# Commonwealth Games: Team South Africa surged ahead at last night with stellar performances in the swimming events. Pieter Coetze captured South Africa’s second gold medal, shattering the Games record with an electrifying 24.18-second finish in the Men’s 50m backstroke final. Teammate Ruard van Renen claimed bronze in the same race. Earlier, Nathan Hendricks won […]
# Rugby: The Sharks’ head coach JP Pietersen, has pulled off a major coup with the former All Blacks centre Ma’a Nonu joining the Durban outfit as coach and mentor to the younger players in the squad. According to News24, the 44 year old Nonu is still an active player. He represented Toulon against the […]
# Motorsport: Lando Norris snatched a dramatic pole position for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver narrowly edged out Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton. However, late-session chaos triggered two grid penalties. Hamilton fell to fifth after blocking Oscar Piastri, and Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes was demoted to seventh for a yellow flag violation. Ferrari’s Charles […]
# Rugby: The Lions and defending champions Griquas secured dominant, bonus-point victories in yesterday’s Currie Cup Round Two action. At Ellis Park, the Lions bounced back with a comprehensive 52-29 thumping of the Pumas. Jarod Cairns scored a brace to add to the hosts’ seven tries. In Kimberley, the Griquas crushed the Bulls XV by […]
# ‘n Nuwe verslag oor die mynbedryf waarsku Suid-Afrika om die modernisering van mynbou te versnel om wêreldwyd mededingend te bly. ‘n Raadgewer van die Navorsingsinstituut vir Innovasie en Volhoubaarheid, Ashleigh Muller, sê verouderende infrastruktuur, vaardigheidstekorte en stadige tegnologie-aanvaarding verswak die sektor. Sy sê nouer samewerking tussen die regering, die bedryf en navorsingsinstellings, sowel as […]
# Duisende mense het van vroeg vanoggend die strate van Johannesburg ingevaar vir die 702 Jozi My Jozi Walk the Talk. Die jaarlikse geleentheid word deur die Stad Johannesburg aangebied en bied vyf-, agt- en 15-kilometer roetes deur die middestad aan, om gemeenskap, welstand en stedelike vernuwing te vier. Die organiseerders sê die geleentheid ondersteun […]
# Die Ditsobotla Plaaslike Munisipaliteit in Noordwes het ‘n Verspreidingsagentskapooreenkoms met Eskom onderteken om te help met sy skuld van 1,7-miljard-rand. Ingevolge die ooreenkoms sal Eskom nou eerste aanspraak hê op inkomste uit elektrisiteitsverkope deur ‘n skuldterugbetalingsplan. Nasionale Kabinetsverteenwoordiger, Kopung Ralikontsane, sê die munisipaliteit sukkel om sy skuld te delg en het baie op billike […]
# Die Bafana Bafana en Mamelodi Sundowns middelveldspeler Jayden Adams word vandag in Stellenbosch ter ruste gelê. Die 25-jarige het vroeër hierdie maand gesterf, na hy Suid-Afrika in die FIFA Wêreldbeker verteenwoordig het. Die oorsaak van sy dood is onbekend. Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Kultuursake en Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, het Adams beskryf as ‘n uitsonderlike […]
# Romania said today that it had shot down a second drone breaching national airspace in as many days over a sparsely populated area near the border with Ukraine. The first drone, which Romanian prosecutors investigating the fragments said was Russian, was shot down by the NATO state yesterday. The Romanian defence ministry said the […]
