When do we cry ‘privacy’ and when do we feel we can legitimately scrutinise a leader’s personal life, asks <b>Eusebius McKaiser</b>.
What Fikile Mbalula does in his private life should not matter to the South African public, says <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
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/ 31 October 2011
Twitter had mixed reactions about reports of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s affair with a model. Here’s how it played out.
In the aftermath of reports of an extramarital affair, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he’s apologised to his wife, and refuses to be blackmailed.
Fikile Mbalula says he will not respond to a <i>City Press</i> story implicating him in a sex scandal after failing to buy more time to comment.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula ran out of time to comment on a <i>City Press</i> story implicating him in a sex scandal on Saturday.
Who survives and who emerges victorious in Mangaung’s ANC electoral conference in 2012 will be determined by what happens in the next few months.
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/ 28 October 2011
The main concerns of the gathered appeared to be employment, protecting Malema from persecution and desire for the election of new leadership.
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/ 27 October 2011
South Africa’s sports ministry has roped in concerned parties around the country to help resolve transformation issues.
The ANC has said any pronouncements by its youth league about who it is backing in the party’s leadership succession race are "void of impact".
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/ 21 October 2011
In the countdown to the ANC’s elective conference nothing can be taken at face value.
Fikile Mbalula is on fire, taking on both Safa and CSA in the past week. But how long is he for the world of sport, wonders <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>
The acting head of Parliament’s portfolio committee on sport wants Sascoc to aid Cricket SA deal with its Indian Premier League bonus scandal.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will deliver his views on the cricket and soccer governing bodies when he speaks to Parliament on Tuesday.
Despite receiving threats over the CSA debacle, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he can’t let the matter go, lest the entire country fall apart.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will appoint a committee to look into a KPMG audit’s findings against Cricket South Africa.
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, Fikile Mbalula has told the Boks that as children of warrior men and women, victory is the only certainty.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will soon convey his final decision on a funds misappropriation scandal in CSA to Sascoc.
President Zuma’s supporters are moving to consolidate his power in Luthuli House and in strategic provinces ahead of the party’s elective conference.
South Africans should focus their attention on the Springboks and not on issues like transformation in rugby, Fikile Mbalula has said.
Charges against Julius Malema that could see him removed as youth league president have set off an intense battle for control of the ANC.
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/ 1 September 2011
Fans in green and gold lined the streets of Sandton to bid farewell to the Springboks as they depart for New Zealand ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
Sport ministry staff deny trashing a luxury hotel suite booked in the name of President Jacob Zuma at the sports awards ceremony at Sun City.
The SA Sports Awards in Sun City made a comeback on Sunday with the "razzmatazz" promised</a> by Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula.
The ANC Youth League is considering strident action in defence of its beleaguered leaders, but the ruling party will not take a revolt lying down.
South Africa has put an end to rumours by saying it will not reconsider a bid for the 2020 Olympics, but will lobby for the 2024 Games instead.
The relaunch of the sports awards will not come cheap and promises to be a glitzy event, says Minister of Sports and Recreation Fikile Mbalula.
An alleged racial incident between two rugby teams should not be allowed to damage the image of rugby in South Africa, says Fikile Mbalula.
The former head of the ANC Youth League, Fikile Mbalula, is beating a path that may lead right to the top using sport to help unite a nation.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula is likely to move further up the greasy pole if, as is strongly rumoured, President Jacob Zuma shuffles his Cabinet.
The appointment of Mac Maharaj as President Jacob Zuma’s new spokesperson caught many in the government and the ANC by surprise.
After a successful World Cup, SA will be back in the sports spotlight when Durban hosts the biggest Olympic gathering in Africa in more than 70 years.