Embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema isn’t included in the formal programme of the ruling party’s centenary festivities in Bloemfontein.
A scaled-down analogue of the eurozone crisis is unfolding within the borders of South Africa.
CSA boss Gerald Majola needs to face the facts and be honest with South Africa — and himself, writes <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has promised to spend 2012 implementing the ideas that have been put forward in government’s ambitious sport plan.
CSA probe reveals that governance has suffered since South Africa hosted the Indian tournament.
Within a relatively short period Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has won the hearts and minds of athletes and administrators alike.
Fikile Mbalula says government will implement measures that will ensure the development of school sports while quotas will remain in sport for now.
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/ 21 November 2011
Fikile Mbalula says the sport and recreation indaba will not be a waste of time as mechanisms will be put in place to hold people accountable.
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/ 18 November 2011
Whatever will the Italians talk about now, now that their randy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally left the building?
As most of SA’s top black rugby players come from the Eastern Cape, the sports ministry has decided to set up a rugby academy in the province.
To develop and transform sport, SA needs a plan that moves beyond quotas and doesn’t fixate on rugby, cricket and soccer, the sports minister says.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has told Parliament that the country is grappling with the same issues raised at the 2008 national sports indaba.
Chris Nicholson says the inquiry into the financial affairs of Cricket South Africa may not be completed within the time frame requested.
The inquiry into the financial affairs of Cricket SA may not be completed within the time frame, Judge Chris Nicholson said on Sunday.
Suspended ANC Youth League President Julius Malema is leading the league’s national executive committee meeting in Benoni.
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/ 11 November 2011
Readers weigh in on women who are making their mark in the media industry, minister Fikile Mbalula, Israel and apartheid.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he didn’t claim spy groups were out to get him — but, now that you mention it, time will tell if they really are.
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/ 8 November 2011
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has denied a <i>New Age</i> report where he accused state security operatives of a smear campaign against him.
The ANC says linking sex scandals to the ANC’s elective conference in Mangaung next year is not appropriate.
The State Security Agency says it’s not aware of the claim that Fikile Mbalula’s short extramarital affair was actually a trap it had set for him.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says the woman who claims to be pregnant with his child was paid by intelligence agencies to rubbish his name.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says an inquiry into the financial affairs of Cricket South Africa should get underway urgently.
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".