The management of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) have expressed their sincere condolences to the family of the young man who fell to 30 metres on Lion’s Head in South Africa on Friday evening. In a press statement today TMNP said unfortunately the 26-year-old from Paarl died of his injuries before he could be rescued. According to […]

A dashboard camera (dashcam) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has captured an aggressive driver’s actions backfiring on him (or her). The video footage was uploaded to CICA – Crime Intelligence & Community Awareness – South Africa, a facebook page that was set up to report major crimes and events which may effect the community. According to […]

A tremor which reached 3.1 magnitude hit Durban, KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Nobody was reported injured, and the tremor – which lasted just a few seconds – appeared to result in nothing too dramatic other than a series of humorous tweets from excited Durbanites. Within minutes of the tremor being felt in and around KZN’s coastal resort last Saturday […]

They say it never rains, but it pours…and that’s how it’s been in Krugersdorp, South Africa. After being gripped by a drought that dragged on forever, the Gauteng town was hit by a massive hail storm in January and drenched again in a downpour Friday which also included hail that some witnesses reported took over three […]

The BBC cricket correspondent and Olympics equestrian commentator Jonathan Agnew was caught driving without a license outside Johannesburg, and said a corrupt policeman took everything except R20 that he emptied out of his pockets, according to news reports and Agnew’s tweets about the incident. On Friday, when South Africa was playing England at Centurion, Agnew was apparently […]

Christmas and New Year have come and gone and somehow we are staring down the barrel at the end of January 2016 with the month of February looming. As a South African expat it’s been great to see all the Facebook posts about all the little tots and kiddies heading back to their first day of […]

After arriving at a gloomy scene in the Stellenbosch Winelands yesterday (20/01/16), the action kicked off quickly at Wiesenhof, Stellenbosch. After about an hour of hiding in the Blue Gums and watching farmers and workers battle to keep the flames at bay, I headed off to meet with a Volunteer Wildfire Services team deployed high […]

Glenn Frey – acclaimed guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Eagles – has sadly passed away in New York at the age of 67 from complications due to rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. Many South Africans grew up in the ’70s with popular Eagles’ classics (many of which he co-wrote)  – like ‘Hotel California’, ‘Take it Easy’ and ‘Heartache […]

I spent yesterday with various crews from around the Elgin region in the Western Cape, South Africa, photographing the recent fire that took the valley by storm. There were numerous fires that spread throughout the valley and its surroundings. I arrived at 5am with quiet scenes as crews attempted to contain the fire and mop […]

It will take 160 years before a baby in Africa has as much chance of being born alive as a baby in a high-income country, according to new research published today by esteemed medical journal The Lancet. The publication claims 3,287 lives are lost each day due to preventable stillbirths, and that the slow progress on the […]

For the second day, a huge fire has spread across the Houwhoek Pass in South Africa, destroying thousands of hectares of bush and forest, and the smoke has spread as far as Cape Town, 70 kilometres away. The fire began on Saturday and quickly spread across the Overberg area. The smoke drifted over the Hottentot Hollands range […]

As if England cricket supporters didn’t have enough to rejoice yesterday after their team secured a 2-0 series lead in South Africa… Proteas supporter Stuart Weir captured the Barmy Army (English cricket fans) in the following sing-along at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Stuart said: “Proteas thumped, Rand in free fall and the Barmy Army […]

The controversial #ZumaMustFall banner may have been physically pulled down in Cape Town…but it’s been resurrected by several users of social media including photoshopped pictures of the banner hanging in New York’s Times Square (which has gone viral), Piccadilly Circus in London and taking off on a hot air balloon…proving that even in the most […]

The six-storey banner saying #ZumaMustFall that went up on Friday at the top of Long Street in Cape Town – resulting in pictures of it being shared on social media over a million times in the first hour (according to the campaign’s facebook page) – has been torn down by African National Congress (ANC) supporters after the […]

Ek is nie ‘n boer nie, ek en my man het ‘n hoewe buite Bloemfontein waar ons met lusern boer en ‘n paar skape het. Vandag was vir my ‘n sielsdodende dag. Ons Damara ram Oupa het vandag net gaan lê. Hy het goeie jare gehad en het vir ons baie dragtige ooie gegee. Ek […]

I am not a farmer. My husband and myself have a small holding just outside Bloemfontein where we farm with a few sheep and lucerne. Today was a heart wrenching day for me. My Damara ram “Oupa” refused to stand up. I tried everything to get him to get back up but alas. He was […]

Celine Dion’s husband and former manager René Angelil, who sadly passed away today, was a man whose generosity not only helped launch his wife’s incredible musical career…but helped so many children in South Africa too. René (73) died at the Canadian couple’s home in Las Vegas – where Celine has been performing against since last year after taking a long […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the tragic passing away of a field ranger in the world famous Kruger National Park. Whilst on active anti-poaching patrol, the field ranger was accidentally shot by a colleague after they were charged by a lone buffalo bull at a very short distance in the Malelane section. In […]

I had tea with Alan Rickman once, at a majestic hotel in the south of France during the Cannes Film Festival. We were there to discuss a movie I’ve now forgotten…but he went off topic and spoke about everything else under the sun, particularly South Africa for which he had a strong passion. The British actor […]

Check out one of today’s most shared videos by South African social media users – a taxi losing control in Durban. Fortunately there were no passengers, and no injuries were reported. The incident took place at a petrol station in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal after a minibus driver lost control of his taxi. WATCH VIDEO: “South African […]

Fires have continued to burn in the Western Cape, South Africa, today with windy conditions proving a challenge to firefighting crews. According to the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) approximately 200 firefighters, from different agencies, are on the line again tonight for what is being called #‎ScarboroughFire. Photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN – from Sullivan Photography – was on the […]

Fire has been raging on the mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, again and the road between Kommetjie and Misty Cliffs has been temporarily closed as firefighters on the ground and in helicopters work together to put out the flames. Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) has asked those in the area to rather use the route via Simon’s […]

Comments by some white people on social media about the state of KZN beaches over the festive season have unleashed a storm on Twitter, with some people saying this attitude among whites is prevalent and that’s why black people vote EFF. The first post, by a woman named Penny Sparrow, who identified herself as a real estate agent for […]

American singer Natalie Cole has passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 65. According to a statement from her family, she died in hospital on New Year’s Eve “due to complications from ongoing health issues”. The talented musician – who took part in the first Free Nelson Mandela concert – was inspired to […]

If you’ve been reading about the drought in South Africa and not sure just how bad it is, take a look at this footage uploaded to YouTube on Christmas Day by a user called ‘Phantom 3 Professional Drone Footage – See it from the Sky!’. Phantom said: “On the way to Cape Town, I stopped at […]