The Democratic Alliance says it is appalled by a racist incident which allegedly took place at Pietermaritzburg Girls High School last week, and that the MEC must act immediately. There has been no official word from the EFF or ANC yet. The incident, during which a Grade 11 learner was recorded referring to black students at […]

PRETORIA – The City of Cape Town is on standby following a warning from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) of high rainfall, gale-force wind and possible snowfalls later this week. “All City services and relevant external agencies are on standby to deal with the consequences of the severe weather that has been forecast,” the city’s […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – The Arab world’s biggest powers cut ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of support for Islamist militants and Iran, and reopening a festering wound two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with […]

Fish Hoek is the seaside town with the “HUGE heart”, according to photographer ROBYN GWILT, as locals from around the Far South Peninsular gathered in their hundreds this evening, in a show of solidarity with the parents of murdered Stellenbosch University Student, Hannah Cornelius. Watch video at top or bottom of page… “This town and the residents of […]

The body of Charlotte Nikoi, associate director of UNICEF, who was reported missing during a family holiday in South Africa over two months ago, has been found on Table Mountain. UNICEF issued a statement from its New York headquarters on Sunday, saying: “We learned with great sadness that the remains of our colleague Charlotte (Nana […]

Two of the rescued ex-circus lions, that captured the world’s attention when they were rescued and sent ‘home’ to Africa, have been shockingly killed at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary by poachers in South Africa. Animal Defenders International (ADI), which helped facilitate the rescue, said: “Everyone at ADI and Emoya is heartbroken and devastated that two ADI family […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Assailants drove a van into pedestrians at high speed on London Bridge on Saturday night before stabbing revellers on nearby streets, killing at least seven people in what British authorities said they were treating as a terrorist attack. Armed police rushed to the scene and within eight minutes of receiving the first emergency […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British police rushed to an incident on London Bridge on Saturday after witnesses said a van ploughed into pedestrians and one woman told Reuters she saw people who may have had their throats cut. British Transport Police said casualties were reported after an incident that may have involved a van and a […]

Two entrepreneurial – and compassionate – women have set up a new business in South Africa, in what is a sad indictment of the state of crime in the country. With several murders making headlines (not to mention the numerous others which don’t), the women’s recently launched business – Crime Wash – could not come […]

Bikers came in their hundreds to show their love and support for Hannah Cornelius’ family at her funeral service on Friday, at the NG Kerk Church in Sun Valley, Fish Hoek… in Cape Town, South Africa. Her father can be seen standing, at the top of the steps, in silent salute to this great “Band […]

South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to a 14 year high of 27.7 % in the first quarter of 2017, said Statistics South Africa on Thursday. “What we see is the highest [unemployment] since September 2003,” Statistician General Pali Lehohla said at the release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) on Thursday. The Democratic Alliance […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will be submitting an affidavit to the South African Police Service to include Anoj Singh, the current Eskom CFO, in the charges of corruption and racketeering which the DA laid on Tuesday 30 May against President Jacob Zuma, members of the Gupta family, several cabinet ministers and senior executives of […]

Cape Town now has less than 10% of drinking water left, and residents are being asked to use no more than 100 litres per day. The water scarcity – which Mayor Patricia de Lille yesterday labelled “The New Normal” – is particularly evident in this haunting video of old vineyards… which have now become visible in […]

South African Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula, warned on Wednesday that hijacking criminals are targeting Range Rover cars. In a message on Twitter, Mbalula said: “Alert: Criminals are on a hunt for Range Rover cars. if you drive a range rover car, you are in danger of being hijacked. STAY ALERT…” In February it was […]

CAPE TOWN – After resigning, retiring or taking unpaid leave… and then being reinstated… Eskom Group Chief Executive, Brian Molefe, has now had his reappointment rescinded! Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she has directed the Eskom Board to rescind the reappointment of Molefe. The Minister said this when the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Eskom held an […]

Illegal gamblers have forfeited over R1-million of their winnings to the State, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Unprecedented court proceedings led to the gamblers’ unlawful winnings of about R1.25 million being confiscated and forfeited to the State. Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies said online gambling is illegal in the country and […]

A female zoo keeper has been tragically killed by a tiger in a “freak accident” at Hamerton Zoo in Cambridgeshire, UK. Hamerton Zoo has issued the following statement Monday night: “We are sorry but our staff are too distressed to speak directly to the media, as one of our colleagues was killed at Hamerton Zoo […]

Video footage has emerged of the South African police officers’ hot pursuit of the hijackers who murdered Stellenbosch student, Hannah Cornelius, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The CCTV footage shows the suspects in the stolen blue Citi Golf being chased by police, before they jump out of the car and attempt to run […]

South Africans have been paying tribute to Stellenbosch University (SU) student Hannah Cornelius (21), whose body was found yesterday morning after the car she was in had been hijacked in the early hours of Saturday morning. Hannah, who was from Scarborough, had allegedly been stabbed several times with a sharp object before being strangled to […]

South African wannabe Everest climber, Ryan Sean Davy, is back in the USA after being arrested in Nepal for trying to climb Mount Everest without the $11,000 permit. The authorities kindly allowed him to return home without paying the hefty $22,000 fine (until recently he was living out of a van to save for this summit)… but […]

South Africa’s Sunday Times has published a series of “explosive e-mails” which reveal how much President Jacob Zuma’s “close friends the Guptas run South Africa”. On the eve of publishing the emails (on Sunday), the newspaper claimed they would reveal major state capture by the Gupta family (brothers Atul, Tony and Ajay). The emails allegedly show the […]

It’s drizzled today in the Western Cape. In some places it even rain rained. But it’s still not enough. Not nearly enough. And so locals – Capetonians particularly – are being begged, bribed and cajoled into saving more water. They’ve heard every recommendation now – from using shower water to flush the loo, to bathing […]

Just when you think poachers can’t be more depraved… they cross another boundary. According to local reports, a rhino cow and her calf were slaughtered in an attack in the middle of the night on the auction holding pens (bomas) at the ‘Home of the White Rhino’, trapped and unable to run away into the […]

When things get bad in South Africa, people get funny. And the Cape Town water crisis, that is currently gripping the city, continues is no exception. After authorities have tried everything from educating, fining and even naming and shaming to try and get some reluctant residents on board to truly save water… two locals are trying […]

DA Leader Mmusi Maimane, a Constitutional Office Bearer of South Africa, has this evening been “forcefully prevented from entering the Republic of Zambia, by Zambian Police who boarded his arriving SAA flight upon touchdown”, according to a statement from the DA. The DA Leader was arriving in Zambia, on Africa Day, to attend and observe […]