Anyone who’s had twins knows that the legendary Terrible Two’s seriously means double trouble when you have twins. From these beautiful photos it seems Princess Charlene and Prince Albert still have their toddlers under control… but all could change after next weekend when Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques turn two on 10 December. Here’s a look at […]

While down south in Franschoek this weekend sees the annual Cap Classique and Champagne Festival, South African expats Bruce and Sibylla Tindale are flying the flag high in the northern hemisphere with English sparkling wine that’s winning awards and drawing praise from top wine critics… Christmas festivities began early this year in the Surrey Hills, UK, […]

The Springbok Sevens team on Saturday advanced to the Cup semifinals of the Emirates Dubai Sevens tournament with a six try romp over New Zealand, beating the Kiwis 40-0 in their quarterfinals clash. It was a fine defensive effort by the Blitzboks that laid the foundation for this win. The South Africans kept New Zealand […]

Popular French songstress Jain has released ‘Makeba’, a song that honours the late South African singer and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba… aka Mama Africa – and showcases SA and South Africans in a brilliantly creative visual production. Watch children dance and Joburg’s buildings go up… and down. The 24-year-old singer-songerwriter, born Jeanne Galice, says: “Miriam […]

The late Nelson Mandela’s presence was very much felt on Friday as his widow, Graca Machel, helped officially open the children’s hospital he dreamed of… The building of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) in Johannesburg has been a team effort of love, hard work, dedication and donations. The MRI machine is quieter than most to […]

South Africa braced itself for the worst, with the Rand weakening against the dollar this morning in anticipation of Standard and Poor’s (S&P’s) rating… BUT junk status has been averted! The global ratings service has instead maintained an investment grade sovereign credit rating, with a negative outlook, for South Africa. The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomed the […]

Tomi Lahren has risen to fame and notoriety in America and around the world for her outspoken comments on everything from liberalism and feminism to the Black Lives Matter movement. The Daily Beast calls her a “right wing ranter” and yesterday the BBC profiled the 24-year-old under the heading “The young Republican who’s bigger than Trump […]

If Cape Town could take its own selfie – this would be it. The ultimate selfie… taken with a drone. In fact it’s a series of selfies taken from different fabulous locations around Cape Town. The video was filmed by photographers, students and friends Luke Bell and Hloniphizwe Coleman; and features lots of well known faces from the local […]

South Africans have been sharing an awesome story of brotherly love and loyalty, and doing what they can to help two brothers from Zimbabwe. Their story was told on Facebook page, I Have a Name: I Have a Name wrote this morning: *** I drove to the petshop on Saturday afternoon to buy some bird food but found […]

South Africans have taken to Twitter today to tease (and taunt) President Jacob Zuma, who – after a year in which he’s ducked and dived controversy and allegations of corruption (from his Nkandla house to his ties with the Gupta’s) – still “whinges” that it’s all a plot from outsiders to oust him. The hashtag […]

South Africans have always loved their Rooibos tea, and now there’s even more reason to do so. According to research, Rooibos – which is unique to SA – offers untold health benefits including the potential to delay and prevent the onset and progression of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The T2D findings were announced during November’s World […]

A twenty-seven year old entrant in a South African YouTube-related competition has realised during the qualifying rounds, that there is something more important than winning this comp. – being part of a movement to create more love in South Africa. Pretoria-based Daniel Rademeyer (27) describes himself as “a musician, business owner, creative, videographer and photographer that Loves […]

When that super pod of humpback whales cruised into Cape Town this weekend, THOMAS PRYOR grabbed his surf ski and headed out for an unforgettable experience paddling with the whales. Here’s his story… Sunday Brunch Buffet with Whales in the Western Cape… by Thomas Pryor I had managed to see the whales off Sea Point on Saturday. I was with […]

The summer feeding aggregation of humpback whales has been taking place off our South African shores for a few weeks already, north of Dassen Island. On Friday the whales moved much further south and into the public eye… After a constant stream of calls and messages to keep me updated on their antics I’ve spent […]

Lately the world’s gone crazy with ‘Mannequin’ challenge videos – when large groups of humans freeze in position while being filmed – but this has to be one of the BEST! It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday afternoon at Camps Bay. Participants to the “craziest #mannequinchallenge” video were invited to “Bring your summer A-game. […]

A couple of visitors to a South African nature reserve felt “blessed” recently with the incredible once-in-a-lifetime viewing of a newborn baby elephant. Richard and Magdalene Deetlefs made the rare sighting whilst on safari in KwaZulu-Natal. They estimate the calf was just minutes old and filmed it “as it tries to find its bearing”. (It […]

In a wonderful annual tradition the matric pupils at Fish Hoek High School today started handing in their old school shoes as they finished their final exam. The eight-year-old tradition at the school sees students hand in their shoes that they will no longer need… to be donated to less fortunate school children. It’s an […]

South Africa’s legendary mainly-female anti-poaching team – the Black Mambas – are set to be immortalised on screen in a new Hollywood movie produced by actress Jessica Chastain. The IndieWire has reported that two-time Oscar nominee Jessica, more famous for her acting than producing, has teamed up with ‘The Walking Dead’ star Danai Gurira who will […]

South Africa’s Olympic gold medallists Wayde van Niekerk and Caster Semenya were the big winners at the South African Sports Awards Sunday night, with Wayde winning yet another car and a million rand (half of which will be given to charity). The two sports stars were praised for taking South African sports’ excellence to another level […]

Controversial TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has poked fun at South Africa’s controversial president in his new show, The Grand Tour (watch the full episode below). During the filming of the Joburg-based Episode 2, Clarkson delighted the local crowd with references to President Jacob Zuma’s well-documented difficulty with saying long numbers (“listen properly now”) and his […]

Australia may have clinched a seven-wicket win over the Proteas in the third Test match at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, but South Africa leaves victorious, having won the Series 2-1. South Africa’s Vernon Philander was named Player of the Series. Usman Khawaja was named Man of the Match for his first innings century. Philander restored […]

A large pod of migrating humpback whales were captured beautifully on a 4K drone video yesterday by videographer, vlogger and drone enthusiast KIERAN DONNELLY. Kieran caught the pod on film as they migrated south past Cape Town. He says there were at least 60 whales. “Shot this UNREAL video of a pod of humpbacks yesterday,” […]

PRETORIA – Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) announced that is has left South Africa’s government bond long and short term ratings of ‘Baa2/P-2’ unchanged with a negative outlook, two notches above sub-investment grade. There had been concern that Moody’s would downgrade South Africa to junk status which would increase borrowing costs and put foreign investors off. The South […]

The Doom jokes in South Africa have continued to spread a week after Limpopo Prophet (Detective) Lethebo Rabalago posted photos of himself spraying ill members of his congregation with the insecticide, claiming the spray would heal them. One South African has decided to use the can to spray out negativity in the country! Another joke shows a […]

Former Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Student Representative Council (SRC) president Hlomela Bucwa has once again broken ground, this time being recently sworn in as South Africa’s youngest member of parliament. (Update: Watch video of Hlomela Bucwa’s maiden parliamentary speech.) Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Hlomela – who was inaugurated as the University’s […]