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Following a successful festive season, Premier Alan Winde visited two iconic tourism attractions in Khayelitsha to engage with entrepreneurs and thank them for playing their part in ensuring Cape Town and the Western Cape remained a destination of choice for tens of thousands of visitors. At Siki’s Coffee, owner Sikelela Dibela exclaimed, “The festive season …
Are you experiencing tenant and landlord conflict issues? The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure’s Rental Housing Tribunal unit (RHT) provides a free service to the public. The service is aimed at resolving disputes between landlords and tenants. In addition, it seeks to educate the parties about their rights and obligations should an unfair and unlawful …
The Vodacom Bulls will host Lyon in Pretoria and the DHL Stormers will welcome defending champions, Stade Rochelais, to Cape Town in the two domestic Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 playoff matches on Saturday, 6 April. The match at Loftus Versfeld will commence at 13h30, while the DHL Stadium encounter will kick off at …
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team prepared well and accordingly, but the realities of being the least experienced team at the HSBC SVNS Perth tournament and having to play the host union on their national holiday, will make for a tough opening day for the South Africans. That is the view of head coach Renfred Dazel …
World Rugby and ChildFund Rugby have announced a multi-year extension of their transformational social impact partnership, reaffirming their commitment to use rugby as a vehicle to support diversity, inclusion and learning opportunities for children and young people across the world. Harnessing the power of rugby as a vehicle for positive social change, World Rugby and …
Sri Lanka thumped Namibia in a low-scoring clash while West Indies and Pakistan added important wins in the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024. Jewel Andrew shone yet again as West Indies got off the mark on the points table with an important win over Scotland in Potchefstroom. Coming off a spectacular hundred in …
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 has approved Raeeq Daniels as a replacement for Martin Khumalo in the South Africa squad. Bowling all-rounder Daniels was named as a replacement after Khumalo was ruled out due to a hamstring injury sustained in South Africa’s opening match against the West …
Travelling the world and exploring new destinations with smiles on faces are elements one can attribute to the Springbok Sevens team over many seasons of HSBC SVNS, but as they settled into Perth for yet another new stop in the world series, the real purpose for their trip to West Australia was quickly confirmed by …
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship will spring back into action this weekend after two weeks of European rugby with a massive local derby between the Vodacom Bulls and Emirates Lions in Pretoria, where a place in the top eight is at stake. It may be the only match of the weekend (and the last of …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today concluded its announcements of ICC Awards 2023 winners by revealing that Australia captain Pat Cummins has won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year and England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has won her second successive Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the …
The Northampton Saints hooker, Curtis Langdon, has been suspended for four weeks following an independent Disciplinary Hearing arising from his club’s Investec Champions Cup, Round 4 match against Munster Rugby at Thomond Park. Langdon was sent off by the referee, Tual Trainini (France), in the 39th minute of the match for making reckless contact to …
India’s explosive batter Suryakumar Yadav has won his second successive ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award, with West Indies’ dynamic all-round captain Hayley Matthews claiming the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year as the first set of individual winners of the ICC Awards 2023 were announced on Wednesday. New Zealand all-rounder Rachin …
The Blitzboks are well known for playing with smiles on their faces, so don’t be surprised to see even more of that in Perth this weekend, when two uncapped players and three returnees to the squad will all bring energy to the squad determined to bounce back from a disappointing outing in Cape Town last …
Having retired from a game she loved so much after a bad injury and then making a very solid return to the team she loves even more almost a decade later will drive the effort from Shona-Leah Weston this weekend when the Springbok Women’s Sevens take on Australia, Canada, and Great Brittain in the HSBC …
The captains of the best 12 men’s and 12 women’s rugby sevens teams in the world were soaking up the sun in Western Australia on Wednesday ahead of the hotly anticipated third round of HSBC SVNS 2024 which takes place in Perth on 26-28 January. Players and fans can look forward to three action-packed days …
New Zealand beat Afghanistan in a dramatic, low-scoring U19 Cricket World Cup contest in East London while England won their second match in a rain-affected game against hosts South Africa. Matt Rowe followed up a sensational, five-wicket burst inside 16 balls with a nerveless shot to hit the winning runs in New Zealand’s one-wicket win …
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 has approved Oliver Peake as a replacement for Corey Wasley in the Australia squad. Specialist batter Peake was named as a replacement after Wasley was ruled out due to a fracture of the left index finger sustained while batting in their opening …
Bangladesh U19 bowler, Maruf Mridha, has received a reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup match against India in Bloemfontein. Mridha was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to …
Northampton Saints tighthead prop Elliot Millar-Mills has been called up to Scotland’s Guinness Six Nations squad. He will replace Leicester Tigers prop Will Hurd who is out with a foot injury. Adam Hastings is also out of the squad with a knee injury. Miller-Mills qualifies for Scotland through his Scottish mother and has impressed for …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today completed announcements of the five ICC Teams of the Year across formats for men and women as part of the ICC Awards 2023. Four South African players have been named in these teams: Nadine de Klerk, Laura Wolvaardt, Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen. The announcement of the five teams – …
Abrasive but elusive, in your face but slippery, a hard man with a soft touch – David Brits is not an easy opponent, boasting a skill set that saw him help the Toyota Cheetahs win the coveted Currie Cup. Brits is also a man on a mission. And now, to the benefit of Springbok Sevens …
Australia were given a scare by Namibia in a low-scoring affair in Kimberley while Shihab James impressed again as Bangladesh overcame Ireland in Bloemfontein. Australian captain Hugh Weibgen was put to work on his first day at the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 as he was required to produce a fighting knock in …
Wales U20s lead coach Richard Whiffin has named a 37-strong squad for the 2024 U20 Six Nations campaign. With Dragons RFC flanker Ryan Woodman ruled out with a broken thumb, his regional teammate Harri Ackerman has been named as captain. The squad contains 11 players who have represented Wales at U20 level previously – Dragons …
In 2019, Maria Tshiremba watched her first rugby match live, the Varsity Cup Sevens fittingly won by the University of Johannesburg, as this was where the speedster from Magau village in Limpopo was starting to make a name for herself in athletics. Tshiremba, then aged 24, participated in sprints and long jump, but barely a …