Charlize Theron has allegedly broken up with her boyfriend of nine years, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, according to Britain’s Daily Mail. The UK newspaper initially reported in January that the couple had fallen out over New Year when they holidayed in Mexico. The secret vacation at the luxurious Casa de Miel hotel in Tulum was […]

Oh dear. President Zuma’s done it again. His libido has steered him into new trouble in South Africa. This time he’s had a child out of wedlock. (Apparently three, going on four, wives just isn’t enough!) His initial statement to the South African public, after the affair and subsequent October birth of his daughter were […]

Submitted by an anonymous emailer from Durban: Read Carefully and Weep The public bus service in Durban has closed down, leaving thousands of daily commuters with no way to get to work or home again. It has closed because it is insolvent. How on earth did that happen? The public bus service was run and […]

by Anton Cartwright, co-founder of PACE (Promoting Access to Carbon Equity) I read reports of 2010’s carbon footprint with mixed emotions. It should be clear that any quantification of this kind relies on some heroic assumptions but this effort is as good as you can hope for. Unlike previous mega-events (most notably the 2006 World […]

If you think you’re having a bad week – take a look at this goanna (similar but different to a South African leguan/legewaan), getting chowed alive by a snake in Australia (at the Pilbara Mine Site in Queensland to be exact). These photos were taken earlier this week. The snake took five hours to finish […]

submitted by lornadp Our neighbour has a brat of a son that can’t leave me alone – he throws trash in our yard, throws stones on our roof, throws stones at our dogs. I made a case of harrassment against him at the police station. Nothing happend. Now he is playing on his father’s employer’s […]

If you’ve stepped foot outside of South Africa you’ve probably been asked one or two fairly ignorant questions about South Africa by a foreigner (and you may just have inadvertently asked them a couple of not-so-smart questions about their country too!). Top 10 Stupidest Things Foreigners Say to South Africans: Are you black? (when you’re […]

Eish! No more Citi Golf. Volkswagen announced their decision last week to retire one of South Africa’s most iconic cars after 25 years of production. It’s been a favourite ‘first car’ for so many since its debut in 1984 (when the advertising tagline was ‘red, yellow, blue…not green!’). But the next generation won’t get the […]

Did you know that in South Africa, dirty fuels like coal are almost exclusively relied on to produce electricity?! This intensive use of non-renewable resources is polluting the air South Africans breathe, the water they drink and scarring the  landscape. Surely it is our collective responsibility to ensure that the next generation enjoys the benefits […]