The first litter of free roaming lion cubs in the area in over 130 years has been born in Mountain Zebra National Park outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The birth of the cubs comes after the successful re-introduction of two male lions into the 28,000ha Park in April 2013, followed by two females […]

There has been an outpouring of support from South Africans and locals in Cornwall after a South African family, living in the UK, suffered a terrible tragedy this weekend whilst holidaying in Newquay. According to family friend Madelein Jansen Van Noordwyk “my dear friend [Lisinda Bruynius] has had the worst happen on her family holiday in […]

South Africa’s rhinos have again fallen victim to the breathtakingly beautiful full moon which rose on Thursday evening… and was still shining bright last night. Passionate wildlife advocate Jamie Joseph, from Saving the Wild, reported Saturday evening that “#Zululand has suffered another devastating full moon slaughter in Hluhluwe iMfolozi. “I have wept over the #rhinos that have […]

Caster Semenya catapulted Team South Africa’s 2016 Olympic medal count into double figures on a hot Saturday evening in Rio as she ran to a predictable 800-metre win. The 25-year old went into the race as one of the hottest favourites in sporting history and her season’s best of 1min 55.33sec was almost a full […]

As predicted South African athlete Caster Semenya raced her way to Gold in the Women’s 800m event at the Rio Olympics Saturday evening. With her country united behind her – as she faced controversy and “Haters” (because of her higher levels of testosterone than most women) – Caster focussed on her dream… and transformed it into a […]

DURBAN – Nando’s scooped two of the four Grand Prix Prizes Saturday night at the 38th Annual Loerie Awards, held at the Durban ICC this year. A total of 179 awards were given at #Loeries2016, the most prestigious creative industry and brand communication awards for Africa and the Middle East. Nando’s – South Africa’s legendary flame-grilled chicken restaurant chain […]

Triathletes Mari Rabie and Gill Sanders both bounced back from heartache and heartbreak respectively to do South Africa proud on the penultimate day of the Olympics here on Saturday with an 11th and 23rd place. Rabie returned to the Olympics after an eight-year absence, during which she recovered from a life-threatening heart condition just two […]

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee expressed his satisfaction in the composure shown by his team in their 30-23 win over Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday. The victory in the Mbombela Stadium opened the Castle Lager Rugby Championship campaign for the Springboks on a positive note. It wasn’t looking good in the second half. The Springboks trailed […]

Until recently Caster Semenya was famous for her silence, posting only images of inspirational quotes on her Twitter account like “When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘why me’, say ‘try me’”. She seldom added a personal caption… but lately – as all the world’s eyes are on her and her country has united […]

The University of the Witswatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa, has leaped into the top position of all universities in Africa in the latest Shanghai rankings. According to Wits, the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – otherwise known as the Shanghai rankings – places Wits amongst the top 1 percent of all universities […]

Check out this video going viral right now – the South African version of Destiny’s Child… On social media it’s being shared with hashtag #CapeColouredStyle: https://youtu.be/70gDTA4SXGY

The Democratic Alliance has condemned “the cold-blooded assassination” of its councillor, Johannes Baaitjies, on Wednesday night.  In a statement on the DA website, it said “Baaitjies was found lying on his face on the main road between Danielskuil and Postmasburg [Wednesday] night. He was shot twice in the head and once in the upper body, and dragged […]

PRETORIA – Newly elected Tshwane mayor, the DA’s Solly Msimanga, declared that today “corruption, cronyism, nepotism and patronage comes to an end” in the capital. He said there will be no more “blue lights” and that Tshwane is to be a city for all the people and not just a small-connected group. Msimanga was sworn in […]

Sunette Viljoen secured South Africa another Silver medal in the Rio Olympics on Thursday, with a throw of 64.92 in the women’s Javelin. We congratulate @Sunette_Viljoen on her #Silver Medal at the #Rio2016 #Olympics 🇿🇦 Dankie! pic.twitter.com/dtHtghjQEY — South African Government (@GovernmentZA) August 19, 2016 It was her first throw that secured the silver. Her third […]

It’s all hail King Henri the Third as Team South Africa triathlete Henri Schoeman raced to third place and South Africa’s second bronze medal of the Olympic Games on Thursday. Schoeman, who just a day ago was running the medical gauntlet in the Athletes’ Village to alleviate fears of a possible respiratory infection before getting […]

CAPE TOWN – A young child has allegedly been killed at a lion sanctuary near Parys, in South Africa, today. Four Paws organisation says “another victim of canned hunting, this time a child”. According to FOUR PAWS, the incident occurred at the Otavi Lion Sanctuary. In a press release Thursday, Four Paws said that Parys Police Department confirmed […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s biggest Coke bottler, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, will rethink its spending plans in South Africa if Pretoria’s proposed tax on sugary drinks gets the green light, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. In a bid to fight a growing obesity rate in the continent’s most lucrative market for Coca-Cola and fast-food chains in […]

A brutal rhino fight has been caught on film in the Kruger National Park (featuring a cameo appearance by a hippo which escapes as fast as it can!). The video was uploaded today by YouTube user Kruger National Park. Susan Meyer, who filmed the footage, said it was their first sighting of the day and they were […]

JOHANNESBURG – Leader of the Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane, made the following remarks during a press conference held in Johannesburg Wednesday afternoon: “The Local Government Elections held on the 03 August 2016 were a watershed moment in South Africa’s democratic era. These elections saw millions of South Africans across the country voting for change. “In years […]

This is one list that South Africans would rather not be number one on – The Worst Countries in the World for Drunk Driving. SA tops the list out of 95 countries around the world that record this statistic. According to statistical research published by statistics portal Statista – and based on findings from WHO – […]

South African athlete Caster Semenya cruised into first place in Heat 2 of the Women’s 800m today in Rio – in a time of 1:59.31, securing her spot in the Olympic semi-finals on Friday (02:15 SA time). South Africans tweeted their joy, saying things like “that was the longest 2 mins of my life  but […]

South Africans have come out in strong support of Caster Semenya as her bid for gold begins today in the Women’s 800m heats at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. She is in Heat 2 which begins at 16:02 (4.02pm) South African time. The semi-finals are on Friday at 02:15 and the final is on […]

As thousands gathered near Rustenburg yesterday to commemorate the Marikana massacre of four years ago, reports were published showing that the same conditions that led to the tragedy still persist today; and Amnesty International called on British Lonmin mining company – which is listed on the London Stock Exchange – to put its house in order. On […]

#DieStem is trending at the top of Twitter in South Africa after EFF commander in chief Julius Malema revealed Wednesday that one of the EFF’s conditions for #CoalitionTalks included the removal of Die Stem. Other conditions were land appropriation, nationalisation and free education. Further conditions to the ANC included remove eTolls and Jacob Zuma as SA President, […]

Jean Kelly captured the jubilation of Team South Africa in Rio, at the Athletes Village, as they watched Wayde van Niekerk win Olympic Gold and break a world record in the Men’s 400m race. Team South Africa uploaded the video to Facebook with this message: “Proudly African and South African, solidarity in its true form… […]