PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma has instructed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his Deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, to cancel the international investment promotion roadshow to the United Kingdom and the United States and to return to South Africa immediately. Gordhan, who was already in London, was meant to embark on a non-deal international investor roadshow in the two countries, […]

SKUKUZA – Since the beginning of March, 16 rhino carcasses have been found in the Kruger National Park (KNP)… and it has also been revealed that the Kruger is tightening security to prevent poachers entering the park as guests. Only three of the 16 dead rhino that were found still had their horns intact. Post-mortems will be done […]

Twenty-one year old Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned Miss South Africa 2017 at a gala event at Sun City on Sunday evening.  (UPDATE 27 November 2017: South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned Miss Universe!) Here are 10 things you should know about Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters… She hails from Sedgefield in the Western Cape. She’s a B.Com […]

Congratulations to Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters who has been crowned Miss South Africa 2017 at Sun City Sunday evening. “She’s 21, she’s graceful and she is your new Miss South Africa,” said the official Miss South Africa facebook page. Demi-Leigh hails from Sedgefield in the Western Cape. According to her facebook page, she is a B.Com Business Management and […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will be asking the Public Protector to investigate Eskom CEO Matshela Koko’s alleged awarding of “tenders worth R1 billion to his Impulse International, a company of which his step-daughter is a Director”. Impulse International was apparently awarded eight contracts by Eskom’s Generation unit during Koko’s tenure as the unit’s Group […]

A wildfire that began in Robertson on Tuesday is still burning today. Western Cape photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN captured the behind-the-scenes video below as NCC Environmental Services and Cape Winelands Fire Services fought the #RobertsonBeast for three days last week. In that time 6,400 hectares burnt and 75 firefighters were on the line at any given time… preventing the loss of […]

Three South African yachtsmen are finally back on dry land, after being stuck at sea for a week on a wrecked boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The men had set out a month ago on a voyage from Durban to Wellington… but hit bad weather a week ago. A 35-foot swell and gusts of […]

PRETORIA – 18-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has ticked off one of her goals on her wish list: meeting the President of the country. The bubbly teenager, who has captured the hearts of South Africans and well-wishers the world over, celebrates a major milestone in the life of a teenager today – Saturday, 25 March. Turning 18 is a big […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has never had a good relationship with numbers, and it tripped him up again during his Human Rights Day address in King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape earlier this week. President Zuma was talking about the Early Childhood Development Programme which ensures that even poor and working class children get […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah just engaged in an awesome conversation with ‘Uganda’ (tweeps on Twitter) that’s ended with him promising to visit their country as soon as he can. It began when he denied rumours from a media outlet that he would be headlining Uganda’s first ever International Music and Culture Week in November… […]

The raging Durban Fire at Transnet Warehouse continues to burn Saturday morning, 24 hours after it began at approximately 09h30 Friday 24 March 2017. This morning, at 10h00, eThekwini Municipality reported that “since our last update, the fire has been contained to the wax area only. As more updates come from the team, we will […]

The artwork of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, mounted on the side of the Civic Centre in Cape Town’s CBD is now complete. Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, made the exciting announcement on Twitter Friday, saying: “The artwork of our Arch is complete!” In a statement last week De Lille said the new installation would honour Tutu […]

Ethekwini Municipality is working tirelessly to contain the fire that broke out in a container warehouse at Durban Harbour this morning. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, however it has been confirmed that multiple chemicals, including fertiliser, were in the warehouse and are burning. At 21h30 Friday evening, Durban’s Municipality issued […]

As the warehouse fire in Durban continues to rage, with more than 100 firefighters on the scene, eThekwini Municipality has issued an official update and tips for residents, particularly as chemicals are burning in this fire. The fire – at a container warehouse in Durban Harbour – has been blazing since this morning, with flames fanned […]

DURBAN – Fire fighters are battling to extinguish a huge fire which has engulfed a container warehouse at Durban Harbour, KwaZulu-Natal. According to an eThekwini Municipality firefighter, Paul, “strong winds and water resources making things very difficult.”  Paul, who is station commander at Amanzimtoti Fire Station, says so far two people have been injured, including a […]

South Africans have had a full week of fake news thrown at them… which is sometimes difficult to discern from the other pretty outrageous news. The reports of adults behaving abominably – from an incident at Spur in front of children, to a horrific #TaxiRape in front of the victim’s 10-year-old son – are unfortunately true; but […]

Never shy to step into hot topics that affect real South Africans, here’s Nando’s latest advert as another controversial week in South Africa comes to an end. (See the Spur Incident here.) The teaser, from Nando’s, says: “Whether you’re a Xoliswa van der Merwe or a Susan Dlamini, South Africans like to #MixItUp.” Watch to […]

Shocking news has emerged today of a young boy of 10 being forced to lie with his face down in a taxi in Johannesburg, while his mother was raped for four hours. The three armed men, who tricked the mom and her son into boarding the minibus taxi, reportedly also made the mom hand over her […]

Former Springbok fly-half Joel Stransky is on the road to recovery after his horrific injuries in the Cape Epic mountain bike race. He posted a photo today from the race saying how “cool” it was to be there “watching friends come in”. He was discharged this morning. Stransky (49) has kept fans updated with photos […]

Eish. We thought South Africans loved to braai… but there’s a video of a mega barbecue in Uruguay going viral that shows these South Americans have the same passion as us! The video was taken at the annual “Festival de la Carne” in Pando, Uruguay. Watch below. The caption basically means (according to Google!) ‘The Day […]

Here is the latest official update from Spur Steak Ranches, issued in the last few minutes (Wednesday 22 March 2017 at lunchtime), concerning the controversy over the incident at one of their Spur branches. This latest statement updates a previous version made yesterday, in connection with the incident between two heated customers – which was videoed […]

Angélique van der Merwe captured this beautiful footage of six Cape Clawless Otters venturing onto the shore at Onrus Beach yesterday morning at around 07h00. She came upon the special sighting whilst out on a morning stroll. Angélique (Lelulu on Instagram) said: “I stumbled upon them. I have seen one at night at the lagoon […]

A baby girl from the Ivory Coast has been successfully separated from her parasitic twin in what her surgeons are calling a ‘medical miracle’. Ten-month-old baby Dominique was born with an undeveloped parasitic conjoined twin that caused her to be born with four legs and two spines. Doctors say it is an exceedingly rare condition. A press […]

Britain has today announced that certain electronic goods – including phones, laptops and tablets larger than a set size – will no longer be allowed in the cabin on flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia. This announcement comes hours after the United States made a similar statement. A notice on the UK […]

It’s not often that Cape Town in the Western Cape of South Africa gets lightning… but when it does, it’s DAZZLING… JON KERRIN – from Where The Light Is: Photography by Jon Kerrin – captured this photo in Simon’s Town: “Mother Nature treated Cape Town to a spectacular light show last night!!!” he says. LEONARD HEIN captured this photo, and announced: […]