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Oooooooh holy Sharapova! How we've missed you on the tennis court. On the 26th of April the "Queen of Scream" return to the tennis court with her 15 months ban for doping coming to an end. The Russian tennis pro played her first professional tournament in March 2002 at the age of 14-years. She defeated Brie Rippner at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California.

South African record producer and DJ, Black Coffee is in the spotlight again following the release of 'Get it together', a song where he is featured by Canadian artist, Drake. The release of the song was announced by DJ Black Coffee on his twitter handle (@RealBlackCoffee) on 19 March with the caption "Literally in tear", and has been received with mixed reactions on Twitter. Among the list of people that were first to congratulate DJ Black Coffee was, Hip-hop artist, Cassper Nyovest who expressed his delight for his fellow countryman. Abuti Fill Up (CassperNyovest) said: You keep inspiring us!!! Congrats and keep flying the flag grootman @RealBlackCoffee.” Despite positive reaction from those who are in the music industry with DJ Black Coffee, some of his fans weren’t pleased with the song. Thato Mabasa (@T_Mabasa) said:"Is it me or does Get it together by Drake ft Black Coffee sound more like Black Coffee’s superman track." Sup...

                                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38lptgXpq_s Despite his continued hustle without getting a contract, Richards Bay’s underground artist, Simphiwe Mthembu is confident that the delay in breaking the music industry will be worth the wait.   The 20-year-old, whose stage name is Simmy Sims has been an underground artist since the age of 13 and believes that perseverance and hustle would be key to him unlocking the doors in the industry.   “I have been in the game for a while now. I have achieved a lot of things in the past seven years, I dropped my first mixtape at the age of 16, and I have been fortunate to have ‘Hustle’ my song televised on 1KZNTV,” Mthembu said.   Mthembu, who is also a third year Fine Art student at Durban University of Technology (DUT) said that music is part-time due to a c...

  This assessment taught me a lot of things about Mobile Journalism (MOJO). I got an opportunity to use a gadget to report news, and that alone made me realise that media is fast moving with trends. Over the past two years or so, I have been closely monitoring the use of MOJO by journalist in South Africa and in this assignment I tried to duplicate some aspect of their reporting using this powerful gadget called Cellphone. When Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan delivered his budget speech on the 22nd of February, I knew that the aspect that I was going to choose for my assignment would be about the increase in sin taxes for consumers of Alcohol and Tobacco. High consumption of these products is a massive issue in South Africa, especially among youth. This assessment answers questions such as ‘despite the yearly increase of alcohol and tobacco why do you persist in using these products.' This question might sound a little bit silly, but the reality is, South Africa is at a ...

The Blitzboks clinched their fourth title in five tournaments of the HSBC World rugby series with a 19-12 victory over Fiji in the final played at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Fiji scored first after four minutes of the final, but a converted try by Cecil Afrika had the Blitzboks back in the lead at the break. Leading tackler in the series, Chris Dry, should his versatility with a try early in the second half to put South Africa 14-5 ahead, before Specman ran more than 50 meters to score the decisive try. Fiji did score again, but that was too late to stop the Blitzboks earning a fourth tournament this year. Blitzboks currently lead the overall HSBC World rugby sevens rankings with 107 points, 24 points ahead of beaten finalists, Fiji, who has 83 point. England occupies the third place with 81 points. Blitzboks coach, Neil Powell praised the team’s ability to come back when the chips were down. “I am very pleased with the result, even though it was not the mo...

The Proteas recorded a comprehensive 78-run win over New Zealand in their one-off T20 match at Eden Park Yesterday. The Proteas led by Francois du Plessis lost the toss and were sent by Kane Williamson to bat first in a ground which holds terrible memories in their hearts. Hashim Amla set the tone for the Proteas with his sixth half century in T20’s for South Africa. Despite being criticised in recent times for his decline in form, the opener top scored with 62 runs off 43 balls to help South Africa post 185/6 in their 20 overs. The 33-year-old opener with his soft wrists scored 9 fours and 1 six. Faf du Plessis (36), JP Duminy (29), and Ab de Villiers (26) all performed well with the bat, while Trent Boult (2-8), and Colin de Grandhomme (2-22) were outstanding with the ball for the hosts. The Black Caps response got to the worst possible start, with Chris Morris removing opener, Glen Phillips and Colin Munro.  Despite the Proteas score being described as sma...

When All Blacks flyhalf, Dan Carter, called time to his illustrious international career at the end of the 2015 rugby world cup there were doubters whether 24-year-old (then), Beauden Barrett, was the right candidate to fill Carter’s big shoes. There were also discussion circulating on the media on who was better to take over from Carter between Beauden Barrett and Aaron Cruden, it wasn’t long before Barrett’s impressive form made him the front-liner for the kicking reigns in the All Blacks.  Before we knew it he had cemented his place as the usual suspect in the 10 jersey rather than number 22. Barrett, a man who had lived under Carter’s shadows knew he had finally got his opportunity to steal the limelight in the black All Blacks kit. Apart from the Springboks decline of form, All Blacks’ dominance, England’s progression under Eddie Jones, the year 2016 wouldn’t be wrapped up without mentioning the name of Beauden Barrett. The Hurricanes flyhalf was...