Adopting the habit of working hard from an early age is what secured a bright future for an aspirant mechanical engineer, Olwethu Bitterhout, from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. He is one of the 40 beneficiaries from the Class of 2016, who received bursary awards worth R130,000 from the Department of Public Works’ Schools Programme. […]

Amazing South African Joey Evans (41) has achieved his ultimate dream and conquered the impossible by reaching the Dakar podium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And along the way he has won so many fans around the world, and inspired each and every one… not to mention how proud he has made South Africans everywhere. Racing at […]

Thama Jeffrey Nkonyane is about to collect the biggest cheque of his 32-year long career after helping England’s Graeme Storm to victory in the South African Open at a packed and thrilled Glendower on Sunday afternoon. The Englishman went toe to toe with Rory McIlroy, but came out on top at the third playoff hole. Storm might […]

Pretoria’s Patrick Selepe will make history next month when he becomes the first official with a disability to work as a chair umpire in South African Davis Cup competition. Originally from Limpopo, Selepe – a former wheelchair tennis player – has a prosthetic leg after losing his limb to bone cancer in 1996. After losing his […]

It’s hard to quibble when the 54-hole leader last made a bogey 41 holes ago, and that’s exactly the position in which England’s Graeme Storm found himself after Saturday’s third round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni. Storm fired a five-under-par 67 to reach 17-under for the tournament at Glendower […]

Cricket South Africa said it all when they tweeted: “Brilliant effort manne! Congratulations on the series white wash.” The Proteas’ pace bowling quartet claimed 16 wickets between them on day three to bowl South Africa to an innings and 118 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the final Test match at Wanderers Stadium on Saturday, and […]

Here’s a brilliant video, taken yesterday, of the overflowing Hartbeespoort Dam. The footage was filmed by Zaheer Abramjee and is very movingly set to Toto’s hit ‘Africa’. Harbeespoort Dam videos have been ‘flooding’ YouTube as South Africans react joyously to the abundance of rain from the skies… although the Department of Water and Sanitation has […]

This is soooo cute (because it ends happily!). The video was first uploaded months ago… but has recently become popular again on social media. Watch how the adult elephants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, try to teach the little elephant calf how to get out of the waterhole that it is stuck in. […]

VERNON PHILANDER and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets apiece as the Proteas tightened their grip on the second day of the final Sunfoil Test match against Sri Lanka at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday. When bad light caused an early close the visitors had reached 80/4 in their first innings in reply to the […]

A teenager from Philippi Village in the Western Cape, Siphelele Xabendlini, has beaten the odds to become the top student in Science in South Africa with an incredible mark of 100%. The 18-year-old also scored a whopping 92% for Maths. According to Philippi Village’s facebook page, Siphelele believes determination and dedication are all that’s needed to succeed. […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma kicked off the new year by declaring that God was on the side of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Speaking ahead of the ANC’s 105th birthday celebrations which took place at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, he reiterated a statement he has made several times before – that the […]

HASHIM AMLA today became the eighth Protea to complete a century of Test match appearances for the Proteas when the third Sunfoil Test match between the Proteas and Sri Lanka started at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium this morning. He follows in the footsteps of Jacques Kallis (165 matches), Mark Boucher (146), Graeme Smith (116), Shaun […]

OR Tambo International Airport has announced it will remove lion cub petting images from the walls of its international arrivals corridor. These posters, promoting the petting of lions in South Africa, have been up for more than a year and, according to a statement Thursday from OR Tambo, the images were supplied by South African […]

South Africans in KwaZulu-Natal have been pleasantly surprised to discover a Hollywood celebrity in their midst over the past few days. American actor Neal McDonough has been spotted in Tiffany’s Shopping Centre in Salt Rock (north of Durban) where he happily posed for photos with fans, and at Spurs and Casa Nieto’s in Empangeni. The latter posted photos […]

There can’t be many better ways to start the day than out kayaking off the shore of Mouille Point in Cape Town, South Africa… except to be out kayaking and enjoying the sight and sound of dolphins flipping all around you. Local resident Marcus J.B. Zandhuis was out yesterday morning in a group with Kaskazi […]

Hooters restaurant in Port Elizabeth has introduced the ‘Order an Angel Shot’ initiative to its female customers who are feeling unsafe or “a bit weird” on a date. The poster lets women know certain code words to use at the bar if they feel they are in danger or unsafe on a date. The staff […]

A former flight attendant, Adrian Thomas, was shocked yesterday when a video he uploaded back in August 2013 suddenly went viral on social media. The video has clocked up over 665,000 views on Facebook after it was posted on 8 January by Abu Kad who said “Kulula doing what they do best. Always fun travelling […]

Northern Irish professional golf player Rory McIlroy had a very close call with a lion on a South African safari over the weekend! The 27-year-old tweeted a video of the encounter saying: “We’ve had a trip of a lifetime to Londolozi over the last few days. This big guy came to say hello last night!!” He told […]

New Zealand rugby player Sonny Bill Williams has taken time to congratulate South Africa’s Proteas batsman Hashim Amla ahead of his 100th Test tomorrow, 12 January 2017. Proteas Cricket have been posting several #TheMightyHash videos from Hashim’s team mates, congratulating the cricketer on his awesome milestone. Proteas Cricket said: “Watch close friend and fellow sportsman […]

FARHAAN BEHARDIEN has been appointed as stand-in captain of the Standard Bank Proteas for the first two matches in the KFC T20 International Series against Sri Lanka. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has named a 13-man squad that includes six new caps in this format – Jon-Jon Smuts, Theunis de Bruyn, Mangaliso Mosehle, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson […]

Crowded beach fronts over the new year’s period have become a sensitive point for racism and irresponsible social media comments in South Africa over the past two years… writes Johannesburg-based photographer JONATHAN WOOD. The comments of Penny Sparrow in a tweet last year began: “These monkeys that are allowed to be released on New Year’s […]

Standing on a rock on the slopes of Sir Lowry’s Pass in the Western Cape of South Africa, overlooking the ocean and Somerset West’s skyline, surrounded by untamed landscape – this is where Dutch entrepreneur Henk Maris stood 12 years ago and had a vision for this place, Bezweni Lodge – “If this is heaven…” Maris is […]

A ring – most probably a wedding ring – was discovered on a beach in the Western Cape in mid-December 2016. As the owner has still not been traced, the search has now turned to social media in a bid to return the romantic ring. Tracy Curnick de Beer posted this message a few days ago: “My brother Tony Curnick […]

Seventeen-year-old Sasasa Dlamini, from Westville Boys’ High School in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has been accepted to prestigious Harvard University in the USA… an achievement that is the ultimate dream – often out of reach – for so many students around the world. South African media have been celebrating the outstanding student’s scoop, using the hashtag – #WestvilleToHarvard. His proud school […]

While the ANC were celebrating their 105th birthday down the road at Orlando Stadium in Soweto this morning, the Mayor of Johannesburg – Herman Mashaba from the DA – spent his Sunday morning addressing concerned residents gathered outside an electricity substation in Roosevelt Park. Power had been off since Saturday midnight, as well as for several […]