SABC Digital News

Tour de Libraries closed the National Book Week with a successful cycling event today in the heart of Soweto, in Vilakazi Street, Orlando West.

Glad Africa Championship team TS Galaxy assistant coach Muisi Ajao says they will not underestimate the Nedbank Ke Yona team, when they face them in a Challenge match at the Kameelrivier stadium in Kwandebele on Sunday.

First Touch Academy head coach John Hlako will be on the bench in his side’s second match of the South African Football Association National Women’s League (SNWL)this weekend.

Bloemfontein Celtic have used the two week international break to get in a team building session and also correct mistakes in training.

The Xerox Golden Lions will be without influential prop forward Sthi Sithole for their crunch Currie Cup final against Toyota Free State Cheetahs at the Toyota Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

Cape Town City have snapped up Fagrie Lakay as a free agent, just a few days after he was released by Bidvest Wits.

Absa Premiership Champions, Mamelodi Sundowns have signed former Amajita and Ama-glug-glug goalkeeper Jody February from Ajax Cape Town, however the 23 year old will not be leaving Cape Town just yet.

Having just signed for Aarhus GF in Denmark, South African attacking midfielder, Gift Links says he is really excited to get this opportunity in Europe.

The Toyota Cheetahs will come out tomorrow with hopes of reliving their last Currie Cup victory in 2016.

The South African national U23 men’s coach David Notoane says their AFCON qualifier against Zimbabwe is a defining moment for this current group as they look forward to the primary goal of going to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan next year.

The Malagasy national team was said to be ready to jump onto the flight to Johannesburg when the call came that they should call off the game as Jordaan explained in a hastily arranged press conference last night…

The xenophobic attacks that have engulfed South Africa this week, reared its ugly head on the South African Football Association (SAFA) yesterday when they were forced to call off Bafana Bafana’s camp following the rejection by their opponents this week.

The 28-year-old Mtintso says community libraries and homes of the orphans and abandoned children are always in need of books and the response so far has been positive.

Mtintso says the idea was inspired by the Fees Must Fall movement, after hearing side comments that students were using the campaign to miss exams.

The campaign has been working with different libraries from various communities and with the help of Jabavu Library Centre which has the data-base of Johannesburg libraries.

The celebrated Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, Soweto will once again be a centre of attraction when another community building cycling event is held at this internationally acclaimed on Saturday.

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Glad Africa Championship team TS Galaxy will take on Nedbank Ke Yona team in the Ke Yona challenge match at the Kammelrivier stadium in Kwandebele on Sunday afternoon.

Thandeka Gqubule is SABC News, economics editor. She was testifying at the State Capture Commission .

Maritzburg United playmaker Daylon Claasen admits he still harbours hope of playing for Bafana Bafana again.

Jeremy Brockie has thanked Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe for sanctioning his surprise deadline-day move to Maritzburg United on Monday.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni says no one should be left out as the country embraces new technologies. He was addressing the delegates at the WEF held in Cape Town.

Bafana Bafana midfielder Bongani Zungu has described the Xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa currently as very sad and not painting the country in good light.

First Touch Academy head coach John Hlako believes Banyana Banyana failing to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games affords an opportunity to have an honest review of the team.