harshest possible sentence for the man accused of killing her. This comes as the accused, 24-year-old Mozambican national Phethe Simiao, prepares to plead guilty. Simiao made a brief appearance in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. He faces charges of rape, murder, and contravening the Immigration Act. Amantle was reported missing from her home […]

Former uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu has officially been expelled from the party. The announcement was made during a media briefing held in Sandton earlier today. The party used the platform to clarify its stance on Shivambu, stating that he has, over the past several months, acted in ways that contravene the organisation’s principles and standards. Shivambu was demoted from his role as Secretary-General in June. Shortly after, […]

A 32-year-old man from Eldorado Park is now facing charges of murder and rape following the death of his 4-year-old daughter, who succumbed to severe injuries sustained in a brutal assault earlier this week. The child who suffered severe head trauma, bruises, and a swollen eye, succumbed to her injuries at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Friday afternoon. She had been fighting for her life in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) […]

Legal and Governance Analyst, Leo Maphosa, says the withdrawal of prominent foundations from the National Dialogue Convention is both symbolic and substantive. Earlier today, several leading South African foundations, including the FW de Klerk, Steve Biko, and Thabo Mbeki Foundations, announced their withdrawal from next week’s event. They argue that the process has shifted from its original citizen-led purpose to become government-controlled, rushed, and underfunded. The foundations have requested a […]

South Africa T20 captain Aiden Markram says he wants his team to play with freedom, take the game on, and entertain. The Proteas face Australia in three T20Is and three ODIs, with the first match taking place in Darwin on Sunday. The series will also mark coach, Shukri Conrad's, second series since taking over as all-formats coach of the national cricket team, having lost out in the final of the […]