Table Bay Mall, a new Regional Retail Development located on the northern reaches of Sunningdale in Cape Town, is nearing completion and will be opening its doors this month! The opening is scheduled for 28 September 2017. 12 Things You Should Know about Table Bay Mall: Situated on the corner of the R27 (West Coast Road) […]

Award-winning wildlife and underwater photographer, Tracey Jennings, is seeking social media help in finding Bob, her best friend and travelling companion of over 25 years. He went missing on Saturday and she is desperate to get him back. “I know he is just a teddy bear but he was a gift from one of my greatest […]

Photojournalist and vlogger SHAYNE ROBINSON captured this footage on Saturday of the “Neigh-Bours Magical Medieval Fayre” in Johannesburg, South Africa. “HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Calling all knights, damsels, wenches, beggars, and bards. Ye Magical Medieval Fayre is back and on Saturday I went out the Inanda Country Base to have a look at what was […]

With less than a month left of possible winter rain, the City of Cape Town – which is experiencing a severe drought – announced Sunday that it is taking a number of new actions to drive down water consumption, with immediate effect. This includes the institution of Level 5 restrictions, and a further increase in […]

SA Rugby has announced that Land Rover is the latest blue-chip company to back the Springboks – as an associate sponsor and official vehicle partner of SA Rugby. The class-leading vehicle manufacturer has signed a three-year partnership, which will see Land Rover support the Boks’ Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign, of which Land Rover are […]

In response to questions put to him by the Sunday Independent – which have been circulating on social media since Friday, 1 September 2017, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has made the following statement: “It has come to my attention, through questions that were sent to me by the editor of a Sunday newspaper, that a […]

If you’re far away, feast your eyes on these exquisite photos from the Kruger National Park, taken last week by TARA TURKINGTON during yet another fantastic family holiday. Tara says: “Home from a wonderful week in the Kruger Park. Even after approx. 40 years of visiting Kruger, I always leave wanting to come back…” The […]

An ecstatic Mrs Vietnam was crowned Mrs Universe during a glittering event at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) on Saturday night. 43-year old Tram Hoang Luu burst into tears as last year’s winner, Olga Tornor from Austria, handed over the crown at the 40th Annual Mrs Universe pageant, held for the first […]

Knysna Council has approved the waiving of property rates for one year for those 564 households that were completely destroyed by the recent fires. The devastating fires in June destroyed billions of rands of built environment in Knysna, and has had a traumatic input on the people’s lives and the economy, the Council said in […]

A 32-year-old South African SAA air stewardess has been charged with attempting to import approximately six to eight kilograms of cocaine into Perth International Airport last night. In a joint media release by the Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP), they said the incident occurred on 18 August 2017 after she arrived on […]

President Jacob Zuma says he has announced his intention to establish a commission of inquiry into state capture. The President said this when he fielded oral questions at the National Assembly on Thursday. He was responding to a question from DA leader Mmusi Maimane. “I wish to make it categorically clear that I have never […]

Thursday’s Question and Answer session with President Jacob Zuma in Parliament, in Cape Town, was filled with entertainment today from the usual suspects – Zuma’s reluctance to answer simple questions to the EFF walking out – but one of the more unexpected moments was when the sign language interpreter abruptly got up and left for […]

Oh my goodness. Watch this from beginning to end and imagine being in the front seat! The video was uploaded by Merelize van der Merwe, a professional huntress in South Africa. She doesn’t mention where the video was taken, but the accents are South African. (Update: Merelize says the video was sent to her via […]

Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Julius Malema lost his temper in Parliament today after getting yet another frustrating non-answer from President Jacob Zuma. Watch below as Malema asks Zuma, during the Question and Answer section today in Cape Town, why he doesn’t stand up for himself and the good name of his office when he […]

A South African student received a windfall R14-million in her account – by accident – and went on to spend R500,000 of it (while fellow students are battling to receive adequate food allowances)! Had she not bragged about it on Facebook it appears that nobody would have picked up the mistake. Unfortunately for her, she […]

Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu, says she is “shocked and disgusted” at the alleged “inhumane” acts meted out by Shoprite towards seven female employees. The incident took place at Shoprite’s Pelican Park branch in Cape Town. It is alleged that the seven women, one of them pregnant, were handcuffed and “exhibited” […]

Hawks, the special investigative unit of the South African Police Services (SAPS), today confirmed they are investigating the prominent Gupta Family, who have been at the centre of allegations of state capture in South Africa, for allegedly using public funds to pay for a lavish family wedding at Sun City in 2013. In a press statement, […]

The horrific case of alleged cannibalism near Estcourt, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has gripped world headlines as details of the crime begin to surface… with five men arrested, and somewhere between a few and over 300 local residents (depending on which report you read) claiming they too unwittingly partook in the eating of human flesh. […]

Pilanesberg National Park & Wildlife Trust has sadly revealed that it has lost another rhino cow to poachers. The female rhino was carrying a full-term baby. The devastated admin of the Park’s page said: “A terrible double tragedy simply to satisfy the disgusting greed of complete idiots! You are not fit to walk this planet […]

It was a big moment at Fish Hoek Beach on Monday as Station Commander Madoda Hlakula welcomed Cape Town’s talented sand artist, Michael Myekwa, onto the beach with his brand new letter of permission. The Fish Hoek community had rallied together in the past week to help sand sculptor Michael obtain an all-important permit which […]

Over 1 million Facebook users have already liked the latest post by its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, since it was posted five hours ago. Along with his wife Priscilla Chan, Mark wrote: “Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter August! We wrote her a letter about the world we hope she grows up […]

Houston, Texas, has experienced “catastrophic flooding” like nothing seen before. Officials said Hurricane Harvey caused “landmark” flooding over the weekend which will be felt for years, and warned that more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days. So far at least 8 fatalities have been confirmed; and over 30,000 people are expected to have […]

Most of us want a farm in Africa… but there’s a family in Durban who appear to have made that dream come true for themselves right in the suburbs! Although it’s not quite what it seems. The wealthy Abdoola family in South Africa are apparently storing the 100 odd sheep, plus some goats, for the […]

The 84 Mrs Universe contestants who arrived in Durban have been taking in the sights and sounds of the city as they settle into an intensive schedule that combines work with play. On Friday evening, the contestants got the chance to get to know each other over dinner at Casa Bella in Umhlanga. They were […]

The Springboks pulled off their fifth Test win in a row, in Argentina on Saturday… and scored their most points in 2017 so far with a 41-23 bonus point victory over the Pumas in Salta. It’s Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s first win away from home. Coetzee praised the team’s planning and the players’ conditioning. Siya […]