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Michael Cheika, who guided Australia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final and Argentina to the 2023 semi-finals, has been appointed coach of English Premiership side Leicester, the club announced Thursday.The appointment will see the Australian get to work with Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard, former Bulls loose forwards Hanro Liebenberg and Corné Beets, and South African-born lock Kyle Hatherell.The charismatic straight-talking 57-year-old Australian replaces compatriot Dan McKellar at the helm of the two-time European champions. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and…

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to open Parliament on Nelson Mandela International Day. (Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams) President Cyril Ramaphosa may deliver his opening address to Parliament on 18 July, which also marks Nelson Mandela International Day.According to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) programme, the date has been proposed for the opening address for both Houses of Parliament.On Thursday, the NCOP programming committee held its first meeting, during which it deliberated on its programme for the coming weeks. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed…

DJ Zinhle and daughter Kairo during the AKA Orchestra On The Square at Time Square Sun Arena on 17 March 2019 in Pretoria. (Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images) DJ Zinhle expressed her pride after her daughter’s big nomination.Kairo Forbes is nominated in the Favourite African Kids Influencers category.The Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards will be held on 14 July in Los Angeles, USA.The older she gets, Kairo Forbes, daughter of DJ Zinhle and the late rapper AKA, is showing the country that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree as she carves her own path in the industry.  Continuing to be recognised…

Harlene Meyer was walking to work when she was caught in the crossfire of a suspected gang shooting. (Supplied by Roger Telemachus) Former SA cricket star Roger Telemachus says he and his family have been left devastated and “in so much pain” after his sister was gunned down in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch, on Wednesday morning.”We are in so much pain. This is not the news we wished to receive at all. My sister was innocently walking to her day job when she was caught in the gang war,” Telemachus told News 24.The 49-year-old Harlene Meyer, who worked as a nanny, was…

South African banknotes, featuring the smiling face of iconic statesman Nelson Mandela. The rand tumbled to an almost two-week low on Thursday after the DA threatened to walk away from the Government of National Unity (GNU) over a disagreement with the ANC over the proposed composition of Cabinet.SA’s currency, which was already under pressure in morning trade due to a stronger dollar, weakened to R18.4139/$ before recouping some losses to trade at R18.3915 at 11:10. As recent as last Friday the rand had traded as strong as R17.90/$, near the strongest level in almost a year on optimism the GNU…

Newly appointed Currie Cup coach for the Bulls, Phiwe Nomlomo, when he was skills specialist assistant coach at the Sharks in 2022. (Steve Haag/Gallo Images) The Bulls have appointed Phiwe Nomlomo as head coach for their Currie Cup campaign, which starts next month.The Selborne College alumni joined the Bulls from Durban outfit the Sharks in 2023 as the joint head of the skills hub at Loftus and previously also had stints with the 2019 SA Schools A side, the Border Craven Week squad, and his former school’s first team between 2018 and 2019.READ | Currie Cup to kick-off as…

Negotiation standoff: The DA wants Cyril Ramaphosa to honour the initial Cabinet offer. (Gallo Images/Darren Stewart) The DA’s leadership has resolved to tell President Cyril Ramaphosa that he must abide by the offer for Cabinet positions he made to the party on Tuesday – otherwise the agreement between the DA and ANC is off.Ramaphosa, on Wednesday night, altered the terms of the offer, replacing an offer for the minister of trade, industry and competition with the minister of tourism. He also changed the offer of seven deputy ministers to six deputy ministers, although the offer of six ministerial positions remains…

SANDF soldier Luntu Basil Hatta has been missing for more than three weeks. (Luntu Hatta/Facebook) “What nonsense is this? How can my brother just disappear from his job, and no one has answers? The SANDF must answer.”These are the words of a Cradock, Eastern Cape, family whose loved one, 53-year-old Luntu Basil Hatta, a soldier at the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), disappeared without trace from the base in Lohatla in the Northern Cape more than three weeks ago. The soldier’s brother, Sithembile, said he last spoke to his brother on 24 May, just days before Luntu and a group…

(Sean Gladwell/Getty Images) South Africa achieved its first primary budget surplus in 15 years as it took a stern approach to funding state-owned companies that have drained government finances.Africa’s most-industrialised economy posted a primary surplus — when revenue exceeds non-interest expenditure — of R31.6 billion or 0.4% of gross domestic product in the year through March 2024, data in the South African Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin published on Thursday showed. That matched the National Treasury’s February forecast.”The decline in non-interest expenditure was driven by lower voted expenditure, largely owing to the sharp decline in payments for financial assets, reflecting…

Marco Jansen celebrates with his South African team-mates during the T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Winning a string of tense ones and now dishing out a true pounding, SA stand one further triumph shy of maiden World Cup glory, writes Rob Houwing.Given their heartlessly sniggered-at history, it will be nothing short of sublime and surreal if Aiden Markram’s 2024 Proteas bring home a World Cup trophy in the next few days.But pause for a second. South Africans need to be in the know if we want…