Sidwell Mayekiso hopes one of his students will one day become a Grandmaster. By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human. Sidwell Mayekiso started the 2 Knights Chess Club in Khayelitsha in 2017. Living with a disability, he wanted to make a difference in the community by teaching children to play chess. Now, five of his students […]

Lukhanyo Booi, Lali Booi and Tembelani Mnyani are three men from Fingo Village in Makhanda who have taken it upon themselves to clean up the town’s dirty streets. Armed with rakes and shovels, and sometimes using their bare hands, the three move around the city streets removing domestic refuse and filth. On Monday and Tuesday […]

A beautiful video is going viral on social media, showing a young South African schoolgirl in a hurdles race at an athletics meet at Klub Nories Ondersteunersklub in Gauteng. The young girl – Mieke – falls badly at the first hurdle… but instead of giving up, she gets up. The others in the race are […]

CAPE TOWN – There was excitement today at the Cape Town Film Studios with a special guest, none other than South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who visited the studios where Project Panda – the working title for Netflix’s live action anime series, One Piece – is currently shooting. The hour-long set tour by the President […]

“I make anything with wheels or without wheels so long as they send me a photo,” says Hendrick Chebanga. By Adel Van Niekerk. Hendrick, who lives in Hammanskraal outside Pretoria, has been making model cars since he was a child. Today this is both his art and his business. WATCH Meet Hendrick Chebanga, An Artist Who […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Top African lender Standard Bank has ruled out funding all new coal-fired power plants and most oil-fired plants as part of plans to reach net zero-emissions by 2050, but campaigners said it could still do more to cut emissions. More financial services firms are setting net-zero targets to combat global warming but […]

During the filming of “The Challenger Disaster”, I had rare opportunity to be in a few scenes with William Hurt. We were all exceptionally nervous having to work alongside him. We are told to never get into the lead actors’ personal space, only speak if they speak first and try not to look at them […]

South African born and raised entrepreneur Elon Musk has challenged Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, to a ‘single combat’ over Ukraine in a series of tweets that have virtually catapulted excited Tweeters into orbit! I hereby challengeВладимир Путин to single combat Stakes are Україна — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022 In fact one of Musk’s […]

Kim Le Court De Billot (Efficient Insure Infiniti) won her third Cape Town Cycle Tour, while 22-year-old Marc Pritzen (Honeycomb) took his first win in the elite men on a day when wet weather swept the region. The Mauritian Le Court De Billot won the 78km women’s elite event in 2hr 8min 5sec ahead of […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Princess Charlene has returned to Monaco to be with her husband Prince Albert and her children (7-year-old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella) as her health improves, the royal palace has announced. Charlene (44), who married Monaco’s ruler Prince Albert (63) in 2011, has been absent from the principality for months due […]

South African musher (dog sled driver) Gerhardt Thiart is currently making history as the first South African to ever qualify and compete in the iconic and extremely challenging Iditarod, the annual long-distance trail sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, which takes place each March over the course of a week, in thick snow in […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the world strives to emerge from the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbouring countries like Mozambique and South Africa must continue to deepen and strengthen the already existing ties between them. Speaking at a Plenary Session of the third South Africa-Mozambique Bi-National Commission (BNC) held in Pretoria, […]

Ashley Judd says she would have ‘bled to death’ if she’d been transported to Europe following her horrific injury in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in February 2021. Instead, luckily, Ashley was sent to South Africa. The Double Jeopardy star broke her right leg in four places and suffered a paralysed foot while hiking […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African golf legend, Gary Player, spent this morning walking with former Springbok Jean de Villiers, who is Citadel’s Head of Philanthropy, around the grounds of the school he and his beloved late wife, Vivienne Player, established over 30 years ago. Since 1990, the Blair Atholl Pre-Primary School has provided impoverished children in […]

Sjoe, grab a tissue, in fact grab the whole box, to watch this hauntingly beautiful tribute by the Drakensberg Boys Choir to those we’ve lost along the way. It’s an incredibly moving cover of Maroon 5’s smash hit, Memories, and is filmed on location at the Drakensberg Boys Choir School in Cathkin Park, Champagne Valley, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next Chief Justice of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2022. The President’s decision follows consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and leaders of parties in the National Assembly on four nominees for appointment as Chief Justice. The process began in September […]

There were only tears of joy and relief this morning at OR Tambo International Airport in Joburg, South Africa, as ten students who had been studying in Ukraine, were safely returned home after being evacuated thanks to a partnership between DIRCO and Aspen Pharmacies. Medical student Vuhlari Mtonga, was just one of the South Africans […]

You don’t often see killer whales in Algoa Bay (in the Eastern Cape, South Africa), so you can imagine the excitement when Raggy Charters – Marine-Eco Cruises spotted TWELVE of them this week! “Initially we saw two males with their tall dorsal fins breaking the surface,” says Raggy Charters. “As we looked around our catamaran […]

The Telegraph newspaper in the UK has declared Cape Town, South Africa, “the greatest city in the world to visit right now”. Of course Capetonians already knew that, but it always feels so good when the rest of the world acknowledges it… and the compliments for Cape Town are bursting in this particular Telegraph article, […]

South Africa’s polar research and logistics vessel, S.A. Agulhas II, has helped enable an expedition team to find the wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance… which was crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea, off the coast of Antarctica, back in 1915. For over a century, the Endurance has been one of the most […]

South Africa’s totally awesome Gift of the Givers – the largest disaster relief organisation of African origin – has begun distributions in the Ukraine. Distribution has begun some distance from #IvanoFrankivsk, the organisation confirmed on social media. “More distributions to follow in the coming days.” Supplies will also be sent to Kharkiv, they said. The […]

Nearly two weeks after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved a 9.6% tariff hike for Eskom, the power utility has promptly subjected South Africans to another bout of rolling blackouts (which have just been extended to Saturday)… writes Kevin Mileham MP – DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. After promising […]

South Africa’s golf legend Gary Player, joined his friend – and Irish musical superstar – Ronan Keating on Saturday evening in Cape Town for Citadel’s annual charity fundraiser… where they raised a remarkable R2-million in aid of sick, vulnerable, and impoverished children in SA. Wealth management specialist, Citadel, has hosted this event annually since 2018. […]

The French government has further eased travel restrictions previously placed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it easier for tourists from South Africa to travel to France. Air France confirms that, effective immediately, South Africa has been moved to the ‘Green’ country list for France. The new regulations feature some significant changes – […]

A remix by South African musician David Scott, of a folk song recorded by a Ukrainian rock singer as he joins the army, has attracted over 4 million views on Facebook, another half a million on YouTube and over $7,000… in just one day! UPDATE 9 March: The song has now had over 1 millions […]