SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND @ DHL STADIUM, CAPE TOWN – KO 5.10PM (SAST) ON SATURDAY REFEREE NOTES Angus Gardner (Australia) Test debut: 9 November, 2011 – Papua New Guinea 78-3 Vanuatu Tests as referee: 57 Angus Gardner will referee this fixture for the fourth time but first since South Africa ran out 26-10 winners in the 2022 Rugby Championship. New Zealand ran out 41-13 winners on his Rugby Championship debut in Christchurch in September 2016 and a much tighter affair

Formulating a Super Rugby Pacific draw can be fiendishly complicated and sports fans now get to experience that unique joy for themselves with the launch of The Full 80 Fixture Predictor, powered by Komo. With thefull80.com going live today, fans are being asked to predict all 80 matches of the 2027 Super Rugby Pacific regular season ahead of the release of the official draw next month. That means working through all 17 rounds and predicting every home and away match-up, with

Can Crystal Palace capitalise upon Man City's new midfield? A quartet of players - Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Nico Gonzalez and Tijjani Reijnders - together occupied 76% of the three midfield starting spots in Manchester City’s 2025/26 Premier League campaign. All four players have departed this summer, with Elliot Anderson and 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi signed to help create an entirely fresh central midfield for new Man City manager Enzo Maresca. That is quite the overhaul, and

Joel Stransky and Zinzan Brooke are the first of seven modern greats to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame as the class of 2026. The contributions of former Springbok flyhalf Stransky and All Black No 8 Brooke were celebrated at a special dinner in Cape Town on Thursday ahead of the second Test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series between South Africa and New Zealand. Both Rugby World Cup winners on home soil with New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995 resp

The five Premier League teams competing in this season’s UEFA Champions League discovered their eight league-phase opponents when the draw for the 36 participating clubs took place in Monaco on Thursday. Aston Villa and Manchester City will both host back-to-back Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain during the league phase. Both clubs will also travel to the Camp Nou to face Barcelona, where City will be reunited with Rodri following his move to the Spanish giants thi

Nikhil Rama. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Nikhil Rama learnt one of the biggest lessons of his career in 2023. On Friday at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club, he plans to make it count. On a typically windy day in this Sunbet Challenge hosted by Wild Coast Sun tournament on Thursday, Rama signed for a 68 to play his way in to a three-way tie for the lead with fellow South Africans James Mack (68) and Keagan Thomas (69) on five under par. They are only one shot clear of the fie

Springbok prop Thomas du Toit said the team had parked the disappointment of suffering a defeat in their opening match of the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Series against New Zealand and were determined to correct their mistakes at the DHL Stadium on Saturday when the teams line up once again. The Boks arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday evening after completing their main training block in Johannesburg earlier in the day and had Thursday off to rest and switch in

Titans Cricket and the Rotterdam Dockers T20 Team have announced a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the financial, commercial and brand development of the Rotterdam-based team while creating new opportunities for collaboration between South African and European cricket. Under the partnership, Titans Cricket will provide financial management and advisory support to the Rotterdam Dockers, drawing on the organization’s extensive experience in professional cricket adm

Netball South Africa has finalised the SPAR Proteas team for the 2026 Africa Netball Cup. The tournament will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 19-26 September. South Africa is the defending champion after winning the title in both the men’s and women’s sections last year. Following the team’s recent participation at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, SPAR Proteas head coach Jenny van Dyk has made some changes to the team for the tournament, with some senior players being rested

The Hollywood Foundation Pumas Women are looking for back-to-back trophy lifts in the Pick n Pay Women's Super League 2, while AVBOB Griquas would like to bury those ambitions and be crowned first-time champions when the two sides meet in the final at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday afternoon. Few will disagree that these two outfits were the best sides in the 2026 edition of the competitions and are deserving finalists. In fact, the Pumas won all seven of their leagu

The Fidelity ADT Lions Lions are back at 10bet Ellis Park on Friday for their must-win Round 7 encounter of the Carling Currie Cup against the DHL Stormers XXII. Head coach Mziwakhe Nkosi’s men understand the mission ahead of Friday’s clash after his side drew with the Sharks XV 22-22 in Pietermaritzburg last week, putting a slight dent towards their ambitions of securing a knockout spot in the competition. “Tomorrow is a crucial game in terms of our play-off hopes,” said Nko

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has officially launched the 2026/27 domestic cricket season, unveiling a refreshed brand identity and competition structure designed to create more opportunities and excitement across the domestic game. At the heart of the new identity is a streamlined competition structure that brings together the former T20 Challenge and T20 Knockout competitions under one unified premier T20 brand, the Pro20 Cup. The new-look domestic structure will see Division

Sanjay Govender, Head of GBS/BPO Solutions at Qrent (https://Qrent.co.za/). The BPO industry has embraced AI as a technology capable of improving operational efficiency, enhancing customer experiences and supporting business growth. But inside South African call centres, the opposite is quietly happening. As AI tools become deeply embedded into customer engagement environments, many operators are discovering that the real cost of AI is not the software licence - it's the infr

All Black head coach Dave Rennie has named his team to play South Africa in the second Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, presented by Castle Double Malt on Saturday at DHL Stadium, Cape Town. George Bower, who made an impact off the bench last week, comes in for Ethan de Groot who is still undergoing HIA protocols, together with lock Josh Lord. Tupou Vaa’i moves to the second row, replacing Lord, with Simon Parker in the six jersey. Xavier Numia comes into the 23 providing pr

The league phase of the 2026 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division reaches its climax this weekend when the final round of regular action will be completed, with just two semi-final spots up for grabs and five teams still in contention to join Suzuki Griquas and the Toyota Cheetahs in the play-offs. Two matches take place this coming Friday, in Johannesburg and Durban, one on Saturday in Nelspruit and the league phase will conclude on Sunday in Wellington. All the action will b

The DHL Stormers XXIII have been boosted by the return of two key players for their Carling Currie Cup encounter with the Fidelity ADT Lions in Johannesburg on Friday. Fullback Dylan Miller and lock Gary Porter are back for the clash at 10bet Ellis Park, which kicks off at 5.05pm on Friday. The Stormers XXIII are currently in fifth position on the standings and must win in the final round of the league phase to give themselves a chance of qualifying for a semi-final. The visi

GolfRSA National Squad quartet Bryan Newman from North West, Western Province’s Jack Buchanan, Kyra van Kan from Ekurhuleni and Central Gauteng’s Samantha Whateley will fly the flag for South Africa in the 2026 Spirit International in Texas in November. GolfRSA GolfRSA has selected an accomplished quartet of Bryan Newman, Jack Buchanan, Kyra van Kan and Samantha Whateley to represent South Africa at the 2026 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, to be played at Whis

Stals Swart. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Stals Swart made good use of an early tee-time to negotiate a windy Wild Coast Sun Country Club course and lead the field by two shots on six under par after Thursday’s opening round of the Sunbet Challenge Wild Coast. The chasing group on four under par are the Sout Africans Rupert Kaminski, Adam Breen, Travis Ladner, Trevor Fisher Jnr, Haydn Porteous, Tyran Snyders, and Keagan Thomas, as well as Ireland’s Liam Grehan. Swart, who is

The KZNCU board from left to right: Top row - Prof Logan Naidoo (Director), Don Macleod (HLVP), Linda Zondi (KZNCU Board), Rob Kurz (HLVP), Dhiven Moodley (General Council). Second row - Fa-eez Jaffar (General Council), Cassim Docrat (HLVP), Asif Essop (KZNCU Board), Thahir Fakir (KZNCU Board), Kalvin Padayachee (General Council), Bradley Chetty (KZNCU Board), Indresan Pather (KZNCU Board), Desigan Pillay (General Council). Front row - Bronwyn Gounden (General Council), Ragin

Generative AI can be a powerful business knowledge service, saving considerable time for employees. Yet, concerns grow around AI accuracy and how it handles sensitive information. According to a 2025 KPMG survey (https://apo-opa.co/3UgIjBb), only 46% of company workers trust AI and that proportion is shrinking, especially since 56% say they are making more mistakes because of AI. Despite such growing doubts, the technology can be an exceptional information source and time-sav

The Hollywoodbets Sharks XV close out the Carling Currie Cup pool stages on Friday evening (7.10pm) when they host the Vodacom Bulls at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in a match the two teams have contrasting ambitions. For the Pretoria side, this has been a tough campaign but the five bonus points they have accrued in their six defeats suggests that they were always competitive during a disappointing campaign. “It’s another tough one, in this Carling Currie Cup, there are no easy

Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach said the team had learned good lessons from their defeat against the All Blacks in their opening Castle Lager Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test in Johannesburg last week and that the key for the group was to grow as a unit as they look forward to Saturday’s second match-up at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town. Reinach also praised flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and prop Ox Nche for reaching the significant career milestones of playing their

The All Blacks made it a clean sweep in their four franchise matches when they beat the 10bet Lions by 41-35 in a pulsating match in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. This victory means that the New Zealanders have won all four their matches against the South African franchises on the Castle Double Malt Rugby's Greatest Rivalry tour. Twelve tries were scored at 10bet Ellis Park on Tuesday evening. The All Blacks may have missed four conversions but the Lions showed glimpses of w

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus announced on Tuesday that Siya Kolisi has recovered from the hamstring injury he suffered against Argentina three weeks ago and will start against the All Blacks in Cape Town on Saturday. Erasmus also confirmed that the experienced Springbok flanker will lead the Boks out at DHL Stadium in the second Test of the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series. Kolisi will form a loose trio with Pieter-Steph du Toit, who was initially named as

The Vodacom Bulls XV will wrap up their Currie Cup campaign this weekend against the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV at Kings Park, naming a squad that clearly outlines the franchise’s investment in the future. While results on the scoreboard have been unforgiving in a winless campaign, the reality behind the numbers reflects a massive developmental effort. The match-day 23 features 13 players eligible for the Under-21 ranks, including starting flyhalf Ian van der Merwe and winger Ru

Three-time Olympian and the greatest sprinter South Africa has produced, Akani Simbine, was named Sports Star of the Year at a glittering ceremony at the 19th SA Sports Awards. The 32-year-old was handed the award ahead of finalists Temba Bavuma (cricket) and Malcolm Marx (rugby). The SA Sportsman of the Year award went to swimmer Pieter Coetze, who saw off opposition from golf’s Christiaan Maas and boxing’s Kevin Lerena, while athlete Prudence Sekgodiso was named SA Sportswo

As Betway SA20 builds towards its milestone fifth season, the independently assessed economic impact of Season 4 has underlined the League's growing contribution to South Africa, generating R6.5-billion in GDP contribution and creating or sustaining almost 9 500 jobs across the country. Season 4 has underlined the League's growing contribution to South Africa, generating R6.5 billion in GDP contribution The final Season 4 Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) records the League's

Defending champions NWU Eagles had to dig deep to beat UP-Tuks by one goal on day two of the first bumper weekend of Varsity Netball 2026 at the Maties Coetzenburg Indoor Centre in Stellenbosch. UFS Kovsies were victorious over Maties while Wits beat Madibaz. UJ had too much firepower for newcomers CUT. WITS 55-39 MADIBAZ Wits made it two out of two in their second-round fixture against Madibaz in Stellenbosch. The opening 15 minutes was a tightly contested affair, with both

The South African Women ‘A’ side went down 34-12 (half-time 24-12) to Brazil at Estádio Nicolau Alayon in Sao Paulo on Monday night in a match where valuable experience and lessons would have been learned. The match, the first of two to be played on tour, exposed the lack of match experience at this level for the South African outfit but many positives will be taken back to the drawing board for the second match on 29 August, also in Sao Paulo. There are very talented players

The Fidelity ADT Lions U20 and the Vodacom Bulls U20 teams are still unbeaten after the third round of the SA Rugby U20 Cup took place the past weekend, while the DHL Stormers Bolts lost for the first time this season. The Lions defeated the Leopards by 49-19 in Johannesburg; the Bulls outplayed the Bolts 54-29 in Pretoria; and the Hollywoodbets Sharks GEN beat the Toyota Cheetahs U20 42-7 in Pietermaritzburg. The Bulls were leading 26-10 at half-time in Pretoria and kept up

KwaZulu-Natal will open the new Inter-Provincial figure skating season with a significantly larger field when the South African Figure Skating Association (SAFSA) KZN Inter-Provincial Championships take place at the Galleria Ice Rink in Amanzimtoti on 5 and 6 September. The championship attracted 63 entries from across South Africa, compared with 19 skaters who competed at the KZN Inter-Provincial Championships in 2025. Two athletes have since withdrawn because of injury, lea

Global supply chains have become harder to predict and apparel businesses are feeling the effects long before a product reaches the customer. For BooYaa, vessel congestion, shipment delays, freight volatility and disruption around conflict zones have changed the way procurement decisions are made. Lead times that once offered a reasonable degree of certainty can now shift with little warning, placing greater pressure on product planning and inventory availability. The challen

Leaders are often too quick to blame the strategy when a business is not making progress. It is an understandable instinct because strategy is visible, discussable and relatively easy to revisit. Execution is harder to interrogate because it forces a more uncomfortable question: did we actually do what we said we were going to do? A business can spend months changing direction when the original plan was never properly executed, which is exactly what I found with John, not his

CIT VERICASH (https://www.CITVericash.com/), the fintech enablement platform serving banks and financial institutions across Africa, has been awarded Best Digital Financial Services Platform 2026 by Global Business Outlook, the UK-based international business publication known for its annual awards recognizing transformative performance across global financial markets. The recognition marks the latest in a series of industry acknowledgements for the company, which in 2025 was

Player registration for the Betway SA20 Season 5 Auction is open, giving players in South Africa and around the world the opportunity to register their interest in the 7 October event. Registrations opened at 10am on Tuesday and close at 5pm (SAST) on Monday, 14 September 2026. With all six franchises having finalised their retained and pre-signed squads, 19 slots remain to be filled at the Auction, opening the door for rising and established players to break into Season 5. J

Springbok utility forward Pieter-Steph du Toit will mark the significant achievement of becoming the 11th player in Bok history to earn 100 Test caps, while prop Ox Nche will join the club of players to earn 50 caps in Cape Town on Saturday in the second Test of the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against New Zealand. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a similar starting XV to the one that lined up against the All Blacks in Johannesburg last week, with th

The first bumper weekend of Varsity Netball 2026 got off to a flying start at the Maties Coetzenburg Indoor Centre in Stellenbosch. Defending champions NWU Eagles scored a comfortable victory over Madibaz while five-time champions Kovsies prevailed in a nail-biter against UP-Tuks. UJ beat hosts Maties while Wits were victorious over newcomers CUT. MATIES 39-46 UJ The action got underway in Stellenbosch, with Maties welcoming UJ in a highly anticipated opening clash. The conte

From left to right: Mohamed Shiha; Hon. Modestus Amutse; Hon. Kornelia Shilunga; Hon. Lucia Witbooi and Jason Kasuto. The fourth Namibia Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (NOGC) 2026 concluded in Windhoek with a clear message: Namibia’s petroleum opportunity must translate into jobs, skills, businesses, investment and long-term national value. Held under the theme “From Decision to Dividend: Making Namibia’s Oil Work for Namibians,” the three-day conference brought togeth

The 10bet Lions and All Blacks have named their match-23s for Tuesday night's final franchise match in the Castle Double Malt Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series when the two teams clash from 7pm in Johannesburg. Tickets are still available for the match at 10bet Ellis Park (click here: https://springboks.tmtickets.co.za/), with the action to be broadcast live on SuperSport. Prop Saula Ma’u will play his first game for the All Blacks, with two players who were drafted in as injur

The 2026 LIV Golf season ended Sunday with a familiar foursome atop the team leaderboard and a bright young star declaring his future greatness as the individual champion of LIV Golf Indianapolis. Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII won its second consecutive LIV Golf Team Championship and the 12th team trophy of any kind, an impressive run of success in its three seasons as the league’s first expansion team. The quartet of Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Tom McKibbin shot a cumul

With one league round remaining before the 2026 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division play-offs, this weekend’s penultimate round produced a significant shake-up in the standings, with Suzuki Griquas and Toyota Cheetahs securing home ground advantage in the semi-finals. On Friday, defending champions Griquas recorded an emphatic 38-14 win over the Airlink Pumas in Nelspruit; the DHL Stormers XXIII kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a commanding 50-26 victory over the winl

The Sanlam Boland Kavaliers’ fight for a spot in the semi-finals of the 2026 Carling Black Label Currie Cup got dealt a heavy blow after going down 33-24 in Bloemfontein to the Toyota Cheetahs on Sunday. Boland failed to pick up any log points despite a brave and valiant effort from the visitors in the final 10 minutes. Hawies Fourie's side dropped to the fourth position on the log with 16 points, equal with the DHL Stormers XXIII, who occupy fifth due to a weaker points diff

Lando Norris has taken his second consecutive victory of the season during an eventful Dutch Grand Prix, the Briton beating Kimi Antonelli to the win while home favourite Max Verstappen suffered a dramatic crash that resulted in the race being red-flagged. After Norris initially led away from pole position at the start, the race was halted just one lap later when Verstappen lost the rear of his Red Bull and hit the wall heavily. The Dutchman fortunately reported that he was o

The South African Women’s ‘A’-side that will face Brazil in the first two matches in Sao Paulo on Monday may lack experience, but according to Mary Zulu, they are ready to embrace the experience at Estádio Nicolau Alayon on Monday night (Tuesday 1am SA time). Flyhalf Zulu – who will captain a side containing eight players who are 20 and two 19-year-olds – and Luchell Hanekom (hooker) were members of South Africa’s Women’s Rugby World Cup squad last year. Amongst the backs, Zu

Springbok centre Jesse Kriel was gracious following the team’s defeat against the All Blacks in the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Series opener in Johannesburg on Saturday night and said they would take the result on the chin and put in the hard yards in the coming days to ensure that they pitch up stronger next weekend. The Boks went down 33-16 at 10bet Ellis Park and will have Sunday off to recover from the physically demanding clash, before returning to the t

The Hollywood Foundation Pumas Women will have the opportunity to defend their Pick n Pay Women’s Super League 2 title against AVBOB Griquas Women after the teams from Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape won their semi-finals on Saturday. The Pumas outplayed the Griffons Women by 34-7, while Griquas defeated the SWD Eagirls 27-10 to qualify for the final for the first time. The decider will be hosted for the second consecutive year in Nelspruit next weekend. Both matches were a

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus recalled previous Springbok setbacks after his team’s 33-16 defeat by the All Blacks in the opening test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, presented by Castle Double Malt, as he looked ahead to the second Test in Cape Town on Saturday. The Boks conceded five tries to one in a performance that Erasmus said needed to have “a lot of things put right.” “We have been in many catastrophic situations in our lives,” said Erasmus. “We lost the first Test agai

New Zealand drew first blood with a 33-16 (half-time 12-13) victory over the Springboks in the opening Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, presented by Castle Double Malt, in Johannesburg on Saturday. The visitors were deserved winners at 10bet Ellis Park, showing far sharper execution in scoring five tries to one to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series in the 50th meeting between the teams on South African soil. The Boks had extended periods of pressure in the All Blacks’ 2

Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) reflected on a solid 2025/26 season at its 49th Annual General Meeting, held at the iconic DP World Wanderers Stadium. The Union celebrated another year of sporting excellence, organisational resilience and meaningful growth. The Elective AGM brought together a full house of Lions Cricket stakeholders, united by a shared determination to continue advancing the game and creating meaningful impact both on and off the field. The quieter international

Titans Cricket is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoffrey Toyana as head coach of the Fidelity Titans women's team, ahead of the 2026/2027 season. The appointment marks a homecoming for Toyana, who returns to the Sky Blues after previously serving as assistant coach for the Momentum Multiply Titans men's team from 2019/2020 to 2022/2023, before spending three seasons as head coach of the Easterns Cricket men's team. Toyana's connection to Titans Cricket runs deep. He