Check out the photos of President Zuma as the President’s Award for Youth Empowerment. Zuma is Patron in Chief of the awards since he took over from former President Nelson Mandela last year. Zuma attended the dialogue of the President’s Youth Awards for Youth Empowerment in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on the 13th July. The focus […]

President Jacob Zuma received the Freedom of Makana Municipality from the Makana municipality in Grahamstown, the municipality’s highest honour. The municipality said the President is being recognised for his role in ensuring South Africa’s successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, and for his outstanding performance in the political sphere of the country, […]

South African hospitality group Singita Game Reserves is now firmly at the top of the industry after walking off with the honours in the 2011 US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards readers’ survey.   Singita’s safari hotels and lodges were rated against top competition from around the world. Its Grumeti Reserves, situated close to the Serengeti […]

Ballito’s flawless surf last week, including 4-metre barrels, helped it make history at the 2011 Mr Price Pro Ballito Champion competition. Surfers from around the world gathered on Surfers Beach on the Kwa-Zulu Natal North Coast for what turned out to be an epic week of surf. Unfortunately South African defending champion Jordy Smith from […]

Kylie Minogue has been thrilling South African fans and having a blast herself during her first ever tour of South Africa. Even though Kylie dated South African model Zane (O’Donnell) back in the ’90s, she spent most of her visits lying on the beach at Camps Bay and never actually took to the South African stage. […]

The South African Gospel Singers will be performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on Monday 18th July…making it the perfect evening out to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday (if you happen to be in the UK). The choir, directed by Pinise Saul, is one of the greatest gospel choirs in the world. It […]

No excuses! Wherever you are in the world – learn the words to ‘Happy Birthday Tata Madiba’ and sing along with millions of South Africans at 08h05 am (SA time) on Monday 18th July, former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Here are the words, followed by a video… Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you […]

A massive campaign was launched today for Nelson Mandela’s birthday  – in what is a first for South Africa, the country will honour South Africa’s former president by singing “Happy Birthday Tata Madiba” simultaneously at 08h05 on the morning of his birthday, 18 July 2011. And you can join in, wherever you are in the world! […]

Caroline Rowland, a Rhodes University journalism graduate, has helped the South Korean city of Pyeongchang win the bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, with her evocative visuals of the alpine resort. The Welkom, Free State-born producer showcased the city’s hosting ability in the films New Horizons; Best of Both Worlds and Heroes, which eventually saw it overcome competition from […]

A simple idea that was born one afternoon in a textiles office led to a project that would see hundreds of disadvantaged children getting custom-designed t-shirts from ordinary South Africans. The T-shirts for Charity project is the brainchild of textile designer and tie-dye expert Melanie Brummer of SlipStream Dye and Prints, who started her career selling […]

Check out the highlights of Day One of the Mr Price Pro Ballito 2011, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Some FANTASTIC waves! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjTc8TExNG4

The students at Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa are going to be benefit from some private lessons from the media mogul herself! After receiving her Honorary Doctorate in Education at the University of the Free State, Oprah Winfrey is heading back to South Africa as a teacher! In an email newsletter […]

Rumours on the internet are that Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone may be close to signing a deal that would bring back a South African Grand Prix. A South African website has quoted 80-year-old Bernie as saying the race could be back in South Africa within two years, and that a contract is only “weeks […]

From an email doing the rounds. This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:                                                                       […]

President Jacob Zuma today met with His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, on the sidelines of the 123rd session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Durban. Prince Albert, the Head of State of the principality of Monaco, was accompanied by HRH Princess Charlène, and President Zuma by Mrs Thobeka Zuma.     […]

Check out the photos of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opening ceremony which was held at the Playhouse Theatre in Durban on the 4th of July. Source: The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa

Female scientists from Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have been honoured with 2011 L’Oréal-Unesco Regional Fellowships for Women in Science in sub-Saharan Africa. The five are Dalene de Swardt, Jeanne de Waal and Kim Trollope from Stellenbosch; and Olutayo Boyinbode and Rachel Muigai from UCT. The award ceremony took place in Melrose Arch […]

Honeymoon couple Princess Charlene (nee Wittstock) and Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived in Durban yesterday for their honeymoon, and are lunching with South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma today at the King’s House Presidential Residence in Morningside, Durban. After their lavish wedding at the weekend, the couple are reported to be staying at Umhlanga’s beachfront […]

Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will converge on the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, for their annual general meeting from 4 to 9 July 2011. This is the first time that the committee meets on African soil.   The meetings taking place at Durban’s International Convention Centre will form part of the 123rd IOC […]

So for all those who simply have to know, here are the facts and figures about Princess Charlene‘s outfits that she wore during her weekend wedding ceremony in Monaco where she wed Prince Albert II: WEDDING DRESS Giorgio Armani Privé wedding dress with a flowing line, in off-white silk duchesse, with a long train. Crossover […]

The journey of Wimbledon’s newest champion Novak Djokovic to victory included a match against South Africa’s own Kevin Anderson. The two met in the second round of the tennis tournament, where Djokovic knocked Anderson out in a fairly short match. In just under two hours, Djokovic dominated and won in three straight sets: 6-3, 6-4, […]

Princess Charlene has truly arrived. After the religious ceremony this afternoon (see photos below), the official website of the royal principality of Monaco has tonight added HSH Princess Charlene to their top menu. She now takes pride of place after Prince Albert II, and before his two sisters – Princess of Hanover (Caroline) and  Princess […]

Tears streamed down the face of stunning bride, and princess, Charlene as she stood beside her new husband, Prince Albert II, in the Chapel de St. Devota (Monaco’s patron saint) in Monte Carlo this evening. Earlier, the exquisite South African had appeared to fight back tears as her veil was lifted during the religious service […]

South Africa’s own Charlene Wittstock (33) has officially married her Prince!  The former Olympic swimmer married Prince Albert II (53)  of Monaco this afternoon in a civil ceremony.  Ignoring the rumours that swirled around Monaco in the past week, the couple beamed on large screens that were shown around the principality as they both said […]

Jason Hartman, South African singer and songwriter, will perform as the supporting act of Thursday’s show to celebrate this weekend’s wedding of fellow South African Charlene Wittstock to Prince Albert of Monaco. The show will take place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. Born in 1979, Jason Hartman started his musical career in 1996 […]