Sunday World Newspaper - Fundudzi Media

Broos gunning for victory at home and away against Congolese As Bafana Bafana resumes their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Congo Brazzaville in Group K, coach Hugo Broos says he wants to see the real South Africa. On Friday night, Bafana will play their first match against Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. The following Tuesday, they will travel to central Africa for the second leg of the match. Despite not losing their opening two games against Uganda and South Sudan last month, Bafana did not perform convincingly in either of those matches. They needed a last-minute goal from Thalente Mbatha to force a […]

Broos gunning for victory at home and away against Congolese As Bafana Bafana resumes their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Congo Brazzaville in Group K, coach Hugo Broos says he wants to see the real South Africa. On Friday night, Bafana will play their first match against Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. The following Tuesday, they will travel to central Africa for the second leg of the match. Despite not losing their opening two games against Uganda and South Sudan last month, Bafana did not perform convincingly in either of those matches. They needed a last-minute goal from Thalente Mbatha to force a […]

Mom proud after daughter Zoalise crowned Miss SA World Lizelle Jansen van Rensburg, the mother of the reigning queen, Miss World SA 2024, Zoalise Jansen van Rensburg, 18, is extremely proud of her daughter. Zoalise was announced as the winner of Miss World SA at the weekend. The elite event was held in Sun City, in the North West. Zoalise has always been a unique girl, according to her mother, who spoke to Sunday World. “She’s always been special, and today she made me very proud. She always does, from the day she was born,” said Lizelle. “She’s a blessing in my life, and I think she deserved to […]

Mom proud after daughter Zoalise crowned Miss SA World Lizelle Jansen van Rensburg, the mother of the reigning queen, Miss World SA 2024, Zoalise Jansen van Rensburg, 18, is extremely proud of her daughter. Zoalise was announced as the winner of Miss World SA at the weekend. The elite event was held in Sun City, in the North West. Zoalise has always been a unique girl, according to her mother, who spoke to Sunday World. “She’s always been special, and today she made me very proud. She always does, from the day she was born,” said Lizelle. “She’s a blessing in my life, and I think she deserved to […]

EFF MP chased out of police station during oversight visit Senior police officers in the North West have been accused of preventing an EFF MP from doing her job. This happened recently, while Sharon Letlape, a member of the portfolio committee on police, was conducting an unannounced oversight visit at two police stations in Rustenburg. Letlape faced hostility when she arrived at the Tlhabane and […]

MEC concerned over Limpopo hospice’s inhumane state A Limpopo woman who lost two of her grandmothers at a dilapidated old-age centre said the Vuthlari Old Age and Disability Centre could be another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen. Life Esidimeni relates to the Gauteng public health tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 144 mental health patients. Twenty-one other patients remain missing since […]

Top municipal official charged for giving car allowance to juniors A high-ranking official at Free State municipality has been charged with fraud for allegedly approving a car allowance for junior staff. Mangaliso Hlongwane, an employee at the Nketoana municipality, said the request for this illegal approval came from the chief financial officer, Jabu Makubu. The senior official is said to have ignored the expenditure manager’s […]

‘Senzo Meyiwa murder accused tired of solitary confinement’ The murder trial against five men accused of killing the late Bafana Bafana goalie Senzo Meyiwa resumed before the Pretoria High Court on Monday. This after a two-week recess. When the proceedings commenced, the legal team representing Mthobisi Mncube, the third accused in the murder trial, claimed that their client had been detained in solitary […]

KZN judge denies recusal took Zuma trial three years back KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge Petrus Arnolus Koen had to deal again with the issue of why he recused himself from the arms deal corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma and Thales during the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interviews on Monday.  Koen recused himself during the criminal trial proceedings at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in […]

MK Party boss Dr John Hlophe’s JSC nomination withdrawn Former Western Cape High Court judge president Dr John Hlophe has resigned from the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Hlophe steps down following intense court battles that saw him lose an urgent court interdict application against the JSC at the weekend. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) and party’s parliamentary leader and deputy president’s application to the Johannesburg High Court attempted to postpone the JSC meeting and interviews. The interviews for vacant positions for judges kicked off on Monday without Hlophe. The failed urgent court application came after the JSC rejected the MK Party’s request to postpone the October sitting, stating that the […]