The Springbok Sevens team were knocked out of the Cup competition at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens in one of the cruellest of ways as Samoa beat them by 10-7 with a golden penalty goal in extra time of their semi-final at the DHL Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Scores were level at 7-7 at the […]

South African golfer Ockie Strydom has today (Sunday) won the Alfred Dunhill Championship, his first DP World Tour title. It’s an emotional victory for Ockie and his family. He thanked his host (Brian) who has been amazing during the tournament, and said “my wife is probably crying at home. My parents are probably crying at […]

KwaZulu-Natal’s brightest and merriest festive experience – the Durban Botanic Gardens Trail of Lights – is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever before! Photographer Peter de Groot visited the event to capture these stunning photos – a perfect mix of traditional Christmas scenes from Father Christmas, reindeer and candy canes – to terrific […]

Large numbers of businesses in eThekwini on South Africa’s eastern seaboard – which includes the port city of Durban – rely heavily on tourism. It’s a popular holiday destination, only six hours by road from Johannesburg. Millions of people living inland head to the warm coastline over the country’s extended December/January school holiday break. But […]

The Springbok Sevens team – the only unbeaten side left in the men’s competition at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens – safely qualified for the semi-finals at DHL Stadium with a 21-14 quarter-final win over Great Britain. The Blitzboks took revenge for last weekend’s pool defeat to the British in Dubai, although they ended up […]

DOHA (Reuters) – Morocco wrote World Cup history on Saturday night as the first African and Arab country to reach the tournament’s semi-finals, continuing their surprise run in Qatar with a shock 1-0 victory over the highly fancied Portugal. By Mark Gleeson. FIFA said: “A moment in time, A moment in history. The FIRST-EVER African nation to […]

Long after the final whistle had been blown the South African netball players were still celebrating their gold medal victory over Zambia at the Region 5 Games on Saturday. By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe. Presentations were done to the backdrop of a noisy and appreciative crowd, while the Team SA players enjoyed the attention of […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 11 December in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 13 December if you’re abroad. South Africa Staring Down the Barrel You may be one of the good South African […]

Following the hugest hail storm in decades on Monday, Johannesburg was again hit today by inclement weather – this time devastating flooding that left cars stranded, bricks and tiles torn off constructions, tar roads destroyed, and some local residents trapped in their homes. But fortunately there were no fatalities reported, thanks in large part to […]

The Drakensberg Boys Choir has today released one of the most festive, merriest versions ever of The Little Drummer Boy. Watch below. The enthusiasm is contagious (and may just have you tearing up with pride)! The main solo is performed exquisitely by Wade Breedt, an exiting Grade 9 boy. The other beautiful soloists are Khazimla Kubheka, […]

For the time being at least, coal-fired boilers remain the backbone of Eskom’s electricity generation fleet. Coal-fired boilers work by boiling water to produce high-pressure steam which is then used to spin a turbine. To do this, water is pumped at high pressure through boiler tubes which are heated by a coal-fired furnace to produce […]

South African Comedian Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, expressed gratitude and delivered a special thank you to Black women during the taping of his final show last night (Thursday, December 8) – watch below. “I’ve often been credited with, you know, having these grand ideas… And I’m like, who do […]

(Reuters): From sympathy to criticism, reaction to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s Netflix documentary series released on Thursday (December 1) has been mixed. The highly-anticipated series has been billed as the couple giving their story, talking about their relationship, royal life and media scrutiny. Netflix released the first three episodes on Thursday, with the […]

Five South African franchises will enter new rugby territory on Saturday when they take to the field in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions in a watershed moment for SA rugby. The Emirates Lions will get their first taste of European action against the Dragons in their EPCR […]

The Minister of Defence and Military Affairs, Thandi Modise, must explain to South Africans what a sanctioned Russian ship is doing at the Simons Town naval base and why there is so much secrecy surrounding it, demands the DA and many residents. As per Reuters’ photos, the ship’s name is Lady R. “Since the commercial […]

Honorary Oscar award winning actor, Jackie Chan, came to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for an in-conversation at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), coinciding with the 60th anniversary of his film career. Having acted and participated in over 300 films, Jackie Chan, the man responsible for creating an art out of martial arts, spoke about […]

“I was hooked,” says top US life coach Martha Beck of her South African journey of the soul. “There is something bigger and deeper and incredibly beautiful about this place, and it just brings me back and I keep bringing other people back.” Dr Martha Beck is a best-selling American author, life coach and speaker who Oprah Winfrey rates as “one of the […]

Thanks in part to the testimony of South African filmmaker and whistleblower Mark Vicente, fraudster Keith Raniere is now serving a 120-year prison sentence for crimes from extortion and identity theft to forced labour and sex trafficking. HBO docuseries The Vow Part II, now streaming first on Showmax, investigates American self-help company NXIVM and the soft-spoken “Vanguard” […]

The recent trail of vicious pit bull attacks that have literally cost life and limb – the death of three children and two adults – is a matter of concern to everyone in South Africa from animal behaviour experts to pet owners and residents. In recent months, media outlets have reported on deadly cases of […]

Only one ambulance for hundreds of villages in Matatiele. By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. A villager in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, died on Sunday waiting for a state ambulance that arrived about eight hours after it was summoned. There is only one state ambulance in an area with nearly 300 villages, say paramedics. The Eastern Cape Health Department […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Tuesday 27 December as a public holiday, in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday. The ‘Christmas gift’ is according to the terms of the Public Holidays Act which provides that “whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a public holiday”. In this […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today welcomed the sentencing of two field rangers, Hendric Eccelence Silinda and Achieve Musa Mlambo, by the Skukuza Regional Court to an effective seven years in prison. The duo were based in the Skukuza section of the Kruger National Park (KNP). They were arrested in February 2019 for possession of […]

Eskom has plunged South Africa into Stage 6 loadshedding from midday today. This morning the power utility had announced (at 06h18) that Stage 4 loadshedding was due to be implemented from 09h00 until further notice. But within hours, Stage 4 was escalated to Stage 6. Social media is being flooded by angry South Africans who […]

Nine family members of two dismissed Kruger National Park rangers were arrested on Friday (2 December) and appeared in court yesterday (Tues 6 December). The dismissed rangers, Chikwa David Maluleke and Solly Ubisi, are awaiting trial after being granted bail. They were fired earlier this year after being found guilty in an internal disciplinary hearing. […]

Gauteng was hit by a hectic thunderstorm on Monday afternoon, with hail pelting down, causing damage to several roofs and motor vehicles. But the aftermath was quite breathtaking to gaze upon – with the golf-ball sized hail blanketing the ground like snow, transforming Joburg into a white wonderland. Well known artist James Delaney captured these […]