President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Diplomatic Heads of Mission that they are tasked with leading the drive to promote South Africa abroad and champion the message that the country is open for business. Speaking at the SA Heads of Mission Conference in Pretoria on Thursday, the South African president also criticised the United Nations Security […]

A  newly-formed pack of African Wild Dog has been successfully released in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP). The release took place on Saturday 2 April and is a great step forward in conservation efforts for this priority species. African Wild Dogs are Southern Africa’s most Endangered Carnivore with only 5,000 to 6,000 left in the wild, […]

DA Leader John Steenhuisen is calling for South Africans to urgently voice their objections to proposed new health regulations. The South African Cabinet confirmed in a statement on Thursday the pandemic will from now be managed in terms of the National Health Act, 2003 (Act 61 of 2003). “The draft health regulations that will inform […]

Protea is South Africa’s National flower (the King Protea to be exact, not the sugarbush variety in the photo). There are many reasons why it’s our national flower but I like to think it’s because of this, writes Lauren Bradley… Protea have an amazing root system which allows them to survive in soil with very […]

Cape Town project offers hope for homeless… By Ashraf Hendricks Chantal Sampson was homeless in Cape Town. Now, as part of Streetscapes, she helps others get off the streets. Streetscapes creates work for homeless people such as street cleaning and garden services. WATCH From on the streets to helping people get off the streets Published […]

Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, EFF MP, will appear in court today facing charges for the alleged assault of the SAPS Colonel Johannes Venter. AfriForum’s legal representative has obtained a watching brief in this case and will attend the court proceedings. The state’s two eyewitnesses will be questioned during the court […]

JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security in the City of Cape Town has shared a video of a smash ‘n grab, showing how technology and an increase in personnel is helping the City crack down on crime. The video has been going viral on social media, including WhatsApp, in South Africa. Smith […]

Tom Cruise is reportedly planning some of the “biggest and most expensive stunts to date” for ‘Mission: Impossible 8’, which is currently being filmed in South Africa. The 59-year-old Hollywood star – who plays IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the blockbuster action-adventure franchise – is believed to have hired “three bi-planes” for his stunts after […]

Cape Town’s popularity continues to attract an increasing number of tourists to South Africa with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today announcing it is increasing its flight schedule between Cape Town and Amsterdam. The airline said in a statement on Tuesday that the schedule increase is a result of a greater demand for flights between Amsterdam […]

Air Belgium has announced plans to operate seasonal flights to South Africa starting in September 2022, with up to three flights each week flying simultaneously to Cape Town and Johannesburg. The Johannesburg and Cape Town routes are currently the airline’s only continental Africa flights. Brussels has historically been CPT’s second largest unserved market and the […]

South Africa’s national state of disaster is to finally end. In a #FamilyMeeting on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the State of Disaster – which was put in place over two years ago in response to Covid-19 – will end tonight (4 April) at midnight SA time. Read the president’s full speech below. The […]

A 17-year-old South African schoolgirl has sprinted into the record books, becoming the world’s fastest under-18 female over 100m and 200m, according to the University of Pretoria. Her name is Viwe Jingqi, and soon she’ll be a household name. UPDATE: DON’T MISS CARTE BLANCHE’s focus on Viwe on Sunday 8 May 2022 on DStv Now […]

South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza says the SA government has reached an agreement with Maputo that will see South Africa getting a supply of gas from Mozambique. “Discussions between our Minister here of Mineral Resources [and Energy] and Mozambique are quite advanced in terms of gas that we should transport from Mozambique to the […]

A Carte Blanche crew from South Africa has been extracted from Odesa, in Ukraine, after the port city was hit by several Russian missiles and/or rockets early Sunday morning. Carte Blanche confirmed that the show’s producer, Anina Peens, was in Odesa at the time. Along with footage of the sky being lit up by explosions, […]

Cape Town, South Africa, has become the second city on the African continent to welcome the luxurious 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. (United Airlines has been flying its Dreamliner plane from New York to Johannesburg since June last year.) The introduction of luxurious Dreamliner aircraft flights between Cape Town and Istanbul began today, 1 April 2022. Cape […]

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality says the project is in line with its plan to change illegal dumping sites into parks and outdoor gyms. By Thamsanqa Mbovane. Two unemployed women from KwaNobuhle township in Kariega spent a month transforming vacant land littered with piles of rubbish into a neat netball field for young girls from the community. […]

Owner wanted a wooden deck to provide people with “an area to sunbathe without getting covered in sea sand”… By Liezl Human.   After photos circulated that construction was taking place at the Kalk Bay Tidal Pools that surround the landmark Brass Bell restaurant, the City of Cape Town and the National Department of Forestry, […]

‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in the UK is set to sign its youngest ever partnered professional dancer – none other than 21-year-old South African dancer Cameron Lombard! Bosses on the hit BBC dance show are lining up Cameron to replace Aljaz Skorjanec, who announced that he was leaving the programme earlier this week. Cameron joined the Strictly […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Sehlahle Fannie Masemola (58) as the new National Police Commissioner. Masemola carries the baton from General Khehla Sitole, who vacated the position on Thursday after reaching mutual consent with the President in February. Making the announcement during an address to the nation on Thursday, President Ramaphosa said he believes Masemola […]

Shopkeepers pulled down their metal shutters and foreign staff stayed out of sight as hundreds marched through Hillbrow in Johannesburg, demanding that migrants leave and that their jobs go to South Africans. The march through dilapidated Hillbrow, where many African migrants live, was organised by Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose activities have raised fears […]

African penguins, whose populations have rapidly decline over the last century, may go extinct in the next few decades, according to experts in South Africa. Listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN), the African penguin population has been plummeting due to multiple human factors, from industrial fishing to fuel spills. […]

“They’ll be digging for gold in our backyards if something is not done”… By Kimberly Mutandiro. Residents of Benoni are collecting signatures to petition government to stop illegal miners from operating near their homes. So far 10,914 of the targeted 20,000 people have signed, they say. Some residents say their homes shake as a result […]

Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting due to a health condition which is impacting his cognitive abilities, according to his family. The 67-year-old Die Hard star has been diagnosed with aphasia, a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate. It is often the result of a stroke. According to UCLA’s […]

Four tree species have been added to the list of Protected Trees in South Africa. The four species added to the list are the Red and Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri, an African hardwood that’s used for making billiard cues, knife handles and other products), the Jackal Berry (Diospyros mespiliformis), Manketti (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and the Umtiza […]

Unemployment in South Africa grew by 0.4 of a percentage point to reach 35.3% in the final quarter (Q4) of 2021, Statistics South Africa has revealed. This is the highest since the start of the QLFS (Quarterly Labour Force Survey) in 2008. Releasing the QLFS statistics on Tuesday, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said Q4 of 2021 […]