ELLIS / POOL / AFP LONDON – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Edinson Cavani still has years left as a top striker and is keen to extend the Uruguayan’s contract at Old Trafford. The 33-year-old Uruguayan signed a one-year deal in September after months without a club since leaving Paris Saint-Germain. […]
The alcohol industry says it is worried after President Cyril Ramaphosa reinstated the ban on the sale, distribution, and transportation of alcohol. It says it understands the need to save lives, but the ban should be reviewed regularly. Ramaphosa says reckless behaviour by drunk people increases the spread of COVID-19 and that accidents […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa last night placed the country in an adjusted level 3 lockdown in a bid to flatten the curve of covid19 infections. South Africa has already passed the 1million infections mark. “We are at an extremely dangerous point in our fight against the pandemic.” Says the President in his address last night. Teary-eyed, […]
A botched cash-in-transit heist in Sebokeng on Monday morning around 10 am left a security guard and a bystander wounded and two vehicles burnt. The gunmen, who left without taking a cent from the burning cash van, fled on foot from the scene. Police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said the cash van was about […]
Berlin – Germany is considering banning flights from South Africa and Britain to prevent the spread of a new, more infectious coronavirus strain circulating in the two countries, a source close to the German health ministry told AFP on Sunday. Following the example of the Netherlands, where a ban on all passenger flights from the […]
Cape Town – The new Covid-19 variant spreading across the country is more contagious and appears to affect young people more than the previous strain and authorities warn additional restrictions may be necessary. The Health Department has confirmed that the mutated strain, known as SARS-CoV-2 or termed 501.v2 variant has “been identified in almost 200 […]
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp was once again left scratching his head after Premier League clubs voted once more against allowing five substitutes per side in each game, despite the condensed schedule. The German, who was crowned by FIFA as the best coach in men’s football on Thursday, has been a vocal critic of […]
Constance van Niekerk China’s Chang’e-5 moon probe has returned to planet Earth, landing in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), the official Xinhua news agency reported. It has brought back the first lunar samples since the 1970s. The return capsule touched down in Inner Mongolia in the early hours of Thursday […]
Constance van Niekerk Three Johannesburg police officers, Sergeant Voster Netshiongolo, Sergeant Simon Ndyalvane and Constable Caylene Whiteboy were arrested in connection with the Nathaniel Julies murder case and one of them, Netshiongolo has been granted bail. He was granted R10 000 bail at second attempt after it was initially denied. Nathaniel Julies, a […]
Constance van Niekerk Norma Gigaba (nee Mngoma) has spilled the beans on her marriage to estranged husband, Minister Malusi Gigaba in an exclusive interview with eNCA yesterday. She has revealed some very sensitive information about the Minister and his involvement with the Guptas. Apparently, Norma and the minister are currently going through divorce proceedings. […]