South Africa

The province of KwaZulu-Natal has called for “urgent national intervention” from the South African government in order to deliver funding for Durban’s staging of the 2022 Commonwealth Games multi-sport event.

Sanzea, a new partnership formed by the domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa, has confirmed the dates and venues for the inaugural edition of its International Super Series national team tournament.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today (Monday) imposed a 20-year ban on former national team player Gulam Bodi after he admitted to contriving or attempting to fix matches during last year’s edition of domestic Twenty20 tournament the T20 Challenge Series.

The domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have entered into a new partnership with the aim of developing a new national team competition.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed that the 2016 edition of its Currie Cup domestic competition will be expanded to include the Namibian national team.

The success story of Dimension Data, Africa’s sole Professional Continental cycling team, has continued with the announcement of its elevation to the elite WorldTour road racing calendar for 2016.

Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Argentinian, Australian, New Zealand and South African rugby unions, has appointed Andy Marinos as its new chief executive.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has moved to seize control of Super Rugby franchise the Southern Kings in a bid to assist the Eastern Province Rugby Union, which is enduring financial difficulties.

The European Tour has revamped its Final Series, with African showpiece the Nedbank Golf Challenge elevated to become part of a new three-tournament end-of-season swing.

Lindile Kika, who served as the South African Football Association’s (Safa) head of national teams during the 2010 Fifa World Cup in the country, has been banned by football’s global governing body for his role in alleged match fixing.

Pretoria’s High Court has abandoned a legal action aiming to ban South Africa’s national team from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Durban was today (Wednesday) confirmed as host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with South African officials stating the award of the multi-sport event will delay any potential bid for the Olympic Games.

South Africa could be prevented from competing in the upcoming 2015 Rugby World Cup should legal action prove successful in Pretoria’s High Court tomorrow (Wednesday).

The South African government has approved Durban’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games ahead of the likely award of the multi-sport event to the city next week.

Leaders of Durban’s bid to land the 2022 Commonwealth Games have admitted that they may go into next month’s official allocation of the multi-sport event without a formal financial guarantee from the South African government.

Durban is a step closer to securing the hosting rights for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but the South African city has been told to take action in a number of areas as it ploughs ahead as the sole bidder for the multi-sport event.