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DURBAN City, who will be playing in the Caf Confederation Cup next season, has a challenge to go out and hunt for a goalkeeper as its two goalkeepers, Darren Keet and Ayanda “Pepe” Mtshali, hung up their gloves at the end of the season. Not long after Keet (36) announced that he is quitting football, Mtshali has also revealed that this is his last season. Mtshali (38) who hails from Section 3, Madadeni, Newcastle, revealed that he made the decision after City won the Motsepe Foundation Championship last season. He said he planned to play one season in the Betway…

A woman from Mthebeni, Ndwedwe, has lost weight, following the disappearance of her son who worked as a security guard at a car company.According to Mrs Joyce Mhlongo, her son, Mr Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mzobe (36) went missing on December 24 last year. Narrating the incident, he said that it was after Christmas, when he received a call from a woman he did not know, who introduced herself as Mzobe’s girlfriend, and said that she had brought him a message that he was missing.”He told me that his friends (Mzobe) called him, informing him that his shack in the Ugandan buildings…

The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture in KwaZulu-Natal, Mntomuhle Khawula, has called for support from the provincial teams playing in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) so that Durban City’s success in winning the Nedbank Cup will be an incentive for others in the province.Khawula said this while speaking to the media at an event to celebrate City’s victory in the Nedbank Cup held at the Southern Sun Hotel, Durban, on Sunday. The event was attended by City officials, including the chairman, Farook Kadodia, the players and the coaching staff, asponsors of the City, from the Department of Sports, Arts…

13 Mei 2026 Helene Mocke How would you like to share the article? President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Marco Simoncelli / AFP) The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) is urgently meeting in Cape Town on Wednesday evening about the Phala Phala saga, but pres. Cyril Ramaphosa will not be part of the conversation. According to Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of the ANC, the party’s top seven leadership will present matters to the NEC for discussion and analysis. “We will process the (Phala Phala) judgment and then formulate the ANC’s position,” Mbalula said during a media conference on Wednesday. He explained…

ALTHOUGH the South African Football Association (Safa) has confirmed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will start working in the next season of 2026/2027 in the Betway Premiership matches, but the referees are rejecting it to be ready for the start of the operation of this system. The chairman of the finance committee in Safa, Mxolisi Sibam, confirmed in a press conference at the weekend, that they have received R20 million from the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture led by the Minister, Gayton McKenzie, to start the operation of VAR in Premiership games. Last year, McKenzie revealed that everything…

It has been a long time since the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been one of the institutions that always hold graduation ceremonies, which is a sign of respect and appreciation for their good work in education in different fields.One of those who are always at the forefront and make sure that everything goes according to plan at those events is Dr. Normah Zondo, the General Director of the Business Relations Unit at UKZN who works with the university governor’s office to do that.However, he did something different this time, as students and academics in different fields were awarded and…

The fight of Ntshanga boxer, Sanele “Tornado” Msimang, who was scalded by boiling water on Sunday, has been held in suspense.Msimang who is the WBF International Super Lightweight champion will face Xolisani “Nomeva” Ndongeni who was the International Boxing Organization (IBO) Lightweight champion at the Jan Smuts Stadium, Gompo City, on May 23. This fight, which is Ndongeni’s farewell fight, is a day organized by Ground Up Boxing Promotions. Msimang has signed an agreement to face Ndongeni after a long time since the boxer from Mthatha did not find an opponent to face in the farewell fight in front of…

Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa (Photo: Presidency/X) On Wednesday, ActionSA filed a criminal complaint against Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa submitted in connection with the controversial Phala Phala case. The party says the complaint relates to alleged violations of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, perjury and fraud. According to ActionSA, the complaint stems from allegations that the actual amount of money stolen during the break-in at Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm may have been deliberately concealed or understated. The party argues that the amount may be much higher than the generally accepted approximately $580,000 (approximately R8.75 million at the exchange rate…

THE GROWTH shown by the Proteas women in the recent series against India made the coach, Mandla Mashimbyi, go to the T20 World Cup in the hope that this year could be the one in which the national team ends the misfortune of escaping the title of this tournament.Mashymbyi said this yesterday, when he spoke to the media following the announcement of the Proteas women’s squad for the T20 World Cup which starts from June 12 to July 5, in England and Wales.This national team, which is close to winning the recent ICC (International Cricket Council) T20 tournament, is tied…

It looks like the cost of attending matches for Hollywoodbets Super League teams will decrease after the South African Football Association (Safa) in collaboration with Hollywoodbets sponsors, announced the launch of a new two-group system for the 2026 season of the Hollywoodbets Super League. This means that the 2026 Super League season, which will begin with a series of matches on the weekend of May 22-24, at the University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus, in Soweto, will have two groups, Super Rise and Super Era. In some games, teams will play on one field per day.There will be eight teams per…