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By blocking many Africans from participating and attending, the US has made a mockery of FIFA’s apparent commitment to universal access, write Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo and Xhanti Mhlambiso in ISS Today.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced mandatory annual testosterone screening for troops 30 years old or above, an initiative he said was ‌aimed at combating testosterone deficiency that can undermine health.

Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made three changes to his side for Saturday’s Junior World Championship final against France in Tbilisi.

Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officer Adrian Mackenzie and his ex-colleague Kersha-Leigh Stols were each granted R5 000 bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Customers waiting for their order numbers to be called at the Hebron Mall Hungry Lion near Soshanguve always wait in anticipation - not just for their food, but in the hope that Themba Radebe, fondly known as Malome Lion, will do the calling.

Mark Tshuma and his family seemed to have it all, but their picture-perfect life was falling apart

The assault case of Nokwazi Ngonyama, the wife of veteran politician and South African ambassador to Japan Smuts Ngonyama, will finally resume after three years.

The state’s version of human rights is to terrify people into fleeing, herd them to the border under tents pitched in mud, let them cross with only what they can carry – then photograph the water being handed out and the mobile clinics parked nearby as “evidence” of a rights-based approach, write Rebecca Walker and Sharon Ekambaram.

As someone who could easily have played flank, former Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis is concerned how it may affect Jan-Hendrik Wessels’ development. But he’s impressed with how it has worked.

Double Rugby World Cup winner Kwagga Smith has found a new sense of appreciation for the Springboks while on the sidelines with a long-term injury.

The former finance head of Fair Cape Dairies has pleaded guilty to 171 counts of fraud and one count of money laundering.

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has confirmed that it has drafted regulations to allow affidavits to be signed and commissioned virtually.

The demise of the Scorpions and the SARS investigations unit is instructive when analysing the assault on IDAC. But the reasons for it might lie with CI and the Zondo archives, says Pieter du Toit.

When was the last time you saw an actual, whole guava in a South African grocery store, and not swimming in sugary syrup inside a tin, or blended into neon-pink juice, but a real, fresh guava resting peacefully among the apples and bananas?

US President Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at a decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to suspend the use of traffic stops after two fatal shootings in less than a week.

A golden opportunity to prosecute alleged gang leader Ralph Stanfield was squandered by SARS’ unaccountable two-year delay in laying criminal charges for tax evasion and fraud.

What is more important: That the president is not “humiliated” by having to account to Parliament about dollars stuffed in a couch? Or South Africans’ right to know if their first citizen belongs in orange overalls?

Senior Investigating Directorate Against Corruption investigator Brian Padayachee contends that Brigadier Dineo Mokwele would repay those who ensured her allegedly corrupt appointment by aiding in the “capture” of Crime Intelligence – but could not say when.

The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team has arrested a 35-year-old suspect in connection with the murder of EFF leader Monicca Dube.

The dollar slipped against major currencies on Wednesday ⁠after softer-than-expected US producer prices reinforced signs of easing inflation, bolstering the view that the Federal Reserve can remain patient on ⁠interest rates even as investors weighed renewed strikes on Iran.