The case for unbundling SuperSport

The case for unbundling SuperSport

Inside a SuperSport outside broadcast truck on match day SportyTV, a streaming-only platform most South Africans have never heard of, this week announced it has secured pay-television rights to all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup. For the first time, a streamer without a satellite fleet and legacy cost base is grabbing a…

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Bolt SA tightens controls after fatal profile misuse case

Bolt SA tightens controls after fatal profile misuse case

Bolt’s driver identity verification checks are now conducted multiple times a week. Bolt has intensified its crackdown on driver profile sharing in South Africa, introducing stricter enforcement measures by increasing driver identity verification checks on the driver app. In 2023, the e-hailing firm introduced the Bolt Driver Selfie Verification feature on its mobile app to…

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the case for a South African comeback

the case for a South African comeback

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana doesn’t appear to be a politician given to hyperbole. So, when he stood in parliament on Wednesday and called his 2026 national budget a “turning point” in the management of South Africa’s public finances, it was worth paying attention. For the first time in more than a decade and a half,…

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Gymnast Jordan Chiles granted appeal in Olympic bronze medal ruling; Swiss court to rehear case

Gymnast Jordan Chiles granted appeal in Olympic bronze medal ruling; Swiss court to rehear case

American gymnast Jordan Chiles has been granted an appeal in her efforts to reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise that was stripped from her at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Switzerland’s supreme court said on Thursday its judges sent the “highly exceptional circumstances” of the bronze medal awarded in the women’s floor exercise back to the Court…

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