Eskom Group Chief Executive (GCE) André de Ruyter has been cleared of allegations of racism by an independent inquiry. The inquiry, led by Advocate Ishmael Semenya, was established by the Eskom Board to probe a series of allegations made by Eskom’s former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), Solly Tshitangano, against De Ruyter. The allegations included the […]

Petra Diamonds has announced the final sales process for a rare and exceptional blue diamond. The 39.34 carat Type IIb blue diamond was recovered at the famous Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa on 1 April 2021. If you have a few hundred million rands and are keen to purchase (or at least see the […]

South African Brad Binder – who won the 2020 MotoGP Rookie of the Year award – says he is “super, super happy” to have signed a new contract that will see him remain part of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team for the next three years and take him to 10 Grand Prix seasons […]

Following an announcement made by the Dutch Government, the flight ban from South Africa to the Netherlands has been lifted with immediate effect… although that doesn’t mean South African passport holders can fly to The Netherlands just yet, unless they’re in transit. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines confirmed in a statement today that – in addition […]

South Africa has topped the one million COVID-19 vaccination mark, as the country works around the clock to speed up its inoculation rollout plan. According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the country has vaccinated 479 768 people under the Sisonke Programme, while at least 565 336 elderly people have received their first shot of […]

Battle over the future of the River Club has become extremely nasty… By Steve Kretzmann. UCT Professor Leslie London has been a leading voice opposing the R4.5-billion River Club development which will include Amazon’s new African headquarters. An email purportedly from the First Nations Collective calls him a racist white colonial. The university has come […]

Chaos erupted again on Tuesday afternoon at the Pan African Parliament, as the gathered politicians in Midrand, Gauteng, attempt to elect new leadership. The main bone of contention is that the southern caucus is calling for a rotational leadership… which the caucuses from East and West Africa heavily oppose. The election process had to be […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for the coronavirus that uses Greek letters to refer to the different variants. For the variants of concern, B117 (the UK or Kent variant) will now be known as alpha, B1351 (South Africa) will be beta, P1 (Brazil) is gamma and B16172 (India) delta… […]

Tributes have poured in following news of the death in South Africa of acting giant MacDonald (‘Mac’) Ndodana Mathunjwa. Mathunjwa (72) was a talented actor, producer and director, best known for his acting roles in Home Affairs, Generations, Soul City, Intsika and Bones of Bones amongst others. He was also a musician who composed for […]

The Ndlovu Youth Choir is giving Africa and the world chills with its Xhosa cover version of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s duet ‘Shallow’, from the movie “A Star is Born”. The band said this morning that this is a “special South African version”… with only the last line sung in English. It’s filmed in […]

The heartbreaking killing of an 11-month-old baby in Limpopo… by his own mother is shining the spotlight on the safety of children in South Africa, as the country marks Child Protection Week. The South African Police Service (SAPS) reported on Sunday that a 42-year-old woman had locked herself and her 11-month-old son inside a hut, […]

Counter campaign to City’s appeal launched by activists… By Marecia Damons and James Stent. Ndifuna Ukwazi has condemned the City of Cape Town for soliciting and encouraging the public to complain about homeless people. The City says it is entitled to request information from all of its citizens in order to assess the effect of […]

South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere is wowing in Sweden where his ‘Bring Back Lost Love’ solo exhibition has been extended until 15 August 2021 at the Göteborgs Konsthall (next to Gothenburg Museum of Art). Sweden’s daily newspaper Aftonbladet reports that the exhibit is “executed with elegance and precision”. The show features Wa Lehulere’s new […]

A petition against the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is gaining momentum with 45 000 South Africans who have already signed the petition. The Bill aims to ban ownership of firearms by civilians for the purpose of self defence among other limitations on firearm ownership which the Democratic Alliance (DA) say would affect the hunting, sporting […]

To keep youth from joining gangs, Kalib Missoe runs an after school dominoes club in Belhar, Cape Town… writes Ashraf Hendricks. He says that there are not enough after school projects on the Cape Flats and many young people are unemployed. Not much is happening and it is this frustration “that leads them to gangsterism” […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday host France’s President Emmanuel Macron on a State Visit at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, South Africa. “President Macron’s first visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Ramaphosa is aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries, which is substantiated by a number of bilateral […]

A video of an exciting battle between wild dogs, an unfortunate impala, and an annoyed hippo – filmed in the Greater Kruger National Park – is going viral this week (watch below)… but there’s even more to celebrate, as it’s been revealed that, thanks to conservation efforts, the number of wild dogs in the Kruger […]

Popular Afrikaans actor Ben Kruger sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 64, from Covid-19 related complications. The actor was best known as ‘Oom Okkie’ to fans of kykNET soapie, Binnelanders. Tributes have poured in from heartbroken South Africans, led by Karen Meiring, M-Net Director: kykNET channel, who said on Wednesday: “Today we keep […]

This weekend South African professional golfer Louis Oosthuizen pulled off his fifth runner-up achievement in a Major, when he came second to US player Phil Mickelson at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in South Carolina… and it wasn’t long before fans were sharing an old video he made laughing about his knack of coming […]

South Africa’s elite athletes will be vaccinated through the Sisonke Study ahead of international sporting events, including the Tokyo Games kicking off in July. This comes after the approval granted by the South African Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to make available a “modest” number of the remaining COVID-19 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine doses […]

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the acquisition of a strategic partner for South African Airways (SAA) could be concluded in the next four to six weeks. “As you know, SAA is now out of business rescue as of the 30th of April. There is an interim board in place and an interim top management. […]

A General Manager at Richards Bay Minerals was assassinated on Monday, in a hail of bullets during rush-hour traffic. Nico Swart was on his way to work, when his vehicle was reportedly approached by three armed men. The South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed that more than 20 high-caliber bullets were fired into Swart’s car, […]

Nearly 170,000 people received their first vaccine dose in the first week of the official rollout. That’s not bad, but we have to scale up quickly. After all, the health department has had months to plan this. Taking into account the Sisonke study and several other clinical trials that have been run in South Africa, […]

Writing this piece was a difficult task because I had to shrink a book-length account to a concise paragraph (or 3)! So, I’ve put together a summary of a summary, accounting for some core events and highlighting some pillars of strength… writes Faith Moyo. The Highs amidst the Lows I left school with excellent matric […]

There are calls for DIRCO (South Africa’s foreign affairs department) to fire David Kweli Nkosi, after revelations that the South African diplomat has allegedly destroyed not one, but two apartments that he has lived in abroad, whilst representing SA. Nkosi apparently caused damage worth €42 000 (R714 0000) to his apartment in Vienna, Austria last […]