Family members said Abu Nasr was shot dead by armed assailants in front of his business premises in Soweto. Relatives say that this is not an ordinary robbery but a premeditated murder. He alleges that he was murdered by hired killers. Members of the local Bangladeshi expatriate community said that despite strengthening their security, Abu […]
New Zealand’s Finn Allen scored the fastest century in T20 World Cup history in Kolkata on Wednesday, helping his team defeat South Africa by nine wickets to enter the final. Chasing 170 to win in the first semi-final, Allen scored an unbeaten 100 off just 33 balls, erasing Chris Gayle’s previous mark of 47 balls, […]
“I don’t think it’s as straightforward as being able to repeat it. We’ll try to bring our best game back.” South Africa suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the 2024 T20 World Cup final against India in Barbados when they needed 30 runs from 30 balls with six wickets in hand and lost by seven runs […]
Despite high hopes of sealing their place in the Super Eight stage of the tournament and ending their group campaign with a fourth successive win, South Africa's top order failed to dominate the bowling although opener Reeza Hendricks provided some stability to the innings with a 49-ball 43 (five fours, a six). Nepal bowlers looked […]
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto said his team was confident of winning the match against South Africa with batsman Jaquer Ali at the crease, however things did not go as planned in the last over of the match when they needed 11 runs from 6 balls. South Africa defeated Bangladesh in a thrilling last-ball encounter […]
Earlier, Bangladesh restricted South Africa to 113 for 6 with Taskin's 2 for 19 and support from Tanjim after Proteas skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bat first. South Africa were struggling at 23/4 at one stage but Klaasen and David Miller, who was celebrating his 35th birthday, put on 79 runs […]
Proteas captain Aiden Markram said his team had crossed the psychological barrier with the win over the Dutch side after their previous big defeat. “We knew they were always going to come up against us,” Markram said. “It's a game of cricket, after all. The history before this game was obviously that they had beaten […]
Ottneil Bartman's brilliant four-wicket haul helped South Africa restrict the Netherlands to 103 for nine in a T20 World Cup Group D match in New York on Saturday. Bartman took 4 wickets for 11 runs in four overs as South Africa dominated at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. Marco Jansen and Anrich Nortje took […]
South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first in their T20 World Cup Group D match against the Netherlands in New York on Saturday. South Africa have made no changes to their starting line-up after their first win over Sri Lanka, while the Netherlands are banking on the same team that beat Nepal […]
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told AFP the party was “currently in exploratory discussions… we are talking to everybody”. He said the ANC hoped to reach an agreement “as soon as possible”.Provocation? In an ominous sign of future discontent, Zuma's supporters in the often restive eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal paraded through the countryside in raucous celebratory […]
On Thursday, lawyers representing Pretoria presented the judges with a box of charges against Israel, including mass graves, torture and the deliberate blocking of humanitarian aid. Top lawyer Vusimuzi Madonsela said, “When we last appeared before this court, South Africa hoped that this genocidal process would be stopped in order to preserve Palestine and its […]
UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, said on Wednesday that 600,000 people had fled Rafah since the military operation intensified. “As the primary humanitarian hub for humanitarian assistance into Gaza, if Rafah falls, so does Gaza,” South Africa said in a submission to the court. “Blocking humanitarian aid can be seen as nothing […]