South African group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has scooped two nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards! The isicathamiya group has been nominated in the Best World Music category, for ‘Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration’ and in the Best Children’s Album for ‘Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World’. The South […]

South African expat comedian Kevin Fraser, who lives in Australia, has posted another rant about modern technology – this time about his Apple iPhone… and many people can relate! Watch Kevin Fraser: Losing My Apples https://www.facebook.com/kevinfraserofficial/videos/2270149596344098/ Kevin will be performing at the Arts Centre on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) on 15 December 2017.

South African born and raised billionaire, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, has kept his promise to the South Australian (SA) government to make a mega-battery – the world’s largest lithium-ion battery ever – in 100 days! According to the contract between the former Pretoria Boys’ High student and the SA government was that if he couldn’t […]

Watch the National Assembly debate on State Capture below… where several arguments have already erupted. The ANC has issued a statement clarifying the DA subject for debate: “The Office of the ANC Chief Whip has noted the unfortunate public utterances by five ANC MPs accusing the ANC Chief Whip, comrade Jackson Mthembu of having colluded […]

A heavy storm hit parts of Johannesburg and Gauteng today including Braamfontein, Berea and Houghton… causing several roads to be flooded and train services stopped. Gauteng Province Metro Rail said: “All lines are flooded at Johannesburg East. No train movement at the moment.” The downpour, described on social media as a “massive storm” caused flooding […]

Watch the first interview with Britain’s Prince Harry and America’s Meghan Markle since the couple announced their engagement today, Monday 27 November 2017… The interview was filmed this afternoon at Kensington Palace, and in it they reveal he did get on one knee, and it was when they were alone at the cottage at Kensington […]

Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle posed for photographers at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden on Monday afternoon, to “mark the happy news” of their engagement. The royal prince and the American television star (Rachel Zane in ‘Suits’) are set to get married in Spring 2018. They were engaged earlier this month in London, but […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in Spring 2018, it has been announced by his father Prince Charles. An official photograph, announcing their engagement will be taken this afternoon. The couple has been dating for a year, and reportedly got engaged earlier this month in England. Prince Harry (33) and Markle (36) are set […]

Proudly South African Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters may have just been crowned Miss Universe, but her heart belongs always to South Africa and she’s taking her compatriots on her exciting new journey. Demi-Leigh posted a message to social media after her win in Las Vegas, USA, on Sunday thanking South Africans for their huge support. I may […]

LIMPOPO – A Joint search operation is still ongoing in and around Georges Valley and Magoebaskloof areas looking for an escaped lion. This search follows the allegations that two lions jumped out of a trailer which was being towed by a bakkie along Georges Valley road outside Tzaneen yesterday, 26 November 2017. According to the […]

A video of what appears to be a policewoman in South Africa battling to mount her motorbike, has clocked up over a million views in just two days. In the video – which is 2′ 38″ – a kind gentleman is seen rushing to her aid, but even he can’t help her easily get on […]

The Springboks made up for last year’s history-making loss to Italy, by beating the Italians in a whopping 35-6 victory in the European country’s home territory on Saturday, clocking up their second win of the Outgoing Tour. It’s also SA’s biggest win against Italy in 20 years. Eben Etzebeth recovered from last week’s injury to […]

World 400-metre track champion Wayde van Niekerk may have missed out at the annual IAAF Awards ceremony in Monaco on Friday but every cloud has a single lining! South Africa’s Olympic champion and 400m world record-holder Van Niekerk lost out to Qatar high jumper Mutz Essa Barshim for the Male Athlete of the Year Award […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) posted photos on Saturday (see below) of Mayor Herman Mashaba working hard to “clean-up Jozi’s inner city”, in an effort to stir up support as he faces a Motion of No  Confidence tabled by the ANC. In a move that is both physical and metaphorical, Mashaba has worked hard in the […]

Several civil rights organisations and opposition parties today took part in a protest march to the Union Building in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum to the state president, to demand the prioritisation of farm murders. Despite a downpour of rain an estimated 1,500 people braved the wet weather to participate in the Tshwane march. […]

Global rating agency Standard & Poor’s have downgraded South Africa’s sovereign credit rating to ‘junk status’. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says this proves that Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba’s “strategy to delay the hard decisions necessary to hold the fiscal line and allow the budget to “blowout” with national debt ballooning to R3.4 trillion, or 60% […]

It was inevitable. Ever since South Africa adopted America’s Black Friday tradition of bumper sales after Thanksgiving (without also adopting its Thanksgiving Tradition), crazy scenes are witnessed as shoppers flock to centres to fill up on discounted toilet rolls and buy presents for Christmas, along with other purchases. According to Med Smith, who filmed two […]

Christopher Panayiotou has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Jayde Panayiotou in 2015. The murder of the 29-year-old school teacher gripped the nation and resulted in marches and protests against crime in South Africa. She had last been seen alive outside her house gates in Port Elizabeth in the morning, […]

The Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa has extended Oscar Pistorius’ murder sentence to 15 years. He will effectively serve 13 years and five months due to time already served. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had announced in July 2016 that it would appeal the famous athlete’s six-year sentence for the murder of his […]

Aimee Barrett-Theron has become the first woman to earn selection to SA Rugby’s Premier Panel of referees after she was promoted to the top tier of match officials, along with Cwengile “JD” Jadezweni, Stuart Berry and AJ Jacobs. It means Barrett-Theron (30), who recently refereed the opening match of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in […]

A man’s life was saved today – in Knysna Heads Channel in South Africa – by the awesome efforts of a passenger ferry Paddle Cruiser. The man – who is believed to be 26-years-old and a Knysna local – had apparently been spotted floating in the water, unconscious. Luckily for him, he was spotted by […]

InterNations recently released its 2017 list of the best cities in the world for living and working abroad… and two South African cities feature in the Top 27 Best Places where expats (from other countries obviously!) are happiest. They are Johannesburg and Cape Town… and Joburg actually features way ahead of Cape Town. The city […]

Two young girls – aged 11 and 14 – were killed in a school transport accident yesterday in Benoni, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA). Twelve other pupils from SPARK Rynfield Primary School, and the driver of the vehicle, have been hospitalised.   Michele Clarke – DA Gauteng Spokesperson for Community Safety – said the DA […]

Former President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has reportedly been granted immunity from prosecution, and assured hsafety to live out the rest of his life in Zimbabwe, as part of his resignation deal. South Africans, who were outraged at the prospect of him retiring in SA, can breathe a sigh of relief. It is not his […]

All around South Africa there is a beautiful, growing trend to grow vegetables for those who are struggling to put food on the table. And it turns out that even policemen are spending their spare time growing free food for those who are starving. The South African Police Services (SAPS) reports that in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, […]