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The Beautiful Game in all its splendour, ranging from our local PSL to the African continent and the top leagues around the world.

SA now has 493 183 confirmed Covid-19 cases with the death toll climbing to 8005.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said alcohol had a direct link to 1430 murders, 1294 attempted murders, 2859 rapes and 19843 cases of assault with intent to cause grievious bodily harm.

Norma Mngoma Gigaba, the wife of former finance minister Malusi Gigaba remains behind bars at the police cells of a Pretoria police station despite attempts by her lawyers and family to have her released.

Spare a thought for the nation's nanny, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (NDZ). When Mlangeni was laid to rest on Wednesday, South Africans had been unable to buy cigarettes (legally) for 125 days, thanks to the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs' abhorrence of smoking and her now ...

Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi told IOL that the woman had been charged with malicious damage to property and assault.

A source close to the family has revealed that Mngoma was charged with destruction of property and crimen injuria and is currently detained at Brooklyn police station in Pretoria.

While the motive behind the #ANCFriday trend may have started off with the best of intentions, tweeps were not having any of the ruling party's apparent plan to bolster their image in the public's eye.

KwaZulu-Natal is the most violent province in the country with the highest number of murders

Writer Alan Simmonds recounts his experience of testing positive twice for Covid-19 and being hospitalised with double pneumonia.