Author: Prudence Makoge

Flyhalf Danrich Visagie scored 24 points on Friday night to spearhead the Pumas to a bonus-point win in Nelspruit, where Griquas paid the price for three yellow cards. The lead changed hands seven times in a breathless first half of the 2025 Currie Cup opener before the 2022 champions raced away in the second to win 49-28, punishing a Griquas side that lost both halfbacks – Caleb Abrahams and George Whitehead – to the sin bin, along with winger Gershwin Wehr. READ: Visagie leads Lions revenge mission Visagie scored one of the Pumas’ six tries and booted five conversions and…

The EbonyLife Group is proud to announce the upcoming launch of EbonyLife ON Plus, a revolutionary digital platform designed to entertain, empower, and elevate. Created first and foremost for Nigerians and extending to Africa, the diaspora, and the world  EbonyLife ON Plus is more than a streaming service. It’s a bold new digital destination for African excellence. As the Founder and CEO of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, explains: Over the last two decades, we’ve told our stories through television, film, media, hospitality and education. But storytelling isn’t only about what we watch, it’s about how we live. With EbonyLife ON…

Team SA went into Friday’s action at the World University Games in Germany with a total of 16 medals. The two stars of the squad so far have been swimmer Pieter Coetze and athlete Bayanda Walaza, both who have won double gold. Swimming and athletics had both won eight medals heading into day nine. Friday’s schedule and results is: ATHLETICS Men’s pole vault, qualification: Hendrik van Dyk produced a season’s best 5.40m which saw him qualify for the final in 10th position Women’s javelin, qualification: Jana van Schalkwyk threw a distance of 53.65m which saw her qualify for the final…

Photo Credit: Asake/Instagram Asake has teamed up with French rapper and singer Tiakola for a new banger, “Badman Gangsta,” and it’s exactly what you’d expect from two artists who understand how to turn confidence into a sound. The track is a bold celebration of street credibility, ambition, and living life on your own terms. Asake, in his usual laid-back but commanding delivery, raps about success, blessings, and hustling smart—“stacking paper, play nicely, Leo Messi.” Tiakola slides in with smooth French verses, blending ambition and romance as he raps about the grind and late-night uncertainties between Makala and Marbella. There’s also…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tadej Pogacar (centre) is aiming to win his fourth Tour de France Steve SutcliffeBBC Sport journalistThe 112th edition of the Tour de France is under way, with the three-week race ending on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 27 July. The riders tackle six mountain stages, including trips to the Pyrenees and Alps, during the gruelling 3,320km (2,063-mile) race.There are also two individual time trials, with the second featuring the steep climb up to the Altiport in Peyragudes.BBC Sport looks at all 21 stages of La Grande Boucle, analysing where it could be won and…

Beyond Limits recently led a high-level delegation of African leaders on a strategic exploration of innovation ecosystems in Los Angeles and Atlanta, USA, as part of its DICE Global Immersion 2025 programme, underlining its unshaken dedication to advancing leadership and strengthening ecosystem development across Africa and beyond its borders. The delegation, led by Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, former Google West Africa Director and Founder of Beyond Limits, included Hon. Hannatu Musa Musawa, Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy; and Dakore Egbuson Akande, renowned Nollywood actor, producer and entrepreneur, alongside other top creatives, C-Suite executives, and influential leaders from…

Glenrose Xaba is the half-marathon pre-race favourite as strong fields line up in the annual contests for national titles over various distances at the ASA Road Running Championships in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, in Limpopo on Saturday, 26 July 2025. Xaba will turn out as the pre-race favourite in defence of her national title in the half-marathon event, which is incorporated into the F21 Half-Marathon. Glenrose Xaba Achieves New PB at SA Half Marathon Champs From the gsport Newsroom Archives, June 2023 Xaba will target her sixth national half-marathon title for Athletics Gauteng North (AGN) in the women’s race, and her strongest challenge…

Captain Zain Davids is one of seven Western Province debutants for their Currie Cup opener against the Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town on Saturday. The Springbok Sevens and former WP age-group star takes charge for the north-south showdown, which kicks off at 5.10pm. The other debutants are Davids’ Blitzboks teammate and fullback Shilton van Wyk, wing Quewin Nortje, scrumhalf Asad Moos, No 8 De Wet Marais, lock Alex Groves and tighthead prop Cabous Eloff. Van Wyk and Nortje are joined by Springbok Courtnall Skosan in a potent back three, with Luke Burger and Damian Markus in midfield. Moos will partner…

Whenever I pick up any literary work to read, beyond the letters, I want to glean from the author’s spirit. I want to know those things that they had in mind when documenting those thoughts. In Merged Chapters, Olasubomi Sofowora doesn’t just come across as a brand communications professional and social impact champion; she reprises her role as a master storyteller. Through her words, she is vulnerable enough to let her readers know how she was forged in the fire of fate, she takes us through the journey of how courage she developed in the crucible of the corporate world…

“If it wasn’t for judo, I would be doing drugs on the side of the road.” So says Hlobanisa Bobi, a 19-year-old judoka from the Eastern Cape. He recently represented Team SA at the Region 5 Youth Games in Windhoek, Namibia. There, he fought through the pain of a dislocated thumb to win bronze. The mental fortitude displayed in that fight showcased his relentless desire to become the best version of himself. He shared his story with MARK LEMKE after his courageous effort on the mat.   “Everyone calls me by my surname. I have met a lot of people…