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FANS of the teams that run in the top division of the country’s football, the Betway Premiership, may be lucky enough to get a rare opportunity to watch this year’s World Cup. The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC) has launched the Mzansi To The World Cup competition, where 20 fans will be selected to accompany the local team, Bafana Bafana, when they go to play in the competition.Each of the 16 teams playing in the Premiership will be represented by one fan, and four others will be selected to make up the total of 20.This means that the…
Willem Olivier and Kelvin Vlok. (Photo: NPA) Willem Olivier and Kelvin Vlok were sentenced in the Worcester regional court to 42 years of direct imprisonment for the gruesome murder of Vlok’s employer, a 77-year-old farmer’s wife, in 2023. Eric Ntabazalila, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), says a co-accused of Olivier and Vlok, who was a minor at the time of the murder of Christina Walters from the farm Papkuil in Ceres, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. All three men were declared unfit to own a firearm. The state also charged Olivier (52), Vlok (24) and…
ALTHOUGH things are in their favor by finishing at the top of Stream A’s log of Safa KwaZulu-Natal ABC Motsepe League, Mvoti FC’s coach, Doctor Mkhonza, makes it clear that they will not take Mzinto United lightly who they will play against in the season finale.The voter sitting at the top of the log with 56 points, needing a point in the last game of the 2025/26 season, will face Minzo at King Edward Park, Greytown, on Saturday at 3 pm. Njampela, who are in second place on the log with 53 points, need to win their season-ending match against…
RECENT RESULTS have brought hope back to the coach of Richards Bay FC, Ronnie Gabriel, by reserving a place in the Top 8 as he has gained popularity in the Sumpi with the conclusion of the Betway Premiership season. Bay, which is in tenth place in the Premiership log, has four games left – including two at home – to fight to return to MTN8 for the second time next season. On Sunday, they disrupted Mamelodi Sundowns’ run for the league title, holding them 1-1 at the Mhlathuze Sports Complex, in Richards Bay.Bay has eight points from its last four…
Dr. Dirk Hermann. (Photo: Pieter Cloete/Maroela Media) Coca-Cola withdrew a job advertisement in which it required a candidate from a “designated group”, after Solidarity took legal action against the company. Dr. Dirk Hermann, CEO of Solidarity, says there is no moral justification for classifying unemployed young people according to race. “There is also no obligation on companies to have race requirements in advertising.” On the contrary, it is illegal to have breed-exclusive ads. Race in advertising is a self-imposed duty of employers that must stop, says Hermann. Among other things, Solidarity started a process against Coca-Cola at the Organization for…
LOSING points for Mamelodi Sundowns in the last two matches of the Betway Premiership, has left them with the challenge of getting up and taking matters into their own hands as they will face Polokwane City twice in a row. Sundowns, who are in the hottest competition of the Premiership league with Orlando Pirates, were interrupted by Stellenbosch FC in their game, holding it 1-1.It also threw away another chance to return to the top of the Premiership log with a 1-1 draw with Richards Bay FC on Sunday, at Mhlathuze Sports Complex, Richards Bay. The Sandawanas are in second…
Orlando Pirates PLAYER who has become a reference, Kamogelo Sebelebele, revealed that although they were disappointed to be interrupted by Kaizer Chiefs in the Betway Premiership title race, this does not mean that they should give up. Pirates are still on the top of the log despite losing important points against Chiefs in the Betway Premiership match last weekend, at FNB Stadium, Nasrec.The main thing to note about this result is that Pirates are sitting on the top of the table because Mamelodi Sundowns made a bad stop, they have a game left.Sebelebele, who was signed by Pirates as a…
It’s heating up at the chili eating contest. (Photo: Jana Smit) He picked up the gray towel on the table in front of him, pressed it to his eyes, wiped his face. Seconds ago, Francois Badenhorst from Krugersdorp shoved a chocolate habanero pepper into his mouth, chewed and swallowed. This pepper is considered one of the hottest habanero varieties, but Badenhorst looks as cool as a cucumber. There is no sign of discomfort on his face. Badenhorst is one of 17 people taking part in the Heckers Chillifees challenge at the Heckers garden center in Boksburg on the East Rand.…
Government says it will run the administrative functions of Sri Lanka Cricket until reforms are implemented.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Sri Lanka’s government has taken control of the country’s cricket board, saying it is a temporary measure designed to pave the way for “structural reforms”.“All administrative functions of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will be temporarily brought under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, effective today,” the ministry said on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listA committee will be appointed shortly “to address the current issues in cricket and implement structural reforms”, it added.SLC is the country’s…
Argive photo of Bellarmine Mugabe. (Photo: Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe (28) and his co-accused, Tobias Tamirepi Matonhodze (33), were sentenced in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with a shooting incident earlier this year at Mugabe’s home in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. Mugabe, son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment or a fine of R400 000 for pointing a firearm, and 18 months imprisonment or a fine of R200 000 for breaching the Immigration Act. Matonhodze, Bellarmine’s cousin, was sentenced to effectively three years of direct imprisonment for attempted murder. Mugabe will be…