South Africa
Wednesday 24 July 2019 marked exactly a year to go before the world’s biggest multi-coded sporting spectacle, the 2020 Olympic Games, gets underway in Tokyo, Japan. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) joined the rest of the world in celebrating this big milestone, in a launch event that was held at the […]
Today, Brand South Africa and the South African Consulate in Hong Kong, hosted a business breakfast to enhance the country’s Nation Brand reputation through positioning South Africa as an attractive investment destination. Coinciding with the anniversary of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “new dawn,” and renewal of business and investor confidence in South Africa, the business breakfast presented […]
The Oliver Tambo Centenary Memorial Lecture, planned by the Foundation, will celebrate the life of Tambo, who famously said: “It is our responsibility to break down barriers of division and create a country where there will be neither Whites nor Blacks, just South Africans, free and united in diversity” – and lived to make those […]
The South African u20 Men’s National Team (Amajita) will be without captain Tercious Malepe in their opening match of the 2017 CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations when they take on Cameroon on Monday, 27 February 2017 at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, Zambia. Malepe will be serving his one match suspension following the second […]
The Minister of Sport and Recreation South Africa Mr. Fikile Mbalula has learned about the passing of former Springbok scrumhalf Mr. Joost van der Westhuizen. “The passing of Joost is a sad chapter in South African sporting history. His contribution to our national rugby team was immense. He leaves behind a generation of athletes who […]
The ANC in Parliament commends the Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board in completing the first phase of its Inquiry into the SABC Board. The Ad Hoc adopted its interim report today which will be sent out to respondents for comment. The report will also be available to the public on the website of […]
The Minister of Sport and Recreation in South Africa Mr. Fikile Mbalula, MP, met the Boards of ASA, CSA, NSA, SAFA and SARU at his Pretoria Office on the 20th of May. In attendance at the meeting was also the CEO of SASCOC, Mr Tubby Reddy as an implementing partner of the Transformation Charter Sports Barometer […]
Adrian Chama scored a hat-trick to aid Zambia to a 4-2 win over Tunisia in their Group A opener on Friday at the Ellis Park Indoor Stadium, Johannesburg. Chama broke the deadlock on nine minutes with a powerful shot halfway. The lead will only last for two minutes before Bilel Ajmi drew level. Ajmi shot […]
The unprecedented events that occurred in 2015 have impacted upon FIFA’s financial results, however the organisation’s healthy reserves have allowed it to weather the storm. FIFA is confident that the reforms underway will help to restore trust with commercial partners and achieve the budget goals for the 2015-2018 cycle, which have been adjusted to reflect […]
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has strongly condemned acts of hooliganism at match venues and the behaviour of a faction of supporters at some fixtures. PSL acting Chief Executive Mato Madlala, said the League is concerned about sporadic acts of hooliganism resulting in violence at Premier Division fixtures. Madlala said the PSL continues to work […]