Nine African Teams in World Cup Knockout Stage

The African continent remains well represented in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in North America, with ninety percent of the teams that qualified for the global showpiece still at the tournament.

Ten African teams qualified for the World Cup, and only Tunisia failed to make it past the group stage.

South Africa, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cape Verde, Algeria, Ghana, Egypt, DR Congo and Senegal have all made it through to the knockout phase, which represents 90% ofREAD MORE

Words matter. Definitions matter. Considering power relations, Toni Morrison hammers the nail on the head: “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”

The corollary equally holds, power belongs to the definers and not the defined. When they called us ‘non-whites’, they wrote our negation. Buried us in the grave of nobodies.

When we said ‘Black is beautiful’, we wrote our resurrection. We heaved back to life. We felt our feet depositing dignity on our land. This,READ MORE

The reigning PSL champions, Orlando Pirates, have added three more signings to their squad.

The Buccaneers have announced the acquisition of Neo Rapoo, Aphiwe Baliti and Matome Mmolai ahead of the 2026/27 season.

“The three players join the Buccaneers as the Club continues to strengthen the squad and invest in some of the country’s most promising talent,” stated the Soweto side.

Neo Rapoo

Rapoo joins the Club from Siwelele FC. The 20-year-old left-back is aREAD MORE

In 30 days, Africa’s premier women’s football competition, the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2026, will kick off in Rabat, Morocco.

The opening day of the competition is scheduled for 26 July at Moulay El Hassan Stadium, where hosts Morocco will face East African side Kenya.

Now in its 14th edition, Africa’s premier women’s football tournament continues to reflect the significant progress made in the women’s game across the continent, underpinned by CAF’s strategic commitment toREAD MORE

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a major legal victory after the Special Tribunal ordered the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and several other respondents to repay nearly R25 million that was unlawfully diverted from a National Lotteries Commission (NLC) grant intended to support sport development and South Africa’s 2016 Rio Olympic campaign.

The Tribunal ruled that the R24.98 million payment made by the NLC to SASCOC was unlawful and set the grant aside,READ MORE

FIFA World Cup 2022 semifinalists Morocco are capable of going all the way this time and winning the tournament, according to their head coach, Mohamed Ouahbi.

The Atlas Lions were in fine form in the previous edition hosted by Qatar four years ago, when they went all the way to the last four.

This time in North America, they have made it past the group stage and into the Round of 32. They will meet the NetherlandsREAD MORE

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has secured a court order freezing a luxury Hartbeespoort property worth approximately R6 million that is allegedly linked to corruption and money laundering involving Judge Portia Dipuo Phahlane.

The preservation order, granted by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, prevents the sale, transfer or disposal of the property while forfeiture proceedings are under way. The property has also been placed under the control of a curator bonis pending the outcome of the case.

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South African police have intensified preparations ahead of the planned anti-immigration demonstrations expected to take place across the country on 30 June, with Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia expected to inspect and address a major law enforcement parade at FNB Stadium on Friday afternoon as authorities enter the final phase of operational readiness.

The parade follows a week of high-level security engagements involving the South African Police Service (SAPS), intelligence structures, provincial police leadership and representatives of theREAD MORE

Alleged underworld figure and businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has pleaded guilty to all charges against him in the controversial SAPS Medicare24 tender corruption case, marking a major development in one of South Africa’s most closely watched corruption investigations.

Matlala appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Thursday, where it emerged that he had entered into a plea and sentence agreement with the State relating to fraud, corruption and money laundering charges linked to a multimillion-randREAD MORE

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has welcomed the conviction of Rassie Nkuna and former South African Police Service (SAPS) member Jacob Chego for the 2022 murders of Lucky Mogashoa and his pregnant wife, Sabeliwe Mogashoa.

The party said judgment, handed down by the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday, marks a major development in a case that has been linked to the criminal network allegedly responsible for the