Team SA has returned from the World Para Athletics Championships with a bagful of medals and a total of 10 qualifiers for next year’s Tokyo Paralympics – and counting. There were 11 medals won in Dubai, two of them gold, with three silvers and six bronzes. Anrune Weyers was the show-stopper from a Team SA […]

Auditor General Kimi Makwetu has called on government leaders to take urgent action to halt the trend of disappointing audit results, restore accountability and prevent mismanagement of public funds. Releasing the 2018-19 general report for national and provincial departments as well as their entities, Makwetu said political leaders, accounting officers, authorities and oversight structures must […]

When insurance company Old Mutual refused to pay out on the death of a loved one in South Africa, insisting on more proof, the victim’s family complied – and brought the corpse into their offices in Stanger, in a body bag. The incredible footage (see below) was shot in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) after two bereaved female […]

A senior state prosecutor who was accidentally shot dead in her own court room was blasted by a police officer who was handing over a gun as an exhibit in a robbery trial, it can be revealed. The South African Police Service (SAPS) is treating the incident as culpable homicide and senior detectives have interviewed […]

On Monday night Maraisburg train station in Johannesburg, South Africa, was burnt and on Tuesday morning Park Station was vandalised. A disturbing video posted on Facebook shows men pulling down pylons and placing them across Metrorail lines. A Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (PRASA) statement said: “According to security personnel stationed [at Park Station] […]

Two people have been found murdered on Durban beachfront in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – a woman in her 40s who has reportedly been identified because her handbag was lying nearby, and a younger man. Both were wearing jeans, and had been stabbed multiple times. Their bodies were found by a local man on Monday afternoon […]

Criminals continue to damage the South African tourism industry, with the latest incident involving a gang who followed and pounced on a traveller arriving at OR Tambo International Airport from the UK, as he was about to alight from his taxi at a boutique hotel in Johannesburg. According to well know Social Cohesion Advocate, Yusuf […]

Hundreds of residents in Mpolweni outside Pietermaritzburg in South Africa are struggling to put their lives back together in the aftermath of last week’s tornado in KZN. Over 200 homes were destroyed or damaged leaving hundreds of residents roofless in Thokozani, Lindokuhle Village and Mvundlo. Two people lost their lives — a man in Mpolweni […]

A video capturing the highlights of South Africa’s incredible Rugby World Cup 2019 win has been going viral. Even though it’s now two weeks since the momentous achievement… this video – created for a victory party in the UK on Wednesday evening – will have you reliving one of the finest achievements in Springbok history […]

I am not sure how to tell this in a FB-length post, at least at the level of emotional turbulence with which this happened… writes award-winning South African novelist, playwright and journalist Steven Sidley. On Friday night we have a dinner party [in Johannesburg, South Africa]. A few friends over for chicken and wine. Seven […]

All dams supplying Butterworth and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape are dry. Amathole District Municipality (ADM) spokesperson Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso said 33 boreholes have now been drilled in Butterworth. Eight of these are equipped and operational, four are dry, four have water, but it’s not fit for human consumption, and 17 are currently being tested. […]

Six men have been arrested following the horrific carjacking and murder of a woman on her way to work on Friday morning in Johannesburg. The killing of Isabel van Coller has shocked and upset South Africans who were still riding high on the jubilant feeling of hope that the Rugby World Cup win brought to […]

Cuba has unveiled a statue of South Africa’s late President Nelson Mandela in Havana, to commemorate the historic ties between the two countries. Fernando Gonzalez, President of the NGO Cuban Institution of Friendship with Peoples, said: “For us it is a very special moment… we had been waiting a long time for the bust here. […]

South Africa’s Ntando Mahlangu took his first world title in the men’s 200m T61 at the World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai. Mahlangu scooped his Gold Medal in a time of 23.23 seconds, ahead of Great Britain’s Paralympic hero Richard Whitehead who ran in 23.82 seconds. On Facebook on Friday, an elated Mahlangu wrote: “An honor […]

Popular South African cartoonist and satirist, Jonathan Shapiro, has received France’s top cultural award, with the French government describing him as a freedom fighter with strong values of freedom of expression. The French Embassy in South Africa posted photos on Thursday evening from the event, saying: “A special day. On Wednesday Ambassador Aurélien Lechevallier bestowed […]

It’s snowing again in South Africa and Lesotho! Snow Report SA has posted photos from KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho showing snow has fallen, just weeks away from Christmas! https://www.facebook.com/snowreportsa/photos/pcb.2362498063877534/2362495290544478/?type=3&theater As South Africans look forward to the summer holiday season, the weather has been diverse in the country – from heatwaves to floods, tornados (two!)… and now […]

The Department of Water and Sanitation will today hold an urgent meeting with the Limpopo Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department to discuss ways of averting the looming disaster in the region due to dry weather conditions. The current hot temperatures in major parts of the country have plunged Limpopo, the Eastern Cape […]

Four people who were travelling in a taxi are incredibly lucky to be alive after the vehicle was swept off Barnsley Road into the swollen Duzi river in the Camps Drift area of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on Wednesday afternoon, said ER24 medical services. “Flash flooding from the heavy rain in the area meant the normally […]

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sipho Hlomuka has dispatched disaster management teams to New Hanover in the Mshwathi local municipality, just outside of Pietermaritzburg, to attend to people who were affected by yesterday’s massive tornado that ripped through the area (see videos here). The tornado hit the area on Tuesday afternoon, injuring […]

JOHANNESBURG: ‘STROOP – journey into the rhino horn war’ took the Video Media (Long Form) award for 2019 at the South African Breweries (SAB) Environmental Media of the Year in Johannesburg last night. This is the 25th award for the filmmakers of STROOP, Susan Scott and Bonné de Bod. An emotional de Bod stated last […]

A massive tornado ripped through parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, on Tuesday with several video posts showing it hit New Hanover outside Pietermaritzburg in the KZN Midlands. SAWX – Weather Forecasts for South Africa has also posted several satellite images. The KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance, Sipho Hlomuka, confirmed the tornado to Jacaranda FM. […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) could cut more than 900 jobs as it restructures to stem severe financial losses, the airline said in a statement. SAA said it had started consultations with its more than 5,000 staff and was talking to labour unions. The airline has not made an annual profit since 2011 and […]

The producers of  popular South African TV series ‘7de Laan’ have wished one of their stars – Patrick Shai – a speedy recovery after he was shot with 13 rubber bullets by police on Monday in Dobsonville, Johannesburg. Shai was reportedly trying to mediate and intervene between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and anti-Eskom […]

Australian firefighters have spent Sunday trying to contain bushfires as authorities warn that widespread fire danger on Tuesday will stretch their ability to protect people. Three have already perished since Friday. South Africans in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland are bracing themselves for worse conditions, as several fires rage across the Aussie states during […]

Cindy September, Western Cape creator of the Fallen Angels’ List (which pays tribute to those who have been killed in South Africa), has compiled another List today – on her 40th birthday – that celebrates life. As she reached this latest milestone in her life, Cindy asked herself: What lessons have I learned? “Here’s my […]