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He REFUSES to step down from the coaching position of Miliford FC chairman, Dr Xanti Pupuma, who is its chairman.Milford moved up to the Betway Premiership after drawing 1-1 with Magesi FC in the final match of the PSL Promotional Play-Offs at Seshego Stadium, Polokwane, on Saturday. It finished first with seven points, followed by Magesi with six in this log that had three teams. The last game was played and Cape Town City finished with only four points. Magesi, who finished 15th in the Premiership log, have been relegated to the Motsepe Foundation Championship.Milford’s promotion to the Premiership increased…
(Photo: Jhua-Nine Wyrley-Birch/Maroela Media) The City of Cape Town will not appeal against the Cape Town High Court’s ruling regarding the metro’s declared illegal fares. The metro is now simply going to make another plan to assist lower and middle income households, says Geordin Hill-Lewis, the mayor of Cape Town. This plan entails that all residents pay the same fixed rates, but that lower and middle income households with so-called lower valuation properties enjoy greater discounts on property taxes. In an interview with Maroela Media, Hill-Lewis said that the metro relies on the Cape Town High Court’s ruling that the…
DENYING the result of Bafana Bafana in the first match of Group A of the World Cup puts at risk the national team’s record of not being defeated twice in the group matches in all the three times it played in the tournament. Bafana started the World Cup with Mexico but there is still an opportunity to improve things with the second group game against Czechia on Thursday at 6 pm, at the Atlanta Stadium, in the United States of America (USA).Although there is still an opportunity, the highlight is that the Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, must implement a scheme…
“The leader of the new Afrika Mayibuye political party Floyd Shivhambu praised the meeting of his party and the March and March leadership led by Jacinta Ngobese Zuma.”Today we had a meaningful discussion and a good discussion with the leadership of March and March, in Johannesburg,” said Floyd Shivhambu who is the leader of Afrika Mayibuye.Shivhambu says Mayibuye and March and March have the same opinion that they do not support the entry of undocumented or illegal people into South Africa from all corners of the world.”He says that illegal and undocumented immigration poses an internal and external security risk…
Ditsobotla Municipality. (Photo: X)The DA in the Ditsobotla local municipality (Lichtenburg) in North-West welcomed the decision of the special tribunal to set aside an illegal contract of R25.8 million for waste water treatment.The contract was irregularly awarded to Rensh Close Corporation.The tribunal ordered that the company must repay all money received under the contract. A second tender, Themak Consulting Civil Engineering Consultancy, must in turn repay R3.88 million in consultancy fees.The special investigation unit (SUE) welcomed the verdict earlier and said that a “single phone call from the municipality’s technical director… bypassed an entire legitimate tender process”.Rensch Close Corporation belongs…
The commission in charge of elections in this country is pushing ahead with the preparations for voting despite having information about those who planned to rig the elections because they were not happy with the people from other countries who failed.The officials of the commission said that they know those who want to disrupt the November 4 election, but they said that they leave this to the security agencies in the country. The chairman of the commission, Mr. Mosotho Moepya, said that the issue of illegal residents was left to the security agencies to deal with.”This issue is on the…
Flash Gala apples are now taking their place as a quality apple cultivar on international markets. (Photo: Provided) After years of challenges with quality control and heat damage, the Flash Gala apple cultivar seems to have found its feet. Growers are celebrating what is being described as a breakthrough year for the variety after most of the problems that plagued the cultivar in its early years of development have largely been overcome. Flash Gala apples are now taking their place as a quality apple cultivar on international markets. Production rose from around 1.9 million MK6-equivalent cartons (typically 12.5 kg cartons)…
The meeting of the committee set up to consider the removal of Minister Cyril Ramaphosa from office, in the matter concerning the availability of US dollars, on his Phala Phala farm, will continue, despite the fact that he went to court to issue an urgent order to stop it.This committee is expected to meet next Wednesday. Ramaphosa went to court on Friday, demanding that the committee stop working. Ramaphosa wants the report of the team led by Judge Sandile Ngcobo to be dismissed, which found that there may be laws he broke.Ramaphosa wants his application to be heard, which is…
NewsFeedThe US and Iran have announced a memorandum of understanding to end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. But Israel hasn’t confirmed it would abide by an agreement that requires its withdrawal from Lebanon.Published On 15 Jun 202615 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Stock photo (Photo: Shutterstock)Xenophobia in South Africa is not the cause of the country’s economic problems, but rather a symptom of structural challenges such as unemployment, poverty, inequality and poor service delivery.This is according to the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group (PMBEJD), which warns that foreigners are increasingly being used as scapegoats for problems which, according to the organization, actually have their origins in decades of corruption and weak state capacity.According to the group, communities’ frustration with overcrowded clinics, poor schools and limited economic opportunities is wrongly directed at foreigners, while the real causes of these challenges are not…