Noko Matlou – Sportswoman of the Year

Noko Matlou – Sportswoman of the Year

  Rustenburg – Banyana Banyana red hot striker, Noko Matlou, scooped the Sportswoman of the Year accolade during the 2011 SA Sports Awards ceremony at Sun City. However, the Limpopo-born Banyana prolific striker, who became the first South African to win a...
Carnival to bring Soweto to a standstill

Carnival to bring Soweto to a standstill

Pretoria – Preparations for the seventh edition of the Gauteng Pale Ya Rona (our story) Carnival are well underway. Floats and costumes are being made at different base-camps around the province. The main base camp is in Cleveland and the satellite one is in the...
Safa promotes women referees

Safa promotes women referees

Pretoria – The South African Football Association (Safa) has included two more women referees in its National Panel of Referees (NPR). The two new referees introduced to the panel are Sebabatso Malope and Noeleen Daniels and this brings to five the number of...
Seeker 400 plans for 2012

Seeker 400 plans for 2012

Pretoria – The Seeker 400 prototype, which is an unmanned air vehicle, is due to make its maiden flight early 2012, Denel Dynamics said on Wednesday. “The prototype of Denel Dynamics’ latest Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), the Seeker 400, has been completed and is...
Population rises to 50.59 million

Population rises to 50.59 million

Pretoria – The South African mid-year population rose to 50.59 million, up from 49.99 million in 2010, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday. According to Stats SA, approximately 52 percent of the population is females. From 2001 to 2011, the...
Mpuma women set for Women of the Year

Mpuma women set for Women of the Year

Hazyview – Two women from Mpumalanga have made it into the finals of the 2011 Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year awards. The awards celebrate exceptional and visionary women in five categories, namely: health care-givers, educators, socio-economic business...