As two horrific shootings of black people by police in the US and the tragic fatal shooting of five policemen in Dallas by snipers yesterday – with one of the suspects reportedly saying before he died he wanted to kill all white people – leave many Americans divided (Pro-cop and anti-black or anti-cop and pro-black?), Trevor Noah says, […]

In an interview with eNCA, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, who has grown noticeably slimmer over the last months, was asked by the journalist how he lost so much weight. “Quit sugar,” was one of his suggestions.

Cape Town has come in 10th out of the world’s top 15 cities named in the 2016 Travel & Leisure magazine awards, and is the top city in Africa and the Middle East. Although it was higher than Rome in the top 15, it came off below Florence. The No. 1 city was Charleston, South […]

A lion conservation group has come out against a lion-breeding and cub-petting facility in Limpopo where pictures were allegedly taken of lions that are starving, and it has been suggested that as these facilities come under increasing pressure to stop their activities, a similar fate may face as many as 8,000 captive-bred lions in South Africa. Drew […]

The first passenger flights to the remote island of St Helena – flying out of Johannesburg – were meant to start in May. At the same time, the famous ship the RMS St Helena announced that its last trip to the island would take place in June. Neither has happened. St Helena, where Napoleon was exiled, […]

Protein supplements have become a widely popular way for avid gym-goers to pump extra protein into their bodies and bump up their muscles. Protein is essential for the overall health of the body, building and repairing its tissues and balancing the levels of energy, hormones and many other chemicals. It’s also central in building muscles […]

They normally wear overalls and are wielding shovels, but on Wednesday 24 women who repair Cape Town’s roads as part of a new programme put on civvies to be honored by the mayor. The women are part of a growing programme to, as Mayor Patricia de Lille put it, “empower women, achieve gender transformation, and show […]

Despite the obvious protestations of his clients, a ranger in Kruger National Park got out of the safari vehicle at night and kicked a pangolin when it closed into a ball in fright and to protect itself. “No, no,” a woman called out from the vehicle, when she saw what the ranger was about to […]

Back in 2000, Los Angeles native Samantha O’Keefe took a major chance on a winemaking career and an untested wine region when she purchased a farm in South Africa’s Overberg. Today, her Lismore Estate Vineyards wines consistently achieve 90+ ratings from Robert Parker and other industry heavyweights, and she’s considered a pioneer of a region […]

A 3-day countrywide stayaway in Zimbabwe starting on Wednesday to protest against President Robert Mugabe’s policies reportedly resulted in the government bringing out its military and clamping down on certain media, which led to Anonymous Africa shutting down the ruling party’s ZANU-PF website. “To show our support for the heroic protests happening on the ground,” Anonymous […]

PRETORIA – South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years on Wednesday for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the latest twist in a trial that has gripped the world. The state and large sections of the South African public had called for him to receive no […]

PRETORIA – Former Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, less than the prescribed minimum of 15 years because of mitigating circumstances. Judge Thokozile Masipa made her sentence known at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. “A long term of […]

Well-known South African casting director Moonyeenn Lee is the first South African to be included on the panel of movie people around the world who will chose the next Oscar winners. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which presides over the annual Oscars, named its 683 new panel members last week. It has been a […]

Thanks to all the readers who replied to a request to suggest a good coffee shop near them – outside the well-known coffee-shop routes of Joburg and Cape Town, that is. What a great response, and so many good places! Bloemfontein, we are impressed! And all those towns in KwaZulu-Natal, you’re an inspiration! We list about 25 […]

The sentence in the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013, will be delivered tomorrow. Ironically the former Olympian and Paralympian’s fate is to be determined by the same judge – Thokozile Mosipa – who originally […]

The ANC’s key person for communications affairs, Jackson Mthembu, led a fiery media briefing on Tuesday to discuss possible censorship at the SABC, where he laid into COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng, said the ANC was meeting with the minister responsible for the SABC on Monday, that the SABC lacked the proper leadership and was in crisis, and that the […]

South African Lidudumalingani from Cape Town has won the coveted Caine Prize for African Writing for his story set in the Eastern Cape, “Memories We Lost”, it was announced in England on Monday night. Described as Africa’s leading literary award, the story published by Burnet Media in its 2015 collection “An Incredible Journey: Stories that Move You”, was announced […]

She’s at it again. South African minister of foreign affairs Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who in May had a highly publicised interview with an Al Jazeera journalist where she explained how she had a hole in her head, has said she does not know about Brexit. Shortly after reports of International Development and Cooperation minister Mashabane’s comments reached the press, a department spokesman […]

An ad by the Democratic Alliance that has been criticised by Nelson Mandela’s grandson for using the former ANC leader’s voice has been seen over 100,000 times on YouTube and Facebook in two days, the DA said on Monday. The ad shows a young mother leaving home with her child to go to the polls, whereupon they […]

JOHANNESBURG – Delays have been experienced at OR Tambo International Airport because of the rollout of the new biometric system to collect data on people arriving and leaving South Africa. Reports on Friday said that delays at the Johannesburg airport were up to two hours long, although no reports have been received from the weekend. Chris Zweigenthal of […]

Since the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s acting CEO Jimi Matthews resigned a week ago Monday over the “corrosive atmosphere” at the public broadcaster, the chaos at the SABC continues, with protests outside its offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and an apparent turnaround by the ANC over its support for the man who’s apparently causing all the trouble, […]

Several days after a slight majority in Britain voted for #Brexit, and to leave the European Union, sending financial markets into chaos for several days and many people regretting their vote to leave the EU, Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” takes a funny but informative look at what it was all about.

For his latest album, “Johnny Clegg 2016”, the South African singer of “Scatterlings of Africa” remixes some of his most-loved songs and gives them a fresh dance beat. Watch the latest rendition of “Take My Heart Away (High Society Remix)”, shot by Jaron Clegg in Diepsloot: The 17 tracks, including “Great Heart” and “Scatterlings of Africa”, offer new remixes that […]

In a new article that exposes Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane to a world audience – calling him charismatic and saying he’s been dubbed “the Obama of Soweto” – Newsweek magazine posits the question in its headline: “Could Mmusi Maimane Be South Africa’s Next President?” The article includes a video interview with Maimane during a visit to […]

In a week when journalists protested outside the SABC, the broadcaster suspended several employees for not respecting ‘editorial’ processes, the acting CEO resigned because of “the corrosive atmosphere” at the broadcaster, South Africans can reasonably ask: What next? What other sectors should they be prepared to defend in the coming months from state over-enthusiasm? If the government sticks to its plan […]