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ALTHOUGH he is happy with his team’s promotion to the Safa ABC Motsepe League, the chairman of MP Thwala All Stars, Mfanekhona Thwala, is afraid of the challenge of dealing with the cost of managing the team in this division.Thwala All Stars from Mandeni, and Dumehlezi FC from Hluhluwe, are the teams that have been promoted to the Safa KwaZulu-Natal ABC Motsepe League after winning the provincial Play-Offs in the Safa KZN Hollywoodbets Regional League in Richards Bay, a few weeks ago.Dumeleze defeated All Stars 1-0 in the final. The promotion to the ABC Motsepe League of Thwala All Stars…

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 reached its final week, Gourav Roy, an Indian software engineer living in San Francisco, drove more than 9,650 kilometres (6,000 miles) across the United States to attend both the semifinals and the final.For Roy, it was the next best thing to what he had grown up dreaming of: seeing India play in the World Cup.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut the possibility of that dream coming true is looking ever more distant as deep-rooted systemic issues and the failure to implement reforms have left the country of 1.45 billion ranked a lowly…

Fikile Mbalula says a “movement that can lift the darkness of load shedding, turn the tide of crime and clean its own house in full view of the nation, is a movement that can be trusted with the next five years of local government”.

The Eastern Cape Department of Transport has confirmed that the death toll in the early morning car accident on the N2 near Mooiplaas, just outside KuGompo Town, has risen to six.According to the department, the female victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died shortly after arriving at the medical center. The department expressed its condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of all the six who died.Part of the road remains closed as emergency and accident investigation teams continue their work. Motorists are urged to approach the area with caution and follow instructions from traffic…

ORLANDO Pirates swept all the coveted awards when the Premier Soccer League (PSL) announced the best players in the 2025/2026 season.Zimnyama, who won the Betway Premiership, MTN8 and Carling Knockout league titles, walked away with ten prizes last night.The favorite of Mzansi football fans playing in Belgium, Relebohile Mofokeng, received three awards namely Betway Premiership Young Player of the Season, Betway Premiership Player’s Player of the Season and PSL Footballer of the Season.There is no question that his winning these awards will build his reputation in his new team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and in the Belgian league.Mofokeng’s teammate at Pirates,…

According to Jacques Nel, founder of the Owl Orphanage Rehabilitation Center in Velddrif on the West Coast, the centre’s operating costs vary between R40 000 and R50 000 per month during the quieter months, while expenses during the breeding season can amount to between R60 000 and R70 000.

July is National Savings Month, but for many households it is almost impossible to save. When debt and rising living costs claim the majority of your income, there is simply no money to put away. Here are some tips.

The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is proposing that President Cyril Ramaphosa suspend the President of the Eastern Cape Judiciary, Selby Mbenenge, while Parliament considers whether he should be removed from office after being found guilty of misconduct.The JSC announced the decision in a press release on Monday.It said on July 7, 2026, the commission — without members appointed by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces — met in terms of section 20(1) of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994 to consider written comments on whether it should advise Ramaphosa to suspend Mbenenge from work in…

THE issue of the operation of the Parliamentary committee that is running the plan to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa from office is RETURNING to the Constitutional Court.ATM has filed an urgent application where it wants the Constitutional Court to overturn the decision of the Western Cape High Court, which stops the operation of the committee.On Friday, the Western Cape High Court issued a restraining order preventing the committee from working until it issues a decision on Ramaphosa’s request to quash the report of the Parliamentary team tasked to investigate the theft of US dollar quacks from his farm, Phala Phala.The…

Romanda Hombir, who was recently crowned Miss World SA 2026, clarified the issue of her nationality after her victory led to a new debate on social media about where she really is from.The beauty, who was crowned Miss World SA on July 18, revealed that she is “proud to be from this country.”Actually, I understand why people have these concerns because we want to know that whoever represents our country is a true self-proclaimer.”And I am proud to be from this country, I was born and raised in South Africa, in Nelspruit (Mpumalanga),” said Hombir in an interview with SABC…