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.
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.