The press ombud has dismissed a complaint against the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> arising from an article about Brett Kebble coaching Fikile Mbalula.
Deputy Press Ombudsman Johan Retief has dismissed a complaint by Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula against the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
The South African Football Association will pay R5-million for the trademark to the national team’s nickname, Bafana Bafana.
The ANCYL was taking no risks on security at its national congress yesterday.
The South African Institute for Drug Free Sport has launched an anti-doping initiative after an increase in the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Minister of Sport Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday he still wants the country to bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Through the advent of democracy in 1994 to the present day, the ANC Youth League has been dogged by controversy after controversy.
ANC members in the Western Cape claim that around 20 party members have been actively campaigning for Mbalula to replace Mantashe in 2012.
Sports minister Fikile Mbalula will be taking his foot off the accelerator for a while to allow him to recover from his collapse and hospital visit.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula collapsed at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but an official says he has recovered and will be at work on Thursday.
Somebody must take responsibility for the open toilets in the ANC’s Viljoenskroon municipality in the Free State, says ANCYL president Julius Malema.
There is increasing anxiety and anger among top ANC leaders over the party’s faltering municipal election campaign.
Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has called for less infighting and corruption in national sporting federations.
A transformation charter which will apply to all sports organisations is being drawn up, Fikile Mbalula said on Wednesday.
Safa will change the name of the national soccer team, according to the company that owns the rights to the use of the Bafana Bafana trademark.
Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was one of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s earliest mentors, coaching him on what to say and how to say it.
South Africa’s sports administrators must take responsibility for a lack of transformation, Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula said.
ANC Youth League deputy president Andile Lungisa appears to have withdrawn from the race for the league’s presidency.
Minister Fikile Mbalula has told the top brass at Cricket SA not to allow their dispute to affect the national team ahead of the World Cup.
Sports minister Fikile Mbalula has warned national cricket captain Graeme Smith not to take sides in a South African cricket power struggle.
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/ 19 January 2011
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has congratulated Cricket South Africa on the team selected for the Cricket World Cup on the sub-continent next month.
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/ 10 January 2011
The department of sports and recreation is devising a plan for sports development in the country, Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Monday.
The opening of the ANC’s new provincial office highlights the complex relationship between the party and the businesspeople who keep it afloat.
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/ 14 December 2010
Several prominent speakers failed to show up at the controversial World Youth Festival, with organisers saying none of them confirmed attendance.
Leaked WikiLeaks reports say ANC Youth League president Julius Malema put pressure on Fikile Mbalula to support Jacob Zuma.
New sports minister Fikile Mbalula said he intends rooting out corruption and would call for more money to be injected into the sector.
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/ 5 November 2010
Questionable Cabinet moves show that improved service delivery was the last thing on Zuma’s mind.
The ANC Youth League may be have been defeated at the ANC’s national general council, but the loss was far from permanent, an analyst said on Friday.
ANC national organiser Fikile Mbalula tells <b>Mandy Rossouw</b> that those who think president Jacob Zuma will be recalled are dreaming.
<i>M&G</i> political editor <b>Rapule Tabane</b> predicts who the key players will be at the African National Congress national general council (NGC).
About 50% of South Africa’s crime is committed in Gauteng, the new Gauteng police commissioner, Mzwandile Petros, said on Monday.
The Presidency has announced corruption probes into several government departments — including the South African Police Services.