Team South Africa wrapped up their Commonwealth Games campaign by finishing sixth on the overall table, with 13 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals. GARY LEMKE gives his verdict as the curtain came down on the Gold Coast. THE TOP 10 SOUTH AFRICAN PERFORMERS ON THE GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA 1 Caster Semenya (800, 1500m) […]

A brave Eastern Cape woman – who was shot, tied up with wire and raped on her farm in South Africa three weeks ago – says her message to Australia is “we need help”. Nicky (whose surname was not revealed) described the harrowing experience to an Australian radio station, revealing she does not believe the […]

Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies added silver medals to their Commonwealth Games sprint collection as South Africa took silver in the 4×100-metre relay on Saturday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. The two had won gold and silver respectively in the 100m final a few days prior to the relay. Bruintjies got the […]

Kenyan wildlife conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, famous for saving orphaned elephants, has sadly passed away at the age of 83, after a long battle with breast cancer. Daphne – who founded the famous David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in 1977, which she named after her late husband – died Thursday evening, 12 April 2018, according to […]

It may have been Friday the 13th but there was nothing unlucky for South African wrestling at the Commonwealth Games, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Martin Erasmus, a big boy from Brakpan on the East Rand of Gauteng, powered his way to South Africa’s first wrestling gold medal at the Games since […]

South Africa’s Caster Semenya dedicated her 800-metre gold at the Commonwealth Games to the rural youth of Africa on Friday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. If ever there was a golden banker for Team South Africa at these Games, it was going to be the double Olympic 800m and reigning world champion. […]

The Department of Environmental Affairs and stakeholder within the environmental sector are identifying 10 million hectares of suitable land for previously disadvantaged individuals and communities to become owners of sustainable wildlife-based business ventures. The new owners would be supported with infrastructural development (game fence, ecotourism facilities etc), game donation/loaning, skills development and training, access to […]

Police have made a major breakthrough in the fight against the scourge of drugs with the discovery of what appears to be a drug laboratory at a house in Orlando West, Soweto, this morning. National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, visited the house in Soweto which was being used as a multi-million rand clandestine drug […]

Long after the players had left the rink and the workforce were getting ready to start packing up on the final day of the bowls competition at Broadbeach, people were still talking about the Women’s Pairs final, writes GARY LEMKE on Australia’s Gold Coast. And rightly so. They had been treated to an epic encounter, […]

Best buddies Jonathan Ntutu and Hilton Langenhoven bagged gold and silver for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. The two T12 visually impaired athletes raced to the 1-2 double, following in the footsteps of compatriots Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies, who pulled off the […]

The DA party has denied reports that the party has taken a decision to charge Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille, over her attendance of the EFF’s Memorial Service in honour of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. “These reports are simply untrue,” said Refiloe Nt’sekhe, DA National Spokesperson, in a media statement Thursday. De Lille’s attendance at the […]

According to EFF leader Julius Malema, women can actually do better than men. In a tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Malema said she proved that when she stood alone in the ’80s while the men went ‘under the table’. The Commander-in-Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters said the first female president of South Africa must come […]

Family, friends, government officials, the diplomatic corps and ordinary South Africans came in their numbers on Wednesday to bid the woman who became known as the face of the South African liberation movement, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, goodbye in song and praise. Memorial in Soweto remembers anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela #WinnieMandelaMemorialhttps://t.co/iyRYVjONX8 pic.twitter.com/Koyrpcekyf — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) […]

Athletes Luvo Manyonga and Anaso Jobodwana provided for a sweet and sour night of drama for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Manyonga and fellow long jumper Ruswahl Samaai, Sunette Viljoen (javelin) and Reinhardt Hamman (shot put) had a field night as they added […]

The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed the detention of South African citizen, Justin Van Pletzen, in Dubai. In a statement on Wednesday, the department said it has received confirmation from the South African Consulate-General in Dubai that the South African expat – who has been living in the United […]

Western Cape MEC for Education, Debbie Schäfer, has expressed her heartfelt condolences to the family of the Middelpos Primary School teacher who was shot and killed on Wednesday morning in South Africa. The teacher was allegedly shot by a man, believed to be her ex-spouse. The perpetrator is reported to have then turned the gun […]

The civil rights organisation AfriForum today filed criminal charges of corruption, fraud, theft, extortion and forgery against Shaun Abrahams, the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), and six other senior members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). “This follows after AfriForum received an anonymous letter that elaborates on allegations of serious criminal conduct. In this […]

Passengers on a taxi in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, got the fright of their lives when they realised they’d been joined by an unwanted hitchhiker – a lethal black mamba. According to Graham ‘Dingo’ Dinkelman, a wildlife filmmaker and conservationist, the black mamba is arguably the most dangerous snake on the planet. “They are big, have […]

Watch below as South African free solo rock climber Matt Bush ascends iconic SA rock faces – from Cape Town’s Lion’s Head to Paarl Rock, one of the hugest granite domes in the world. The nerve-wracking action was filmed by Western Cape photographer and videographer, Luke Maximo Bell. Luke has been filming Matt over the […]

Government is forging ahead in its pursuit to eliminate the red tape hindering potential investors from gaining access to the South African economy. Speaking at the launch of the Gauteng provincial InvestSA One Stop Shop (OSS) on Tuesday, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said through the opening of InvestSA offices across the country, government […]

Caster Semenya crushed a quality field to finally break Zola Pieterse’s 34-year-old national 1500 metre-record to win the women’s 1500m gold medal on Tuesday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Semenya only took the lead with 200m to go but her move was swift and decisive as she breezed past Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech. […]