A tribunal in the UK has concluded that a South African nurse – Adelaide Kweyama – was the victim of race-related harassment and victimisation when she was told by her NHS boss, a senior nurse, to ‘bleach your skin so that you come back white and the patient will be nice to you’, when she […]

The richest man in the world, who was born and raised in South Africa, Elon Musk, has entered the Twitter HQ building. “Let that sink in,” he quipped on Twitter yesterday, along with a video showing the historic moment that he took over the social media platform. Today – with good old-fashioned SA humour – […]

Everyone loves winning. Everyone loves to watch their team win. But what we all love most is seeing our team having FUN while competing – win or lose. And no one is better at having fun than South Africans! By Sine Thieme.  With life returned to (almost) normal this October of 2022, the Friends of […]

JOHANNESBURG – Comedy Central announced today that Trevor Noah will be hosting his final episode of ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ on Thursday, December 8th. Leading up to his last day, the Emmy®-winning franchise will celebrate Noah’s seven-year run with a look back at his greatest moments. The award-winning late-night franchise will then return […]

London Underground did a lekker thing for South African musician Jeremy Loops when he played in London on Thursday. Hammersmith tube station not only posted a message to ticket-holders with directions on how to get to the venue (Eventim Apollo) BUT even customised the message, playing on the name of Jeremy’s latest album ‘Heard You […]

The fee for a new adult South African passport is due to increase from R400 to R600 if you’re applying within SA and to three times as much – R1,200 – if you’re applying abroad, which will come as a shock to South African expats who currently wait months for new SA passports, whilst those […]

Amidst news of load-shedding, corruption and crime, there’s one post that’s providing a flicker of hope and joy for South Africans… reminding everyone that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side, and that together we are stronger to tackle issues, and should celebrate all the things that make South Africans unique and […]

South African expat and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has had a change of heart and is now planning to go ahead with his original $44-billion offer to take Twitter Inc private, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, potentially ending the bitter feud between the Tesla chief and the social media company. And allowing Musk […]

Africa’s most famous funnyman and TV star, the South African stand-up comedian and author Trevor Noah, is leaving his job as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in the US. Noah, who hosted the high profile show for seven years, says he wants to devote more time to his stand-up career. We asked […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah is quitting The Daily Show after seven years. He said “my time is up, in the most beautiful way. I’ve loved hosting this show. It’s been one of my greatest challenges, and one of my greatest joys.” (Watch the video below.) The South African expat says he wants to spend […]

Had someone told me nine years ago that I would be celebrating Heritage day outside of South Africa for the next nine years I would have laughed in their face. Truly.? .. writes Flower La Elizabeth Warner, founder of Lekker Saffa Spaza. But here we are celebrating my ninth Heritage day NOT in SA but […]

A foster home for a dog in Johannesburg is urgently needed, after it was abandoned by its ‘family’ who moved abroad. Friend of the Rottweiler Rescue & Re-home South Africa have posted a heartbreaking message and photo, explaining: “This wonderful girl’s entire life turned upside down when her “family” abadoned her and left her on […]

South African model and actress Charlbi Dean Kriek‘s brother, Alex Jacobs, has told Rolling Stone magazine that his sister’s sudden death in New York on Monday was likely caused by an alleged “viral infection in her lungs” and had nothing to do with Covid vaccines, as has been claimed by anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists. The anti-vaxxers’ […]

South African super model and actress Charlbi Dean Kriek has tragically passed away at the age of 32. According to friends on social media, she passed away suddenly last night (29 August). No cause of death has yet been disclosed, although Rolling Stone magazine said it was an “unexpected sudden illness”, and that she died […]

As Lindi-Mae Humphreys sat on the plane between Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg two days ago, her emotions were running high. Her life was about to change forever. In Jozi, she would be catching a plane to The Netherlands… a new country, a new home, a new life. And leaving everything she knows and loves behind […]

When Samantha Jacobs penned a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, expressing her raw, broken feelings as she waved goodbye to yet more relatives emigrating from South Africa… for what they hope will be a better life abroad, she never expected it to become viral. She was just writing it down because she knew if you […]

South African actress Lex King has gone viral on YouTube for her hook-up scene with Leighton (Broadway star Reneé Rapp) in the first episode of HBO Max’s 18SNL hit The Sex Lives of College Girls, which is currently the most popular international series on Showmax. The 30-second kissing clip, uploaded by Hot Hunter, has been […]

Princess Charlene of Monaco delighted some visitors to the Monaco Palace this week with a surprise appearance during their tour of the palace. Visite Palais de Monaco posted some fabulous photos – by Eric Mathon – of the former South African Olympic swimmer (who met her royal husband, Prince Albert II, at the 2000 Olympics […]

(Reuters) – South African born and raised Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement, including not divulging just how many bots there are. […]

DA Leader John Steenhuisen shares his findings below after paying an oversight visit to the South African Consulate and Regional Home Affairs Offices in London, UK, this week: Over the past two days I have concluded a successful oversight visit to the Department of Home Affairs office at the South African Consulate in London, accompanied […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, in what a judge called a “horrific scheme” that inflicted “incalculable” harm on victims. By Luc Cohen and Brendan Pierson Survivors of Epstein’s abuse arrived at […]

Florida governor Ron DeSantis says he welcomes South African expat Elon Musk’s support, quipping « I welcome support from African-Americans. What can I say? » (Followed by a smirk.) Musk, who was born and brought up in South Africa, but moved to Canada and then the US after school, holds three nationalities – South African, […]

The Trevor Noah Foundation, S.A. has received a R13,5 million grant from Oak Foundation, which will help to advance education outcomes in South Africa and enable the longevity of the Foundation’s numerous initiatives aimed at educators, schools, and communities. In addition to a R8-million donation from SA expat and comedian Trevor Noah in 2021, this […]

There’s great news for South Africans in the UK with the announcement that they can now apply for their passports through VFS Global, with immediate effect. We won’t rehash the nightmare tales of South Africans trying to phone the SA High Commission for weeks on end with no reply (there’s a special time of day […]

South African rugby player, JP (Juan-Philip) Smith, has made history in the United States, becoming only the fifteenth player ever in Major League Rugby (MLR) to take the pitch for 50 matches! JP reached the milestone on 15 May, playing for his adopted homeland’s Seattle Seawolves. The 28-year-old plays scrum-half for the team, although he […]