The Democratic Alliance (DA) has lashed out at rumours about coalition agreements which it says were inspired by the ruling African National Congress (ANC). In a statement released by James Selfe, Chairperson of DA Federal Council, he said: “The DA dismisses ANC-inspired rumours that coalition agreements have been reached at this stage. This includes Luthuli House’s […]

There were five different codes being represented by Team South Africa on Tuesday (9 August). Here is a list of South Africans in competition. Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. All reporting below by Gary Lemke (GL) and Mark Etheridge (ME)… RUGBY SEVENS Men’s Pool B: South Africa were untroubled – winning 24-0 against […]

A couple of posts going viral on Facebook at the moment celebrate fantastic policemen from Italy and South Africa doing their job brilliantly, even going beyond the call of duty… In Rome four policemen have inspired a nation with their kind gesture of cooking up pasta with parmesan for a lonely elderly couple who were overheard crying. The […]

Social media has gone crazy since an apparent “stare down” – between South African swimmer Chad le Clos and his American rival Michael Phelps – at the butterfly 200m semi-finals last night in Rio, Brazil. According to reports, Phelps says he wasn’t looking at Le Clos, and those close to the American Olympic record-breaker (he […]

It was well after midnight when South Africa’s Chad le Clos faced the media after his silver medal in the men’s 200m freestyle had doubled the country’s tally at these Games and taken his personal Olympic total to three – and counting. ‘It was a crazy race,’ Le Clos said of his 1min 45.20sec heroics that saw […]

There was action for South Africa’s rowers, swimmers and a sailor on Monday. Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. ROWING Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler won their heat in 7min 07.37sec to progress straight to Wednesday’s semi-finals. In a nutshell: Better conditions for the rowers after Sunday’s debacle. McCann and Grobler […]

It’s the rematch that’s been four years in the making. Can you just imagine if it was staged by Don King Productions. It ought to be, it’s that big. In the one corner you’ve got the defending Olympic 200m butterfly champion, Chad le Clos. The confident, never-say-die South African who refuses to lose. Younger, brasher, […]

South Africa’s national rugby side has produced a brilliant – and humorous – spoof video with a special message for the country’s Olympic athletes in Rio, Brazil. Watch the Springboks’ message to SA’s Olympic Heroes – #teamSArise #LoveRugby  

This is how winter looked today in South Africa! Exquisite! Check out beautiful Hout Bay, Cape Town, as viewed from Chapman’s Peak this afternoon. Photos by NIGEL RILEY. #StunningSouthAfrica

When Free State resident Marinda Gouws saw a train in Reitz for the first time in five years, she filmed the rare event from the car in which she was travelling (as a passenger)… not realising she was about to witness a near train wreck! Watch the video below to see the incredibly close call between the […]

South African musician Don Clarke wasn’t sure whether local audiences were ready for his next song – “Blame It On The Whites”. After his extremely successful Zuma Must Fall video, Don was worried this one could be “completely misunderstood” and asked Facebook friends whether it was worth posting or not. He explained that “ultimately it’s a reconciliation song […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA has today banned four players for attempted match fixing, saying they breached CSA’s Anti-Corruption Code for Personnel (“the Code”). The banned players – who have admitted contraventions of the Code – are Jean Symes, Pumelela Matshikwe, Ethy Mbhalati and former Test wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile. The banning of these four players follows lengthy investigations and […]

There’s been a wonderful sense of pandemonium in the Johannesburg traffic this morning as the Springboks and Blitzboks celebrate South African Women’s Day with #FreeCoffeeForLadies. With signs like “hoot if you are a lady and you #LoveRugby”, the SA national rugby players chose to celebrate Women’s Day by handing out free coffee to the lucky ladies. […]

South Africa’s champion swimmer Chad le Clos kept his Olympic dream alive today as he qualified in the Men’s 200m Freestyle with a new personal best and finished in third place overall. Reporting for SASCOC today, Gary Lemke said: “Chad le Clos stuck his hand up as a potential medallist when he powered his way […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius was treated in hospital for wrist injuries on Saturday, a prison service spokesman said, adding the jailed South African track star had denied trying to kill himself.   The multiple gold medal-winning Paralympian, serving six years for murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013, was returned to his Pretoria cell […]

While South Africans at home seemed to hate their Olympic team’s outfits worn at the opening ceremony of the Games in Rio… it appears the rest of the world LOVED them, with South Africa featuring in several Top 10 lists for BEST dressed team! South Africans tweeted up a storm of complaints after watching the Ceremony […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Anti-rape activists protested on Saturday as South African President Jacob Zuma delivered his first remarks since local elections gave his African National Congress (ANC) its worst results since 1994. Zuma ignored the protest while his security guards stood nearby, apparently surprised by the protest by four women dressed in black and holding […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of the South African capital Pretoria, as results on Saturday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC’s worst election since the end of apartheid. The results of Wednesday’s voting have reshaped the political landscape […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday that Wednesday’s municipal elections had been well run and proved that South Africa’s democracy was maturing, in his first public remarks since results were announced. Zuma’s ruling African National Congress suffered its worst results since the end of apartheid in 1994, undermined by high unemployment, economic […]

Nando’s South Africa has done it again – seizing a political moment in South Africa to cleverly advertise one of their products… The advert features “President Jacob Zuma” playing a truth or dare game in which he’s asked if he’s really going to pay back the money. With this video, which was uploaded yesterday, Nando’s said: […]

PRETORIA – In a nail-biting finish, all the votes from the capital city have been captured with the DA winning the most votes. The results for Tshwane, which were finalised after 12pm, showed that the Democratic Alliance (DA) garnered 43.10% or 381 022 of the votes. The ruling African National Congress followed closely with 41.48% […]

PRETORIA – All eyes are on Gauteng’s metropolitan municipalities –Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni – as vote counting enters day three. It’s the final stretch for Gauteng which is home to the three metros. By 6:30am on Saturday the Electoral Commission (IEC) had counted and validated 94% of the votes in the province with the ANC leading […]

RIO – Louis Meintjes and Daryl Impey kickstart Team South Africa’s individual Olympic campaign when they take to the roads – and hills – around Rio on Saturday in the men’s cycling road race. Both competed in the Tour de France and Meintjes rode out of his skin to finish eighth overall in the torturous […]

STELLENBOSCH – Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, said he is happy with the outcome of the rehabilitation and conditioning camp which finished on Thursday in Stellenbosch. A group of 19 selected players attended the four-day camp, which started on Monday at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. The purpose of the camp was to ascertain first-hand the […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A party of South African radical leftists has emerged as electoral kingmaker in major cities Pretoria and Johannesburg, giving a first taste of power to an ANC renegade who was once an acolyte of President Jacob Zuma. This week’s municipal elections have shown just slender nationwide gains for Julius Malema’s red beret-wearing […]