SAA flight prevented from leaving Harare airport
The aircraft was grounded allegedly due to non-compliance with the South African civil aviation regulations.
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi will meet all aviation entities of the transport department to discuss the grounding of an Air Zimbabwe aircraft which was unable to take off on Friday.
SAA flight prevented from leaving Harare airport
The aircraft was grounded allegedly due to non-compliance with the South African civil aviation regulations.
Spain hunts suspect over Barcelona carnage
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Currie Cup: Cheetahs win a thrilling farce at Loftus
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Man arrested with firearms, explosives, and ammunition in Cape Town
The circumstances surrounding the seizure, which was regarded as a significant success.
Security guard wounded in Durban armed robbery
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Komphela preferred other players – Mthembu
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AmaZulu edge Free State Stars
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Baroka and Polokwane share the spoils
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Pirates get off to a winning start
Orlando Pirates got their league season campaign off to a winning start under new coach Milutin Sredojevic, as they beat Chippa United 1-0 at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday evening.
Komphela preferred other players – Mthembu
Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Siphelele ‘Shaka Zulu’ Mthembu said his frustrating time at the Soweto giants has grown him both as a player and a man.
AmaZulu edge Free State Stars
AmaZulu got their return to top flight football off to a winning start as they beat Free State Stars 1-0 in an Absa Premiership match played at the King Zwelithini Stadium, near Durban on Saturday afternoon.
Baroka and Polokwane share the spoils
Polokwane City and Baroka FC were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw in their opening Premiership match of the season at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday.
sport
Composed Springboks outgun gritty Pumas
A rampaging loose trio, led by Siya Kolisi, lay the platform for an ideal start to the Rugby Championship for Allister Coetzee’s troops.
As it happened: Springboks v Argentina
Allister Coetzee’s Springboks began their Rugby Championship campaign in PE ideally. Relive all the action here.
Currie Cup: Cheetahs win a thrilling farce at Loftus
In a game that was an embarrassing showcase of poor skills, the defending champions snatch a victory over the Blue Bulls.
All Blacks hit highs in record win over Wallabies
Following a surprise series draw with the British and Irish Lions, the world champions look their old galloping self in Sydney.
business
The most important healthcare company on the planet
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Standard Bank H1 earnings growth trumps competitors
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Local currency, Mining Charter hurts gold miners
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China gets tough on long, odd company names
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world
Thousands join anti-racism march in Boston
Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston Saturday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city, triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week earlier in Virginia.
Moroccan asylum seeker ‘targeted women’ in Finland terror stabbing
Finnish police said Saturday that a Moroccan asylum seeker deliberately targeted women in a stabbing spree that left two dead and is being investigated as the country’s first terror attack.
Japan launches satellite for better GPS system
Japan on Saturday launched the third satellite in its effort to build a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres.
Widow of late Chinese Nobel laureate reappears in video
The widow of late Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has resurfaced in an online video, weeks after her friends raised concerns about her fate at the hands of the authorities.
opinion
Cerebos: Let it snow, let it snow…
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Boks will want to bury 2016 bogey
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Khoza punished for her patriotism
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Leaders ignoring the rule of law has become the rule
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