There was a huge buzz at Sandton City in South Africa on Saturday when fans spotted ‘Justin Bieber‘ wandering through the famous shopping centre. Bieber was in Johannesburg for a show on Sunday night. Unfortunately for his fans, it was a prank… brilliantly pulled off by local Aidan Atcheson, and his mates. Aidan said: “THANK YOU […]

Former South African Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramatlhodi claimed on Tuesday that Eskom’s CEO, Brian Molefe, and chairman Ben Ngubane, had tried to persuade him in 2015 to suspend Glencore’s mining licences… in an attempt to pressurise Glencore into selling a coal mine… and help the controversial Gupta Family take over the mine. Ramatlhodi told […]

PRETORIA – Police have confirmed that four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of popular South African personality Mandla Hlatshwayo, who was killed on Saturday night after going to the aid of a woman who was being robbed. The suspects were arrested in Soweto last night, less than 24 hours after the Jozi […]

Braam Malherbe and Wayne Robertson arrived in Cape Town on Monday morning to a superhero’s welcome… after rowing 6,700 km – from Cape to Rio – to help save the planet! And amongst those waiting to congratulate them was South Africa’s favourite chicken peri-peri chain, Nando’s! The world-famous extreme adventurer took on the epic journey as part […]

PRETORIA – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured all South Africans that the police will do everything in their power to apprehend the killers of Mandla Hlatshwayo. (Please see update on Mandla Hlatshwayo’s murder here.) The Jozi fm DJ and former Generations actor was brutally killed in an armed robbery in the early hours of this […]

O. R. Tambo International Airport has issued the following statement concerning the horrific incident this afternoon – Monday 15 May 2017: “As O.R. Tambo International Airport Management, we have this afternoon been made aware of this very unfortunate and deeply concerning matter. “The incident took place off the R24, along Ring Road, which leads to […]

The strong winds and rains that have been pelting KwaZulu-Natal have brought big swell for surfers… and artists. Durban photographer Craig ‘O’ Pix has been chronicling the growing surf each day, from Saturday… through to today. Saturday: And then these wild pictures of Durban surf on Sunday morning: “Braving the Elements”: Monday, Craig says: “Got so […]

After the Springbok Sevens not only won the Paris Rugby Sevens Series this weekend – but achieved an unassailable lead so that South Africa will be crowned World Rugby Sevens Series Champions next week, when the series concludes in London – they were joined by Mr Mission Impossible himself – Tom Cruise. For many years, it had […]

Opposition party members marched arm in arm Monday morning from Mary Fitzgerald Square to the Constitutional Court where arguments are being heard today on whether a secret ballot should be conducted when Members of Parliament vote on a Motion of No Confidence against President Jacob Zuma. The EFF said: “The masses have come out in […]

Extreme conservationist Braam Malherbe, together with his rowing mate Wayne Robertson, completed their epic journey of 8,100 km from Cape Town – from which they set off on 7 February – to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil… where they arrived on Tuesday. On Monday 15 May they will arrive at Cape Town International Airport… and South Africans are invited […]

Wordfence has just issued the following alert to all Windows users (Sunday 22h30): “On Friday we alerted you to a global ransomware campaign a few hours after it started. That campaign has now infected over 10,000 organizations and 200,000 individuals in 150 countries. This includes the UK National Health System which saw ambulances divert from affected […]

While snow fell in the Drakensberg this weekend, heavy rain fell in other parts of KwaZulu-Natal… with some dramatic footage coming in from Richards Bay and Zinkwazi, in South Africa. (Watch video below.) Richards Bay resident Karina Rautenbach said this afternoon there had been 310mm of rainfall collected (since Friday) “and counting”. Flooding in the […]

The Springbok Sevens team on Sunday took an unassailable lead in the World Rugby Sevens Series and will be crowned the 2016/17 series champions in London next week when the series conclude with the HSBC London Sevens at Twickenham. WATCH the Highlights from today in Paris at the bottom of the page. The Blitzboks had […]

World Rugby Sevens has announced that South Africa are the 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series champions… a FANTASTIC achievement, after being runners up for so many years! The Blizboks ensured the win at the Paris Sevens on Sunday afternoon, 14 May 2017, after beating New Zealand in the Cup semi-finals. World Rugby said: “England’s earlier […]

An 11-year-old schoolboy from Fourways will be joining international musician Justin Bieber on stage at the FNB Stadium today in Johannesburg! Julian Andrews scooped the incredible opportunity after winning a dance competition. Julian told Justin in his video entry that he wanted to follow his dreams, of dancing, like Justin had followed his of singing. Watch […]

Olympic silver medallist Luvo Manyonga’s star shone brightly in Shanghai on Saturday as he soared to a Diamond League long jump record. Manyonga, one of three South Africans in the long jump event, dug deep to produce a gem of a jump and hit paydirt with a best of 8.61 metres. That’s also the best […]

QUINTON DE KOCK matched the previous performances of superstars Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers when he was named South African Cricketer of the Year and in all received a total of five awards at a glittering Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function in Kyalami on Saturday evening. Only Kagiso Rababa has done better with […]

New South African Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has taken the time to pledge his support to police officers around the country… as well as to their family members. Earlier this week, he acknowledged the thankless – and life-threatening – job South African Police Service (SAPS) officers undertake, whilst visiting a call centre in Midrand. This weekend, […]

Congratulations to four young South Africans who have won top titles at the International Pageantry stage in Turkey. Pageants SA CEO, Carolyn Baldwin Botha‎, said she is proud to announce the following achievements for “our incredible young girls”:   Eldunique Du Plessis has won Little Miss Universe 2017 & Little Miss Sympathy Neo Nkhumane has won Miss […]

Snow has continued falling in parts of South Africa this weekend… allowing at least one holidaying couple – Marius and Christine – to enjoy the perfect ‘honeymoon’ weekend in Sani Pass… snowed in! (See pics below.) For some travellers it’s been less exciting… as the inclement snowy and icy conditions led to road closures in the Drakensberg – between […]

PRETORIA – Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi will not appeal a decision by the Western Cape High Court to set aside Inter-governmental Agreements (IGAs) on nuclear. “I have decided that I will not be appealing the decision of the Western Cape High Court on this matter,” Minister Kubayi said. She was addressing a media briefing in Pretoria […]

The innovative South African film-makers of ‘Bypass’ – Africa’s first medical thriller – recently created a heart-stopping, head-turning scene in Cape Town with their creative guerrilla marketing campaign! They drove through Cape Town with two doctors on the back of a truck, performing surgery on a model body. It stopped Capetonians in their tracks! And […]

According to local reports in South Africa, as many as NINE rhino were killed this week in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal… in what is becoming a tragic occurrence every time there is a full moon (nicknamed Poachers’ Moon). This brings the total rhino killed by poachers in the park during the first two weeks of this month […]

PRETORIA – The Eskom board’s decision to reinstate former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Molefe may have shocked many South Africans… but according to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, it’s a “better option” than the previous R30 million early retirement pay-out! Not everyone agrees (see the joke at the bottom of the page). “I believe the board’s […]

PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma has described his State visit to Tanzania as successful, with talks paving the way for deepened cooperation between the two southern African countries. “It was an important visit for South Africa, as our aim was to review and strengthen the existing strong bilateral and economic relations between the two countries, […]