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/ 18 September 2009
The National Assembly’s sport committee has postponed its meeting with Athletics South Africa (ASA) scheduled for Tuesday.
The Freedom Front Plus wants ANC MP Butana Komphela investigated and prosecuted for corruption and blackmail, it said on Sunday.
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/ 13 October 2008
The South African Rugby Union has greeted with shock statements attributed to Luke Watson regarding South African rugby.
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/ 10 October 2008
The African National Congress came out strongly in support of the Springbok emblem on Friday, saying it did not want to see it replaced.
Rugby’s corporate sponsors and its hallowed symbol the Springbok have come under fire from delegates at the National Sports Indaba in Durban.
Funding and selection models for Olympic sporting codes are set to change in preparation for London 2012, the Mail & Guardian has been told.
The same logic that saw Thabo Mbeki replaced as party president should apply to those who seem to think they represent their own jackets.
The vessel, named the Adriatic Princess, was bought second-hand for R26-million by a Bloemfontein firm in which Komphela holds an interest.
The two-week public spat between Butana Komphela and Moss Mashishi was settled on Thursday.
SA’s leading sport entities resolved a spat over racism on Thursday. ”It’s important to put this cloud behind us,” said Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi.
National Assembly sport committee chairperson Butana Komphela and Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi appear to be trying to iron out their differences.
Sparks are expected when sport portfolio committee chairperson Butana Komphela and Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi meet on Tuesday.
Butana Komphela’s aggressive stance does not only have Sascoc calling his bluff. Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya goes behind the threats and allegations.
Recent statements by sports portfolio committee chairperson Butana Komphela do not reflect the committee’s views, UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says.
A showdown seems to be looming between Parliament’s sport and recreation committee and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee.
The ANC parliamentary caucus has bitten back at Sascoc for its remarks about Butana Komphela, the chair of the sports portfolio committee.
The DA has called on Parliament speaker Baleka Mbete to investigate what it calls ”unacceptable conduct” on the part of Butana Komphela.
Sascoc on the weekend slammed as slanderous and racist comments made by chairperson of Parliament’s sport portfolio committee Butana Komphela.
SA’s Olympics governing body is full of whites and Indians who don’t understand transformation and who lack vision, says Butana Komphela.
The year started on a post-Polokwane note that held out some hope for the opening up of political space and free debate.
Seldom has a friendly international meant so much to 2010 Soccer World Cup hosts South Africa as that against Paraguay on Wednesday. Underperforming Bafana Bafana need a win to silence a growing band of critics, led by Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile, Parliament sports committee chairperson Butana Komphela and several top first-division coaches.
The Mpumalanga Rugby Union will be hauled before Parliament’s portfolio committee on sports and recreation to explain why convicted murderer Gert van Schalkwyk was included in its team. Butana Komphela, chairperson of the committee, said on Tuesday that it was immoral of the Pumas rugby team to field a convicted killer.
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/ 27 February 2008
South Africa’s government threw its weight behind embattled Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Norman Arendse on Tuesday by calling for an increase in the number of black players in national teams. Arendse angered selectors and CSA chief executive Gerald Majola by vetoing the squad chosen by national selectors to tour Bangladesh.
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/ 16 November 2007
Premier Soccer League CEO Kjetil Siem may not be at the receiving end of the league’s R70-million commission payout controversy, but his wish to see a conclusion to the continuous saga and move on — because it ruins both the sponsor’s and the league’s commercial reputation — will not be granted any time soon.
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/ 19 October 2007
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South Africa’s politicians are not immune to Rugby World Cup fever, with a fair number already in or on their way to Paris for Saturday’s final against England at the Stade de France. Leading the way, President Thabo Mbeki left for France on Friday morning, sporting his Springbok jersey and cap.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has urged National Assembly sport committee chairperson Butana Komphela to have the Premier Soccer League (PSL) explain why executive members should get a R50-million ”commission” to secure a R500-million sponsorship deal.