Following the South African Rugby Union’s (SARU) new Transformation Strategic Plan in which SARU wants to ensure that by 2019 at least half the Springbok side consists of players of colour, with 60 % of those being black African, Max du Preez writes that we can’t only pick those parts of the constitution we like. With the permission […]

Penny Heyns did not know she had just made history. Standing on the podium at the Atlanta Olympic Games with the gold medal around her neck she was oblivious to the fact that she had won South Africa’s first Olympic gold medal in 44 years. It was 23 July 1996; Heyns had already broken the […]

South African singer Karen Zoid delivers one of the most beautiful renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”…in a very emotional and moving tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela. Watch it here: Karen Zoid (35), who was actually born in Belgium, first shot to fame in South Africa 10 years ago with her first solo […]

Sigourney Weaver is the latest big-name star to join the cast of Chappie, Neill Blomkamp’s movie about a kidnapped robot. Production started in Johannesburg this week. Blomkamp, the South African writer and director whose debut movie District 9 attracted a best movie Oscar nomination in 2010, will direct Chappie from the screenplay he wrote with […]

We share the joy of the Mandela family at the discharge of Nelson Mandela after 89 days in hospital. May he find peace and comfort in his home, among his relatives and friends, so that his continuing medical care can proceed with dignity. We are all grateful for the outstanding care he received in hospital […]

President Jacob Zuma met with Academy Award-winning actor and activist Charlize Theron in Pretoria on Monday. The two discussed South Africa’s response to HIV/Aids and Theron’s role in the fight against the disease. In 2008, the United Nations named South African-born Theron as its Messenger of Peace, tasked with promoting efforts to end violence against […]

Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler has confessed that he thought he was going to die in South Africa…when he was attacked by a cheetah. (View the video below.) “All I was going to do was let him eat me,” said Sandler, “There was not one part of me that was going to fight back. I was […]

A comprehensive timeline of the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, activist, political prisoner, president of South Africa, statesman and world icon of peace and justice. 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s 18 July 1918 – Nelson Mandela is born in Mvezo, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. His mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was one of four wives of his father, Gadla Henry […]

Former Capetonian Stelio Savante is making history in a lead role filmed in Equatorial Guinea. This is the first feature film to ever be shot in the small African country that’s usually more famous for its despotic regime than its movie-making industry.  Savante, one of South Africa’s top acting exports, stars in “Where the Road […]

Award-winning songbird Lira is set to wow the world – she’s received a request to perform at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ball on 21 January 2013. Lira, who was born Lerato Molapo in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg, is no one-hit wonder – the singer was discovered in 2000 and since then has been raking in the […]

As the world prepares to honour Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday, many wonder what meal would mean the most to the former statesman on this great day. Xoliswa Ndoyiya was Nelson Mandela’s personal cook for 20 years; a career that began two years after the former statesman was released from prison in 1990 after […]

As the world prepares to honour Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday, many wonder what meal would mean the most to the former statesman on this great day. Xoliswa Ndoyiya was Nelson Mandela’s personal cook for 20 years; a career that began two years after the former statesman was released from prison in 1990 after […]

The premiere of Kanye West’s slickly stylised short art film, “Cruel Summer”, created a major buzz at the Cannes Film Festival – partly because he was joined by girlfriend – and reality star – Kim Kardashian at the Palm Beach launch party…but largely because of the pioneering 7-screen experience that was brought to Kanye’s Cannes […]

British model, actress, television presenter, Playboy model and swimwear designer Kelly Brook has just celebrated opening her new Tumblr account by posting pics of herself in Cape Town. Well, actually, she posted pics of herself languishing in Mykonos, the Algarve, Malibu, Brazil, Nekker Island… “I travel a lot,” the 32-year-old, who’s famous for her curves, […]

Candice Swanepoel just couldn’t get any hotter. Check out these pics of her promoting Victoria’s Secret’s “Very Sexy Spring Summery 2012”, along with Leonardo di Caprio’s ex, Israeli model Erin Heatherton…plus SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO. And even though she’s clearly one of the world’s most gorgeous-looking humans, she’s still got a decent amount of modesty! […]

Oprah Winfrey paid a surprise visit to Cornell University, in New York, over the weekend to support two of her South African students who were taking part in a debate. Cornell was hosting the annual Cornell Model United Nations Conference (CMUNC), and Oprah decided at the last minute to turn up and watch her students […]

Charlize Theron’s videos continued… (View the first page of Charlize Theron Funny or Die Videos here) Charlize Theron Talks in Her Sleep Charlize Theron Sitting On The Toilet Video Charlize’s ASPCA Spokesperson Audition Tape Charlize Theron Cell Phone Hack Response – the end

Back in 2012 Charlize Theron‘s ‘leaked’ s** tape was causing a commotion on the internet! (You know it’s not real!) Fast forward ten years, and it’s the South African actress’s ‘sitting on the toilet’ video that’s causing an uproar this time. (UPDATED 2023). It was all part of an April Fool’s Joke… that appears to […]

Charlize Theron caused a flurry of activity on People magazine’s website when she stepped out to the Post Office yesterday – and it wasn’t just because it’s the first time she’s been seen in public with her new 4-month old baby whom she recently adopted. The commotion was over a comment by someone called Alina […]

Congratulations to Charlize Theron. The Oscar-winning South African has become a new mom! [Update – view Charlize Theron and baby Jackson pics] Charlize has adopted a beautiful baby boy called Jackson. He’s of African American descent and was born in the USA. In a statement, published by US Weekly, a representative for Charlize said: “She […]

After her very successful trip to Australia, Princess Charlene – or the African Princess as her SA fans are calling her – made a whirlwind trip to China where she again delighted the locals with her friendliness. The Princess, who is global ambassador and member of the International Board of Directors of the Special Olympics, […]

Proteas cricketer and world number one test bowler Dale Steyn is the latest South African star to put his name to the Disney XD Aim High campaign. Steyn will spearhead the third phase of the campaign by spending a day with a lucky South African youngster, acting as mentor and sharing some of his cricketing skills. Aim […]

President Zuma was in great form at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where he delivered speeches, met with fellow politicians, congratulated Yvonne Chaka Chaka on her WEF Crystal Award, and just seemed to be, well, happy. Chaka Chaka became the first African woman to win the Crystal Award, a prize that’s […]

South Africa’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, popular singer-songwriter and Goodwill Ambassador for the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, has become the first African woman to receive the World Economic Forum‘s (WEF) Crystal Award. The award is given each year to successful artists who have used their art to “improve the state of the world”, according to the WEF. […]

South African rock band The Parlotones will be climbing Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, as part of an awareness campaign to end violence against women and girls on the continent. The country’s best-selling rock band will join citizens and representatives from the media and civil society from 54 African countries as they aim to “Speak Out – […]