# Athletics: The world record holder in the 400-metres, Wayde van Niekerk, and South African compatriot Sinesipho Dambile will compete in the semifinal of the 200-metres at the world championships in Tokyo, Japan, this afternoon. Van Niekerk, who switched to the shorter race during last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, finished second in his heat […]
# Tennis: First-time finalist Ukraine is through to the semifinal of the Billie Jean King Cup women’s competition in China after beating the strong Spanish team. Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Paula Badosa respectively. Ukraine will play defending champions Italy next after Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Jasmine Paolini both fought hard […]
# Cricket: Proteas batter Dewald Brevis says his huge price tag in the SA20 won’t change him and he will still go out on the field and try to have fun. The 22-year-old was snapped up for a whopping 16.5-million-rand by Pretoria Capitals during last week’s players’ auction after playing for defending champions MI Cape […]
# Cricket: Australia’s head coach, Andrew McDonald, believes captain Pat Cummins will be fit to play a major role in the Ashes series against England. The fast bowler is still recovering from a lower back injury, but McDonald says he should be ready to play in at least some of the five Tests. He says […]
# Die polisiekommisaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi sê die moord op die ingenieur van Q-Tech Engineering, Armand Swart, ontbloot korrupsie en georganiseerde misdaad binne die polisie. Swart is verlede jaar vermoor nadat hy tenderbedrog by Transnet uitgewys het. Mkwhanazi het by die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek in Pretoria getuig dat ondersoekbeamptes dreigemente, omkooppogings en peutery met […]
# Die omstrede sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala bly in aanhouding nadat die Alexandra-Landdroshof in Gauteng hom borgtog geweier het. Matlala word daarvan beskuldig dat hy in 2023 ’n sluipmoordpoging gereël het op sy voormalige vriendin, die aktrise Tebogo Thobejane. Hy, sy vrou en drie ander staan tereg op aanklagte van poging tot moord, korrupsie en […]
# Cricket: The son of former Proteas captain Kepler Wessels, Riki, made his debut as umpire in Australia’s One-day Cup competition. The 39-year-old was born in Australia while his father played Tests for the country before returning to South Africa. Riki played cricket in England earlier, where he represented Worcestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. He also […]
# Die polisiekommissaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, het die Madlanga-kommissie van Ondersoek meegedeel dat die strafregstelsel heeltemal kan verbrokkel as korrupsie en politieke inmenging nie aangespreek word nie. Mkhwanazi, wat eerste getuig, sê sy mediakonferensie van 6 Julie het die gesamentlike bekommernisse van polisiebeamptes oor sabotasie en wanpraktyke binne die stelsel weerspieël. Hy het ook […]
# Die afgetrede adjunkhoofregter, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, sê as die bewerings van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie-kommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, waar is, kan dit rampspoedig wees vir die strafregstelsel. Hy het die regtelike kommissie van ondersoek na misdadigheid, politieke inmenging en korrupsie geopen en gesê infiltrasie of onregmatige invloed kan die oppergesag van die reg en die grondwetlike demokrasie […]
