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J. Cole announces Johannesburg return as ‘The Fall Off’ tour heads to FNB Stadium

A decade after his last SA show, J. Cole returns to Johannesburg with a chart-topping album and a tour billed as his final chapter.

Cyril Ramaphosa promises to do better,
Delwyn Verasamy

Ramaphosa: ANC will do better if re-elected

The president said should the ANC be voted back into power, it would make jobs a priority

President Cyril Ramaphosa
 Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Getty Images

Ramaphosa ‘outraged’ by other parties wanting do do away with national minimum wage

ANC draws a crowd of about 60 000 at its final Siyanqoba rally held in Joburg’s 94 000-seater FNB Stadium

Secretary general Fikile Mbalula says the ANC’s top seven leaders will not automatically step down should the party lose the elections.  Photo: Delwyn Verasamy, M&G

ANC top seven won’t step down if party fails to win elections, Mbalula says

The party’s secretary general reiterated the president’s view that South Africa has a strong democracy and the country would not be in crisis if the ANC lost the elections This…

Bearing grudges: Marshall Dlamini. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Getty Images

Past squabbles come back to bite EFF representatives

Long-standing Economic Freedom Fighters members claim a bus list is a ploy to remove them from the party

Grand old master: The Odi Stadium in the former Bophuthatswana bantustan is now only used by a few athletes, who still train on its Tartan running track. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Odi: The life and death of a legendary football stadium

Odi Stadium, a unique behemoth that once held 60 000 fans, is clinging to its existence

The PSL announced on Thursday that the league will remain suspended until further notice.

Instinctive Chiefs prove their title credentials

Amakhosi have flipped the popular narrative on its head, winning the Soweto Derby 1-0, and are now favourites to lift the PSL trophy

The big one: Lazarous Kambole, who played for Zambian football club Zesco, has been signed on by Kaizer Chiefs and will play in the Soweto Derby. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

A ‘friendly’ that means everything

A derby is a derby and Kaizer Chiefs desperately need to set the right standard for the season

Kaizer Chiefs is the most supported team in sub-Saharan Africa, but their yellow-clad fans are becoming vocal about Amakhosi’s string of recent losses. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

Derby: Why this one really matters

Coach Ernst Middendorp’s history with Bucs may bring the winning streak to Amakhosi

Mugged: A great time was had by all at the Global Citizen Festival — until they left the stadium. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty

The people versus the captured police

While the police figure is visible, they are not exactly accountable to the citizens.

Bernard Parker

Fire up the Soweto derby

The giants of Soweto are in dire need of a spark that will bring out the best in both teams

Soweto Derby: Two dead in FNB stadium stampede

Officials are unsure about what caused the stampede

Rock ‘n Grohl in the church of the Foo Fighters

Seminal rock band Foo Fighters, led by Dave Grohl, gave fans in Johannesburg three hours of emotional and almost spiritual glory.

President Jacob Zuma thanked supporters of the ANC at its 101st anniversary celebrations.

Motorists warned to prepare for Siyanqoba traffic

Drivers should expect closed roads and congested traffic near FNB Stadium, the venue of the ANC’s final election rally – Siyanqoba.

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula.

Zuma is a ‘tsunami’, booers are ‘cowards’, says Mbalula

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has lambasted those who booed Zuma when he walked onto the pitch at FNB Stadium, adding that Zuma is a ‘tsunami’.

The gospel according to Bruce Springsteen

A Springsteen show is part revivalist church service, part leftist political rally. But above all, it is a sweat-drenched rock ‘n roll spectacle.

Former president Nelson Mandela and ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Waging war on Mandela the saint

For the black youngsters of the 1990s, it was Madiba’s role as the head of MK that gave him the respect he needed to bring peaceful reconciliation.

Rain doesn’t keep mourners from Mandela memorial

As crowds gather under umbrellas and shelter from the rain, people have begun streaming to the FNB Stadium where Madiba’s memorial will be held.

Mixed reaction to Rihanna’s Jo’burg concert

Die-hard Rihanna fans sang along to every song, but the singer’s lack of energy and costume changes disappointed many concertgoers.

South Africa’s Gini coefficient — a measure of income inequality — indicates that the country is more unequal today than it wa?s in 1994. (David Harrison/M&G)

Stadium considers reward for Bieber heist info

FNB Stadium management says it is considering offering a reward following the theft of over a million rand of concert proceeds.