KwaZulu Natal club Royal AM is reportedly now in new hands following a recent auction. Local publication Sportswire has confirmed Durban businessman Chockalingam “Roy” Moodley has won the bid, taking over from businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize, whose financial troubles with the SA Revenue Service (SARS) led to the SARS curator putting the club at auction. Details around the sale are still sketchy, but it’s believed the club could have fetched around R25 million as SARS attempted to recover approximately R40 million…

The recent deregistration of Athletics South Africa (ASA) by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has unveiled a disturbing narrative of administrative incompetence and negligence. This development tarnishes South African athletics’ reputation and jeopardises the careers of countless athletes who depend on these institutions for guidance and support. ASA’s deregistration, as reported by Sunday World, stems from its failure to comply with statutory obligations, including the timely submission of annual returns . This blatant disregard for compliance has stripped…

Royal AM’s days are numbered as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to sell the club in just eight days. Since January this year, SARS has placed Royal Andile Mpisane Football Club under curatorship to collect on a large tax bill from the club’s president, businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize. Mkhize reportedly owes SARS over R40 million, and with Royal AM linked to her family trust, the club will be sold to recoup some of the money. In a public…

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has taken a major decision on Royal AM. The KwaZulu-Natal club has been expelled from the 2025 Nedbank Cup, which paves the way for Milford FC and Sekhukhune United to battle it out for a place in the Ke Yona Quarter-finals. “The NSL Executive Committee convened on Monday to consider further representations from the (SARS) Curator and management of Royal AM Football Club,” confirmed the League in a statement on Tuesday. “Having reviewed these representations,…

The case against two men accused of trying to kill Advocate Coreth Naude who was to preside over a SARS committee investigating the tax affairs of high-flying Durban businesswoman, Shauwn Mkhize and her son, Andile Mpisane has been postponed to December 30 this year.  The men, who cannot be named until they have pleaded, were nabbed in Cape Town after almost five months of investigation. Naude survived an assassination attempt on 18 July this year outside a hotel in Umhlanga,…

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) assisted by the police and other state agencies have raided the homes and businesses of businesswoman, Shauwn Mkhize (MaMkhize) in Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng.  The Hollywood style raids were undertaken at premises in Durban, Pietermaritzburg (where she owns farms) and Sandton in Johannesburg. The two state entities were raiding these homes and businesses as part of Mkhize’s R20 million debt to SARS. The SARS debt has spilled over to Mkhize’s son, Andile Mpisane, who owns…

As Limpopo school children are admitted to hospital for food poisoning, lobby group the Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa has called on South Africa’s intelligence community to get to the bottom of the crisis that has left scores of learners either killed or hospitalised.  The foundation’s Deputy Chairperson, Hendrick Makaneta, has taken a jab at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government, accusing it of being reactive to national crises.  This included matters of national importance, such as the food poisoning…

The success of public institutions is deeply rooted in their ability to plan with a long-term perspective, think in generational terms and execute mandates diligently. Put differently, the effectiveness and resilience of organisations hinge on their capacity to adapt, innovate and maintain a vision that transcends immediate challenges. A long-term approach ensures that national development programmes are not reactive but are designed to build sustainable systems that can produce substantive value.   In today’s South Africa, the transformation of the public…