Passengers flying into Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday (27 November) were a little unsettled to notice a funnel cloud nearby in the Gauteng sky. In a video that has gone viral, one passenger can be heard saying: “Whoah, check that out!” Meanwhile South Africans on the ground, in cars in areas including Boksburg, Edenvale and […]

Limpopo MEC for Education Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya has conveyed her deepest condolences to the families of two Grade 12 learners who passed away last week. A learner from Tshamahansi, outside Mokopane, in the Mogalakwena District, was allegedly killed after escaping from a study camp at Ben Hlongwane Secondary School. It is reported that the learner was […]

Extinction Rebellion’s imaginative protests are entertaining. But they are also deadly serious. By Ashraf Hendricks. South Africans usually take to the streets, in their thousands, to protest for better housing, human rights, or against corrupt presidents. But Extinction Rebellion is doing something a little different. They have poured fake blood and oil over themselves, dressed […]

The South African government may not see them – children with huge hearts but twisted backs and crumpled spines – but fortunately, there are human angels in SA like Boikanyo, The Dion Herson Foundation, The Paige Project and Rotary Club of Rosebank who not only see these children and their caregivers… but are bringing hope, […]

Legendary Carte Blanche presenter, Derek Watts, has interviewed a range of South Africans from corrupt politicians to criminal masterminds, heroes changing the world to flood victims and grieving relatives… but he says this week’s interviews with young female victims of ‘social media mafia’ were probably his toughest ever. Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche […]

NSRI and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) in the Western Cape, South Africa, have issued a Shark Alert, and are cautioning swimmers not to enter the sea in the Strand vicinity all weekend, after a large whale carcass was washed close in-shore on Friday afternoon, 25 November. By Saturday morning the carcass had, as […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over the illegal stashing of thousands of US dollars at his farm in 2020. This is not the first time there’s been a threat of impeachment of a president in post-democratic South Africa. His scandal-prone predecessor, Jacob Zuma, survived an impeachment vote in […]

The repurchase rate (repo rate) in South Africa reached 7% after the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to a 75 basis points hike. The increase means that the repo rate will now be 7% per year from 25 November 2022, with prime now at 10.5%. The development was on Thursday announced […]

French giant has completed a round of public meetings. By Liezl Human. TotalEnergies is about to submit its final application to drill up to five wells to search for oil or gas along the coast between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. The final round of public participation meetings was completed this month. Some environmental groups […]

Aggression and violence are at worrying levels in South Africa, as emphasised by the grim 2022 crime statistics, released by Police Minister, Bheki Cele, on Wednesday. “Violence meted not only against women and children, but violence playing out in homes, on our roads and even inside public safe spaces such as churches and schools, is […]

A student from the University of the Free State was tragically murdered during a robbery in Universitas, Bloemfontein on Saturday (19 Nov). The theft, which targeted student accommodation houses, resulted in devices being stolen from one of the houses, and a student shot dead in another. The ANC’s Parliamentary Caucus Study Group on Higher Education […]

Yet another child in South Africa has tragically been mauled by pit bull dogs… who then met a tragic end themselves when members of the Cape Town community turned on them, brutally stoning the three dogs before setting them alight. The SPCA said on Monday that it was alerted to the brutal killing of three […]

The DA in the Western Cape has strongly condemned the “blatant criminality on bus infrastructure and attacks on the millions of passengers” in Cape Town this morning. While the perpetrators of these attacks have not yet been identified, they come as the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) today embarked on a two-day shutdown in […]

The DA and AfriForum are both celebrating today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein to uphold the Gauteng High Court’s finding that former president Jacob Zuma’s medical parole was illegal. The Supreme Court of Appeal did, however, set aside the earlier High Court order that the time Zuma spent outside prison […]

Eskom issued a ‘Power Alert’ on Sunday, 20 November 2022, announcing that Stage 4 loadshedding was to be implemented from 17:00 until 16:00 tomorrow (Monday 21st November)… and thereafter Stage 5 will be used from 16:00 until midnight on Monday until Wednesday. During the day various stages from 2 to 4 will be used. “Changes […]

DJ Sumbody has tragically died in what is believed to have been a deliberate hit. The popular South African disc jockey and radio presenter was shot and killed whilst travelling in a blue car in the early hours of this morning, Sunday 20 November 2022. DJ Sumbody – whose real name was Oupa John Sefoka […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of 52 years in prison for rhino poaching and related offences. The sentencing took place on Friday 18 November 2022, just days after another rhino poacher was successfully convicted and sentenced to 17 […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 20 November in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 22 November if you’re abroad. Dumped – Police Dogs Police dogs once had a bad reputation as a brutal symbol […]

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A man jumped into a river in South Africa full of crocodiles to get tickets for 2010’s World Cup, a Uruguay player returned to the field just after suffering a heart attack and a Russian couple broke up after arguing over who was the better player, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. […]

Over R9-million worth of bogus claims processed in just six months – in a scheme that could run back to 2014. By James Stent. A PRASA investigation has uncovered a multi-million rand scam involving bogus insurance claims. The scam was uncovered because of the honesty of one of PRASA’s lowest-paid people. Zethembiso Dladla came forward after […]

Eskom says Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented across South Africa until further notice. The power utility explained that the intensified rotational power cuts are due to a high level of breakdowns at power stations, delays in return to service and the depletion of emergency reserves. “Since Friday morning a generating unit each at […]

Irish double murder suspect Ruth Lawrence appeared before magistrates in South Africa yesterday and heard it could take up to three months to formally extradite her back to Dublin. Blonde-haired Ruth, 42, sat quietly in the dock for the 5-minute hearing, reading a book, before her case was adjourned and she was remanded in custody […]

The combined efforts of Interpol South Africa and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have led to the arrest in Johannesburg of an Israeli gang leader, who has been on Interpol’s Red Notice since 2015. The 46-year-old alleged criminal – attached to a criminal organisation in Israel called the ‘Abergil Organisation’ – was arrested, together […]

Many South Africans have been fuming since Oscar-winning Hollywood star Charlize Theron said in a podcast that Afrikaans is a dying language spoken only by about 44 people. But in the midst of their anger, South Africans have still – naturally – found time to joke. (Although many missed that 44-year-old Charlize was joking too… […]

(Reuters) – South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been handed a two-game ban from all match-day activities by World Rugby after tweets he posted that were perceived to be critical of referees. Erasmus returned this month from a near year-long stadium suspension following his infamous 62-minute video critique of Australian referee Nic Berry […]