When you think of BMX Street Style, two things immediately come to mind – urban youth and the lay of the inner city. When one of the world’s best Pro BMX street riders, Courage Adams from Spain, landed in Johannesburg to shoot a special project, these two concepts became personified. Courage (25), who was born […]

Nikhil Rathilall (13), a sharp and assured student from Muizenberg, Cape Town, has been selected by Crew For a Cause, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend Bergvliet High. Crew for a Cause is a registered NPO and PBO, founded in 2018, and focused on empowering disadvantaged students through education. The organisation is powered by a […]

Safari lovers around the world have two weeks left for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime safari experience in South Africa with the country’s famous ‘Lion Whisperer’ Kevin Richardson. It’s a great opportunity for expats who are missing home – to not only win a holiday back in SA, but to also be helping ensure […]

There’s arguably nothing as chilled as a chilled hippo! South African photographer Jackie Cilliers captured these incredible photos of a hippopotamus basking in the sun, casually lying on its back with its pink belly up, in the Kruger National Park a few years ago. The rare sight was such a delight that one of the […]

The Blitzboks’ streak continues with South Africa winning a fourth consecutive Rugby Sevens Cup title this season… and their sixth straight gold medal overall. Additionally, this is also South Africa’s 34th successive win which puts them level with New Zealand for the second most wins in a row. Christie Grobbelaar scored a brace of tries […]

On an old military base in Cape Town, illegal occupants are growing vegetables alongside the soldiers. Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks. On an old military base in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, illegal occupants are growing vegetables alongside soldiers of the South African National Defence Force. Some are living in the guard houses and […]

Some horses, trapped on a tiny disappearing island, in the flooded Orange River in Namaqualand, South Africa, were helped to safety by brave volunteers from the NSRI Port Nolloth crew. The incident took place just after midday on Thursday when the horses’ owner requested assistance for his trapped horses in the Richtersveld, near to Alexander […]

Three locals from Lamberts Bay fishing town in the Western Cape were out for a walk on Friday, when fortunately they were in the right place at the right time to not only make their own dreams come true… but to rescue three dolphins who had got stranded in the bay. Devilliers Uys posted a […]

Tom Cruise “is about to go off and shoot in South Africa”, according to Variety magazine. In an article on Wednesday, Variety said Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible 8” is about to be filmed in SA under the direction of Cruise’s long-time collaborator Christopher McQuarrie. UPDATE 11 Feb: Tom Cruise arrives in Hoedspruit to film Mission: Impossible […]

There’s no question about it. Wordle, the simple English-language word game created by software engineer Josh Wardle, is a viral hit. By John Dixon, University of Hull. If you’ve tried Wordle, there’s a good chance that, like me, you’re hooked. Since the game quietly hit the internet in October 2021, the number of people playing […]

You can watch this episode of Carte Blanche on Sunday 30 January in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from Tuesday 01 February if you’re abroad. INVESTIGATIONS Doomed Flight? It was meant to be a routine calibration flight from George airport but, within hours, one of the Civil Aviation […]

A post on the Bryanston Country Club Facebook page is going viral and bringing feel-good vibes to everyone in South Africa, and abroad, who reads it. Not only because of the kindness of some winning members who decided to pay it forward, but also for Simon’s farewell speech which was packed with the same gratitude […]

(Reuters) – South African golfer Justin Harding took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday, after carding a four-under-par 68. Harding had to return to complete his opening round on day two after play was stopped on Thursday due to the fading light at the Emirates Golf Club. […]

Season 2 of the Showmax Original The Real Housewives of Durban launches today, Friday, 28 January 2022, with new episodes following every Friday. Watch here. Jojo Robinson is one of three new wives featured this season, alongside Londie London and Thobile MaKhumalo Mseleku. The wife of Durban businessman and former South African kickboxing champion Calven Robinson, Jojo […]

Earlier this week The Sun newspaper in the UK reported that a UFO expert had spotted a “disk-shaped alien aircraft” in a “remote desert on Google Maps”, not far from South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind fossile site. According to the report, based on a YouTube video by extraterrestrial ‘expert’ Scott C. Waring, satellite images show […]

On a trip arranged for journalists I saw that Philippi station has been ransacked – but the new trains are fantastic. By Tariro Washinyira. I used to take the train regularly to work but stopped in 2020 due to lockdown. I have experienced the decay of Metrorail over the past decade. The Northern Line that […]

Siya Kolisi is the SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2021, after the popular Springbok captain garnered the most votes for his performances during a tough season, while the exciting Aphelele Fassi underlined his great potential by winning the Young Player of the Year award. The 30-year-old Kolisi edged out strong challenges from his […]

Piles of distinctions for learners from crowded Cape Town settlement. By Peter Luhanga. Twenty-year-old Ephraim Simango had to study between midnight and 6am to escape the noise in crowded Siyahlala informal settlement next to the N7 in Cape Town. But he still managed to collect seven distinctions in matric. Simango, who got the highest marks […]

In the short time since the omicron variant was identified in South Africa in November 2021, researchers have quickly learned that it has three unique characteristics: It spreads efficiently and quickly, it generally causes milder disease than previous variants and it may confer strong protection against other variants such as delta. By Prakash Nagarkatti, University […]

The City of Cape Town has announced it will allocate R3-million to help restore the iconic Muizenberg Beach Huts back to their former glory, following a Save Our Beach Huts campaign spearheaded by Southern Suburbs photographer Angela Gorman. The announcement was made on Thursday by Cllr Aimee Kuhl (from Ward 64) on Facebook. She said: […]

A couple of weeks ago, Professor Jean Greyling from the computing department at Nelson Mandela University bumped into a former student. His name is Onke Dume and he was in Prof Greyling’s class around 2013. Onke grew up on a farm, where his mother tragically died when he was young, but even though he had […]

The mighty Orange River has increased at Augrabies Falls National Park (AFNP) to over 3000 cumecs (cubic metre per second) and according to information received from the Department of Water and Sanitation, it will remain at this flow until the weekend and then slowly decline over the next two weeks. This means that there will […]

It was double delight for South African hockey as both the men and the women won the African Cup of Nations titles to confirm their qualification for the 2022 FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup and 2023 FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup. The women came from behind to beat hosts Ghana 3-1 while the men […]

Okay, so these are some of the things you’ll hear on the new Showmax Original: “Afrikaans people and the adult industry, they go hand in hand”, “The koeksister tannies order the big vibrators”, and “In South Africa, there are over 40 000 registered swingers.” Come again? These are just three of the revelations in the first-look […]

Princess Charlene’s SA Foundation has shared a heartfelt tribute to the Monaco royal on her birthday today, 25 January. The 3-minute video includes photos from her childhood, her swimming career, her wedding to Prince Albert II, her family life with her twin children (Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella) and her life as a royal meeting […]