A teenager tragically drowned yesterday at Llandudno Beach, in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa, after apparently slipping off some rocks and being swept away by rip-currents. The 15-year-old female’s body was recovered yesterday about 1km off shore, and surrounded by dolphins. The SABC reported NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon as saying: “An NSRI rescue craft, […]

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit (PPU) has served papers, on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA), for the appeal against the Potchefstroom Regional Court’s discharge of former Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise on charges of cruelty to animals. AfriForum PPU is handling the private prosecution of Modise, who is […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa today formally handed over a certificate of recognition to the King of the Zulu nation, His Majesty Misuzulu KaZwelithini, at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It was the first time for many to witness a certificate handover, as the last occasion – the inauguration of the late King Zwelithini – was […]

At least 153 people have died, including 22 foreigners, after a crowd surge in the central district of Seoul, the capital of South Korea. They were celebrating Halloween and many were wearing masks and Halloween outfits. It was the first Halloween event in Seoul in three years after the country lifted COVID restrictions and social […]

A video is going viral in South Africa of a conversation with a homeless man – Bonga Sithole – in Auckland Park, Johannesburg… with many falling in love with the Zola man who has a brilliant command of the English language, and some wise insight (“I am not defined by this cup,” he says.) In […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, KZN, for the certificate of recognition handing over to AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini, the final ceremony of his coronation. The historic event, themed “liphumile iLanga kwaZulu – the Sun has risen on the Zulu nation”, will be held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. […]

A tribunal in the UK has concluded that a South African nurse – Adelaide Kweyama – was the victim of race-related harassment and victimisation when she was told by her NHS boss, a senior nurse, to ‘bleach your skin so that you come back white and the patient will be nice to you’, when she […]

Team SA athletes will be richly rewarded for their awesome performance at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Games. SASCOC will be rewarding Team SA’s 27 medallists and their coaches through incentives funded by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). Breakdown of the allocations: Athletes’ incentives: Gold- R100 000, per athlete Silver- R 50 000, […]

Former Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu earned their first Springbok call-ups on Friday, while there was a recall for Jason Jenkins, who is back in the national set-up four years after making his Test debut, as head coach Jacques Nienaber named his 35-man squad to represent South Africa in the Castle Lager […]

A racist customer who assaulted the employee of a business in Meyerton in Gauteng, and called him the ‘k’ word, has shocked and angered South Africans of all races, but perhaps none more than the province’s Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Lesufi posted the video, in which the customer can be heard repeating the offending word at […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans should be best informed by the South African government on matters of State security. The President said it was unfortunate that the United States government issued a terror alert on Wednesday without discussing it with the South African government. The SA President said: “It was quite unfortunate that the […]

The richest man in the world, who was born and raised in South Africa, Elon Musk, has entered the Twitter HQ building. “Let that sink in,” he quipped on Twitter yesterday, along with a video showing the historic moment that he took over the social media platform. Today – with good old-fashioned SA humour – […]

South Africans being, well South Africans, have responded with typical humour to the security alert issued by the US Embassy on Wednesday. The alert warned embassy staff and US citizens in SA about a possible terrorist attack expected on Saturday in the Sandton area of Johannesburg. Locals immediately began tweeting memes and jokes about the […]

DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor has revealed “we are very concerned about terrorism after the alert the US embassy informed us about”, however she deflected attention from the possible attack in Sandton on Saturday to Burkina Faso in North Africa instead. Similarly the Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele admits “we are a bit disturbed”, but insists […]

A primary school learner from Somerset West (less than an hour from Cape Town) is representing South Africa at the Biathle-Triathle World Championships which kicks off in Madeira, Portugal today. Almost 2,000 messages of support have poured in for young Cameron Hodge from Beaumont Primary School in the Western Cape. The school called it an […]

The ten-year struggle to get rid of e-tolls has reached a fairly satisfying end for several South Africans who fought tirelessly against a system which they believed was totally over-priced. It was announced today – during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement – that the state will take over the South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) […]

The South African government says it has noted the terror alert issued by the US Embassy on its website, regarding a possible terrorist attack on Saturday in Sandton, Johannesburg. “This is part of the US government’s standard communication to its citizens,” said the Presidency in a statement on Wednesday evening. “It is the responsibility of […]

Tania Campbell was ousted as mayor of Ekurhuleni on Thursday after a vote of no confidence which won by just 7 votes. One hundred voted for the motion (including 86 ANC members) whilst 93 voted against it. The EFF abstained. Campbell, who remains as Leader of the Official Opposition in Council, has vowed to continue […]

The US Embassy has issued a Security Alert about a ‘Possible Terrorist Attack’ happening in South Africa this weekend, following information from its goverment. The US Embassy in SA issued the ’emergency information for American citizens’ on Wednesday 26 October. The US Mission said in the Security Alert: “The U.S. government has received information that […]

South Africa has scooped several top awards in the 2022 World Luxury Awards, which was held in Turkey this weekend. The final winners were announced to the public on Monday, 24 October 2022. Fusion Boutique Hotel in Polokwane, Limpopo won for Best Luxury Small Hotel in the World! The hotel offers A-listers a glamorous stay […]

REUTERS: Russia has notified the United States about its plans to carry out exercises of its nuclear forces, the Pentagon said on Tuesday (October 25), declining to offer further details about drills expected to include test launches of ballistic missiles. “The U.S. was notified and, as we’ve highlighted before, this is a routine annual exercise […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former Australia cricket captain Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball-tampering in the match that immediately followed the infamous 2018 Newlands test which saw the Australian team engulfed in the ‘Sandpaper-gate’ scandal. Paine, who stepped down from the captaincy late last year and withdrew from cricket for nearly a year, has […]

Social media users from South Africa to France to India are rushing over to Twitter to find out if WhatsApp is down… and yes it is (as of 09h45 SA time). UPDATE: WhatsApp is back up – please see Meta’s statement at bottom of page. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending […]

The DA Federal Executive (Fedex) met earlier this evening to hear representations from former Mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse on a strategy to regain a governing coalition in the City. Solly Malatsi MP – DA National Spokesperson – said: “After a full and open engagement, in which many perspectives were analysed and discussed, the Fedex […]

The Springboks will line up against the New Zealand at Twickenham in England for only the second time ever when they clash in a Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture on Friday, 25 August 2023 – two weeks before the international extravaganza kicks off in France, where South Africa will attempt to defend their crown as […]