March 17, 2026 Former Bafana Bafana champion and current Kenya head coach Benni McCarthy knows a thing or two about football. He is now commenting on the management, training, and conduct of Kaizer Chiefs. “Everybody should be on the same page, wanting to achieve something,” McCarthy said on SuperSport TV via Afrikfoot.com. “Management is doing […]
March 16, 2026 The late former Minister of Defence, co-founder, and President of the Congress of the People (COPE) party, Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, was prepared for burial on Saturday, 14 January. He had passed away on Wednesday. The late politician was laid to rest in Bloemfontein, Free State, following a Special Official Funeral Category Two
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March 16, 2026 Thirty-five people have lost their lives in storm-related incidents since December. Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi said in an official address to the press in Durban last Thursday. The KwaZulu-Natal Disaster Management Centre has launched a province-wide plan to help municipalities prepare for disasters. The MEC emphasized that early planning is critical
March 13, 2026 South Africa’s mobile phone network, MTN Group, faces an escalating legal threat that could see it removed as a partner to the American financial system. This warning was issued by economist Frederick Mitchell in a stark analysis of the company’s exposure through its business relations with Iranian political and security elites. Mitchell,
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March 12, 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa paid a state visit to the Republic of Brazil, where he met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the capital city, Brasília. Ramaphosa’s aim was to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. During a press briefing, Lula urged the South African president to boost defence cooperation
March 11, 2026 Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the body charges with electing and supervising (in theory) the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei the son of the slain Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to succeed to his father’s post. The motion to elect him, under pressure from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ Corpse (IRGC)
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March 10, 2026 South Africa and the West Indies are reportedly traveling to Johannesburg, South Africa, today (Tuesday, at the time of writing). The West Indies cricket team will return to their country upon landing, following their elimination from the T20 World Cup 2026 last week. Their defeats came at the hands of a resurgent
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March 9, 2026 The municipality of eThekwini has constructed the Sinawe Wellness Centre in Morningside. The project aims to invest in the well-being of municipal civil servants, with the official opening of the state-of-the-art facility held last Friday. The initiative has received mixed reactions from the city’s ratepayers. Located on Montpelier Road, opposite Mitchell Park
March 6, 2026 The conflict between the United States and Israel versus Iran escalated after U.S. attacks on Saturday, 28 February, which resulted in the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader and his family. This has created heightened uncertainty in South Africa on multiple fronts. The country is now grappling with higher fuel prices due
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March 5, 2026 Thabo Bester, a convicted murderer and rapist, has once again failed in his urgent bid to be transferred from South Africa’s supermax prison, eBongweni, in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal. His case was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. Bester had approached the court to challenge his transfer from Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional
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