Lightning tonight struck the Satara Rest Camp in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park, setting fire to a cottage chalet and burning it to the ground. Fortunately nobody was injured, although one or more guests’ vital chronic medication was destroyed and they have had to immediately leave the park. The South African National Parks (SANParks) […]

In a year when we’re all holding thumbs that My Octopus Teacher wins an Oscar, we’ve got good news for South Africans on where you can watch the 93rd Academy Awards live. Where can you watch the Academy Awards / Oscars in South Africa? You can be a part of one of the world’s most […]

African National Congress (ANC) veteran and businessman Tokyo Sexwale addresses the media, about his claims that billions (or trillions) of rand have been stolen from the WSB (White Spiritual Boy) Heritage Fund after being deposited at the central bank. The SA government refuted Tokyo’s claims. Watch video below. The National Treasury and South African Reserve […]

The SA Cabinet has welcomed the recommendation by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to lift the suspension of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Sisonke Vaccination Programme. The suspension in SA followed the suspension of the J&J vaccination rollout programme in the USA after six people, who received the J&J vaccine, developed a rare type […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has tonight, Wednesday 21 April, announced 27 October 2021 as the date on which local government elections will take place. In a statement on the Presidency, it said this will be the sixth time under South Africa’s democratic dispensation that voters will elect leadership and public representatives at metropolitan, district and local […]

Second-year student Elizabeth Pretorius was busy preparing for a Sociology tutorial on Sunday morning at her student residence, Graça Machel Hall, when the fire broke out which was to tear through the University of Cape Town campus and spread across the mountain. “It was a normal Sunday morning. I made plans to go out for […]

The devastating fire that ran its course across the side of Table Mountain in Cape Town this week has put the spotlight back on the management of an iconic range that’s home to some of the most biodiverse vegetation in the world. And what should – and could – have been done to reduce the […]

A piece of real estate on planet Mars has been named after a Namibian man, Jakob (Japie) van Zyl, who studied at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, obtaining an honours degree in electronic engineering in 1979. Van Zyl was the leader of the team that created Ingenuity Mars Helicopter which yesterday made history – becoming  […]

Amazon has announced that it will establish its South African headquarters in the City of Cape Town. The news has naturally been welcomed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) which governs the Western Cape. The Amazon project has the potential to create up to 19,000 jobs. The DA estimates that during the construction phase alone, there […]

It seems that one of the fires which devastated parts of Cape Town on Sunday and Monday may have been started by someone cooking on the mountain. Timeslive quoted SA National Parks saying that it was believed a fire left unattended by a “vagrant” was the cause of the first blaze. Investigations will perhaps show whether or […]

Fire continued to burn through the night at SANParks Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town. After a night of “crazy” winds, the weather conditions are finally favourable today for aerial support. Working on Fire (WOF) has dispatched a spotter plane and three helicopters to the De Waal Drive where the fire, which began on […]

A South African minister’s residence in Cape Town has been destroyed by the Table Mountain fire that has been raging since Sunday morning, and which has already burnt historically-important properties including part of the UCT Library and the Rhodes Memorial restaurant, amongst others. Several ministerial families have been forced to evacuate their homes today, while […]

Massive clean-up at Florence House… By Julia Evans. Residents of the derelict Florence House in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, have come together to remove nearly 500 tons of rubbish, accumulated over years, from their courtyard and are cleaning up the building with the help of civic organisations. Florence House in Hillbrow has no working toilets or drainage […]

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA urgently needs all our help for the wildlife that has been injured by an out-of-control fire which began raging on the Table Mountain slopes on Sunday morning. The SPCA emergency response efforts have been underway since yesterday. Inspectors were dispatched to the Rhodes Memorial site on Sunday to look […]

Cape Town’s Executive Mayor Dan Plato says that some of the most valuable works in the UCT library, which was engulfed in flames because of the Table Mountain Fire today, have fortunately been saved. Many South Africans were devastated to see the University of Cape Town Library burning on Sunday… watching some of South Africa’s […]

Thousands of people watched a video of the Cape Town fire on Sunday that showed a white car parked in Table Mountain National Park, precariously close to rising flames. Many wondered what happened to that car… Madness #capetownfire pic.twitter.com/wOVWDYUfGj — Robyn Silverstone (@RobsSilverstone) April 18, 2021 Well, late on Sunday night on Twitter, a user […]

Gift of the Givers has swept in to feed thousands of students who had to evacuate the University of Cape Town after fire raged across the slopes of Table Mountain on Sunday,  destroying UCT’s library and other buildings, and leaving two firefighters injured and in hospital. The legendary disaster response NGO (the largest in Africa) […]

Two firefighters have been injured in today’s horrific fire that has raged in parts of Table Mountain. The wildfire has also destroyed some of South Africa’s heritage buildings in Cape Town, including several buildings on the University of Cape Town campus. “Unfortunately two firefighters have been injured and taken to hospital,” reports Anton Bredell, the […]

Over a century of history has gone up in smoke as the University of Cape Town’s library is the latest victim of today’s horrific fire on Table Mountain, South Africa. Other buildings as well as several vehicles have also gone up in flames. According to a witness the fire has now spread to the other […]

ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina says she “regrets” the involvement of her son, Mkhonto weSizwe Majodina, in the PPE Caucus procurement deal… which supplied thermometers worth R52 500 to ANC Constituency offices in January 2021, as reported by today’s Sunday Times, 18 April 2021. In a statement issued by the Chief Whip’s office, she said […]

A suspected poacher in the Kruger National Park was killed yesterday by elephants whilst fleeing from South African National Parks (SANParks) rangers. One of his accomplices was successfully arrested. A third suspect escaped, although injured by the elephants. SANParks said in a statement today that the deceased and his two accomplices were fleeing from rangers […]

The huge fire on Table Mountain in South Africa, which is believed to have begun at around 09h00 on Sunday morning, appears to be heading towards the University of Cape Town. SANParks earlier called for hikers in the area to evacuate. Update: Videos below show UCT students being evacuated. UCT Sports Centre in flames A […]

SANParks Table Mountain National Park has requested that all hikers within the Newlands and Rhodes Memorial area evacuate with immediate effect. UPDATE: Watch video – UCT students being evacuated as huge Table Mountain fire approaches University of Cape Town campus. Plus WATCH UCT Library in flames The South African National Parks (SANParks) said in a […]

Late last night, on the eve of the funeral of her husband of 73 years, the Queen shared a private photo of the couple, casually relaxing in Scotland. The Royal Family social media page said: “The Queen wishes to share this private photograph taken with The Duke of Edinburgh at the top of the Coyles […]

A fire broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa, on Friday morning at around 11h15, according to the hospital management. Fortunately there were no casualties, but the incident has raised questions about the hospital’s maintenance and safety measures. Firefighters were called and staff were told to remove their cars. Surgery was […]