A 77-year-old woman from Ohio, United States of America (USA) finally got her dream wedding when she married herself at her retirement community, O’Bannon Terrace in Goshen, on Saturday, 13 May. According to People, Dorothy “Dottie” Fideli was once married in a brief courthouse ceremony in 1965, wearing a black dress. WOMAN DIVORCED AFTER NINE YEARS Her marriage, […]

The internet has really made things a lot easier to do with lifehacks – be it making the viral pasta you’ve been seeing on TikTok or assembling IKEA furniture, knowledge is nowadays, quite literally one click away. Here’s today’s life hack! Put this under your tongue before bed, you’ll thank me later The next life […]

Article originally published on GroundUp By Steve Kretzmann The Post Office has been deducting pension fund contributions from workers’ salaries, but the last time any money was paid over to the retirement fund was in April 2020. Authorities will not say how much is owed to the retirement fund, but it may be R1-billion. If the Post Office […]

Thabo Bester’s virtual court appearance – in a Burberry hoodie – is the talk of Twitter streets, and so is the price tag! Despite being behind bars at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria, the convicted criminal showed off his fashion finesse. ALSO READ: Burberry baddie: Thabo Bester given special treatment? [photos] Alongside his co-accused – […]

During a concert in Philadelphia, American singer Taylor Swift nearly interrupted her performance to defend a fan from a security guard. On May 7, when performing Bad Blood at Lincoln Financial Field, Taylor Swift requested a security guard in the audience to stop what he was doing to a fan. Taylor Swift didn’t allow her show to get in […]

Tickets for the United Rugby Championship (URC) final between the Stormers and Munster sold out in just three hours on Thursday. ALSO READ: United Rugby Championship shield system set to be scrapped Tickets went on sale at 10:00 and by 13:00 they were all snapped up by eager fans. ALSO READ: Former Kaizer Chiefs official: Busted for R100m fraud Tickets started from just R80 […]

A 1-year-old baby died and 23 people were reported missing after a hippo capsized a boat on a river in southern Malawi. According to Aljazeera, the incident occurred on Monday morning, 15 May the Shire River, Malawi’s largest river. The boat had 37 passengers. THIRTEEN PEOPLE RESCUED Thirteen people were rescued by the Malawian police and […]

Rock deposits in a cave system inhabited by early human ancestors in South Africa may be almost 2 million years younger than previously thought, a new study has found, which may cast doubt over whether humankind may have originated in the country. NEW READ | [WATCH] – Huge wave hits a boat According to Bloomberg, the study, which used sediment analysis, […]

There is a rising number of consumers who find themselves battling with banks through the Ombud for Banking Services South Africa, you can take a wild guess who is leading the list. ALSO READ: Titanic shipwreck captured in first full-sized 3D scan – PICTURE CONSUMERS COMPLAINING VIA THE OBS South African consumers are increasingly bypassing […]

Louis Tshakaone, a former public relations officer for Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs, made an appearance at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday. The 74 year old made an appearance alongside his wife Suzan Tshakoane, 59, and Louis Tshakoane Jr, 34. ALSO READ: Two KEY positions for Kaizer Chiefs to improve right now The […]

Load shedding will be dealt with by the end of 2023, according to ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula. READ: Boy found in distress, naked and covered in paint, after weekend search MBALULA SAYS LOAD SHEDDING WILL BE DEALT WITH The former Minister of Transport made the claim while speaking to eNCA’s JJ Tabane on Power to Truth. According […]

Today’s video: a big wave that hit a boat. These daily videos are unfathomable and often unexplainable – but 100% genuine – and may well leave you speechless. Terrifying video of the day: Watch as people in the hold on to something One big wave & …. 😳🌊 pic.twitter.com/jZJWdbKEQj — Wow Terrifying (@WowTerrifying) May 12, […]

It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in early June, but the latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) remains good for motorists in South Africa, BUT … ALSO READ: KFC rubbishes Romeo Malepe’s claims of stealing his kota idea Looking ahead, fluctuations in international product prices and rand weakness show the following […]

According to the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2021), a staggering 81 percent of the country’s grade 4’s lack the ability to read for meaning in any of the official languages. 12 426 grade 4’s were tested and compared to other learners in 42 different countries. South Africa did not fair very […]

Dragon Ball Super fans can now rejoice knowing that there’s a new season coming out soon. Growing up in South Africa in the early 2000s means you probably were glued to your television at 17:00 every weekday to watch Dragon Ball Z on SABC2. THE POPULAR ANIME IS SET TO RETURN ONCE MORE According to High on Cinema, the reputable Dragon […]

A shocking video has emerged showing that an Eastern Cape hospital, more specifically the paediatric unit, is INFESTED with RATS. WATCH AS THIS EASTERN CAPE HOSPITAL IS INFESTED WITH RATS According to a report by The Daily Maverick, the doctors and nurses have raised their concerns over a rat infestation in the paediatric unit of Dora […]

The semigration trend from Gauteng to other parts of the country – particularly the coastal regions of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal – is creating massive property-investment opportunities in South Africa’s economic powerhouse province, with Pretoria performing particularly well. According to BetterBond’s first quarterly report for 2023, viewed from the perspective of first-time homebuyers, it […]

Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which is published in The Journal of Neuroscience, we enrolled 163 children at either six months of age or 30 months of age. The children wore a small audio recorder in a specially made vest […]

Brace yourself! FREEZING temperatures and more SNOW are expected in these parts of South Africa. ALSO READ: Eastern Cape dam water levels update FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW According to Vox Weather, forecaster Annette Botha the freezing levels are expected to drop significantly from Thursday into Friday. This is as two fronts and […]

Formula 1 has cancelled this weekend’s Imola Grand Prix due to heavy rain and flooding in the northern parts of Italy. On Tuesday, F1 personnel had been instructed to leave the track due to flooding. Five people have been killed by flooding in the region, with thousands evacuated from their homes, SkySports reported on Wednesday. “The F1 […]

Their quest for automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games may be out of their hands, but the Blitzboks will leave no stone unturned at the London Sevens this weekend as they give it one final push to book their tickets to Paris next year. ALSO READ: Blitzboks drawn in Group of Death at Hong […]

Dagga traffickers are using a new means to smuggle narcotics into South Africa, the police announced on Tuesday, 16 May. A suspect was arrested at the Mahamba Port of Entry. READ: Zuma vs Ramaphosa: President seeks to block private prosecution NEW DAGGA SMUGGLING TACTIC UNCOVERED AT MAHAMBA PORT OF ENTRY South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Colonel Donald […]

Constantia Junior Govender, an elderly woman from Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal has claimed that she woke up after being declared dead at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital. The 52-year-old woman told Phoenix Tabloid that she didn’t remember how she ended up at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital. Govender said she was on her way to a friend’s house when she […]

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city is encouraged by unemployment declining by four percentage points year-on-year, with the city maintaining the lowest unemployment rate of the metros. ALSO READ | Martha Stewart breaks Maye Musk’s record for oldest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model However, much work still lies ahead to ensure more economic growth that helps more people […]

On 11 May 2023 the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, claimed that South Africa had secretly exported arms to Russia in December 2022. The announcement rapidly fed into a popular narrative that South Africa was increasingly siding with Russia in relation to Moscow’s aggressive war in Ukraine. Brigety’s statements made both South African and […]