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INJURIES to the players is one of the factors that led the Springboks coach, Rassie Erasmus, to make ten changes to the team that will start the second game of the Nations Championship against Scotland.The Springboks will face Scotland at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, on Saturday, at 5.40 pm.USiya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Franco Mostert, Ox Nche, Andre Esterhuizen no-Ethan Hooker, bonke abakalulami.Only five players who started on Saturday, when the local team defeated England 45-21, will start again in Scotland, namely Jesse Kriel, Damian Willemse, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Paul de Villiers and Ruan Nortje.”We have many players in…
AMAZULU FC have signed right winger, Mncedi Vandala, who has been linked with the club for some time, which is in the process of strengthening the squad before the start of the 2026/2027 season in August. Vandala (31) who plays on the right wing, is one of the players who stood out in Magesi FC who were relegated from the Betway Premiership last season. This team from Limpopo was at the bottom of the PSL Promotion Play-Offs. Vandala only signed for MaZulu, he was attacked by different teams in the Premiership including Stellenbosch. This newspaper reported last week about the…
Three people died and 14 were injured when a taxi and a car collided on the N2 between Heidelberg and Riversdale, in the Western Cape on Tuesday morning.The N2 road between Swellendam and Heidelberg is currently closed. Motorists traveling in this area or planning to use this road are advised to use the Slangrivier to Heidelberg detour as an alternative route, and to expect delays.Provincial traffic officer Maxine Bezuidenhout said the accident happened around 10am.”We confirm that there was an accident between a taxi and a small car,” he said. “Unfortunately, three people died at the scene and 14 were…
A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man, Eldrie Ngwenya, appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday, charged with transporting illegal cigarettes worth R35 000.The man has been remanded in custody until 9 July 2026, pending further court proceedings.The suspect was arrested on Sunday, 5 July 2026, by members of the Limpopo Provincial Flying Squad during a spy operation.The police received information about a white Audi A4 allegedly used to transport and distribute illegal Remington Gold cigarettes in Polokwane and Tzaneen.The car was followed and stopped in Ladanna area. During the search of the car, a lot of illegal Remington Gold knives with…
ISRAEL is under fire for allegedly funding anti-immigrant protests in South Africa.The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Israel, Mr. Gideon Saar, dismissed the allegations that his country is involved in the protests in the country.Saar was responding to the Minister of Justice in the country, Ms. Mmamoloko Kubayi, who made allegations that there are foreign countries sponsoring the anti-immigrant protests that have spread throughout the country.Ms. Kubayi made allegations that the countries sponsoring the protests did this because they were upset that South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.Ms. Kubayi said that the decision…
EXPLAINERThe far-right leader could be prevented from running for president in 2027 if embezzlement charges are upheld.France’s appeal court is set to deliver a key verdict on whether Marine Le Pen and other members of her National Rally party misused European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides between 2004 and 2016.If, on Tuesday, the court upholds her 2025 conviction, which saw her barred from office for five years and sentenced to house arrest, Le Pen – one of the most prominent figures of the European far right and a frontrunner in polls for France’s 2027 contest – is likely…
IT IS DOWN to those who focus on the construction sector as they are about to be empowered with knowledge due to the cooperation of the board responsible for the development of the construction industry and the University of Johannesburg. The chairman of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Mr. Sikhulile Nzo, said that they will launch the Certificate in Construction Management (CCM), in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, at the Coastlands Musgrave Hotel in Durban on Tuesday from 7.30 am. Nzo said the main purpose of this certificate is to equip people involved in the construction industry with…
Portugal captain admits his team’s last-16 match against Spain was his last outing in the World Cup.Published On 6 Jul 20266 Jul 2026Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s final World Cup ended with a Spanish sting in the tail, courtesy of Mikel Merino’s last-gasp winner that earned a 1-0 round-of-16 win, but he was unwilling to make a hasty call on his international future.Ronaldo told reporters in the mixed zone on Monday that Spain enjoyed “a bit of luck” to score through substitute Merino in the dying moments of a match he felt could have swung either way.Recommended Stories list of 4…
The R800 000 car donation given to MKP leader in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislative Assembly, Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza, has caused controversy.The KwaZulu-Natal DA says it was not appropriate for the king to benefit from the car program run by the Department of Co-operative Governance and Indigenous Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, because he is a member of the Legislative Assembly and it is a position that earns an estimated R1.4 million a year.The leader of DA KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Sithembiso Ngema, said there are chances that the king will break the law by accepting the car.Ngema said the law does not allow government officials…
TITINYWE is a 33-year-old man from Mampinyampinya, KwaNongoma, who is said to have killed his mother, Mrs Thandiwe Shozi (68) by strangling her and setting her house on fire in an incident that took place on Thursday.It is a country found out that the man – whose name is withheld because he has not yet appeared in court – ended up crying for Sigonyela’s bracelets the next day after they were found by the public.A member of the family, Ms. Nokuthula Khumalo, said that they are still in shock and cannot believe what happened to her grandmother.He stated that when…