Author: Larson Thebe
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has appealed to the team not to underestimate their quarter final opponents in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cape Verde. The two nations will clash on Saturday night at Yamoussoukro, with the winner proceeding to the semifinal of the continental showpiece. The team is ranked 73 on the FIFA rankings, while Bafana Bafana is ranked 66.Both nations have met five times previously, with each side winning twice and drawing one match, and this is their second meeting at the AFCON. Broos said the 2-nil win over tournament favourites and FIFA World Cup semi-finalists Morocco…
The Mercedes-AMG F1 team has confirmed that it has ended its 17-year-long relationship with Formula one great Lewis Hamilton. This after news broke on Thursday that Hamilton will leave the team at the end of this season. The seven-time Formula One world champion will join Ferrari for the 2025 season. He will partner with the current Italian team driver, Charles Leclerc. “The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton will part ways at the end of the 2024 season. Lewis has activated a release option in the contract announced last August and this season will therefore be his last driving…
The controversial auction of items belonging to former president Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court appeal by the South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA). The items, which include the former statesmen identity document, a key to his cell at Robben Island, a pair of reading glasses, hearing aid, a pair of worn shoes and other personal items, were scheduled to be auctioned on 22 February 2024 in New York, USA, by Guernsey’s Auction House. SAHRA, which coordinates the identification and management of national heritage, interdicted the auction pending the outcome of an appeal case launched by the agency.…
Bafana Bafana have beaten African Cup of Nations (AFCON) favourites Morocco 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament in San Pedro in Ivory Coast. Coach Hugo Broos used the same line-up that featured against Tunisia last week, while Morocco was without key players such as Sofiane Boufal and Hakim Ziyech. Morocco dominated the first half putting Bafana on the back-foot and forcing goalkeeper Ronwen Williams to make several safes. Bafana opened their account when Evidence Makgopa beat the offside trap after collecting a pass from Zwane. The Atlas Lions, as Morocco is popularly known, received a lifeline with…
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed an application by record label boss and musician Arthur Mafokate to have his multimillion-rand lodge La Villa Rossa in Midrand released from a preservation order. The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) was granted the order to preserve the property in 2022, following an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that the 999 Music allegedly bought it with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) grant. Investigations by the SIU revealed that Mafokate’s non-profit organisation, South African Arts and Development Organisation (SAADA) was granted R9.3 million to assist and develop unemployed youth in the arts and entertainment…
President Cyril Ramaphosa believes western countries will try to push the ANC out of power during this year’s national and provincial elections in retaliation of South Africa’s International Justice Court case against Israel. Ramaphosa closed the ruling party’s National Executive Committee Lekgotla on Tuesday vowing to unleash an election machinery that will prove critics wrong as it will achieve a resounding victory. “We are also conscious of the fact that there will be a systematic fight back campaigns as well. I say this so that we are aware of it. There can be little doubt that these forces will do…
President Cyril Ramaphosa wished Bafana Bafana good luck in the crunch match on Tuesday night at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in San Pedro, Ivory Coast. The team is playing FIFA World Cup semi-finalist and tournament favourite Morocco, in the last 16 of the tournament. “Bafana Bafana is playing tonight, and they’re going to win without any doubt. “I would like you to send them a good luck message from me and tell them I expect them to win. I’m here with their skipper coach, the Minister (Zizi Kodwa). “The whole nation is behind them, we want them to…
Gaza is home to some of the oldest churches and mosques in the world, but many have not escaped the widespread destruction of Israel’s military offensive. Of 117 religious sites which were reportedly damaged or destroyed between 7 October, when Israel’s campaign began, and 31 December. Seventy-two are mosques and two are churches. Israel’s offensive was triggered by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on 7 October. In a statement, Hamas – the Palestinian Islamist group which rules Gaza – said 378 mosques and three churches had been hit up to 9 January, though this figure has not been independently verified. The Israel…
A joint report by the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission and South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found tensions between African and Indian communities in the Phoenix area, Durban. According to the reports by both chapter nine institutions, this may have contributed to the July 2021 racial attacks in the area, that left 36 people killed and scores injured. This emerged today when both institutions released joint reports into their investigations in Umhlanga. The CRL Rights Commission found that there exists adversarial relationship between members of the African and Indian communities. “The mistrust and suspicion of the…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, has issued provincial measures ordering Israel to take all measures to ensure that it does not commit genocide at the Gaza Strip. The order comes after Pretoria approached the ICJ in December last year, under the Genocide Convention, for alleged attacks committed by Israel on the Gaza Strip. The court dismissed Israel’s request that the case be removed from the court roll, and ruled that, prima facie, it has jurisdiction pursuant to the Genocide Convention to entertain the case. “The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations…