Reigning league champions Mamelodi Sundowns have added Cape Town City striker Kermit Erasmus to their already impressive attacking roster. The Bafana Bafana player was among the league’s leading goal-scorers in the recently-concluded season, finishing with 13 strikes. Kermit Erasmus parts ways with City His departure was confirmed by City on Sunday, bringing an end to […]
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The Springbok Showdown took place at Newlands on Saturday and while it was far from festival rugby the contest has answered some questions for the coaches and posed some fresh ones. Five things learned from the Springbok Showdown Here we look at five things we either learned from the Springbok Showdown or were reinforced by […]
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Springbok backline and skills coach Mzwandile Stick has backed Southern Kings winger Yaw Penxe to secure a move to one of the four big franchise teams in the near future. Penxe’s fate is currently intertwined with Eastern Province Rugby after SA Rugby liquidated the former Super Rugby and Pro14 franchise, the Kings. Stick backs Kings […]
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Uncapped Sharks Scrumhalf Sanele Nohamba won a few new fans thanks to his performance in the Springbok showdown at Newlands on Saturday. Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was impressed with what he saw from the former Junior Bok in the number nine jersey for the Green team. Nohamba impresses Kolisi Nohamba may have been operating behind […]
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Mamelodi Sundowns announced the appointment of Manqoba Mngqithi and Rhulani Mokwena as joint head coaches on Sunday 4 October 2020. Mngqithi and Mokwena appointed joint head coaches Pitso Mosimane’s most-trusted assistant coaches Mngqithi and Mokwena have been chosen to lead the team into a new era. The club are hopeful of continued success under the […]
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Former Bidvest Wits winger Phathutshedzo Nange is reportedly locked in a struggle to gain his release from Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) who took over the player’s contract when they bought his former club’s PSL franchise. TTM are believed to be refusing to give Nange his clearance despite the player having no desire to turn out […]
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For the first time in history both Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester United let in 6 goals and more (in Liverpool’s case) on the same day. The Red Devils of Manchester United and the Reds of Liverpool suffered their worst defeats in decades against Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa respectively on a Sunday of […]
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COVID-19 update: 38 more deaths, 1,573 new cases recorded in SA As of Sunday, the Department of Health recorded 1,573 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the number of known cases in South Africa to 681,289. FILE: A City of Tshwane Health official takes a nasal swab to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a taxi […]
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JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has deliberately cut power to thousands of people in Benoni , Brakpan , Nigel and Vosloorus. The utility says it has implemented so-called load reduction again this morning, to avoid overloading the system. It is calling on residents to switch off all appliances to prevent surges when it switches the power back […]
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Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said while Wednesday’s planned action would not affect the economy as deeply as it ordinarily would due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members had no other option but to withdraw their labour. FILE: Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – As the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) […]
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