South Africa had a bullet train, the MetroBlitz, 35 years before President Cyril Ramaphosa first made his bullet train promise in 2019. The MetroBlitz was an experimental narrow-gauge high-speed train which, during testing in 1978, hit 245km/h, setting a world speed record for narrow-gauge rail that remains unbeaten today. The project began in the 1970s, when Herbert Scheffel of the South African Railways (SAR) experimented with self-steering bogies (trucks), which […]
Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws). SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS: IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS: A. Yellow level 4 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading to strong damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning and possible heavy downpours leading to flooding and damages to susceptible formal/informal settlements and infrastructure can be expected over the eastern and south-western parts of Limpopo, northern parts of Gauteng, as well as the extreme north-western parts of Mpumalanga. B. Yellow level […]
– Proteas Women’s coach on their T20 series against India – Ayabonga Khaka on the opening win over India – Sune Luus discusses South Africa 's lead in the T20 series against India – Faf du Plessis says Aiden Markram should move up to opener for LSG – Why the Mumbai Indians are struggling
– 2026 Masters champion Rory McIlroy – LIV Golf’s CEO discusses the future of the tour – Scarra Ntubeni on his final game for the Stormers – Impi Visser and Philip Snyman look ahead to the Hong Kong Sevens – Laura Wolvaardt ahead of the India T20 series
– Sundowns coach after their win in the CAF Champions League – Kupido looks ahead to the second leg of the Champions League – Reaction as Man City close the gap on Arsenal – Carrick reacts to a shock defeat to Leeds – Reaction after Liverpool’s Champions League exit