Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund reckons the friendly match against world and European champions Spain will give ‘a feel of where we are as a nation’ and has encouraged the players to enjoy the moment and not to be overawed.
Spain – the number one in the world right now – will land in Johannesburg 10 days from now for the hyped-up meeting with the hosts on November 19, who are way down in position 61 on the rankings.
Source: www.kickoff.com
A referee collapsed and died in Abuja on Wednesday during the annual referees fitness exercise.
Osita Nwadashi, a member of the Lagos State Referees Council, was taking part in the exercise and was on the verge of completing the running exercise when stopped and called for medical attention.
For more www.kickoff.com
Orlando Pirates midfielder Thandani Ntshumayelo says he and his teammates will be ready to fight to win the CAF Champions League final second leg against Al Ahly in Cairo on Sunday.
Source: www.soccerladuma.com
With Happy Jele out because of suspension, Lucky Lekgwathi is expected to lead Orlando Pirates when they take on Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League second leg match on Sunday.
For more www.soccerladuma.com
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says she does not see anything wrong in providing the security cluster ministers with her controversial Nkandla report.
She insists she was requested by the security cluster ministers to make the report available to them first. “I am now surprised that I did something on request and now is said to be wrong. We haven’t given a report to anyone other than the security cluster of ministers. We did not give it to the departments only ministers. We did not give it to the president because he is one of the respondents.”
For more www.sabc.co.za
Members of trade union Nehawu marched on the Tshwane University of Technology on Thursday to deliver a set of demands to management.
Spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said the issues included deteriorating governance standards and irresponsible management of the university.
For more www.sabc.co.za
Farm workers have embarked on a strike at a number of farms in the Western Cape belonging to JF Le Roux, a prominent fruit-producing group.
Farm workers affiliated to the trade union Bawusa claim there has been a unilateral change of working conditions. They say some of their benefits have been reversed following the implementation of the sectorial minimum wage for farm workers of R105 a day.
For more www.sabc.co.za
The National Teachers Union has expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of Education Department representatives in Durban, where they would have restarted the process of selecting markers for matric final exam papers.
The department had to withdraw 9 500 wrongfully appointed candidates to mark this year’s matric final examination papers. The majority of the candidates did not meet the requirements. Teacher unions Natu and South African Democratic Teachers Union say they picked up the problem during the evaluation process.
For more www.sabc.co.za
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has pledged his full support to the investigation undertaken by Eskom into the death of six construction workers last week.
They died when a platform in a tunnel collapsed at the Ingula Pumped storage station near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal. Gigaba was speaking at their memorial service at Ingula.
He says the accident means much still needs to be done to improve the safety of workers. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu called on authorities to make sure they carry out their responsibilities in an honourable way for the benefit of workers.
Consul general of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Lerato Tsosane, says they will support the investigation into the deaths. Tsosane was also speaking at the memorial of the six men.
National Union of Mineworkers representative Peter Bailey says they want to make sure that Eskom supports the families of the deceased and make sure their dependants get quality education.
He says there is a need for Eskom to establish a Trust Fund for the families so that they will not suffer due to the death of breadwinners.
For more www.sabc.co.za
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected a revised wage offer from Northam Platinum, the world’s fifth largest platinum producer, extending a five day old strike by over 7000 of its members.
The union says its members feel that management’s offer is still far from their demand.
NUM’s regional organiser Comfort Phaala says: “We’ve conducted a mass meeting today in order to engage our members in the current development and we would like to report that the offer has been rejected by our members, noting that the development only gives a R500 increase to none core employees and a R600 to those who are core employees. Looking at the difference between the parties the gab is too big. The strike will be continuing.”
The strike involves the workforce at Northam’s Zondereinde operation, which accounts for the vast majority of the company’s annual production of three hundred ounces.
For more www.sabc.co.za
The Guardian 