The MotoGP World Championship may be running at a record 20 rounds, stretching from Argentina to Japan, but there is still currently no event on the African continent.
Monza and Kyalami will both play host to FIA World Endurance Championship races for the first time in the 2020-21 season after being named on the provisional calendar that was announced on Thursday.
Australian Formula 1 legend Alan Jones has revealed in a new autobiography that he was paid to feign illness and miss the controversial 1985 South African Grand Prix in order to avoid sparking outrage with a team backer.
A trio of homegrown talents will take to the track at Kyalami this weekend - with Sheridan Morais set to compete in the South African round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship, and compatriots Lance Isaacs and Ronan Quarmby in World Supersport
Having seen chief title rival Max Biaggi close to within just three points of him in the standings last time out at Monza, Alstare Suzuki star Leon Haslam knows he needs to re-establish his 2010 World Superbike Championship supremacy at Kyalami this weekend
BMW come away from the sixth round of the World Superbike Championship with no points to their name for the first time this season after a disastrous weekend in South Africa.
The World Superbike Championship made a welcome return to the African continent, South Africa and Kyalami over the weekend, the event being warmly received by the teams, riders and fans alike.
Ronald ten Kate admits he does not know why Ryuichi Kiyonari's form continues to fluctuate between rounds following the Japanese rider's run to a best of 12th at Kyalami just a week after finishing on the podium at Monza.
Shaun Whyte will join Sheridan Morais in making his World Superbike Championship debut at Kyalami after being drafted in to replace David Checa at Yamaha GMT 94.
The countdown to the 2009 World Superbike Championship got underway at Kyalami this week as six of the seven manufacturer teams that will compete next year descended on South Africa for the final test of 2008.
Formula One stars past and present Johnny Herbert and Marc Gene have become the first big names among what is expected to be an impressive array of drivers to announce their participation in the Altech South African F1x2 Charity Grand Prix, which will be held at Kyalami next month.
Watched by a hugely enthusiastic crowd of 12,500 people at the AA Kyalami Grand Prix circuit, the Minardi team today introduced South African motor racing fans to the excitement of its unique two-seater Formula One programme.