A young South African couple are making news overseas with their ‘timeless’ creations – watches made of natural wood mixed with high-quality stainless steel and carbon fibre. Stuart and Makeeda Swan were featured in a BBC interview a couple of days ago, talking about their Cape Town-based company Bettél (a mix of the two words – […]

A massive African python being carried on a pole caused traffic to stop on the South Coast of South Africa yesterday. According to reports, the snake – which was being transported along the N2 near Umgababa, south of Amanzimtoti – was between four and five metres long. Watch video below. Pumula resident Yolandi Pearce told East Coast Radio’s Newswatch […]

The Jayde Panyiotou murder case, which rocked South Africans around the nation and resulted in several marches (even in the UK) for an end to violent crime in SA, is finally heading to a High Court trial date, after being on the court roll for almost a year. The accused, her husband Christopher Panyiotou, and […]

The sentencing of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been postponed to June. He will remain on bail, living at his uncle’s Pretoria home, until then. Bail conditions have been slightly relaxed. The former Olympian can now travel for 20km outside of his home without needing to get […]

Maybe Home Affairs in South Africa could learn a thing or two from Australia’s tough Agriculture and Water Resources department. This is how you get a message out to the world about your country’s laws – enlist a law-breaking Hollywood actress and her famous husband to make an apology video! While many South Africans have been stopped at Australia’s border […]

Sports enthusiast Princess Charlene of Monaco was at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday to watch Rafael Nadal win his ninth Monte-Carlo crown. The former South African Olympic swimmer, who was born in Zimbabwe and moved to Benoni when she was 11, accompanied her husband Prince Albert II to the match… on a day that marks the […]

In the last few days thousands of South Africans have been sharing a gorgeous photo of what they think is the Orange River in South Africa…but which in fact is a river in Korea. The photo was uploaded by someone who’s from Durban, according to their Facebook profile. She wrote a caption saying: “Sun rise […]

South African actress Charlize Theron has revealed to British GQ magazine that she is constantly trying to win back the love of her country, South Africa. Like a few other expats she finds herself treated like a traitor for having left, and for adopting a foreign accent. In the May issue of the magazine, Charlize says: “I […]

So where in the world are the Gupta brothers? Dubai? India? Saxonwold? Turkey? They’re alleged to have made EFF Julius Malema’s wish come true and left South Africa last week… but nobody – or nobody who’s talking – has sighted them since. Times Live uploaded this video trying to track them down… just like a Where’s Wally challenge!

Everyone needs a study buddy, but most are probably not as loyal – or four-legged – as Viking, who joins Port Elizabeth student Heinrich Williams on stage for his graduation this week… at his side as he has been throughout Heinrich’s studies at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), and kitted out in full graduation gear! “He […]

South African comedian Thenjiwe Moseley has released a spoof video asking her “biological daughter” Beyoncé to come home to South Africa with her husband, so she can have a traditional Zulu ceremony and make the ancestors happy. In the light-hearted video, poker-faced Thenjiwe says Beyoncé was christened Busisiwe, and that as a toddler little Busi loved Zulu dancing and that she […]

The number of tourists arriving in South Africa every month has apparently shot through the one million mark for the first time since 2009, signalling the industry’s recovery from last year’s decline. The rise has been attributed in part to a revision to controversial immigration laws and the fall in the rand against foreign currencies. In January […]

Real or fake, the ‘Snowboarder Girl Chased By Bear’ video on YouTube has had more than a few people guessing – clocking up over 2.8 million views in a couple of days. The video, posted by a ‘Kelly Murphy’ – who only created her YouTube account on 5 April – appears to show Kelly video-ing herself while snowboarding, […]

The ANC in Gauteng has called on President Jacob Zuma to “reflect deeply and do the right thing” to resolve the current and unprecedented crisis facing the ANC. In a media statement issued this afternoon, ANC Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) said it had held a special meeting yesterday, where it received a detailed report on […]

An Egyptian student captured the following video of his recent school trip to Cape Town and surrounds. Youssef Hanna was part of an excursion that the American International School of Egypt offers its students with a leaning purpose outside of the classroom. Watch Video: Cape Town – as seen by Egyptian student, Youssef Hanna The group visited […]

As predicted, Allister “Toetie” Coetzee has been named as head coach of the Springbok rugby team for the next four years! Oregan Hoskins, president of SA Rugby (SARU) said Coetzee’s appointment ushers in an exciting new era for rugby in South Africa. The 52-year-old former Springbok assistant coach succeeds Heyneke Meyer at a time when a number […]

Take a listen to this exquisite South African version of Adele’s ‘Hello’… sung in Zulu by Esperanca de Tavares. Richard van Schalkwyk, from Richard Henry Productions, who filmed Esperanca’s performance says “she did a great job translating the song and singing it virtually unrehearsed. Sound recorded in camera. No studio.” Watch Video: ‘Hello’ in Zulu Today Billboard.com announced that […]

Louis Oosthuizen is the latest South African player to have brought an element of surprise and entertainment  to the US Masters at Augusta National in the USA this past week…after successfully hitting a deflected hole-in-one! TV commentators said they’d NEVER seen anything like it in their lives! This follows Gary Player’s record-breaking performance, becoming the oldest golfer – at […]

South African actress, Hollywood star and Oscar winner Charlize Theron remembered the folks back home when accepting her Best Female Performance award at the MTV Movie Awards last night. The 40-year-old was presented with the award for her brilliant portrayal of Imperator Furiosa in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’. After thanking director George Miller, the film’s incredible […]

If you’ve been missing South Africa, here’s a visual feast from a sunny Sunday in the Eastern and Western Cape… It started Sunday morning with these beautiful hues. Eddy Bronwyn Bakker shot this photo while “waiting for the sun rise at the lakes in Wilderness, Garden Route.” And finally the sun rose. Seen here by Maureen […]

The rhino of South Africa just got a new hero in their corner – South Africa’s popular and much trusted Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela – thanks to the passionate persistence of Jamie Joseph, founder of Saving the Wild, which connects conservationists engaged in Africa’s poaching crisis. Jamie, who has been working full-time on the rhino poaching crisis for years, announced […]

Following the announcement of their resignation from their South African company Oakbay Investments and Oakbay Resources and Energy on Friday, it has emerged that the Guptas allegedly fled South Africa on Thursday evening. It has been reported in local press this morning that the Gupta brothers, Ajay and Atal, were seen leaving South Africa with “mountains of luggage” […]

Proving old friendships never die, a South African expat living in Canada has offered her kidney to her former schoolmate in Johannesburg, whom she hasn’t seen for decades. And together they are now on a journey to make sure Di gets the kidney she desperately needs, and that awareness is raised about live kidney donations. […]

I decided to walk off my babelaas and check my voter’s info at the same time. It’s a 5km round trip and more interesting than gym. Walking is such a good way to connect with your environment, your journey and your soul. Walking can change you. Can you imagine if the ‘Long Walk to Freedom” […]

A proposed luxury eco-village, near Somerset West in South Africa, is making news around the world after CNN International featured an article about the supercool, eco-friendly and car-less residential estate on Friday. Blue Rock Village – on the shores of Lake Blue Rock in the Western Cape – is being touted as the ‘Greenest Village in […]