ANC holds slim majority in Gauteng, KZN

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

The ANC has a fight on its hands in the key provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal where it held a slim majority in each.

Ramaphosa tees it up at presidential golf day in Cape Town

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Despite a tough week at the presidential office, Ramaphosa still had time and energy to tee off at the traditional President's Golf Day.

#WaterCrisis: Government commits to infrastructure maintenance

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Minister Jeff Radebe told journalists in Davos that one of the central government's key priorities will be infrastructure maintenance.

Ramaphosa describes depth of #StateCaptureInquiry as a 'huge plus'

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday described the pending commission of inquiry into state capture as a "huge plus".

#WEF #WaterCrisis: Cape Town used as example for climate change urgency

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Cape Town and its desperate battle to avoid running out of water is a climate change disaster, the World Economic Forum in Davos has heard.

Vow to 'get things right' boosting investor confidence, rand – Mashatile

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile said new political leadership and the promise of "getting things right" was behind the rand strengthening.

Ramaphosa to send strong anti-corruption message at WEF

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Ramaphosa said the message that SA would be taking to Davos was that "we are taking action against corruption and we are deadly serious about it".

#WEF2017: Still hope, space for established media

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Despite the threat of "self-referencing" and fake news, there was still an important space for the established media.

Pensioner in dock over arms cache

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

A 70-year-old man appeared in court in connection with a large cache of weapons which was found at his residence.

New robbery ploy on Cape Town’s N2

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

City of Cape Town warns of concrete blocks placed in the road to force cars to stop so that robbers can strike

From All Black to green and gold

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Lindiz van Zilla considers pride in national teams, political activism and the damaging legacy of apartheid

Winnow the minnows, but not like this

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Nurture the young cricketing nations, don’t cull them, writes sports editor Lindiz van Zilla

It's all systems go for SA sport shake-up

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Minister of Sport Ngconde Balfour has announced a bold initiative to lift South African sport onto an equal footing with the rest of the world and his major shake-up ...

Record blitz as players rewrite the books

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar made the record books with a 161,3 km/h thunderbolt, little-known Canadian John Davison blasted the fastest World Cup century ...

New lifeline for England's match against Zim

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

England - who faced forfeiting its World Cup points from the Harare fixture - was thrown a lifeline with the announcement that a special technical committee would ...

'Hola, welcome to the cradle of humankind'

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

The Cricket World Cup opening ceremony will be the biggest production yet mounted in South Africa. It will sport funny man host Marc Lottering, a galaxy of local ...

Lottering won't be bothering with Flats taal

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Marc Lottering - the man with the most recognisable hairstyle in Cape Town - will be the master of ceremonies at the opening extravaganza of the 2003 Cricket World ...

Nicator two days ahead of Cape-to-Rio pack

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Nicator, skippered by professional yachtsman Klabbe Nylöf, has crossed the finishing line ...

Halfway to Rio old man Fagan takes the lead

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

As the big guns in the SAP Cape to Rio yacht race falter in the testing conditions on the South Atlantic, the oldest competitor in the race, 77-year-old Gawie Fagan, ...

Rugby match frenzy ends in life ban

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Sixty-two years of rugby tradition in the small Overberg town of Greyton was washed away in a few seconds of frenzied madness when players and followers of the Young ...

Balfour mum on UCB's scrapping of quotas

Lindiz Van Zilla|Published

Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour is withholding comment on cricket's decision to scrap racial quotas at national and senior provincial levels until after he has had ...