As SA battles to recover from last week’s record low temperatures, the SA Weather Service says another cold front is set to move in over the Western Cape from tomorrow, bringing rain. However, forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela says the freezing conditions should start to ease a bit from Wednesday – though[…]
Human rights organisation, Black Sash, says while it welcomes the extension of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant until March 2022, it remains concerned about the amount of the grant. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night that the R350 grant will now also be extended to unemployed caregivers[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema says alleged killers in Phoenix, north of Durban, are being handled with kid gloves by authorities at the expense of the poor and defenceless. Malema told the SABC on Sunday he was shocked by the alleged conduct of the military in the area. “Murder has been[…]
Assistant Springbok coach Deon Davids makes mention of the coaching team identified in terms of tactical solutions, kicking, discipline and set pieces they are actively working towards correcting their mistakes from the previous match against the British & Irish Lions. In terms of set pieces , the Lions placed the[…]
Katleho Lynch and Cobus van Dyk have been handed the coaching reins of the South Africa Under-18 team for their tour to Georgia in August. The coaching duo – Lynch is the head coach and Van Dyk the assistant coach – will be joined by Junior Springbok head coach Bafana[…]
The Currie Cup returns with a bang on Wednesday, with a double-header of Premier Division action scheduled as the halfway mark of the competition comes into view, while the match scheduled for Durban has been cancelled. The table-topping New Nation Pumas are not in action on Wednesday and will keenly[…]
A strong earthquake shook the Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, but it was deep, and local authorities said they did not expect damage. The 6.7-magnitude quake struck off the main island of Luzon at 4:48 am (2048 GMT) at a depth of 112 kilometres , USGS said.[…]
On Friday, Western Cape MEC for Transport Daylin Mitchells announced the closure of a major taxi route, the B97 between Mbekweni in Paarl and Bellville from Monday. This follows weeks of taxi violence in the province. Here is a list of affected taxi ranks and lanes: Closed ranks in Bellville[…]
South Africa has recorded 12,056 new COVID cases in the latest 24-hour cycle, which brought the number of total infections in the country to over 2,368,000. The health department has reported 413 deaths in the same cycle, which pushed the national death toll to 69,488. There are currently 151,449 active[…]
As per Olympic Games tradition – after some beautiful dancing and fireworks – the parade of the nations saw the various countries walking out in Japanese alphabetical order, meaning Team South Africa were the 178th country to walk into the stadium. Due to pandemic restrictions it’s the first time in[…]
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