Violence at State of Nation address

Punches have been thrown in South Africa’s parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma. Members of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters’ party (EFF), all dressed in red, scuffled with security...

Brazil confirm Argentina friendly

Brazil will play Argentina in an international friendly on June 9 in Australia, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Thursday. “The stage for the game will be the Melbourne Cricket Ground, an arena with a capacity for 100 000 people,” the CBF...

Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach

Volunteers in New Zealand are racing to rescue survivors after more than 400 pilot whales beached themselves. About 300 have already died at Farewell Spit, on the South Island, in one of the worst such cases in the country. Hundreds of locals and conservation...

11 magistrates fired by JSC

Eleven magistrates have been fired for alleged professional misconduct. The accusations vary from corruption to reporting to work drunk. The Judicial Service Commission yesterday said it took into account the principles of natural justice in reaching its final...

Maradona given Fifa ambassadorial role

Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona has been handed an ambassadorial role by the game’s global governing body Fifa. “Now it’s official,” the 1986 World Cup winner said on his Facebook page on Thursday. “Finally I can fulfill one of...

Messi v Neymar ‘Superclasico’ heads to MCG

Lionel Messi’s Argentina will take on Neymar’s Brazil in a ‘Superclasico’ friendly in Melbourne in June, Australian officials said on Friday. The top two teams in the Fifa rankings will clash in the 100 000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground,...

Trump ,Trumped!

A US court unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order agenda a major defeat. The ruling from the federal appeals court in San...

Out of the mouth of babes… #All For God

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES… #AllForGod As usual they walk in studio a bit shy and I start making silent prayers, ‘God please make them talk when I switch on the microphone, because if they don’t, I might not make sense on air.’ I proceed with the normal...

I’ll never feel great-Tiger Woods

Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will “never feel great” again because of the number of injuries suffered during his career. Woods, 41, pulled out of the Dubai Desert Classic before the second round this month because of a back spasm. He only...