Kevin Pietersen has announced he will be quitting English cricket at the end of this summer to become more involved in wildlife conservation in South Africa. Kevin – who turns 37 next week – is reportedly building a new house near the Kruger National Park. “I reckon this will be my last season playing in […]

An outraged South African road user, Rudi Viljoen, saw two trucks misbehaving on Sunday, 18 June… and captured their childish, stubborn and deadly antics on film, posting the video on Facebook within minutes of filming the incident at around 14h45… in the hope, he said, that the driver of the truck on the right would […]

The Constitutional Court has announced that judgment on the Application for a Secret Ballot in Parliament – regarding a motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma – will be given on Thursday! The judgement on the Secret Ballot (UDM vs Speaker of the National Assembly) will be handed down at 10am. Coincidentally, President Zuma […]

South African musician Don Clarke has published several videos that have gone viral (see bottom of page). They’re usually controversial and outspoken… but always have unity and peace at their heart. His latest – The Colour of Lies – is no exception… Don writes: “My friends, these are troubled times in which the flames of […]

South Africa’s Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane announced on Monday that her office will oppose President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to have the State Capture Report set aside. The report, compiled by former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, includes claims that Zuma, some Government cabinet members and some state companies acted improperly. The allegations stopped short of declaring […]

PRETORIA – Government is allowed to recover R1.125 billion in misappropriated public funds from Absa Bank and its predecessor Bankorp. This follows a proclamation by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday when she released a report into misappropriate use of public funds pre democracy. The Public Protector investigated the matter after the complainant, Advocate Pual […]

PRETORIA – North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has called on police to make a speedy arrest of the men who killed a 46-year-old man at Habernia Farm near Lichtenburg, Ditsobotla Local Municipality. “We must never allow these criminal acts to define how we should live in our province. We call on our police to hunt and […]

PORTUGAL – The full extent of the damage caused by a forest fire that ravaged parts of Portugal was clearly visible on Monday (June 19) as the Spanish airforce released video filmed from a firefighting plane that has been used to dump thousands of litres of water over the area. A drone video also shows the […]

President Jacob Zuma yesterday met with brave firefighter Ian Barnard, who is recovering from severe burn wounds… sustained during the horrific fires that swept through Plettenberg Bay last week, and took the life of his colleague and good friend Bradley Richards. Ian (39), a volunteer with the Plett South Fire Management Unit, was with Bradley […]

Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, has set the ball rolling for another discussion on whether it’s time to change South Africa’s name. Speaking on Sunday, at a cadre’s forum, Mthethwa said what many foreigners have felt for a long time – that South Africa is not the name of a country… but merely a […]

Dr Ben Ngubane has resigned with immediate effect as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board of Eskom. Public Enterprises Minister, Lynne Brown, made the announcement at 23h04 Monday night. Brown said: “Dr Ngubane formally tendered his resignation, which I accepted” and thanked him “for his contribution to turning Eskom around since the load shedding days, and […]

On behalf of the Western Cape government and all residents, Premier Helen Zille extended her deepest gratitude to all who have responded to the calls for assistance in areas severely affected by the recent cape storm and raging fires along the garden route. In a statement Monday evening, Zille said: For much of last week, Knysna, […]

Thousands of social media users shared a photo posted by John Stewart yesterday of “two lads” with a bakkie, a water tank, and a pump with a hose… who have spent the last four days “dousing flare-ups and evacuating people. No safety gear.” Apart from pointing out how essential safety gear and training is, John […]

Angry commuters set a train on fire at Cape Town Train Station on Monday evening. The commuters were allegedly angry at delays, reportedly caused by service problems. According to Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service, the train which was torched was on platform 15. Several tweets claim the rampaging crowd has also been looting shops in […]

JOHANNESBURG – Moody’s Investors Service today downgraded the ratings of 10 South African regional and local governments (RLGs) and three government-related entities (GRIs) and changed the outlooks to negative. At the same time, Moody’s affirmed their national scale ratings. The rating actions conclude the review for downgrade that commenced on 4 April 2017, Moody’s said in a […]

The Australian Minister of Immigration, Peter Dutton, has told a local radio station that he will review a South African grandmother’s deportation, after he read about her plight in ‘The Australian’ newspaper… in which she described her deportation, scheduled for 23 June, as a “death sentence”. Linda Oppel (58), who sold all her belongings when […]

PRETORIA – The Presidency has dismissed false reports which claim that President Jacob Zuma said Knysna in the Western Cape was not his concern. The Presidency on Friday said the disturbing claims are contained in an online “fake news” report. It warned the public to be vigilant against online fake news reports. “The online report […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has Tuesday laid charges against the President of South Africa, the Gupta family and several other prominent ministers. Maimane made the announcement, saying: “Fellow South Africans, Today I laid an array of criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma, members of the Gupta family, several cabinet ministers and senior executives […]

Congratulations to Durbanite Jordy Smith who has surfed his way into second place at the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Australia. This puts Jordy into a tied third place on the international pro surfer’s leaderboard. It’s been a tough year or so for Jordy who has been plagued by injury, and marks the first […]

South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen overcame a less than fabulous start to his final round yesterday to win the Perth International by one stroke for an eighth European Tour title, in an event also sanctioned by the Tour of Australasia. This was his first tournament appearance in Australia, and his first tournament win in two years! […]

Check out South African big wave surfer Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker wiping out at yesterday’s awesome Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau event. The annual event in Hawaii, nicknamed The Eddie, only runs if waves are over 40 feet high! The last time it was able to run was in 2009. Speaking about the 3-second free fall […]

A group of South African school students were interviewed by Morning Live’s Leanne Manas following the Post-Budget Breakfast Briefing Thursday to which they had been invited. Their praise for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan comes at the same time he is said to be in a stand-off with the head of the SA Revenue Service Tom Moyane. Gordhan […]

Three weeks after Cyclone Winston left tens of thousands homeless in Fiji, South African expat Claude Hall reveals what he and others have been going through since the category five storm – the worst ever recorded in the southern hemisphere – ripped through the South Pacific country leaving 44 dead and 62,000 homeless (that’s 7 percent of Fiji’s population). Unicef […]

Two kilometres out of Hout Bay lies Dungeons, South Africa’s world famous big wave spot. Most of us never get to see it, being so far out… But yesterday a group of photographers were taken out to capture the big swells and brave surfers on film. Check out these photos from ROBYN GWILT and FABIAN COETZER… “It was a […]

AB de Villiers has vowed to lead by example as he takes over the captaincy of the Proteas for the remainder of the Sunfoil Test series against England, after Hashim Amla stepped down last week. He also revealed that part of Test cricket is to make the opponents feel uncomfortable – “to remind them that they […]