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 […]

It appears that the on-off romance between South African Chelsy Davy and Prince Harry is finally over. Although he invited her as his ‘plus one’ to the royal wedding in April, he has since confirmed that he’s single…and today it’s been reported that he’s dating a swimwear and lingerie model who goes by the name […]

Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert have made a public display of affection this morning in Monaco, showing that they are still very much together and eagerly anticipating their wedding on Friday and Saturday. Pictured in the UK’s Daily Mail, Charlene is seen happily touring the principality with her husband-to-be. The couple are pictured chatting to […]

The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has published a new, authorised book of quotations from the respected former president – one they hope will help his many admirers to quote him accurately from now on. Nelson Mandela by Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations was released at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on 27 June 2011, and […]

South Africa’s Lwazi Gqira, 18, is swinging his way to golfing success after recently competing in the Toya Polish Junior Championship, which ran from 22 to 25 June 2011. To get there, the young sportsman from a poverty-stricken squatter camp in Duncan Village, East London, took his first flight in an airplane. “It was my first […]

Some dreadful rumours were being whispered around Monaco yesterday morning that Charlene Wittstock‘s fiance Prince Albert of Monaco has been “caught with his pants down again”.  Our source in Monaco told us that apparently it had surfaced that he’s fathered yet another baby…and that Charlene had left the principality and gone into hiding. We didn’t […]

It’s no wonder Khulekani Magubane has produced 17 books by the age of 22. The young man possesses energy, something all good writers need. You can hear it in his tone, which is quick, sharp and electric. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Herman Melville and more recently, Jonathan Safran Foer, were precocious artists who produced some of […]

Mead – although the name of this wine made from fermented honey may conjure up images of medieval frivolity, this is no longer the case. Biotechnologist Garth Cambray and his team at Makana Meadery are proving that even a 20 000-year-old recipe has a place in today’s modern era. Located in the picturesque city of Grahamstown […]