Mosimane Hails Amajita Success as Foundation for Bafana’s Future

Pitso Mosimane believes Amajita’s back-to-back COSAFA Under-20 titles are evidence that South Africa’s football development structures are beginning to produce the next generation of players for Bafana Bafana.

Mosimane praised Raymond Mdaka and his young charges after they defeated hosts Mozambique 2-1 in Sunday’s COSAFA Under-20 final at ABB Stadium 1.

The victory secured another regional title for Amajita and also booked their place at the Africa Cup of Nations Under-20 tournament, continuing a run of successREAD MORE

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya will remain behind bars after his bail application was postponed to 7 October, as the State and defence continued to clash over allegations of witness interference, sexual offences and a newly added firearm charge.

Sibiya appeared before the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday, where his legal team continued cross-examining the investigating officer, Sergeant Nokukhanya Ndlovu.

He is facing six charges, including rape, three counts relating to sexual grooming, humanREAD MORE

Benni McCarthy arrived in Kenya carrying an impressive football pedigree: Bafana Bafana’s all-time leading goalscorer, a UEFA Champions League winner with Porto in 2004 and a former Manchester United first-team strikers’ coach, but his tenure with the Harambee Stars has been overshadowed by a difficult start to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.

Kenya are already guaranteed a place at the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations as co-hosts alongside South Africa’s neighbours Tanzania and Uganda, butREAD MORE

The procedure connected a surgeon remotely with a patient in Abuja, demonstrating new possibilities for advanced surgical care

Nigeria has performed its first tele-robotic surgery, enabling a surgeon to operate remotely on a patient in Abuja. The procedure involved a robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy to remove a kidney affected by a tumour and was carried out in real time using a robotic surgical console, reports News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), a partner of TV BRICS.

TheREAD MORE

People watch the sun rise in Fuyuan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 1, 2026. People celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in various ways on Thursday. (Photo by Li Yonguin/Xinhua)

People attend a flag-raising ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at Wuyi Square in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Oct. 1, 2026. People celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of theREAD MORE

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya’s formal bail application was rocked by a series of explosive allegations on Thursday, including claims that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with a 16-year-old girl, that people close to him attempted to contact a complainant and that his lawyer’s actions may have helped him avoid arrest.

The Randburg Magistrates’ Court heard detailed evidence from the investigating officer as the State continued opposing bail for the 59-year-old senior police officer, whoREAD MORE

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BRICS+ creative economy development models

According to the TV BRICS study “Creative economy: how culture, creativity and innovation influence finance and minds”, creative industries (CIs) support innovation, increase the competitiveness of cities, contribute to sustainable developmentREAD MORE

BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — A grinning “boy” in sleek VR goggles stretches out his arm, pointing a finger forward. The plant sculpture in central Beijing has become a popular photo spot, with visitors striking the same pose as the “boy” for the camera.

The sculpture is one of 10 themed floral displays installed along a roughly 6-km stretch of Chang’an Avenue, Beijing’s main east-west thoroughfare, ahead of the National Day holiday, which begins on Oct. 1. ItREAD MORE

Diplomat Kirill Logvinov speaks about the implementation of UN goals and Russia’s cooperation with its BRICS partners

Russia and the BRICS countries can shape a unifying sustainable development agenda for the period beyond 2030. This was stated by Kirill Logvinov, Director of the Department of International Organisations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, on the BRICS Dialogue programme.

According to him, Russia is making consistent progress in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Extreme povertyREAD MORE

The country is developing the high-value-added manufacturing sector

The Egyptian authorities expect the country’s economy to grow by 5.2–5.4 per cent in the coming financial year. This forecast is based on the expansion of opportunities for the private sector, an improved investment climate and the economy’s ability to create new jobs. This was stated by Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Ahmed Rostom, according to Daily News Egypt, a partner of TV BRICS.

Rostom notedREAD MORE