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CONTINENTAL RACING: East London-based riders, from left, Aden Fisher, Breece Romans, and Riley Geldenhuys will be representing SA at the upcoming in the FIM Motocross of African Nations Continental Championship in Cape Town taking place on August 11-13. Picture: SUPPLIED

Young EL riders to represent SA

The FIM Motocross of African Nations Continental Championship will be taking place this weekend in Cape Town and three talented East London riders will be representing SA in their races. Breece Romans, Riley Geldenhuys and Aden Fisher…

Sixty-one percent of those aged 15 to 24 were unemployed in the last quarter of 2022 in South Africa, with 33.6% (or 3.4-million out of 10.2-million) of people in this age group not in employment, education or training, says the survey. File photo.Image: Thulani Mbele

Unemployment a top worry for South Africans: survey

As the country grapples with joblessness and slow economic growth‚ the Ipsos What Worries the World survey shows almost 70% of South Africans cited unemployment as their top concern. Forty-two percent of the rest of the world chose…

Second case of monkeypox recorded in SA, this time in Cape Town

A second case of monkeypox has been detected in SA, the national health department reported on Tuesday. Health minister Joe Phaahla said the second patient is a 32-year-old male from Cape Town. The first case had been reported “He has no…

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says there was a significant deterioration in supply overnight. File photo.Image: 123RF/rclassenlayouts

Stage 6 load-shedding: Six hours of blackouts a day on the cards — Eskom

If stage 6 load-shedding is implemented, South Africans can expect at least six hours of blackouts over a period of 24 hours. Eskom on Tuesday announced there is a great risk stage 6 load-shedding might be implemented by 5pm on Tuesday…

Sunwolves’ James Moore is tackled by Crusaders’ Scott Barrett as a hail storm hits during the Super Rugby match. Image: Marty MELVILLE / AFP

Japan’s Sunwolves exit Super Rugby as Australia bid fails

Japan’s Sunwolves bowed out of Super Rugby on Monday as they failed to join an Australian offshoot of the coronavirus-hit tournament. The Sunwolves, who are being kicked out of Super Rugby at the end of the season, said Australian…

Coronavirus fears hurting Africa’s safari industry

Fears of the coronavirus have crippled Africa’s safari industry, a survey conducted by SafariBookings has found. The online marketplace for African safari tours conducted the survey among 361 safari tour operators to determine the impact…

Warren Gatland, Head Coach of Wales talks to Guilhem Guirado of France after the Rugby World Cup 2019 Quarter Final match between Wales and France at Oita Stadium on October 20, 2019 in Oita, Japan.                                   Image: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Huge injury blow to Wales for Boks semifinal

Wales have suffered a huge injury blow ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal against the Springboks on Sunday. Influential utility back Liam Williams is out of the tournament with an ankle injury he suffered in a training field…

Nigeria won the Best Team trophy at the World Scrabble Championship 2019.Image: Wellington Jighere via Facebook

Nigeria is the world’s best team at Scrabble; SA aims to attract young players to the game

Grooming talent from school level has paid off for Nigeria, which has taken the Best Team trophy at the World Scrabble Championship in Goa, India. The country is known as a leading Scrabble-playing nation. Its best players are sponsored,…

Proudly local travel – 7 tourism wonders every South African should see at least once in their lives

Okay, we admit it — our country actually has countless wonders. Here’s a selection of some of the places that make us most proud of our beautiful land 1. Blyde River Canyon (Motlatse Canyon) Mpumalanga means “the place where the sun…

South African Historic Grand Prix Festival (Gallery)

REMINISCENT of a bygone era, the East London Grand Prix circuit hosted the South African Historic Grand Prix Festival, an event organised by Speedstream Events, on 24 and 25 November 2018. Engines of iconic pre-World War Two cars…

Zama Ngcobo: SA is a great country

Despite it’s political scandals and economic challenges‚ SA is still a great country with a lot of potential and beauty‚ says TV host Zama Ngcobo. Zama‚ who co-produces and hosts the SABC 3 talk show Leading Citizens told TshisaLIVE that…

SA’s Kevin Anderson into Wimbledon final

Kevin Anderson PICTURE: SYDNEY SESHIBEDI @ The Times A VERY proud moment for South Africa as Kevin Anderson has made it into the final of Wimbledon. Anderson beat John Isner 7-6, 6-7, 67-7, 6-4, 26-24 in a marathon match which stretched…

Cold front expected to bring a blanket of snow

Are you looking for a snow trip? You might be in luck. Two cold fronts are going to be hitting the country on Monday‚ according to Storm Report South Africa‚ a community weather organisation based in Bloemfontein‚ Free State. A weaker…

BCM’s infrastructure portfolio head Ncedo Kumbaca Picture: FILE/ALAN EASON

BCM to host international investors for Brics event

Buffalo City Metro says it’s all systems go as they prepare to roll out the red carpet for more than 400 high-powered foreign guests in the next two weeks. They are delegates from the five Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China…

Mbeki celebrates his 76th birthday

Today is the 76th birthday of former president, Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki, as the successor of Nelson Mandela, was elected as the second democratic president on June 14th 1999 and resigned the position on September 24th 2008. Mbeki is one of…