Matt Sates continued his storming form at the second leg of the FINA World Cup series in Budapest, Hungary, over the weekend. His haul of five gold medals guided the South African team to third place on the medal table behind the USA and Australia. The Pietermaritzburg teenager claimed another clean sweep of the individual […]

The sun was shining and spirits were soaring on Sunday – along with kites – as South Africans shed the winter lockdown blues and embraced a fabulous new almost-normal, as big events returned with today’s Dolphin Beach Kite Festival and the famous Cape Town Cycle Tour (see more below). Dolphin Beach Kite Festival Photos by […]

It’s that time of the year again – when Pretoria transforms into a beautiful purple haze, as the Jacaranda trees burst into bloom, and purple petals carpet the city’s pavements. Yesterday morning, Friday 8 October, as rain fell on Pretoria (one of South Africa’s capital cities), local resident David (Dawie) Jacobs captured these stunning photos of […]

A much loved and loving family pet, Kei, is to receive a Heroism Award for risking his own life to save that of the family that adopted him from the SPCA last year. During a horrific home invasion in Benoni, South Africa, on 3 October, Kei almost lost his life after he bravely attacked an […]

South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI/Hawks) has launched an investigation into the construction of the so-called R15 million Lesseyton sports facility in the Enoch Mgijima Municipality in the Eastern Cape… which was exposed this week by former DA Leader Mmusi Maimane. Maimane declared on Monday, when the stadium was launched: “The #TsotsiGame must […]

Wolfgat restaurant in the small fishing village of Paternoster – a two-hour drive from Cape Town – has been named as the 50th Best Restaurant in the World! The fabulous west coast eatery, enjoyed by none other than South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, has also been named as Africa’s Best Restaurant in the latest awards […]

The Nobel Prize in Literature, considered the pinnacle of achievement for creative writers, has been awarded 114 times to 118 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2021. This year it went to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, who was born in Zanzibar, the first Tanzanian writer to win. The last black African writer to win the prize […]

South Africa is finally being removed from the UK’s dreaded Red List! From Monday!!! This means anyone entering the UK from South Africa, who is double-vaccinated, will no longer need to spend £2,000 on mandatory 10-day quarantine in the UK! The news comes as a huge relief for South African expats who haven’t seen their […]

Voting for the World Travel Awards closes on 24 October and Cape Town is once again up for a host of awards, including the World’s Leading Festival & Event Destination 2021, a title it currently holds. To make sure that the City of Cape Town retains this prestigious accolade – which helps boost the local tourism […]

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai today announced at Google for Africa’s first virtual event that the company will invest $1-billion in Africa over five years. The investment will cover a range of initiatives, from improved connectivity to investments in startups. (Watch the full event on the video at the bottom of the page.) These […]

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu will turn 90 on Thursday (October 7). To celebrate this momentous occasion and honour the life of South Africa’s beloved African Anglican cleric and human rights acvitist, Reuters has compiled an 18-minute video (watch below) which includes his meetings with politicians, royalty and special humans like Mother Teresa. Desmond Mpilo Tutu […]

A homeless man, Rajah Brigmouhoun, was sitting on a bench in Cape Town when well known South African philanthropist BI Phakathi and musician K.O sat next to him… (Watch the video at the bottom of the page.) The three started chatting and Brigmouhoun shared that after being seriously injured at his last job, he was […]

South Africa’s fabulous Babylonstoren Farm Hotel has been placed at number one in Southern Africa, and number 34 overall in a prestigious list of The Best Hotels in the World. Over 800,000 readers of Conde Naste Traveler (CNT) took part in the survey to find the world’s best hotels. “Congrats to our team!” said Babylonstoren. […]

South Africa has now crossed the 18 million mark for administered COVID-19 vaccine doses. This comes after the government distributed 184 324 in the past 24 hours. According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now given 18 073 784 vaccines since its rollout programme. Meanwhile, as of Monday, the number of fully vaccinated […]

A South African researcher at Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof Resia Pretorius, appears to have uncovered one of the contributing reasons to the mystery of Long Covid that has puzzled the medical world for the past 18 months! In an article on the SU website, Wilda Fourie-Basson unpacks the ground-breaking news… First evidence of inflammatory micro […]

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has announced a marginal decrease in the prices of petrol, while the price of diesel is expected to increase. Motorists are expected to pay four cents less per litre for 93 octane petrol, one cent less for 95 octane petrol per litre and at least 22 cents more […]

Following South Africa’s awesome 31-29 victory over the All Blacks on the Gold Coast, Australia, over the weekend, the Springboks have regained their status as the world’s best team – ranked number one by World Rugby! World Rugby said: “New Zealand’s two-week reign at the top of the World Rugby Men’s Rankings is over after […]

Eighteen-year-old South African swimming sensation Matt Sates set TWO new World Junior records at the World Cup in Berlin, Germany, this weekend and won Gold Medals in the Europasportpark Pool… while Chad le Clos won his 146th World Cup title! FINA congratulated Matt on his World Junior Records (and African Record) set in the 200m […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Travellers from South Africa will soon be able to enter the UK without having to pay the exorbitant £2,000 for 10 days in hotel quarantine! British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will open up South Africa and some other countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, The Sunday Telegraph reported, saying that […]

South Africa’s Springboks were finally rewarded for all their effort and sacrifice in a 17-week odyssey since the start of the international season, by deservedly coming out on top, 31-29 (halftime 14-20), over New Zealand in a nail-biting Rugby Championship classic on the Gold Coast, Australia. DON’T MISS UPDATE 4 OCT: Springboks Reclaim Number One […]

Meet Dolly, the sheep with a prosthetic leg in South Africa, and her friends. According to a Fallen Angels Farm co-ordinator Karen Hoffman, her foot was caught in a snare and part of her leg had to be amputated. Karen says Dolly’s got “more friends than any sheep I know”… WATCH Dolly the sheep’s new […]

South African dancer Motsi Mabuse was told she would never make it in Germany because of her skin colour… but with her dazzling international success, she has proved the critics wrong! As a judge on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Motsi (40) is a household name in not only Germany, but the UK – where she replaced […]

Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the validity period of legally issued visas or asylum permits, which expired during the lockdown period, to 31 December 2021. In a statement on Thursday, Home Affairs announced that the Minister has also approved the resumption of Identity Document (ID) and passport applications. Directions communicating these amendments, […]

Following meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council and the President’s Coordinating Council, the SA Cabinet has – to the joy of many South Africans – moved the country from Adjusted Alert Level 2 to Adjusted Alert Level 1 from midnight tonight (Thurs/Fri). President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the news during a ‘family meeting’ on Thursday […]

Itumeleng Phiri started a recycling business on the site, then a food garden. By Masego Mafata…   A mother of four in Tembisa started a recycling project and food garden on a field previously used as an illegal dump site near her house. The project started as a way for Itumeleng Phiri to provide for […]