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The most critical aspect of the Sharks’ comeback defeat of Clermont in the Challenge Cup semi-final is they managed the win despite their chief weapon misfiring.

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin has expressed his desire to use his side’s confidence-boosting draw against Stellenbosch to blow away Kaizer Chiefs, who are next on their agenda.

The Premier Soccer League is heading to the business end and the race for the top eight promises to entertain.

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has reiterated that Stellenbosch FC remain in the driving seat in the race for CAF Champions League football next season.

A 34-year-old man was arrested and appeared in court for three cases including tampering with essential infrastructure this week.

The DA lit up the South African flag in an election advert, and that’s a big deal. But it’s not the sort of big deal that the media is making it out to be.

An employee of the North West Parks and Tourism Board was scheduled yesterday to appeared in the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested in connection with the theft of 51 rhino horns.

The eThekwini Municipality has moved into top gear by encouraging more and more previously disadvantaged communities to take the gap and bid online for 245 motor vehicles, mainly trucks, bakkies, vans and cars – and as well as assisting the bidders with online registration

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The death this week of an ailing Durban-based manager of one of the city’s top professional football teams, Berea FC, has stoked nostalgia and déjà vu of the halcyon days of the push to play non-racial sports under the shadowy yoke of apartheid, among dozens of former officials, players and fan following on social media.

A good Samaritan has been hailed for using a rescue torpedo buoy to save a man’s life during a near-drowning incident this week.

The demand for affordable, well- located housing across our province and South Africa far outstrips the supply, and the reality is that our provincial budget from the national government does not match the scale of our needs. Our budget is, in fact, shrinking due to the financial crisis in which the national government finds itself.

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has tightened up security ahead of its rally which will take place at Curries Fountain in Durban on Saturday.

I am responding to Professor Jonathan Jansen’s article, “UWC farce in selecting VC and UCT’s candidate list alarming”, which appeared in the Daily Dispatch (April 18, 2024) and in other publications.

A 36-year-old Chinese national –wanted by police in connection with a mass shooting incident in Durban North recently – was arrested while trying to flee the country, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.

The DA eThekwini leadership conducted an oversight visit to the City’s Northern Wastewater Treatment Works which is being rehabilitated following years of neglect and damage by the 2022 floods.

Real Madrid turned to the same old story in the Champions League, and even though Bayern Munich knew all the words, they were powerless to stop the kings of Europe pulling off another improbable and yet inevitable comeback.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has argued that the requested postponement of the national elections later this month would cost the country more than R500 million.

After being forced to play catch-up for the past month, Manchester City have the chance to exert some added pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race when they kick off the weekend’s action at Fulham tomorrow.

A Grade 11 KwaZulu-Natal pupil won a gold medal and a Grand Award certificate in the International Science Technology Engineering Competition (Istec) held in Bali, Indonesia.

The Bulls could have been second on the United Rugby Championship log by now had they beaten Munster, but it’s no use crying over spilt milk.

Hope Ntanzi

A SAUNA, a mother’s room, and a nursery including a bar are some of the features that will be included by Parliament when the National Assembly is reconstructed and upgraded at a cost of more than R2 billion.

The Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (Hawks) are closing in on a group of people allegedly linked to the kidnapping of a businessman in the Eastern Cape in November.

Chefs around the world are using foraged ingredients to add exciting, fresh and eco-friendly flavours to their menus.

On Monday, a five-storey building collapsed in George. Sadly, seven workers have died and 29 have been rescued so far, with many dozens of workers still unaccounted for. As a structural engineer with more than 10 000 structural design studies under my belt, the question arises whether computer programmes can replace experience in structural engineering.

A gravely ill, up-country youngster was thrilled beyond words when he got the chance to live out his dream in Durban yesterday.

PROPERTY in Cape Town has become unaffordable for ordinary Capetonians.