Japanese star and Rugby World Cup 2019 fan favourite Yu Tamura has slotted an incredible drop goal from a goal-line dropout, sparking memories of Springbok  flyhalf Jannie de Beer. ALSO READ | Rugby World Cup legends head-to-head: Bryan Habana vs Jonah Lomu Tamura landed the drop goal in the first half of last weekend’s Japan Rugby League One semi-finals. Despite the distance […]

Legendary South African coach Ans Botha has left an indelible mark on SA athletics in a career spanning over 50 years. Olympics.com recently honoured Botha with an in-depth interview in which the 81-year-old said her enjoyment of coaching “is only getting stronger”. Here are some of the highlights from the interview: Ans is best known […]

World 400-metre track champion Wayde van Niekerk may have missed out at the annual IAAF Awards ceremony in Monaco on Friday but every cloud has a single lining! South Africa’s Olympic champion and 400m world record-holder Van Niekerk lost out to Qatar high jumper Mutz Essa Barshim for the Male Athlete of the Year Award […]

South African great-grandmother Anna Botha (74) – more fondly known as Tannie Ans – is grabbing headlines around the world for her phenomenal and inspirational role in Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk’s life – as his coach!!! Today Wayde paid tribute to Botha – crediting her for being the driving force behind his incredible record-breaking […]

Springbok prop Vincent Koch became the 49th player to play 50 Tests for South Africa when he ran out against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Springboks maintained their ‘perfect’ record in Rugby World Cup finals, winning for the fourth time in Paris on Saturday.

The Springboks will play in their fourth Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, 28 October against the All Blacks in Paris.

The Springboks will face the All Blacks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday, 28 October.

H.H. Castens was captain for the Springboks on 30 July 1891 in their first ever Test against the touring British Isles team at Crusaders Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth. ALSO READ | Change in venue for U18 Craven Week Felix and Morné du Plessis are the only father-son combination to have captained South Africa. John Smit […]

These are some of the best local hits to stream on Showmax in March. A special shout out to the documentaries, which are on a roll at the moment. Blind Ambition, Rise: The Story Kolisi Story, Girl, Taken, and Stella Murders. ADULTING S1 | Showmax Original | Mondays from 20 March 2023 Set in Johannesburg, Adulting […]

Showmax is launching Season 3 of its biggest show ever – The Wife – this Thursday, Season 3 of SA’s award-winning Best Comedy – Tali’s Joburg Diary – next Friday, and the streaming service’s best crime series yet – Donkerbos – nearer the end of the month. All are available for South Africans abroad (in […]

Halala! Showmax remains the best place to stream South African content, according to the 2022 SAFTAs. Content on Showmax won 45 awards, more than half of the content prizes given out over the weekend, and the most by far of any streaming service. Showmax Originals alone won 17 SAFTAs, the most of any channel or […]

Olympic 400m champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk is parting ways with beloved Tannie Ans Botha to head off to the United States where he will step up his preparations ahead of defending his title at the Tokyo Olympics later this year. The 28-year-old continued his comeback from a serious knee injury suffered […]

About 300 farmers and supporters gathered outside Parliament on Sunday morning to protest against farm murders and farm fires. Holding white crosses, a group marched to Parliament chanting “die boere kom! (the farmers are coming!)” while others arrived on motorcycles and their vehicles. In July a similar protest took place. “The farmers are the reason […]

No fewer than 15 Springboks – with a combined total of 522 Test caps worth of experience between them – have opted to return to South Africa in the last year. First to have their passports stamped by local customs were JP Pietersen and Ruan Pienaar, who returned to South Africa last year during the […]

Wayde van Niekerk’s return to full fitness gathered momentum as he won another two races, this time in the 100 and 200m, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, at the weekend. Four years ago the South African superstar smashed the Olympic and world 400m records of 43.18 set by American Michael Johnson in 1999 when he clocked […]

The man who produced one of the greatest performances in athletics history in 2016 is back! South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk continued his return from a career-threatening knee injury suffered in 2017 with a low-key win in Bloemfontein. The win itself, in a hand-timed 10.20sec in a 100m race on grass at a University of […]

South African athletics star Wayde van Niekerk presented the Springboks with their matchday jerseys on the eve of their Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder and Olympic champion, delivered a short and inspirational message to the team on Friday morning. “We as […]

South Africa’s Olympic gold medallists Wayde van Niekerk and Caster Semenya were the big winners at the South African Sports Awards Sunday night, with Wayde winning yet another car and a million rand (half of which will be given to charity). The two sports stars were praised for taking South African sports’ excellence to another level […]

As the curtain on the 2016 Rio Olympics comes down, GARY LEMKE from Team SA gives his verdict on South Africa as they return with their best Olympics haul since isolation and equalling the 10 medals from Antwerp (1920) and Helsinki (1952). THE TOP 10 PERFORMERS 1. Wayde van Niekerk (400m) You don’t upstage Usain Bolt on a […]

Ten days ago he waved the flag for Team South Africa as the world looked on at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio. Sunday saw Wayde van Niekerk ruling the world as he raced to gold in the 400-metre track event, earning South Africa’s first track gold medal since re-admission to world […]

Jean de Villiers remarkable road to recovery will continue on Saturday when he will captain a Springbok side – also featuring the return of Pieter-Steph du Toit and Siya Kolisi – in the match-23 for the first time since 2013, when South Africa host Argentina at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban. De Villiers, who suffered […]

Here’s the video (below) behind what has to have been the photo of the week…when Joost van der Westhuizen visited the All Blacks during a rugby training session in South Africa this week. The All Blacks take on the Springboks right now at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. (Go Bokke!!!!) Let’s hope the Springboks perform as well as they did […]

A comprehensive timeline of the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, activist, political prisoner, president of South Africa, statesman and world icon of peace and justice. 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s 18 July 1918 – Nelson Mandela is born in Mvezo, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. His mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was one of four wives of his father, Gadla Henry […]

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Mother’s Day competition who have each won a R200 Voucher from NetFlorist & NetGifts for a gift delivered to their mom anywhere in South Africa: Maud Mthethwa, Devri Addison and Gerhard Walkinshaw Read some of the dedications to special South African Moms below. For a wonderful South African mom in Newbury, Berkshire, UK… To […]