Bradley Grobler and Sibusiso Khumalo have both been cleared after injury and will be in contention to play for SuperSport United in their Telkom Knockout tie at the weekend, club officials said on Sunday.

SuperSport host Moroka Swallows in their quarterfinal tie at Atteridgeville on Saturday (live on SS4, 3pm kick off).

Grobler was injured against Swallows on September 18 when the two clubs met in the league and he was kicked on his knee. The striker missed the subsequent matches against AmaZulu and Ajax Cape Town.

Khumalo had to be taken off after scoring in SuperSport’s last match against Ajax Cape Town in the first round of the Telkom Knockout. He received a knock in a first half challenge but has since been cleared to resume training.

Earlier on the weekend, SuperSport announced that veteran Sibusiso Zuma returned to training for the first time this season having now recovered from a knee injury suffered almost six months ago.

He has been out since the Nedbank Cup final in May when injury forced him off in extra time of the game against Kaizer Chiefs in Durban, leaving his side to finish with 10 men as they had already made their substitutions.
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Mamelodi Sundowns have lodged a complaint with Safa over a “joke” made referee Lwandile Mfiki ahead of their match against Ajax Cape Town.

This after news today that the Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigation (The Hawks) have arrested a member of the Safa Panel of Referees for alleged match fixing.

Shortly before the second half of Sundowns’ match against Ajax on September 20, Mfiki allegedly joked with fourth official Naasif Julius: “Are you with us or with Sundowns?”

Mfiki was apparently referring to the blue top Julius was wearing.
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The South African cricket team’s unbeaten run of 15 test matches has come to an end. The Proteas suffered their first defeat in nearly two years when the world’s number sixth ranked team, Pakistan, beat them by seven wickets in Abu Dhabi in the first of two test matches.

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South Africa continued their stellar performances in the pool at the Moscow leg of the Fina World Cup on Sunday adding three more gold medals to the four from the previous day.
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Parliament’s Police committee has suggested that the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority( PSIRA) should close its doors, because of its continued financial issues. The authority appeared before the committee to discuss its annual report.

It has once again reported a deficit of almost R4 million, irregular expenditure of R7 million and fruitless and wasteful expenditure of more than R200 million.
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The Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein is back in the headlines for the same wrong reasons. This after another G4S employee was stabbed by an inmate at the prison.

The interim manager at the prison, Zecharia Modise, says they have decided to relax lock down and allow inmates to do some daily activities.

Modise says the employee has since received treatment and the inmate has been locked in a special cell. “I can confirm that yesterday, one offender attacked and stabbed an official with a piece of a toilet pot on his hand. Correctional Services officials intervened and took out the perpetrator and locked him up in a special care. What I can confirm is that Mangaung is most back to 100% normal. It’s only here and there where one offender or two are trying to be problematic.”

Last week, several employees including a top official from the Correctional Services Department got stabbed at the same prison. The department of Correctional Services then took over management of the prison after G4S had failed to meet some of its contractual obligations.

Acting National Commissioner, Nontsikelelo Jolingana said there had been serious contractual violations by G4S. She said the department had appointed a team of senior managers to take over the management of the prison until a final decision is taken.
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Four men will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate court on Friday in connection with the brutal rape and murder of two toddlers in Diepsloot, north west of Johannesburg.

They have been charged with kidnapping, rape and murder. Police are still looking for a fifth man – believed to be the main suspect.
Police have released an identikit of the suspect and they have also offered a reward of up to R100 000 for information that could lead to the arrest of the man.

He’s about 1.7 metres tall, and is believed to be in his early 30’s. He is light in complexion and has a distinctive scar on his lip. Some residents claim they know him and that he lived in a shack in the area.

The bodies of two-year-old Yonelisa Mali and her three-year-old cousin, Zandile Mali, were found by a passer-by in a public toilet. They were sexually violated and strangled.

Gauteng Police Spokesperson, Neville Malila says, “We are following up several leads that we received after we issued a R100 000 reward. Our investigators are currently busy following up leads but we haven’t arrested the suspect as yet.”
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Bloemfontein – The body of a 60-year-old woman was found by her son on Thursday in her townhouse in Pellessier, Bloemfontein, Free State police said.

“The body was in a prone position and surrounded by a dry pool of blood,” Captain Chaka Marope said.

“The motive for the killing is at this stage not known, but the police suspect that it might be robbery as the deceased’s handbag containing valuable documents was found missing.”

Marope said the woman was last seen on Sunday around 3pm.

No arrests had been made.

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Cape Town – The man wounded in a shootout in the Siqala informal settlement, Philippi, Cape Town, has died of his injuries, Western Cape police said on Thursday.

Lt-Col Andre Traut said the man, a suspected robber, died in hospital.

Constable Viwe Mpambane, 34, and Sergeant Mteteleli Damse, 39, were killed and another policeman was wounded during the shootout at 10pm on Wednesday. The wounded officer was in a stable condition.

Police had been searching residences for people wanted in connection with armed robberies in the area.

“Upon entering the dwelling the suspects opened fire at police officers. During a shootout with the robbers, one suspect was wounded and arrested and his 9mm firearm confiscated,” said Traut.

Police believed more people were involved in the shooting, but that they had evaded arrest. The people responsible could regard themselves as “extremely wanted”.

“The Western Cape police management would like to express their sincere condolences to the families of the slain members, as well as to their colleagues,” he said.

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Newscastle – Two passengers escaped unscathed after their vehicle crashed into an electrical substation in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday, paramedics said.

“The two youngsters escaped with minor injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in collided into an 11 000 volt power box,” said ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson.

Jackson said the three-ton power box was pushed out of its foundation, exposing the cables.

“One patient was taken to hospital for minor burns,” said Jackson.

She said it was unclear what caused the burns.

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