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Dineo Ranaka has had a turbulent year. Barely two months after revealing she was suffering from severe chronic depression, Kaya FM dismissed her as co-host of the breakfast show with Solomzi “Sol” Phenduka. Rubbing salt into unhealed wounds, the radio station has announced her replacement. According to various reports, seasoned radio host Azania Mosaka will be joining Kaya FM’s afternoon drive team, currently hosted by Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana. Sunday World exclusively reported that the new changes would come into effect in September. Mosaka is no stranger to radio. A seasoned broadcaster, she has more than 20 years’ experience working in radio and television. Mosaka cut her teeth at Metro FM in 2001 while presenting the afternoon drive show, Route 326, and then moved to the breakfast show. She…

Off the back off inking a record deal with Warner Music Africa, DJ, television personality and fashionista Shaun Naki, aka Shaun Stylist has released his first single of the year, JJ Phakathi. The track features some of the hottest new talents including T&T MuziQ, Pushkin RSA, Springle, and Jay Jay. “The song is about encouraging people to go for anything they want to achieve – even beyond and outside the music industry; but any goal that they visualize can be materialised,” said Naki. “Amapiano is the fastest-growing South African genre that is all about youth and culture. This genre is making a mark, even overseas, and this aligns naturally with my aim of taking my music abroad.” Naki has carved a name for himself in the fashion world and is…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has once again taken a swipe at former minister of tourism Derek Hanekom, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. This was during a local government intervention workshop hosted by the ruling party at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg yesterday. The event came hot on the heels of the 13th ANC Women’s League elective conference at the weekend. It also came a day after Mbalula was forced to apologise for his utterances on the need for Gordhan to be removed should he fail to act fast on the Transnet matter. This came after Hanekom slammed Mbalula for threatening to remove Gordhan if he did not act fast to fix Transnet during the ANCWL address. Hanekom responded, saying Mbalula’s comments were uncalled for. “When…

from page 1 “It is very important that we teach them about order, honour and public decency. When law enforcement agencies put up a fence like this, they are doing it as part of precautionary measures to protect us as citizens. We are appealing to people to please respect the rule of law,” she said. Last week, the city was shaken after a gas leak from underground gas pipelines managed by Egoli Gas, the company responsible for the pipelines, led to an explosion. Since then, speculation has been rife as to the actual cause of the explosion. The incident left a trail of destruction in its wake. “We all would agree that at this time, we should be praying for our beloved City of Joburg. We need the intervention, mercy…

On the evening of July 20 at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg, Topco Media and Impumelelo Top Empowerment Companies presented the 22nd annual Top Empowerment Awards Ceremony. The awards ceremony highlighted and celebrated South Africa’s purpose-led transformers, highlighting their responsibility and dedication to ensuring a transformed and empowered future for the country. Alan Committie, a gifted actor and comedian, was the MC at the event and set the tone for an evening of acknowledgement and inspiration. Distinguished guests, transformation captains, and business leaders gathered to celebrate the significant strides organisations and individuals have made in promoting black-owned businesses and empowering people from all walks of life. “I am immensely proud to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and runners-up of the Top Empowerment Awards 2023,” Ralf Fletcher, CEO…

Thank you, Anthony Worsley, for your support and input, regarding my letter on an income tax exemption. I don’t completely agree with your suggestion as one does not want to make it a complicated transaction that causes more problems and stress. Second, I’m advocating a complete exemption, not a rebate. A rebate is in place. Shouldn’t the over-eighties be rewarded for their contribution to the state over many, many years? And yes, there are some over-eighties who are wealthy, but in acquiring that wealth through hard work, sweat and tears over 60 or more years, they have also been heavily taxed. It evens things out. I am also deeply concerned about the physical and mental state of many of our octogenarians. They just have not got the energy, will and…

VARIOUS stakeholders in the legal fraternity are pleading for urgent intervention to get the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) wheels to turn again. In a letter to the government and the RAF, they described the situation at the RAF as a “state of emergency”. Organisations such as the Pretoria and Johannesburg Attorneys Associations, in no uncertain terms, said there was a crisis at the RAF, and that the letter served as an outcry from road accident victims who were mostly left at the mercy of what they call a dysfunctional entity. They also pointed out that the current state of affairs is crippling the judiciary, as judges simply could not cope with the volumes of RAF matters. The legal fraternity highlighted the fact that the chairperson of Parliament’s Scopa recently labelled…

THE City of Tshwane has called on its metro police department to arrest those who engage in illegal dumping in Soshanguve. The municipality’s roads and transport committee chairperson Brendon Govender was visiting ward 37 last week as part of efforts to find solutions to the maintenance and cleaning of stormwater infrastructure in the area. He asked residents and political principals to unite to work together in targeting illegal dumping. Govender said illegal dumping affected the drainage system in a negative way causing blockages. “Communities must not dump rubbish into these channels because during the rainy season, the whole area gets flooded, including inside houses. “The Tshwane Metro Police Department should arrest people for illegal dumping because it affects everybody. Also, residents must report people who carry out illegal dumping.…

Two more suspects have been arrested in the matter involving the death of a police sergeant who was stationed in Burgersfort, Limpopo. The Pretoria News reported recently that a Centurion-based man, Moses Mphahlele, 33, was nabbed in Johannesburg after shooting and killing police sergeant Terrence Kutullo Makgatho, 38, at Lebowakgomo on the same day he was arrested. Mphahlele is from Centurion. His case was postponed after he appeared in court and he is being kept in custody. He was arrested by the Hawks, including a multi-disciplinary team, which traced him to Gauteng. Two more suspects, aged 25 and 36, linked to the case were arrested after a Hawks investigation that led them to the Lebowakgomo policing area where they were arrested last week. The pair appeared before the Lebowakgomo Magistrate’s…

ONE person died while scores of others were rescued from illegal initiation schools after the end of the initiation season in Tshwane last week. Gauteng Emergency Services said a 42-year-old man died at an illegal initiation school in Atteridgeville, and close to 150 initiates were rescued. Spokesperson Annikie Lelaka said emergency services were called to a botched circumcision in Mshongoville, while 130 people were taken to hospitals in and around Pretoria. “After the children were rescued from these illegal schools and sent to different hospitals, some were collected by their parents from the Atteridgville police station,” she said. Spokesperson for the Gauteng Provincial Initiation Co-ordinating Committee, Kiba Kekana, said police were still investigating the death of the 42-year-old, whose name is known to the Pretoria News but is being withheld…

As we alighted at one of the conference centres in Gauteng, the place was hustling and bustling with delegates attending the BRICS political parties conference. Picking up the newspaper later in the day, an article explained the BRICS symposium hosted by the National School of Government. In the lead up to the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) leaders’ summit at the end of August, a number of these symposia, conferences and events will be held. In the thinking of Chinese president Xi Jinping, these are the kind of people-to-people activities that must strengthen the relations between ordinary people of the BRICS countries. Another event that will soon happen is the 13th BRICS national security advisers (NSA) meeting to be held on July 24 and 25. China in…

ALGIERS: Wildfires killed at least 25 people in the mountainous Bejaia and Bouira regions of Algeria yesterday, the interior ministry said, as a heatwave spreads across north Africa and southern Europe. The Algerian defence ministry said 10 soldiers were killed in the fires. Some 7 500 firefighters were battling to bring the flames under control, authorities said. Firefighters were also at work in the Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Jijel and Skikda regions. About 1 500 people have been evacuated. A major heatwave is sweeping across North African countries, with temperatures of 49°C recorded in some Tunisian cities. | Reuters…

Washington: Nine mass shootings were carried out across the US over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 400 this year, according to a website that tracks firearm deaths and injuries. The nine mass shootings led to at least four deaths and 35 injuries, Gun Violence Archive said. The website recorded 404 mass shootings as of Sunday since the start of 2023, which left at least 453 people dead, including 161 children under age 12, with nearly 400 children injured in mass shootings so far this year. Mass shootings were 9% up from a year earlier. Last year saw 647 mass shootings. | IANS…

Australia great Glenn McGrath said England only had themselves to blame for their failure to regain the Ashes after rain ensured the fourth Test match at Old Trafford ended in a draw. The whole of Sunday’s final day was washed out without a ball bowled, while 60 overs were lost to bad weather on Saturday. A draw meant Australia, as the holders, retained the Ashes at 2-1 up in the series with just this week’s fifth and final Test at The Oval in London to play. But with the Manchester weather notorious for interrupting Tests at Old Trafford and the forecast beyond last week’s third day dire, McGrath said England had batted on too long. England made 592 in reply to Australia’s first-innings 317, with former fast bowler McGrath arguing…

SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has lamented the huge player loss the club have suffered ahead of the new season. Matsatsantsa have been stripped of some of their biggest players by rivals, and will have to reinvent themselves if they are to compete on all fronts when the new season starts next week. The Pretoria-based outfit recently confirmed the transfer of current Premiership Young Player of the Season Thapelo Maseko to champions Mamelodi Sundowns. The 19-year-old was instrumental with his four goals and two assists as SuperSport finished third in the league last season and qualified for the Caf Confederation Cup. Maseko followed Thatayaone Ditlokwe, who joined Kaizer Chiefs, out the door while Patrick Maswanganyi jumped onto Orlando Pirates’ ship. Hunt has expressed the reality of needing to reorganise his…

City of Joburg speaker Colleen Makhubele claimed to have been on a walkabout in Lilian Ngoyi Street mere hours prior to the explosion in the Joburg CBD last week. Makhubele was participating in a walk and prayer session in the city centre at the time with Bishop Stephen Moreo of St Mary’s Anglican Church and other religious leaders. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and injuries to at least 48 others. Makhubele revealed this yesterday morning during a prayer session alongside religious leaders and city officials. “I was here four hours before it happened. I was with the bishop here. We came to do a clean-up, walk around, and pray. In fact, I think I called the bishop two days before the explosion. We wanted to do…

DA spokesperson on health in Gauteng Jack Bloom said it is shocking that a total of 7 457 patients picked up infections in Gauteng public hospitals last year. Bloom said this was mostly caused by poor infection control measures. He said the DA had raised issues about cleanliness in hospitals several times before. “These figures are revealed by Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature,” Bloom said. According to Bloom, the technical name for hospital-acquired infections is nosocomial, which refers to infections caught in hospitals and often caused by organisms resistant to antibiotics. “According to the MEC, there are weekly and monthly Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) surveillance records, but no data was collected for 2020 and 2021 because of…

An important role of a family is to raise children who can assume responsibility for their own intellectual and spiritual development, and participate in building a better world. Family lays the foundation of the individual’s development and happiness, as well as society’s cohesion and advancement. It is within the family that character is developed, moral and spiritual attitudes are formed, and children learn to serve the common good. The spiritual and social values that children learn at home will apply not only in the context of the family, but outside in the local and national community, as well as in the world community. The Universal House of Justice, the governing council of the Bahá’í international community states: “The family unit, the nucleus of human society, constitutes a space within which…

The ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, has some “legitimate moral concerns” about South Africans freely playing sports against Israeli teams. The ANC government he represents is responsible for unbridled corruption, the world’s highest youth unemployment rate, a failing education system, rising inequality and rolling blackouts. The ANC government has shown no moral concern over Russia’s horrific war on Ukraine, or the human rights violations by its allies from Venezuela to Cuba. Our national government shares no unease when South African sports teams play against these teams. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, and protects the freedoms and rights of all its citizens. Israelis from all walks of life and sexual orientations participate freely and openly in all levels of the government, the workplace and civil society unlike most…

THE City of Tshwane could soon have its first deputy mayor since its inception 23 years ago should the multiparty coalition partners in the metro have it their way during an ordinary council sitting on Thursday. Coalition partners that are expected to support a proposal to usher in a deputy mayor include ActionSA, IFP, DA, FF-Plus and ACDP. In terms of the coalition bloc agreement, the position of deputy to DA mayor Cilliers Brink would be occupied by an ActionSA councillor, who has yet to be named. ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont told the Pretoria News yesterday that it was true that a proposal would be made to introduce a deputy mayoral position in Tshwane. He said: “It is true and the proposal is informed by the decision of the…

Parental alienation syndrome diagnosed in an 8-year-old child whose unmarried parents are at loggerheads over his maintenance has caused the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, to intervene as this situation has a detrimental effect on the child’s psychological and mental well-being. Judge Leicester Adams said a court should not hesitate to intervene in the interest of the minor child under these circumstances. The judge commented that the child has since his birth been caught in a tug-of-war between the applicant (his mother) and the respondent (his father), who were never married, but had agreed to have a child together, only identified as M. The mother and the father have been involved in ongoing litigation. Last year the court appointed an advocate to act on behalf of the child himself to…

WITH JUST four years of experience and 7 million customers under its belt, retail banking company TymeBank is gearing up to continue pushing boundaries in the sector and giving customers a bank they can trust. Cheslyn Jacobs, the Chief Commercial Officer at TymeBank, said TymeBank had historically pushed the boundaries across multiple facets of the industry, and it was something they were proud of, especially because they had made accessing or opening a bank account easy for ordinary citizens. Jacobs said they were especially proud that they had brought in real affordable banking and created real value for customers by reducing typical bank fees, or increasing what they got from a regular bank. Currently, TymeBank employs 1 100 ambassadors to work alongside their kiosks located at the various retail stores,…

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Ronald Lamola, addressed the Public Service Commission’s symposium on the protection of whistle-blowers last week. Lamola said it should be considered a criminal offence for an individual to seek retribution against a whistle-blower who has made a protected disclosure. “Moreover, the state should offer protection to whistle-blowers and their immediate family members if their safety or property is at risk. Whistle-blowers should be recognised as witnesses under the Witness Protection Act. He said the current question they were grappling with was what happened in the interim. “While we are reviewing the act, whistle-blowers are being victimised now. We are working with private sector players and civil society to navigate this difficult conundrum. As we speak now, one can only exercise a power or action empowered…

ANC party bosses will hope the recently concluded conferences of two of its leagues will unify the party and bring good tidings before next year’s crucial general elections. On Sunday, Sisisi Tolashe was elected as the ANC Women’s League president, trouncing the controversial former league president and former social development minister, Bathabile Dlamini. Those with an eye on the factional nature of ANC politics might look at the margin of Tolashe’s victory over the runner-up, Thembeka Mchunu (718 votes), and read too much into it. While ANCWL elective conferences aren’t known for high levels of drama and last-minute skulduggery, this past weekend’s conference set the tone of what is likely to come for the ANC. We already saw glimpses of that at the recent ANC Youth League conference, where Collen…

Rome: Italian police launched a major operation yesterday against one the country’s most violent mafia groups, targeting 82 people suspected of drug trafficking and dealing. About 500 officers staged raids against suspected members of the Foggia mafia, which operates in and around Puglia city. Italy’s youngest mafia has a stranglehold over the vast province of Foggia. The group was extorting money from locals for a “common fund” to pay its associates, a probe revealed. A monopoly on cocaine sales in Foggia reaped profits of at least ¤200 000 (R4 million) a month for the mafia, police said. | AFP…

LONDON: Environmental law charity ClientEarth’s unsuccessful attempt to sue Shell over its climate strategy shows the difficulties in bringing activist shareholder claims, lawyers said yesterday, after London’s High Court dismissed the case. ClientEarth, which holds 27 shares in Shell, alleges the company cannot achieve its aim of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 with its climate transition strategy and its directors are therefore breaching their duties to shareholders. However, Judge W Trower ruled that ClientEarth’s case ignored that managing large businesses required directors to take into account a range of considerations in which courts should not interfere. | Reuters…

Former radio presenter and media personality, Baydu Adams, is lifting the lid on the “cruel and beautiful world of radio” in his biography. Adams, who spent 27 years in the radio industry, also dabbles in other activities including running his streetwear label online clothing store called “Cape Flats Native”, an events company and an award-winning blogging website (baydu.co.za). He is also launching a second website (radiogurus.co.za) soon, where he guest lectures around all things radio at tertiary institutions and to high school pupils. He will be releasing his biography, The Cruel & Beautiful World of Radio on Saturday. The Cape Town based radio personality has also built a solid online presence with his lockdown celebrity interviews via Facebook Live. Recently, comedian Wayne Mckay and Adams launched, The Wayne Mckay and…

The Pretoria High Court was once again filled to capacity after members of the International Pentecost Holiness Church (IPCH) came out in their numbers for the withdrawal of the succession case yesterday morning. The brothers said they would not fight for their church and their father’s estate with an imposter who is not their father’s son and have maintained that if Michael Sandlana is to be entertained, he would need to do a DNA test and stand trial for all his crimes. The case saw two of the legitimate sons of the late Glayton Modise unite against Sandlana by withdrawing their succession battle to focus on the man who also claims to be their father’s son, MG Modise, who died in 2016. As has been the norm, whenever Sandlana appeared…

The Health Justice Initiative (HJI) is taking the minister of health and the Department of Health (DoH) to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, for an order of instruction to disclose records concerning the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines by the National Department of Health. The initiative seeks to access the vaccine procurement contracts concluded with vaccine manufacturers and suppliers and the records of negotiations with those parties. According to the initiative, by June 2023, more than 38 million Covid-19 vaccine doses had been administered in South Africa, the country having received several million vaccine doses by directly buying from pharmaceutical companies, through the Covax facility, and by donations. However, the content of these agreements, including the complete details of the contracting parties, is unknown and remains a secret. The actual cost…

A study by Stellenbosch University (SU) has found that playing games and interacting with preschoolers could help improve the mental well-being and mood of older people in retirement homes. Conducted by Dr Elizabeth Earl and Dr Debbie Marais from SU’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the study was published recently in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. Earl is currently doing her community service year at the Shongwe Hospital in Mpumalanga. According to SU, the researchers say people living in semi-independent and frail care residential units at retirement homes may experience the loss of the supportive role provided by their communities and may also suffer from anxiety and depression. The researchers asked residents at a retirement home within the Cape Peninsula Organisation for the Aged complex, connected to a preschool,…

South Africa must ensure it can restore the confidence of citizens for the forthcoming national elections. In the current situation of institutional disappointment and the lack of political will to tackle the structural issues, South Africa should think hard about how to make sure it can restore the citizen’s confidence. It needs to draw on the experiences of other countries on how to engage young people so that they become active citizens. South Africa’s infrastructure crisis links to many of the complex problems of the various levels of government, particularly failing municipal services. State-owned entities have serious problems. There is crime, corruption, safety and security issues and electricity outages. The road to achieve the goal of fixing the multiple and intricate challenges is expensive, long and overwhelming but it is…

MUNICIPAL workers affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Tshwane will be striking tomorrow to show their dissatisfaction over the 0% wage and salary increase for 2023/24 passed by the council in June. Regional union secretary Precious Theledi said Samwu decided to march to Tshwane House tomorrow, with a view to express concern about salaries not being increased, affecting workers bearing the brunt of the high cost of living. Workers are to convene at Maraba- stad old bus depot in the morning before they depart to Tshwane House to air their grievances. MMC for Finance Peter Sutton said recently that the metro would apply for exemption from the salary and wage collective agreement with workers’ unions. He said the stance was informed by the national Treasury guideline,…

CALLING in sick and then participating for two days in an EFF march came at a high price for a junior investigator at South African Revenue Service (Sars). His supervisor saw him on television, appearing healthy while singing and clapping as he marched along. Sars fired Benneth Mathebula following a disciplinary hearing, but he turned to arbitration, where he fought his dismissal. The commissioner who heard his complaint ruled that Sars was too harsh and that he had to be reinstated. Sars then turned to the Labour Court in Johannesburg, where it succeeded in overturning the CCMA’s decision. The Labour Court found that dismissal was warranted in this case. Mathebula’s problems started when, on September 7, 2020, he sent a text message to his supervisor, stating that he was not…

THE National Press Club has sent condolences to families of four journalists who lost their lives under various circumstances last week. SABC camerawoman Moleboheng Khaeane, Mafikeng FM journalist Bobby Serame, veteran KwaZulu-Natal photographer Bongani Mbatha and respected entertainment journalist Welcome Skosana all died under different circumstances. Khaeane died in a car crash on the N1 outside Bloemfontein on Thursday morning, while Serame died after a short illness on the same day. Independent Media’s Mbatha was shot and killed at his house outside Durban on Tuesday, while entertainment writer Skhosana died on Wednesday. In a statement, National Press Club chairperson Antoinette Slabbert said: “Every democracy relies on the media, as the Fourth Estate, to ensure its citizenry is informed of developments that affect their lives and when we lose colleagues like…

The Consulate of Zimbabwe in Joburg has dismissed reports alleging that transport has been offered to Zimbabweans seeking to travel back home to vote in the August 23 general elections. Consul-general Eria Phiri clarified that the government of Zimbabwe had only chipped in to assist those of its citizens who were affected by the Boksburg gas leak tragedy, which left at least 17 people dead earlier this month. Phiri said the article circulating on social media claiming that Zimbabweans had been offered transport to travel home to vote was untrue. “This serves to put the record straight regarding an article circulating on social media purporting that the Zimbabwe embassy in South Africa will provide transport to Zimbabwe nationals who wish to go and cast their votes on August 23,” said…

Dear presidents, foreign ministers, Members of Parliament, panellists, friends, and comrades at this Peoples’ Summit at the European Parliament. History proceeds in waves, and I think it is important to understand the movement of history. The unipolar era under the dominance of the US is coming to an end. The future belongs to multilateral relations between countries and peoples, with mutual respect and reciprocity, without outside political or military interference. Within this framework, enormous numbers of people have committed themselves in recent days to building lasting relations between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. We all know: as the movement of history continues, some cling frenetically to the certainties of the old world going down. For some European forces, respect and reciprocity are still difficult concepts. A senior European Union…

Israeli MPs voted yesterday to limit the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down government actions, delivering on a long-sought goal of the country’s ascendant right-wing movement. The measure was pushed through despite months of massive civil unrest, international condemnation and pleas from business and security leaders to seek consensus in a bitterly divided society on the verge of chaos. MPs methodically voted down 140 amendments, just as they had shouldered through more than a thousand objections in a week of preliminary manoeuvring and more than six months of nationwide protests. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – just hours after leaving the hospital where he had an emergency pacemaker implanted – sat calmly through the voting as shouts of derision rained around him, occasionally leaving for consultations. He took several phone calls,…

YAOUNDE: The death toll from a weekend building collapse in Cameroon’s commercial hub Douala has risen to 34 from an earlier estimate of 12, the housing and urban development minister said yesterday. The four-storey building collapsed on Sunday, destroying a nearby building and injuring scores of residents. “The building unfortunately had no building permit,” Minister Celestine Ketcha Courtes said. It was unclear how many occupants were in the building at the time it collapsed. | Reuters…

South African golf fans have not had too much to shout about on a Major stage for some time now, but in amateur Christo Lamprecht there may just be a star unlike we have seen before. That’s a significant statement as SA can lay claim to phenomenal golf talents like Bobby Locke, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen. In fact, Locke, Player, Els, et al are all multiple Major champions. However, the 22-year-old Lamprecht already boasts a unique honour no other South African has achieved. The 2.03m big-hitter on Sunday became the first SA player to win the silver medal as the top amateur at the Open Championship. For his efforts, Lamprecht joined ‘Champion Golfer of the Year’ Brian Harman at the presentation…

The tension and uncertainty that engulfed AmaZulu FC last season have seemingly been eradicated with a mass exodus of players accompanied by the appointment of new head coach Pablo Franco Martin. The former Real Madrid mentor has been handed the mission of meeting the Zungu family’s boardroom ambitions on the field. Martin, alongside assistant coach Siboniso Vilakazi and fellow Spaniard and assistant coach Aitor van den Brule, have got right into the thick of things in pre-season, tinkering where required, ahead of what is expected to be an enterprising Premiership season. Fresh in his new role, Vilakazi has spoken about some of the club’s priority transfers, his bond with coach Martin, and the club’s overall ambitions for the upcoming season. When quizzed about his conversation with club president Sandile Zungu,…

Lando Norris said his time will come this season after the McLaren driver finished runner-up to Red Bull’s dominant Formula One champion Max Verstappen for the second race in a row. The Briton was a distant second to the Dutchman in Hungary on Sunday after the same result at Silverstone two weeks earlier. While Red Bull have won 12 in a row, and 21 of the last 22 races, it was the first time Norris had stood on the podium twice in succession. “If Max retires, or something, then maybe,” he said when asked about a possible breakthrough first win. “At the minute, the guys (Red Bull) are too quick. Unless they make mistakes or something happens. “I think we’re very happy with the progress we’ve made, to go from…