South Africa’s Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian Charlize Theron gets hot and spicy (her son calls her Mama Spicy) with YouTube show First We Feast’s ‘Hot Ones’… answering hot questions from Sean Evans as she eats even hotter wings. During the show Charlize sings one of her favourite South African ‘expressions’/songs (‘sit jou hand voer jou […]

This Sunday’s episode of Carte Blanche is packed with all the latest hot topics in South Africa – Listeriosis, the rising EFF party, Cape Town’s Day Zero and Minister Nomvula Mokonyana’s ‘Leaky Legacy’. South Africans abroad can watch the show (and many more) by subscribing to Showmax International, where this episode will be available to stream from Tuesday 13 […]

In this week’s episode of Carte Blanche, Showmax international subscribers can discover more about the latest hot topics in South Africa, available to stream from Tuesday – 6th March 2018. Estina Dairy Farm 3 For years, the Estina Dairy farm project, which was intended for the benefit of local Free State farmers, has been at […]

It’s official! Rooibos has become part of popular culture. South Africa’s popular tea has made it into one of Marvel’s comic strips in a scene where psychiatrist, Flo Mayer, offers Jennifer Walters (also known as She-Hulk) a cup of Rooibos to calm her down. Most South African expats know how popular Rooibos has become around […]

A battered and bruised Blitzboks side have managed to win both their Pool B games at the Las Vegas leg of the HSBC Sevens Series in the United States. After overcoming a tough Welsh side 26-21 in their first match of the tournament, they took on Canada in their second and final game of the […]

South Africa is a culturally diverse country, one nation made up of many nations, a multiplicity of traditions and beliefs… and once a year in Germany, during the summer, South African expats living in Europe are invited to a South African Weekend Away to connect, network and celebrate that wonderful heritage. This year the event […]

Popular South African actress, model, radio and TV presenter Minnie Dlamini is fresh from tying the knot in 2017 – bringing two very different families together – and she’s brought her trials, tribulations and big day to Showmax, in ‘Becoming Mrs Jones’. The show – which is already live in South Africa, where people are LOVING […]

South Africa’s Caster Semenya lost out to tennis icon Serena Williams as the racket sport dominated the main honours list at the 2018 Laureus Awards Ceremony on Tuesday night… but Roger Federer, the son of South African expat Lynette Durand, won big! Rio Olympian 800-metre gold medallist Semenya was one of six women’s finalists. Pictured […]

A whirlwind Winter Olympics under his belt, South Africa’s Connor Wilson is back at his United States base and already looking ahead. Twenty-one-year-old Wilson failed to finish either of his two events – the giant slalom and the slalom – in his debut Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. And he says the fact that […]

Heres a Top 10 “Aussie Facts” list that every South African should know before arriving Down Under… from the personal point of view of South African expat comedian Kevin Fraser who now calls Australia home. WATCH Top 10 Aussie Facts from a South African Expat Kevin Fraser’s Top 10 Facts about Australia you need to […]

Watch South African comedian Trevor Noah on loving the Xhosa (and not needing to read the subtitles), and how blockbuster movie ‘Black Panther‘ reminded him of his mom and the hidings he would get as a child! Trevor was speaking to the audience ‘between the takes’ whilst filming The Daily Show in New York, USA. […]

Here are the latest hot topics due for broadcast on Carte Blanche this Sunday, and available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 27th February 2018, if they’re a subscriber of Showmax International. Otto van Tonder What’s worse than a bad credit record when you desperately need to secure finance? Getting ripped off by the […]

South Africans in New Zealand have the opportunity this month to watch Northern Cape performer, Dantanio Goodman, star as Michael Jackson in Showtime Australia’s tribute concert – The Michael Jackson History Show – which has been blowing audiences away around the world. Dantanio (38) hails from Kimberley where he grew up in a musical family […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah says he is “in heaven” since signing Hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o to star in and co-produce the movie based on his best-selling book ‘Born a Crime’. The Mexican-Kenyan actress, who is currently starring in Disney / Marvel’s blockbuster ‘Black Panther‘ film, is equally delighted. She tweeted: “When I read @Trevornoah’s […]

KFC restaurants around the UK are remaining closed for the fourth day because of a chicken shortage… caused by the fast food chain dumping its South African distributor, Bidvest, in favour of DHL who have let them down with “teething problems”. To be unable to serve fried chicken is not only embarrassing for the restaurant […]

Watch the beautiful video below of Hermanus, in the Western Cape of South Africa, filmed by London-based video technician Tyler Hilton (25)… during a recent trip back home for the holidays; and check out his dad’s Top 10 reasons why he’s so happy in Hermanus. Tyler’s father is well known South African comedian Barry Hilton […]

South Africans are known for being incredible entrepreneurs. And nobody proved it more than SA expat Elon Musk, when he launched his Tesla sports car into space this week! So when President Donald Trump tweeted congratulations to Elon, and claimed it as “American ingenuity at its best”, many tweeted back reminding Trump that the former […]

This February, South Africans living abroad can curb their homesickness with a bumper crop of new Mzanzi Magic, kykNET and Via series. South Africans living abroad have access to a uniquely South African catalogue of series and movies – with the latest seasons of some of the biggest series currently airing in South Africa. (And […]

A South African expat billionaire is buying one of America’s most famous newspapers. It was reported Wednesday in the US that Tronc Inc. has agreed to sell the ‘Los Angeles Times’ to SA expat Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong… for a cool $500-million (which includes the LA Times’ sister paper, ‘San Diego Union-Tribune’). UPDATE May 2021: Dr […]

Here are the latest topics due for broadcast on Carte Blanche this Sunday, and available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 6th February 2018 – if you’re a subscriber to Showmax International. (Sign up here.) Table Mountain Knife Attacks Last week yet another hiker was robbed,  stabbed and killed in the Table Mountain reserve, […]

A South African woman, Belinda Davids, who has been bringing the house down around the world… has finally come to the attention of her fellow South Africans, thanks to social media. In December, Belinda’s incredible rendition of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ earned her a standing ovation at the prestigious Showtime At The […]

A sports injury clinic in the heart of London – with a predominantly South African team – is helping save the rhinos back home in SA. Each year Ultra Sports Clinic (USC) sponsors a different charity taking part in the London Marathon. This year they’ve selected Save the Rhino International, and will be treating all […]

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer – whose mother is a South African expat – has won the Australian Open… becoming the first male tennis player to win 20 Grand Slams! Thirty-six year old Federer beat 29-year-old Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. The Australian Open tweeted: “Back to back. 20 Grand Slams. Six Australian Open […]

It doesn’t matter where in the world a South African is, or how long they’ve been away, most South African expats feel a deep connection with SA forever… and there’s nothing that takes an expat back home faster than traditional SA treats. So when it comes to special occasions like Christmas and Easter, many South […]

Here are the latest hot topics due for broadcast on Carte Blanche this Sunday, and available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 30th January 2018, if they’re a subscriber of Showmax International. Life Esidimeni Hearings Continued Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu was finally in the hot seat at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings […]