# Rugby: Jasper Wiese marched right back into the Springboks’ starting-15 after completing his four-match ban for a headbutt during July’s Test against Italy. Coach Rassie Erasmus picked him in the number eight jersey for Saturday’s Rugby Championship match against New Zealand in Wellington, moving captain Siya Kolisi back to flank. Erasmus says Wiese is […]
# Rugby: New Bulls coach Johan Ackermann named Springbok lock Ruan Nortjé as team captain for the new United Rugby Championship season, starting later this month. He picked a group of 56 players – 32 forwards and 24 backs – in the squad that includes experienced players such as Bok flyhalf Handré Pollard and centre […]
# Rugby: The Currie Cup enters the play-off stage this coming weekend after the last league matches were completed. The Lions topped the table, followed by Griquas, the Cheetahs and Boland Kavaliers, while the Pumas, the Bulls, defending champions the Sharks and Western Province’s campaigns have ended. On Saturday, the Lions will host Boland in […]
# Rugby: Springbok-afrigter Rassie Erasmus het groot veranderings aan die span aangebring wat Saterdag in hul tweede Rugbykampioenskaps-wedstryd in Wellington teen Nieu-Seeland speel ná die nederlaag in Auckland. Dit sluit in ‘n nuwe skakelpaar – Cobus Reinach en Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu – ‘n nuwe senterpaar – Damian Willemse en Canan Moodie – ‘n nuwe vleuel, Ethan […]
# Rugby: The Springboks and the All Blacks have rejected World Rugby’s request for more contrasting kits in tomorrow’s expected blockbuster match in Auckland, opting to play in their traditional colours. This is seen as respect for a long-standing tradition, with the Boks playing in their iconic Green and Gold, and the hosts donning their […]
# Tennis: The top two men’s players are still on course to meet each other in Sunday’s final of the US Open. Jannik Sinner of Italy and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz have dominated the game of late, winning the past seven Grand Slam tournaments between them. Sinner plays 25th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal and […]
# Rugby: Only one quarterfinal place is still available in this weekend’s final pool matches at the Women’s World Cup in England. South Africa, the hostess, France, New Zealand, Scotland, Canada and Ireland have already booked their places in the play-offs, with Australia and the USA fighting it out to qualify from Pool A. The […]
# Rugby: Five teams are vying for quarterfinal qualification in this weekend’s final Currie Cup league games. Griquas top the table, just five points in front of fifth-placed Pumas, with Boland Kavaliers, the Lions and the Cheetahs between them. This means a bonus-point victory for the Pumas over the already-eliminated Sharks in Durban tonight could […]
# Die Mededingingskommissie het sy eerste lewenskoste-verslag, wat huishudelike onkostes vanaf 2020 tot vanjaar dophou, bekend gestel. Die verslag wys dat elektrisiteit met 68-persent opgeskiet het en water met 50-persent, baie hoër as die inflasiekoers van 28-persent. Onderwyskoste het ook skerp gestyg, terwyl internet- en begrafniskoste stabiel gebly het. Voedselkoste, insluitend eiers, mieliemeel, en sonneblomolie, […]
