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Some athletes are struggling financially due to Covid-19.

Athletes count costs as Covid-19 spreads

Comrades winner Bong’musa Mthembu cannot compete because of Covid-19 but is fortunate that he can survive financially. Others are not as lucky as their sources of income have…

New Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina. (David Harrison/M&G)

Majodina is ready to whip, dressed to kill

Pemmy Majodina returns to the parliamentary precinct after having served as a member of the National Council of Provinces between 1999 and 2004

Mouthing off: Most medical schemes ignore the advice that if they provide adequately for oral health

Why it’s time competition law was applied to sport in South Africa

The business of sport in South Africa is coming under the focus of the Competition Commission on concerns that some practices may be uncompetitive

Sports department denounces leak of Fifa letter

The sports ministry has stated that they are “disappointed and taken aback” that a recent letter to them by Fifa was leaked to the media.

Don’t link scandals to Manguang

Sports ministry punts urgency on CSA inquiry

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says an inquiry into the financial affairs of Cricket South Africa should get underway urgently.

Fikile ramps up razzmatazz for awards ‘spectacular’

Fikile ramps up razzmatazz for awards ‘spectacular’

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.

Government plans to develop school sports

The department of sports and recreation is devising a plan for sports development in the country, Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Monday.

‘Why was I shifted, Kgalema?’

Kgalema Motlanthe faces a political storm after his deputy ordered that the directors general of correctional services and sport swap jobs.

Millions wasted on SA Olympic marketing centre

Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile has asked his staff to explain why a marketing centre in Beijing has not been operational.

CCMA brokers agreement in Nelspruit 2010 stadium strike

Intervention by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Wednesday brought an end to the pay dispute between workers and management at the 2010 Soccer…