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Maphaka gets a Proteas call-up

Recent SA Under-19 World Cup star Kwena Maphaka and Dolphins all-rounder Jason Smith have received their first call-ups to the Proteas T20 senior team for the three-match series against the West Indies later this month.

Hamstring injury forces Stokes out

England captain Ben Stokes (right) has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a torn hamstring and will miss the Test series against Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced.

Xander puts Paris to bed

Xander Schauffele (above) will try to set aside Paris Olympics heartbreak as he plays alongside gold medalist Scottie Scheffler in the first two rounds of the PGA Tour play-offs.

Double United scoop

Manchester United have signed Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.

EPL legal cases create uncertainty’

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters (right) admits the legal cases facing Manchester City and other top-flight teams have created \"uncertainty and frustration\" ahead of the new season.

Post-Mbappe era underway

Paris While France basks in the glow of the dazzling Paris Olympics, French football is trying to shake off a hangover from its own disastrous summer as the first Ligue 1 season of the post-Kylian Mbappe era begins this weekend.

Tax boost for electric cars

'Attractive' incentive effective 1 March, 2026 will support local EV production.

Chamber mulls lawsuit

Carbon-reduction discriminates against Africans with no access to electricity.

JOMBA! dance, dance, dance

SA, international choreographers and dancers descend on Durban.

Can mall buy time?

For Accelerate, everything hinges on it turning the asset around.

SA is better off with fewer cops

Should we have fewer police officers, or do we need more? Budgets are tight, which means spending on everything, including manpower, needs to offer a better return on investment.

Half-billion children at risk of deadly heat stress

Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year or more than their grandparents did, the UN said on Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences.

Horse trainers fined for positive drug tests

Three winning horses in June tested positive for prohibited substances in their blood and their trainers have been handed hefty fines by the National Horseracing Authority (NHA).

What chance of justice in VBS?

Lack of progress in arresting suspected politicians a concern.

Entrepreneur transforms lives of the deaf through farming

The Bekkersdal Agripark in Randfontein is home to five cooperative farming groups, including the Voice Out Deaf Cooperative, led by Matebogo Victoria, a female entrepreneur with a hearing disability.

Probe into boxer's gender row

Athlete's lawyer sues for online harassment in 'fight for justice'.

MK party's star fading fast

Job scheme for the Zuma family and their associates, says political analyst.

The man behind Dricus' success

Although Dricus du Plessis will be the man stepping into the octagon early on Sunday morning (SA time), it is the men behind the scenes that keep the champion on his toes.

New-look Boks seek bonus point

Rookie Springbok prop Jan-Hendrik Wessels says this week’s newlook team will be going all out to replicate what last weekend’s side did to the Wallabies in Brisbane – win 33-7 and bank a bonus point.

Burnley begin with convincing win

London Burnley began life back in English football's second tier with a convincing 4-1 win at Luton on Monday as manager Scott Parker (right) marked his first game in charge of the Clarets with a convincing victory.

Rivals given some hope

Manchester City's grip on the Premier League title has reached an unprecedented four years but off-field doubts surround the English champions ahead of the new season.

'Miles more valuable'

On 15\" of each month, discount across its partner network is doubled.

Greece battles monster wildfire

Greece battled a massive wildfire near Athens for a third day yesterday, with hundreds of European firefighters due to join the effort to contain the deadly blaze that has scorched parts of the capital's suburbs.

Nation where beetles help combat trash build-up scourge

In the far-flung Colombian highlands, beetles are the secret weapon in an innovative project to combat the ever-growing problem of trash build-up.

Turning waste into fabric

Waste that littered streets used to insulate homes.

Hlophe shouldn't have been a judge

There must be something wrong with a system if a judge who was dishonourably dismissed by parliament is allowed by the same parliament to participate in the appointment of judges.

Hunger stalks Lesotho

Govt declares national disaster after low crop yields in kingdom.

Dashed dreams of family on doomed Brazil flight

Boarding Voepass flight 2283 with her four-year-old son and her mother, Josgleidys Gonzalez had embarked on a long trip that was to take them to her native Venezuela and then onward to Colombia.

Local is lekker for viewers

Over 84000 hours of content, 12% increase year on year.

Family's trauma over pupil's death

Police probe into murder of Cape schoolgirl is in best hands MEC.