While most South Africans were concerned Friday with farewelling Advocate Thuli Madonsela on her last day as South Africa’s Public Protector, and many were eager for her to reveal the results of her State Capture report (which she has given to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, for ‘safekeeping’), others were caught up in #ScienceMustFall… […]

As South Africa thanks Advocate Thuli Madonsela for the incredible job she did at protecting the country from corruption, at being the Public Protector we could only have dreamed of having… here are some wise words from the lady herself that may help us move forward without her. Outgoing Public Protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela, on life and […]

The South African President’s son, Edward Zuma, has released a media statement accusing Finance Minister Gordhan Pravin of being a “cry baby”, and outgoing Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela, and her “handlers” as being in “panic mood”. Supporting his father, the President’s son also took part in a radio interview late Thursday evening on Power […]

Afrikaans4Dummies has produced another classic – the second 2016 debate between American Presidential candidates Donald Trump (Republican) and Hillary Clinton (Democrat). “The 2nd #debate2016 was more violent than the first,” Afrikaans4Dummies told SAPeople. “Here it is #Afrikaans style.” As things are heating up between the opposing campaigns, with vitriol being spewed from both sides, they wondered […]

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, the government said on Thursday. UPDATE 3 FEB ’23: A documentary film about Boko Haram has won the International Film Festival Rotterdam – Le […]

South African fast food restaurant chain Nando’s has created an advert in tribute to outgoing Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, who serves her last day as PP Friday. Referring to Madonsela’s courage in questioning even the leader of the country, President Jacob Zuma, the advert says “Always the griller. Never the chicken” and “Thuli, your courage […]

The times they are a-changing! American musician Bob Dylan has become the first songwriter to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In announcing his win, the Swedish academy said it was for having “created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. The singer is the first American to win since 1993 when Toni Morrison won […]

The relatively trivial nature of the charges against South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, and the way in which the prosecution has been pursued, leads to the conclusion that this is a trumped up charge. It also suggests that Gordhan is being prosecuted for reasons unrelated to the law and order mandate of the body […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane claims that the motive behind the summons – issued by special police unit, the Hawks, to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan – is because of an impending nuclear deal with a Russian delegation… which is allegedly in the country. In a tweet early Thursday, Maimane said: “We are reliably informed that there is high […]

South African seven-year-old, Michelle Nkamankeng – who recently made history as the youngest author from Africa to be included in the list of Top 10 youngest writers in the world – has shared her tips with BBC World Service, as well as several other international media outlets. Michelle’s self-published book, ‘Waiting for the Waves’, is […]

South Africa’s outgoing Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, has been selected by the Tällberg Foundation to form part of its Global Leaders list for 2016. The Foundation on Wednesday announced Adv. Madonsela among the “five extraordinary women who are responding to leadership challenges of the 21st century”. The Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit education organisation […]

South Africa made history Wednesday at Newlands stadium, in Cape Town, as the first team in history to inflict a whitewash against Australia in a five-match ODI (One Day International) series! Kangaroos’ captain Steve Smith said: “It’s been a tough series, we’ve been outplayed.” Rilee Rossouw, with his maiden ODI century against Australia, and JP Duminy […]

Cape Town band The Kiffness has ‘created’ a guide for dummies on White Privilege, which starts with the question “Does White Privilege exist?” Band member David Scott wrote: “I thought of this thing in the bath. It’s mainly to help me make sense of my thoughts on my position as a white guy in SA, but […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it welcomes the “unusual decision” by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Wednesday that it would prefer to hear oral arguments in open court in President Jacob Zuma’s application for leave to appeal the decision of the Gauteng North High Court (see Court Order below). The DA said Zuma “must take responsibility… and not […]

Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, and his team have their eye on making history in the fifth Momentum One-Day International (ODI) against Australia at PCC Newlands on Wednesday… which has just begun. South Africa won the toss and have elected to bat first. David Miller, who was suffering a groin injury, is back. The Proteas lead […]

This letter has been going viral amongst South Africans in the past week, although it was actually posted back in June. It’s written by musician DON CLARKE and republished here with his kind permission: AN OPEN LETTER TO JULIUS “RED MAN” MALEMA FROM A PINK BROTHER Howzit Boet! I hope you don’t mind me calling […]

Check out New Zealand drifting racer Michael Whiddett – known as ‘Mad Mike’ – as he takes on South Africa’s Franschhoek Pass in what he calls his “most terrifying stunt”. And don’t watch on a full stomach! In ‘Conquer the Cape’, Mad Mike hitches a ride with a local before stepping into his Mazda RX8 ‘Badbul’ […]

President Jacob Zuma has spoken out again in support of South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, although for many South Africans it sounded like empty rhetoric. The President urged the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) to conduct the matter – of Gordhan being summonsed to appear in court on charges of fraud – with the necessary “dignity […]

Ooh la la, the French love our wine! So says CNN. In fact the Chinese are also developing a taste for South African wine, and British billionaire Richard Branson is investing in our vineyards. So too is an Indian businessman and an American company. We’ll drink to that! In an article entitled Why the French want in […]

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on South Africans to support democracy by taking to the streets of Pretoria on the day that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will appear in court on charges of fraud, 02 November 2016. Malema’s call came Tuesday, following the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) announcement that Gordhan and two former colleagues from the SA Revenue Services […]

South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, along with former SARS (SA Revenue Services) officials Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashula, are being charged with fraud. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the three accused men have been informed of the decision and have been served summonses to appear in court on 02 November 2016. The […]

Congratulations to Athol Williams who has been awarded the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for the second year running, becoming the first person to win it twice! It’s been an incredible week for Williams in which he not only won this award but also launched his autobiography – Pushing Boulders – AND was selected as one […]

JOHANNESBURG – Photos of a Catholic Priest in Braamfontein, with blood streaming down his face, went viral today on social media. He had been hit by a rubber bullet during #FeesMustFall protests. Police claimed it was a stray bullet. Hylton White, a Faculty Member at Wits University, was there just before it happened… White wrote on Monday […]

Social media users are calling on fellow South Africans to share the following letter, sent by an academic at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) – Dr Kelly Gillespie – to South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan at 6.40pm Monday night… Dear Mr Pravin Gordhan I wonder if you have any sense of what my […]

Here is the full statement from the Presidency: President Jacob Zuma has written to the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, requesting her to allow him or his legal representative to question other witnesses, determined by the Public Protector, who have appeared before Public Protector. President Zuma was given two days before the meeting that took […]