Chad le Clos completed another successful FINA Swimming World Cup meeting, winning four medals at the Budapest leg over the weekend! The four-time Olympic medallist won two gold medals and two silver in a repeat of the Eindhoven, Netherlands leg from a week ago. The South African swimmer tweeted afterwards: “Thanks to everyone back home […]

An analysis of the 2017/18 Annual Reports of government departments and selected entities, as tabled in Parliament, has revealed a “shocking level of financial mismanagement and wasted funds”, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA). According to DA Chief Whip John Steenhuisen and DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, Natasha Mazzone, the ANC has racked up […]

South Africa was leading by a whopping 12 points – with four minutes to play – in their match against world champions New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday… but in the very last minute the All Blacks staged a stunning comeback to secure a heartbreaking 32-30 victory over the Springboks. Sadly for […]

South African expat Bradley Steyn has posted a video pleading with the international community to help do something about murders in South Africa. (Watch below.) Bradley – who tragically lost his brother-in-law this week, after he was murdered on his Nelspruit strawberry farm – says in a video message and statement: “The murders across South […]

South Africa’s opposition party – the Democratic Alliance (DA) – says the murder of Free State farmer Mandeni Johannes Moloi highlights the need for a South African Police Service (SAPS) rural safety unit to keep farmworkers and farmers safe. Moloi was attacked on his farm outside Senekal in the early hours of Thursday morning, and […]

Watch below as South African athlete – and new Discovery ambassador – Caster Semenya is treated to a Discovery “family” welcome (which by the way was a total surprise for her, she thought she was just going for a meeting)… Discovery founder and group chief executive, Adrian Gore, was on site to welcome Caster personally. […]

An old video has emerged on Twitter that seems to reveal just how much former South African President Jacob Zuma had his ministers singing for their supper! It’s very interesting also spotting (near the end) who did not sing along… Pravin Gordhan, who is now helping to clean up the legacy of corruption that Zuma […]

Cape Town has been voted the top opportunity city in Africa by the World Bank. The bank made its announcement in its “Doing Business in South Africa” report. According to Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, Cape Town’s high ranking for providing electricity elevates it to the top 25 % of worldwide city economies. Apparently […]

It may be Spring… but South Africans in some parts of the country have woken up to a winter wonderland after snowfall last night, as forecast by Snow Report SA earlier this week. Farmers in the Vrede district, who experienced summer rains on Friday, awoke this morning to the rare sight of snow-covered fields. Glynda […]

It’s been snowing in parts of South Africa today (see below), and according to Snow Report SA, there’s a slight possibility of snow falling close to Joburg tonight! “We’ve been watching the weather data closely and have suspected for a few days now that we might see a slight possibility of Joburg snow as we’ve […]

The South African Government has welcomed the harsh sentence handed down to the so-called “Springs Monster” and his estranged wife, in the North Gauteng High Court, on Wednesday. The father was today sentenced to 35 years imprisonment after being found guilty – in August – of the attempted murder of his son, child abuse and […]

South Africa’s Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist Chad le Clos was on top form at the weekend’s FINA Swimming World Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands, winning four medals… including two Gold! In the 100-metre butterfly, Le Clos clocked 49.56sec to win the gold, while in the 200m butterfly, the Cape Town-based swimmer came from behind to […]

The EFF’s Julius Malema should appear and give evidence under oath before the Zondo Commission, says DA (Democratic Alliance) Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier. Maynier was reacting to the Economic Freedom Fighter leader’s allegations that Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene played a role in state capture in South Africa. Maynier said Malema has “conducted […]

A South African widow, whose husband was murdered on their farm in 2016, has posted a public video message to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the people of the USA following Ramaphosa’s statement to Bloomberg last week in New York that there are no farm killings in South Africa. In the video Mariandra Heunis recalls the […]

Visitors to Pretoria are currently being blown away by the beauty of its famous purple Jacaranda trees – more famous in Japan apparently than even Table Mountain! But yesterday, local resident Ria Viljoen captured these exquisite photos of the more rare white Jacaranda trees that are also currently in full bloom. Ria says she was […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday he was fired by former president Jacob Zuma for refusing to approve contracts that would financially benefit the Gupta family, friends of Zuma accused of corruption. Nene, who was giving testimony at a judicial inquiry into influence-peddling, said the main reason he was […]

Makhanda is now the official new name for Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, following the name change first announced in the Government Gazette by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa in June. The gazetting, which is a legal requirement, served to publicise the decision for objections or comments to be made. Apparently […]

One of Gauteng’s most famous roads – the William Nicol Drive – is to be named after Winne Madikizela-Mandela, who passed away earlier this year. Ismail Vadi, Gauteng’s Transport MEC, announced that up to 10 roads in Gauteng will be renamed. (October is Transport Month in South Africa.) Speaking to Jacaranda FM, Vadi said historically […]

Hot 91.9 DJ Sasha Martinengo has been dismissed, with immediate effect, after referring to Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Julius Malema as a monkey. The EFF said, in a media statement on Tuesday afternoon, that it welcomes Martinengo’s dismissal after his racist remarks. “Unlike many who accept apologies of the racists, this station refused to […]

South African Police Minister Bheki Cele has tasked Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole with investigating alleged corruption and misconduct at the Sophiatown Police Station, which services the violence ridden Johannesburg suburb of Westbury. Residents in the area, not far from Auckland Park, have described the last few days as being “scary” and like a “war zone”. […]

Consumers are in for a shock at the pumps as the petrol price in South Africa is set to rise by between 99 cents and a rand as of Wednesday. Turning to social media, South Africans have been horrified by the news. One said: “F**k me! When will this ever end??? Fill up before midnight […]

Snow Report SA has issued an Advanced Forecast on Sunday evening, predicting that not only is more snow on the way to parts of South Africa… but this next snowfall could be the heaviest yet! Snow Report SA said: Just when we thought winter was over, the weather data is suggesting that the biggest snowfall […]

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc and Elon Musk have agreed to pay a $20 million fine each to financial regulators, and the South African born and raised billionaire will step down as the company’s chairman… but remain as chief executive, under a settlement that caps a tumultuous two months for the carmaker. The securities […]

GoPro footage has captured a crazy rescue last week during a massive swell off Sunset Reef in South Africa… revealing the bravery of the guys on the personal water-crafts (PWC) who shoot into the dangerous waters to rescue surfers in distress. Murray Willcocks (a Cape Town lifeguard who works at The Shweet Life, according to […]

Two occupants of a light plane have been safely rescued after their aircraft hit a 2km long zipline cable near Sun City / Pilanesberg, in the North West province of South Africa. ‘Mountain Club of SA – Search And Rescue’ reported in a statement on social media today that the pair fortunately escaped major injuries […]