South African TikTok user Sami Hall, from Gauteng, has produced a video that’s gone viral, showing actress Amber Heard how to cry better for the court and the cameras. Watch below. Heard was testifying this week in ex-husband Johnny Depp’s defamation trial, in which he is suing her for $50-million in damages for allegedly falsely […]

Princess Charlene has shared photos to her Instagram account of her second public outing since returning from an unnamed clinic, where she was recuperating after suffering an ENT (ear, nose, throat) infection in South Africa, and subsequent complications from surgery which kept her grounded in SA for several months last year. The Princess returned to […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Hillary Gardee, eldest daughter of former EFF Secretary General, attorney Godrich Gardee. Hillary (28) had gone missing on Friday 29 April after shopping at a Spar supermarket in Mbombele (Nelspruit). Her body was sadly found on Tuesday morning (3 May) in bushes off the Lydenburg road […]

A fatal shooting tragedy has claimed the lives of two patients inside the New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Western Cape Government Health and Wellness confirmed the shooting on Saturday evening, which also resulted in a police official being seriously injured. (UPDATE: The police constable has sadly died following the Cape Town hospital […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the launch of a hydrogen-powered truck is a “giant step” in the right direction for South Africa’s budding green hydrogen economy. And there’s one man particularly who’s in the spotlight right now – Alex Tumisang Lekgau, Africa’s first and ONLY licensed operator of said hydrogen truck. Alex has risen from a […]

The case of assault against EFF leader Julius Malema and EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi was once again plagued by peculiar events today, according to AfriForum. The alleged assault of SAPS Colonel Johannes Venter took place at Winnie Mandela’s funeral in 2018. After the state’s final witness could not testify due to illness in April 2022, […]

Women on farms in South Africa say that pesticide exposure is making them sick. By Liezl Human. Farm workers marched to the Labour Department offices in Worcester on Thursday, calling for a ban on 67 pesticides used on farms. They say these pesticides are banned in the European Union but frequently used on South African […]

As they say on Game of Thrones, Winter is Coming… and as Autumn gets well underway and South Africans brace themselves for cooler temperatures, this hilarious video by Lauren Bradley – of a typical South African winter wardrobe – is going viral. As Lauren jokes, in South Africa, “anything below 27 Celsius is winter ?????” […]

A New York Times article has caused fury amongst many South Africans calling it a “BS hack piece with no facts”. Sadly, many of those pointing out the errors, are actually proving the journalist right – that many white South Africans were “shrouded in misinformation” and oblivious to what was happening right in front of […]

A field ranger in the Kruger National Park (KNP) was tragically killed yesterday (4 May 2022) during a confrontation with a buffalo. Field Ranger and Dog Handler Shando Mathebula was on duty in the Shangoni Section, in the northern part of the Kruger where he was based, when the tragedy occurred. The Acting Chief Executive […]

As South Africans revel in the pride of Elon Musk being from SA, there’s a brilliant piece going viral about “What America Gained and SA Lost”. But if it feels familiar – it’s because it is. It’s an old article from 2013. That’s why Trevor Noah isn’t included. He only shot to worldwide fame in […]

Power utility Eskom will need additional energy of between 4 000 and 6 000 megawatts in order to effectively carry out maintenance of its ailing power plans without having to resort to load shedding, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday. Responding to oral questions in the National Assembly, Gordhan said: “Clearly it is […]

Evaluating the environmental footprint of electric cars. By Neil Thomas Stacey. Should South Africans switch to electric cars to reduce their environmental footprint? The answer is no. In the South African context, electric cars are currently the dirtiest means of personal transport available, and will remain so until we have fixed our electricity generation. Autotrader’s […]

Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, one of the saner voices in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has recently given voice to heresy. He has said that the time of the ANC in power is coming to an end. By Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand. The party that has dominated South African politics […]

EFF Leader Julius Malema has vowed to find Hillary Gardee’s killer or killers, and warned that they will be taught a lesson they will never forget. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has already prioritised the search for whoever murdered the former EFF Secretary General and Commissar’s daughter. Malema said the suspect/s should hope the […]

The 30-day extension of the Covid-19 regulations in South Africa will expire at midnight… which means, unless the government makes another late-night announcement extending it, South Africans will no longer be required to wear masks or comply with any other Covid-19 regulations from tomorrow, Thursday 5 May. However South Africans are waiting for clarity from […]

South African ultrarunners Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel have combined to produce another extraordinary feat when they circumnavigated almost 1,100km of the landlocked African country Lesotho in 16 days, 6 hours and 56 minutes, for an average of just shy of 69km or a little more than one and a half marathons, every day! They […]

South African filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert – who are based in Botswana – have been awarded the prestigious 2021 Explorers Club Medal at the 118th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. Previous honorees of the Explorers Club (which was founded in New York City in 1904) include the world’s all-time greatest explorers like Neil Armstrong to Sir Edmund […]

The Conversation Editor’s note: Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals. In July, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals. 1. What is Eid? Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. […]

Volunteers in Cape Town have today continued a tradition, started nearly 40 years ago, by providing a plate of food to less fortunate families in celebration of the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. This time though there is an added urgency to their gesture of humanity, as spiralling inflation – driven by […]

Amkele Qamrana, who carried the flag for Team SA at the opening ceremony of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sol in Brazil, is in the water again on day 3 of the Games today. Yesterday the teenager placed 24th overall in the 50m butterfly in a personal best 32.44 seconds. Today he competes in the […]

South African expat tennis champion Kevin Anderson has announced his retirement from professional tennis, at the age of 35. In a post on Twitter, Anderson said: “I don’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t playing tennis. I started on the journey 30 years ago when my Dad put a racquet in my […]

Eskom is expected to implement stage two load shedding from 5pm Tuesday evening until the early hours of next Monday morning. These latest power cuts come after the energy supplier lost generation capacity at several power stations. “This load shedding has been caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to delays in returning generators […]

A little good news for South Africans as some motorists will feel a little relief at the fuel pumps from tomorrow (Wednesday 4 May) when the price of all grades of petrol decreases. This, however, will not extend to diesel, paraffin or gas consumers… with all of those expected to increase. The expected fuel and […]

Charlene Drotsky (34), from Klerksdorp, North West, had gone on holiday to Cape Town to visit her fiancé, Corné Viljoen (39), who was working in Malmesbury, when she was involved in a horrific hit and run accident on 2 April 2022… that has left her without the function of her left leg and with a […]