South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa couldn’t stand the “incessant chirping” (in the words of the SABC) anymore… and broke in Parliament yesterday, telling the opposition party’s Chief Whip John Steenhuisen: “I want you to shut up!” It was two hours into the Question and Answer session in the National Assembly and Ramaphosa just wanted to […]

When mining engineer Rian Gilfillan stopped to help a motorist on a road in South Africa, he didn’t realise he was about to bring a smile to not only her face… but to that of thousands around the nation. Rian’s simple kind gesture – to change Sanah Mabelane Mkhonto’s flat tyre – has been a welcome […]

If he were alive today, Nelson Mandela would probably be puzzled to find that it has become popular among South Africans frustrated with the pace of change to join former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in casting him as a villain. The charge against Mandela, who became South Africa’s first democratically elected President on May 10 […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s outfit (displaying a huge cross) at the Met Gala will be auctioned to raise money and awareness for the fight to end AIDS. To the disappointment of his fans back home, the South African expat didn’t wear anything locally produced…  but by wearing a Balmain suit, Trevor is still supporting […]

A very grateful mother of twins, Suz-Lee Ka Nogaga, is on a mission to make Dr Julia Kirkby famous, and asks everyone to “please share to help me celebrate this beautiful soul”. Last year, Suz-Lee gave birth to twin daughters… but one of them, Emihle, needed to stay in hospital. Dr Kirkby was one of […]

Meet South Africa’s version of the Kardashian family! Capetonian Bonita Ross uploaded this video a few months ago to Elsies River – My Hometown V2.0 Facebook page, a group celebrating and sharing everything going on in Elsies River (a suburb of Cape Town). Bonita said: “Our very own Kaapdashians!” WATCH South Africa’s Kaapdashians https://www.facebook.com/bonita.ross.14/videos/10213904461069747/

The MyCiTi service in the City of Cape Town remains suspended as the nationwide bus strike is still ongoing. “After nearly three weeks of strike action it is still unclear when the deadlocked wage negotiations will be resolved,” the City of Cape Town said in a statement on Sunday. MyCiTi commuters are requested to make […]

Six black rhino have been relocated from the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, to Chad… in an effort to reintroduce the rhino to the Central African country, where rhino had become locally extinct because of poachers. South Africa’s Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, was present to witness the […]

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has joined millions of football fans around the country, and world, in conveying condolences for the passing on of Maritzburg United striker, Luyanda Ntshangase. Luyanda was tragically struck by lightning during a match back in March – and had been hospitalized ever since, in an induced coma. Unfortunately he […]

The South African Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and the Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, have released the latest official statistics concerning farm murders and farm attacks in South Africa… after 11 years of the government’s silence on the matter. According to the Freedom Front Plus Leader Dr Pieter Groenewald, these statistics have finally been […]

Caster Semenya showed she’s not bothered by the latest rumpus surrounding testosterone levels in female athletes, as she raced to an imperious world-leading time in the women’s 1500-metre event in Friday’s IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. Semenya was almost contemptuous of her competition as she raced to a personal best and […]

Crazy things happen all over the world… but sometimes you see something that really is a unique ‘Only in Africa’ occurrence. Arrive Alive, which campaigns for safer roads in South Africa, posted the following video along with a very dry comment: “Several violations in this video… such as using a cellular phone while driving… cyclist […]

South Africa’s Jordy Smith (Durban) is captaining the World Team in the World Surf League’s (WSL) groundbreaking inaugural Founders’ Cup of Surfing this weekend in the USA. Taking place at the WSL Surf Ranch in Lemoore, 200 kilometres from the California coastline, the 5,000-strong capacity crowds are expected to watch USA, Brazil, Australia, Europe and […]

Sani Mountain Lodge in Sani Pass, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, received its first snowfall today… and it all began with a rainbow. The resort – which is situated on the border between SA and Lesotho, and boasts the Highest Pub in Africa – posted a few photos of the rainbow on Thursday morning, saying: “Today we […]

Help is sought in finding a missing 13-month-old child and his carer, who went missing in Alberton, South Africa, on Wednesday morning, 2 May 2018… in what is suspected to be a kidnapping incident. UPDATE 5 May 2018: Kidnapped child Eden Laird has been found unharmed in Brackendowns, South Africa. Suspects arrested. According to the […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah says he has “officially fired” Michelle Wolf, the controversial comedian who had US politicians not laughing in the aisles at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last weekend. Using President Donald Trump’s catchphrase, from Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV days, Noah said: “You’re Fired!” But it was tongue-in-cheek. Wolf had […]

Watch American journalist Dena Takruri summarise some of the history of Cape Town’s apartheid town planning… which still continues to haunt South Africa two decades later. In this episode of Direct From, for Al Jazeera’s AJ+, Dena shows how the divides exist not only between white and black but between ‘Coloured’ and black too… and how […]

South African Police Service (SAPS) officers have reached into their hearts and wallets to make a dream come true for a young 21-year-old cancer victim from Helenvale. The youngster – who matriculated from Chapman High School – has always dreamed of attending his matric farewell… When SAPS Gelvandale heard of his plight and financial situation, […]

Rupak Hattikudur moved to South Africa from India three years ago. In that time he has taken beautiful photographs of South Africa’s wildlife in the bush… BUT yesterday he witnessed the other side of what’s happening in the bush to our wildlife. The tragedy of poaching. This is his story… My mother and I woke […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says 54 people have been arrested in connection with violent protests – in which 18 trucks were torched – on the N3 freeway near the Mooi River Toll Plaza, in KwaZulu-Natal, last night. The KZN Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Bheki Langa, said he “strongly condemned” the unlawful protest […]

Two South African women – Makoma Lekalakala and Liziwe Mcdaid – have won the most prestigious environmental award in the world… for taking on the State, and stopping a proposed nuclear deal in its tracks. The winners of the international Goldman Prize were announced on 23 April 2018. Tonight, current affairs programme Carte Blanche will profile […]

It was a costly weekend for the Springbok Sevens as they lost stand-in skipper Kyle Brown for the season with a knee injury, and dropped to second place behind Fiji in the 2017/18 World Rugby Sevens Series standings after finishing fourth in Singapore. The Blitzboks started the bronze final with only 10 fit players and […]

It’s just another day in paradise… in Scottburgh. Watch as one of the locals channels Phil Collins… in Afrikaans! Guy Chadwick – who has recently opened Scotty’s Collectors Den – captured the video this week and said: “Phil Collins at his best – Live at my shop – amazing!! Real Africa interpreted.” The new curiosity […]

As if ‘lion farming’ wasn’t bad enough, Captured in Africa (CIA) Foundation has revealed that there is allegedly an active lion processing plant in South Africa… where lions are killed in order to obtain their bones for export. The demand for lion bones from the Asian market has increased over the past few years as […]

St John’s Diocesan School for Girls in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, is known as “small school, big heart”… and they proved it with this fantastic video to celebrate Freedom Day, 27 April 2018. Everyone in the school – from the youngest learner to the oldest, and including all staff, took part in this wonderful […]