# Rugby: The Stormers have secured a key group of players on contract extensions ahead of the 26/27 season, with nine URC winners among those committing their futures to the blue and white. Ruhan Nel, Deon Fourie, Seabelo Senatla, Leolin Zas, Marcel Theunissen, Hacjivah Dayimani, Warrick Gelant, Adré Smith and JJ Kotzé, all title winners […]
# Golf: Jean Hugo has claimed his 22nd Sunshine Tour title after winning the Sunbet Challenge at Wild Coast Sun by one shot. The 50-year-old South African carded a final-round 65 to finish eight-under-par, with Nikhil Rama second on seven-under. Hugo began the final round in joint 11th place, but three birdies on the front […]
# RISE Mzansi is krities oor onlangse polisiemisdaadstatistiek en voer aan die aangemelde afname in kontakmisdade skep ‘n vals gevoel van sekuriteit terwyl die toenemende krisis van geslagsgeweld in die land geïgnoreer word. Drie-honderd-en-vyf mense is van April tot Junie vanjaar vermoor as ‘n direkte gevolg van gepeupelreg. Makashule Gana van RISE Mzansi sê geslagsgeweld […]
# Geweervuur en ontploffings is vroeg vanoggend in verskeie dele van Niger se hoofstad, Niamey, aangemeld. Reuters-getuies het geweervuur en ontploffings in die stad beskryf, maar daar was geen amptelike verklaring oor die oorsaak of enige ongevalle nie. Niger is onder militêre bewind sedert ‘n staatsgreep in Julie 2023 wat president Mohamed Bazoum uit die […]
# Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz sê hy voel goed oor sy polsgewrig voor sy Amerikaanse Ope-titelverdediging, hoewel die Spanjaard erken hy is angstig oor sy terugkeer na enkelspelwedstryde, ná ‘n afwesigheid van vier maande. Die 23-jarige is sedert April buite aksie met ‘n regterpolsbesering en het die Franse Ope en Wimbledon misgeloop. Alcaraz sê intensiewe oefensessies […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een Aryna Sabalenka sê sy is steeds vol vertroue om ‘n derde agtereenvolgende Amerikaanse Ope-titel in New York te verower. Die kampioen van Belarus het sedert Maart nog nie ‘n toernooi gewen nie en is vroeg reeds by die Franse Ope, Wimbledon, Kanadese Ope en Cincinnati uitgeskakel. Sabalenka sê ondanks die insinkings, […]
# Rugby: Siya Kolisi says the Springboks can draw confidence from previous setbacks as they prepare to face the All Blacks in Cape Town just after 5 this afternoon. South Africa trail one-nil in the four-Test series and must win to keep their hopes of taking the new Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry trophy alive. Kolisi, returning […]
# Nepal will need between 65-billion- and 81-billion-rand to rebuild after this week’s devastating floods along its border with China. The country’s finance Minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters the estimate was preliminary, with officials still assessing the full extent of the damage. The floods destroyed homes and critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges and hydropower facilities. […]
# RISE Mzansi has criticised recent police crime statistics, arguing that reported declines in contact crimes create a false sense of security while ignoring an escalating crisis of gender-based violence in the country. Between April and June this year, 305 people were murdered as a direct result of mob justice and vigilantism. RISE Mzansi’s Makashule […]
