VERNON PHILANDER took the final three India second innings wickets in the space of four balls – the first with a sensational catch by Quinton de Kock standing up to the stumps – to snuff out any thought of a final twist in the tale of the first Sunfoil Test match at PPC Newlands on […]

The South African Department of Health has put the Listeriosis outbreak on high surveillance, as 119 new cases have occurred since 5 December 2017, and 61 patients have now died. The Minister of Health is requesting that all pregnant women register on MomConnect, as SA experiences one of the largest outbreaks of Listeriosis recorded in the […]

The SA Rugby Sevens Academy have claimed the Punta del Este tournament on the Sudamericarugby Sevens series in Uruguay, beating Ireland, France and Chile en route to the title. This was despite only having nine players available for the final. ‘It was a great start to the year for us and the guys really had […]

Oprah Winfrey’s received a standing ovation after delivering an incredibly powerful acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards last night in the USA. Watch below. Winfrey became the first black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honour which is bestowed on a “talented individual who has made an incredible impact on the […]

A classic old video of Michael Bublé going undercover as a South African shop assistant in the UK, is going viral again… and if you never saw it the first time, it’s worth now watching. (And if you did, it’s worth watching again!) The hilarious video was actually aired on BBC One over a year […]

A heartbreaking – but inspiring – letter from a dying 27-year-old Australian woman has gone viral around the world. Holly Butcher’s letter, which serves as a brilliant guide on how to live your best life, has been shared over 25,000 times since her family posted it on Thursday… after she passed away in the early […]

Banyana Banyana have been crowned the 2017 CAF Women’s National Team of the Year at the AITEO CAF Awards 2017 held in Accra, Ghana. The glittering ceremony was attended by among others, CAF President Ahmed, SAFA President Dr Danny Jordan and several African football legends including Didier Drogba of Cote d’Ivoire and Samuel Eto’ of […]

Friends and family of missing Durban 20-year-old – Siam Leslie Lee – are appealing to South Africans, particularly in the Johannesburg, Gauteng, area to please be on the lookout for her. It has now been over 48 hours since she disappeared under “suspicious circumstances”. (Update: see Siam’s mom’s video plea at bottom of page.) Family […]

A video of two young boys, who behaved like true heroes after Thursday’s tragic train smash, is going viral as it shows the very best of South Africans, and gives so much hope for the future. It’s not only their heroic deeds that are inspiring SA citizens, but that they both – white and black […]

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, who is currently fighting to keep her mayoral position, released a statement Friday evening in response to comments made by the ANC at a press conference earlier today. She claims that the Bowman Gilfillan report is based on erroneous facts and findings. De Lille was suspended by the Democratic Alliance […]

The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has advised that a heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the Free State, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng until Monday (08 January 2018). Extremely hot conditions are expected over the Western Bushveld and Limpopo Valley until Monday […]

A South African tourist, believed to have been a 36-year-old woman, has reportedly died this morning in a hot air balloon crash near the ancient city of Luxor in Egypt. Her name has not yet been released. Seven other people were injured in the accident, and 12 remained unharmed, according to reports around the world. […]

Western Cape vlogger Adam Spires’ latest video, co-produced with TV personality Siv Ngesi, investigates the rumour that millions and millions of litres of Cape Town’s precious water – in the midst of the worst drought on history – are being purposefully released downstream. Spires and Ngesi say they visited Theewaterskloof Dam to debunk the rumour… […]

Whilst there has been much jubilation in Zimbabwe amongst white farm owners since former President Robert Mugabe was ousted, it appears not all is rosy. (Please see Update below.) The controversial policy of land seizure seemed to have changed since Emmerson Mnangagwa became the country’s new leader… and just a couple of weeks ago a […]

At least 14 people were tragically killed and almost 270 injured on Thursday morning in South Africa, when a passenger train collided with a truck and caught fire, between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the Free State. Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi visited the scene, and sent condolences to the victims’ families. He warned that the death […]

‘Pranksters’ have removed a new NSRI rescue buoy from the beach in Jeffreys Bay… putting lives at risk. The new Pink Rescue Flotation Buoys are stationed at unprotected beaches along the Southern Cape and Eastern Cape coastlines… and have already been responsible for one successful rescue at Wilderness. NSRI has appealed to the thieves who […]

South African struggle stalwart and national poet laureate, Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile (popularly known as ‘Bra Willie’), sadly passed away today at the age of 79. Award-winning Western Cape poet Athol Williams has written the following dedication to him… HIS GENTLE BREATH Dedicated to Keorapetse Kgositsile His gentle breath gave shape to the deflated – we stood […]

The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate says it will maintain high levels of visibility at beaches and other public areas until the South African school holidays wind down. Staff will be on high alert over the next two days in particular as the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has predicted very hot […]

CAPE TOWN – More than 13,000 dancers took part in Tuesday’s famous Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) celebrations through the streets of Cape Town. Oday Mtour, who recently moved to South Africa from Jordan, was there to enjoy and capture the atmosphere on film – watch below. The annual 02 January Minstrels Parade – also […]

DURBAN – Ethekwini Municipality has requested that the parents of three children, left on Durban beaches during the New Year long weekend, urgently make contact with authorities to be reunited with their children. Beaches were packed on 01 January 2018 and parents had been urged to make sure they took their child to a Child […]

KWA-ZULU-NATAL – The South African Police Services (SAPS) are appealing for help in finding a #Missing three-year-old girl. In a statement issued Tuesday evening, SAPS said: “Three-year-old Sphesihle Zama Dlamini attended a church service at Amandawe on 31 December 2017. “She was playing with other children, however, when her mother looked for her at about […]

American movie critic Jesse Knight has voted South Africa’s ‘Meerkat Maantuig’ (Meerkat Moonship) as the number one film on his 10 Best Undistributed Films (in the U.S.) of 2017. Let’s hope his vote will make some US distributors change their minds in 2018! Meerkat Maantuig changed their Facebook status to “feeling thankful” and said: “Go […]

What an incredible year it’s been, some extraordinary times and a lot of lessons learned, another great chapter in this incredible life… writes South African expat and adventurer Marky Warren. It’s hard to think that just three years ago I was at the lowest point, drowning in addiction, depression and if it wasn’t for my incredible […]

When we were kids we would sing “rain, rain, go away, come back another day”… but today – especially if you live in Cape Town or on a farm in the Northern Cape – our hearts leap excitedly at the sight of drizzle and we pray for it to stay, longing for it to rain […]

A daring rescue mission took place on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday evening… but unfortunately two climbers are reported to have tragically died, whilst a third, their female companion, was rescued and lifted to safety by a cable car, after 22h00. Hundreds of tourists to the iconic mountain – where conditions […]