The South African national men’s football team, Bafana Bafana, returned home to a subdued OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday morning following a dramatic and gut-wrenching elimination from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. Touching down aboard a chartered flight from Casablanca, the players and technical staff, led by head coach Hugo…
In a move signalling a decisive shift towards long-term project building, Chelsea Football Club announced on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, the appointment of Liam Rosenior as their new First-Team Head Coach. The 41-year-old Englishman has signed a contract running until June 2032, a bold six-and-a-half-year commitment that represents the club’s most significant managerial pledge since the BlueCo consortium’s…
South African households, businesses, and industry bodies have just two weeks left to submit formal objections to a controversial National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) proposal that would compel electricity consumers to pay an additional R76 billion to compensate Eskom for what the regulator itself describes as past “regulatory errors” and tariff shortfalls. The proposed Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA)…
In a strategic move set to redefine football retail across the continent, Premier League giants Liverpool Football Club have announced a groundbreaking, long-term retail partnership with leading South African lifestyle brand Old School. The deal marks one of the most significant commercial forays by a top European club directly into the African market, aiming to cater to the…
In an unprecedented legal maneuver that has intensified scrutiny of South Africa’s ongoing reckoning with its apartheid past, former Presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki have filed separate, high-profile applications seeking the recusal of Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe from the newly established Commission of Inquiry into TRC-era Prosecutions. The applications, submitted just days before the commission’s inaugural proceedings, cite alleged…
South African music superstar Makhadzi, the powerhouse vocalist and electrifying performer known for hits like “Ghanama” and “Kokovha,” is now recovering at home after being discharged from hospital following a horrific car accident on New Year’s Eve. The incident has left the artist shaken and facing an enforced break from the stage of at least 10…
In a decisive legal turn that could reshape the judicial understanding of customary unions in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has granted internationally acclaimed DJ and producer Black Coffee leave to appeal significant aspects of his ongoing divorce proceedings with actress and fashion designer Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa. This development ensures that one…
South Africa’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) has ignited a pivotal national conversation on the academic future of struggling learners, with a newly released discussion paper urging a meticulous, evidence-based review of the country’s policy on automatic grade promotion. The document, circulated among education experts and stakeholders, calls for a careful study of international models and…
In a fiery declaration that underscores a deepening geopolitical rift, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has launched a vehement condemnation of the United States and President Donald Trump, labeling the military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores a “grave crime against international law” and an act of “imperialist aggression.” Speaking at a…
A profound public health and service delivery crisis has gripped the township of Seshego, prompting Polokwane Municipality Executive Mayor John Mpe to schedule an emergency oversight visit to the troubled Zone 4 water plant today. This urgent intervention follows weeks of escalating complaints from residents about foul-smelling, discolored tap water, which local clinics now directly…
