Two large wheelchair wheels and two dustbin wheels. Wooden planks, bearings, rods and nails. These are the materials children have used in Gugulethu to build go-karts to race through the township streets. They did so as part of a two-day competition, New Race Go-Kart Tournament, which ran in Gugulethu over the weekend. Hosted by Nulife […]

South Africa has come out tops – out of 31 countries! – with an amazing 26 Gold medals at the Biathle-Triathle World Championships, which was held over the last four days in Madeira, Portugal. UIPM World Pentathlon said: “The battle for medal supremacy was an all-African affair as South Africa and Egypt shone across almost […]

David Miller and Aiden Markram hit half-centuries to lead South Africa to a five-wicket win over India in Perth on Sunday. It puts the Proteas in pole position for a semi-final berth at the T20 World Cup, although they’re not getting over-confident. Markram says: “We’ve still got a massive game against Pakistan and we’ve got […]

Team SA athletes will be richly rewarded for their awesome performance at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Games. SASCOC will be rewarding Team SA’s 27 medallists and their coaches through incentives funded by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). Breakdown of the allocations: Athletes’ incentives: Gold- R100 000, per athlete Silver- R 50 000, […]

Former Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu earned their first Springbok call-ups on Friday, while there was a recall for Jason Jenkins, who is back in the national set-up four years after making his Test debut, as head coach Jacques Nienaber named his 35-man squad to represent South Africa in the Castle Lager […]

A primary school learner from Somerset West (less than an hour from Cape Town) is representing South Africa at the Biathle-Triathle World Championships which kicks off in Madeira, Portugal today. Almost 2,000 messages of support have poured in for young Cameron Hodge from Beaumont Primary School in the Western Cape. The school called it an […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former Australia cricket captain Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball-tampering in the match that immediately followed the infamous 2018 Newlands test which saw the Australian team engulfed in the ‘Sandpaper-gate’ scandal. Paine, who stepped down from the captaincy late last year and withdrew from cricket for nearly a year, has […]

The Springboks will line up against the New Zealand at Twickenham in England for only the second time ever when they clash in a Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture on Friday, 25 August 2023 – two weeks before the international extravaganza kicks off in France, where South Africa will attempt to defend their crown as […]

Everyone loves winning. Everyone loves to watch their team win. But what we all love most is seeing our team having FUN while competing – win or lose. And no one is better at having fun than South Africans! By Sine Thieme.  With life returned to (almost) normal this October of 2022, the Friends of […]

South African teen swimmer Matthew Sates has begun the FINA World Cup season exactly where he left off last year when Matt was crowned overall winner. FINA said on Sunday night: “?? Matthew Sates restarts the World Cup season from where he left last year… WINNING ALL! With 58.3 points (Matt) is the rankings leader of […]

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to race in Cape Town, South Africa for the first time on 25 February 2023, following approval at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting yesterday. Cape Town joins Hyderabad, India, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, as new cities scheduled to hold races in Season 9 of […]

British-South African endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh – who is currently swimming across the Red Sea (the first person to ever do so!) – has swum into Sharm El-Sheikh with an urgent message for world leaders, who will be gathering at the Egyptian resort in three week’s time for this year’s crucial UN Climate Summit (COP27). […]

South African swimmers Matt Sates and Chad le Clos have their sights set on this year’s FINA World Cup in Berlin, Germany, later this month. The overall prize money is $1.2-million, before even factoring in for bonuses. At just 19-year-old, Matt is last year’s FINA World Cup overall defending champion with 18 medals. Last year […]

Cradock – Andy Birkett and Bridgitte Hartley were crowned SA K1 River champions after wrapping up victories in the men’s and women’s races at the 40th Fish River Canoe Marathon on Saturday. By Dave Macleod. A week after he won the world marathon title, Birkett showed his class and form as he added another four […]

South African professional Motocross and Enduro racer Bradley Cox has won the final stage (Stage 5) in the legendary Rallye du Maroc Rally 2 class today. Posting from Agadir in Morocco, Bradley said he is “over the moon” to have grabbed the final stage win. Moving up from 15th to come tenth overall for the […]

Siya Kolisi is going back to grassroots to level the playing field for the future of rugby in South Africa. The Springbok captain aims to celebrate his own heritage and give back to his beloved sport through Red Bull Roots, a multi-year partnership with the Kolisi Foundation that aims to empower the next generation of young […]

Tributes have poured in for legendary former Comrades Marathon champion, Samuel Tshabalala who died on Sunday at the age of 65. Samuel – the first black person to win the Comrades – was a trailblazer who ended Bruce Fordyce’s eight-year winning streak, and inspired so many runners across the country to enter the famous race. […]

Ponte de Lima, Portugal – South Africa’s Andy Birkett delivered a marathon racing masterclass as he became the 2022 world champion, winning a thrilling senior men’s K1 gold medal at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships on the Lima River on Saturday afternoon. Birkett had to fight to stay in contention during the early part […]

Thirty years after their epic 10,000m Olympic final, and the highly symbolic victory lap, South Africa’s Elana Meyer and Ethiopia’s Derartu Tulu met again in Barcelona. After a private visit to the Olympic Museum and a press conference, the two athletes returned to the stadium which was the theatre of their triumph, taking photos on […]

Grand Final day is huge in Australia. Ask any South African expat. But this year the AFL (Australian Football League) has attracted worldwide attention, with a sweet moment between the winning captain and a beautiful fan captured on film, after the Geelong Cats were crowned premiership winners. Watch below as the team’s captain, Joel Selwood […]

The Springboks finished the Castle Lager Rugby Championship like they started it, with a win – this time by 38-21 (halftime 17-7) over Argentina – but they unfortunately failed to score the points needed to dethrone New Zealand as champions of the Southern Hemisphere, in front of a packed house of 45,982 people at Hollywoodbets […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch in SA (Sunday 25 September) on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from Tuesday 27 September if you’re abroad. Formula 1 in SA Ours is a country with a deep love of motorsports – from the first Grand Prix in East London […]

The Springboks are determined to make Heritage Day extra special for their South African fans on Saturday when they battle it out with Argentina for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title in front of a packed Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban. Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said the team would tune in to watch the clash […]

Thirty years ago, on a hot, humid August night in Barcelona, Elana Meyer and Derartu Tulu combined to create one of the most iconic moments in Olympic Games history. Now the two are getting together to celebrate that piece of history for the first time since that embrace and lap of honour reverberated around the […]

On Saturday 17 September, 44 determined individuals united in a grueling summit for a worthy cause. The Rhino Peak in the Southern Drakensberg – a 21km hike/run with over 1,300m of vertical climb – was their mission; and raising funds for rhinos, vultures, and cranes was their driving force.  The top finishers A beautiful albeit […]