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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rated the Newlands pitch unsatisfactory after the low-scoring ICC World Test Championship clash between South Africa and India. The decision, made under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, comes after Newlands hosted the shortest-ever completed Test match, with 642 balls bowled in total. Mohammed Siraj's 6/15 skittled South Africa for 55 in their first innings, while India managed a 98-run lead on the […]

ANC National Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, says Fikile Mbalula got carried away by the presence of the media and said things that he was not supposed to say.  The party's secretary-general dropped a bombshell at the weekend in Mbombela ahead of the ANC's January 8 celebration this weekend, telling supporters that the governing party defended former president Jacob Zuma in his multi-million rand Nkandla upgrade scandal.  Mbalula revealed that an Ad […]

Veteran South African journalists have remembered the renowned photographer, Dr Peter Magubane, as a nurturing figure who always had a word of encouragement for up-and-coming journalists. Magubane's friends and relatives yesterday held a memorial service in Soweto for the late activist, who played a vital role in documenting and capturing the struggles of Black South Africans under the apartheid regime. Magubane was part of a legacy of brave photographers whose […]

The Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande, says he has nothing to hide. He was responding to mounting calls for his axing following a NSFAS corruption scandal in which he is implicated. Nzimande says he is not afraid and has thus voluntarily decided to subject himself to the relevant legal processes and ethics bodies of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP). Last week, OUTA released voice […]

Political analyst, Levy Ndou, says the continuous protection of former President, Jacob Zuma, is now haunting the ANC. He describes Zuma's behaviour as an indication of his accustomed expectation that he will always be shielded by the governing party. Addressing ANC members in Mbombela ahead of the party's January 8 celebration this weekend, Mbalula conceded that the ANC defended Zuma in his multi-million rand Nkandla upgrade. At the time, the […]

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that it has agreed terms on bonuses with the Bafana Bafana squad that is heading to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast. Yesterday, SAFA announced that it had met with the players to outline the payment structure for the tournament. The players were represented by captain Ronwen Williams, vice-captains Percy Tau and Siyanda Xulu, Veli Mothwa and Themba […]

The news of Grade R-7 learners having being sold drug-laced muffins sent shockwaves across the country, shining the spotlight on the need for better vetting processes of street vendors and improved school safety. In September, 90 learners from Pulamadibogo Primary School in Soshanguve were hospitalised after eating muffins laced with marijuana, allegedly sold to them by young people outside their school. The children were rushed to local medical facilities after experiencing […]

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos' charges will assemble for camp today as preparations for this year's Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire near a climax. The squad will be training in Stellenbosch until next Tuesday. They will then play a training match against Lesotho behind closed doors at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville, before departing for Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday. Broos announced his final 23-player squad for AFCON […]

Israel has slammed South Africa for hauling the nation to the Hague for its role in the war that's been raging since October 7, when militant group, Hamas, ambushed America's top trading partner and staunch ally, killing about 1 200 Israelis. More than 200 others, including migrants, were taken to the Gaza Strip as captives or hostages. These action led to a devastating retaliation from Israel, which released over 6 […]

The story of Mzansi's very own Houdini's great escape remains one of the biggest news stories to captivate South Africans in recent times and as the authorities push to nail all those who helped him flee and live undetected for almost a year - the case promises to lay bare details of corruption, incompetence, bribery and fraud within South Africa's criminal justice system. The Facebook rapist and murderer Thabo Bester's […]