South African broadcaster, author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser passed away suddenly on 30 May 2023 at the age of 45. News of his death reverberated through media channels. Tributes bore witness to the impact of his voice and the enduring significance of radio as the medium through which many first encountered his outspoken, insightful […]

More than a month since South Africa’s ONLY license printing machine broke down, there has still been no news from the Department of Transport on whether the machine has been fixed, despite promising that driving license cards would be printed again within two to three weeks. AfriForum says it’s putting pressure on the Transport Minister. […]

The plight of a young baboon in Cape Town, suffering from an unexplained eye injury, has captured the hearts of many locals… but, according to Baboon Matters Trust (BMT), urgent help is needed to protect Temba and the rest of the troop. Baboon Matters, which is dedicated to the conservation of baboons in SA and […]

Gauteng MEC for Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has strongly condemned Thursday’s attacks on e-hailing drivers and the burning of cars at Maponya Mall in Soweto, South Africa. “We would like to strongly condemn these senseless attacks on individuals and damage to vehicles. These acts are unacceptable and must be dealt with harshly,” the MEC said on […]

Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa. This success was partially due to the inclusion of the private sector, which started in the 1960s when white rhinos were moved from their last […]

Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost every economic activity. It has raised input costs for producers and retailers and has triggered a new round of inflation and interest rate increases. Any solution will obviously incur costs because it will require […]

AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism says it is under “legal assault” and has been “gagged” by a court order, granted in chambers and without prior notice. AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism has been effectively stopped from reporting on Johannesburg businessman Zunaid Moti by an interim interdict. The Moti Group claims the documents AmaBhungane is basing […]

Any which way you slice it, South Africa’s homicide statistics are extremely grim. Over 27,000 people were murdered from April 2022 to March 2023, probably the highest recorded number in a single year to date. Nearly the same number of people were murdered in 1994, at the height of the low-intensity civil war in Gauteng […]

Copies of former Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter’s book worth R5000 were allegedly stolen at a bookshop in Montana, north of Pretoria, Gauteng. The books were reportedly stolen on Thursday, 1 June. ANDRE DE RUYTER’S BOOKS STOLEN The book, titled Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, was published in May by Penguin Random House […]

MELKBOSSTRAND – Tragedy struck Ouskip Caravan Resort on  15 May 2023, when a raging fire engulfed the homes of nine of the Melkbosstrand resort’s permanent residents. The families lost everything they owned, leaving them in a state of shock and despair. Marcelle Viljoen, a 60-year-old resident of the Ouskip Caravan Resort community, who has lived […]

The City of Johannesburg spent R15.6-million on the Lehae taxi rank in south Johannesburg. But the taxi rank, and its stalls for informal traders and guard house, have been wrecked by vandals. The toilets and urinals have been smashed, the lights are broken, zinc roofing has been stolen, and the shelters built for traders badly […]

Following the intervention of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit (PPU), after nearly a decade of heartless deception and false promises to hopeful adoptive parents, alleged adoption scammer Letitia van den Berg finally got her day in court. She is also facing 39 counts of human trafficking and charges of fraud and theft. What started as a […]

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Families in Vosho informal settlement in Khayelitsha say sand being moved by a sand mining project nearby is making their homes uninhabitable. A sand mining company operating in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has suspended operations after shack dwellers complained their homes are filled with sand and have become inhabitable. The company was granted a permit by […]

A decision was handed down on Monday in the bail hearing for five of the eight accused in the Thabo Bester saga. Prison wardens Senohe Matsoara, Motenyani Masukela and Tieho Makhotsa, and CCTV technician Teboho Lipholo were denied bail. Former prison warden Nastassja Jansen was granted R10,000 bail. Four former prison employees accused of helping […]

Former South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon was stabbed repeatedly in the chest and his father shot three times and left for dead when six men attacked their farm at midnight. Springbok hooker Van Biljon, 47, was warned if he fought back his children – who were tied up – would be killed as […]

Zelda Carlamarie Eberson (40), a single mother from South Africa, and her 17-year-old son, Jordan, find themselves in a dire situation and make a desperate plea for help to return home. After facing a series of challenges and hardships during their stay in the Philippines, Zelda, who battles with mental illness including depression and severe […]

Marcelle Viljoen, a longstanding member of the Ouskip Caravan Resort community for the past nine years, has taken a proactive step to support three families devastated by a recent fire. Viljoen has launched a crowdfunding campaign on BackaBuddy, appealing for assistance in rebuilding the lives of those affected. On May 15, 2023, tragedy struck when […]

Eskom is expected to implement Stage 4 and 5 load shedding over the coming week. Stage 4 will be implemented during the day with Stage 5 between 4pm and 5am. By Sunday afternoon some 18 144MW of generating capacity was offline due to breakdowns and maintenance outages rendered at least 3427MW offline. “Over the past 24 […]

An award-winning NSRI JetRIB rescue craft, worth around R650,000 and used for saving lives, was shockingly stolen and destroyed by fire in Cape Town, South Africa, this weekend. The SA Police Service (SAPS) have opened an investigation. The incident took place at Strandfontein. Yesterday morning (Sunday), NSRI crew arrived at the NSRI Strandfontein rescue station […]

As South Africa grapples with a cholera outbreak, current affairs show Carte Blanche tonight follows the finger-pointing taking place in the midst of this health crisis, with most South Africans blaming the government. So far at least 20 people have died, including a three-year-old toddler. The show’s executive producer, John Webb asks: “Is there a […]

An elderly Cambodian man has been killed by about 40 crocodiles when he fell into their enclosure in his family’s reptile farm. The incident reportedly happened on Friday, 26 May. ELDERLY MAN KILLED BY CROCODILES According to AFP, the 72-year-old was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when […]

One repeated theme of the memoir Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, by Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is that “negligence and carelessness had become cemented into the organisation”. Dirt piled up at even the newest power stations until it damaged equipment, which stopped working – […]

A group of about 25 people living at the old circus school in Observatory have to leave the property by 31 July, the Magistrate’s Court has ruled. A four-year battle against eviction by the Willow Arts Collective has been dealt a blow by the Magistrate’s Court’s ruling. The court has ruled that the Culemborg Safe […]

The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has hiked the repurchase rate (repo rate) by 50 basis points to 8.25%. The increase means that the repo rate will now be 8.25% per year from 26 May 2023, with prime now at 11.75%. This was announced by South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Lesetja […]