The DA Abroad UK and SA People invite you to the UK briefing and Q&A on the State of Home Affairs and what is happening with Passports and Document applications from South African Consulates in Foreign countries. Thousands of South Africans have been affected by inexcusable delays in getting passports and other documents, some in […]

The inclusion of Germany on the latest “red list” of high-risk countries not allowed into South Africa – except business travellers and those staying longer than three months – has caught many by surprise. “Attention, attention! South Africa put Germany this afternoon on the list of COVID-19 high risk countries, most probably with immediate effect,” […]

The new blue commuter train that will hopefully be standard on local commuter tracks made its first appearance in Cape Town today. “The Future is Here,” the Passenger Railway Agency of South African tweeted. “For the next 6 months the team will be hard at work to ensure that PRASA-WC receive RSR’s approval to operate […]

The government today revised the list of high-risk countries still forbidden from entering South Africa, and even though there are only 22 on the list they include (with the exception of business people and people travelling to South Africa for over three months) the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Netherlands. UPDATE 11 November […]

The countdown to the Miss South Africa pageant has begun and all indications are that it will be an amazing show to remember. Miss South Africa 2020 will be crowned at The Table Bay hotel in an entertainment-packed event on Saturday, October 24, from 17h00. The show will be televised live – across the continent […]

South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize and his wife, Dr May Mkhize, have both tested positive for COVID-19. The couple did their COVID19 tests on Saturday after the Minister started showing mild symptoms. “I was feeling abnormally exhausted and as the day progressed, I started losing my appetite. My wife had a cough, […]

I am sick and tired of social media and irresponsible, inaccurate journalism so it was to this end that I decided that we would go to Senekal 16 October 2020 to see with our own eyes, and hear with our own ears… says Brad Nathanson Investigations. Amid all of the propaganda on social media spewed […]

A well-known midwife in Gauteng, who runs her own private birthing home in the South African province, has allegedly been administering drugs to induce and speed up labour without her clients’ consent. Tonight Carte Blanche investigates this and more. Infant Deaths, Brain Damage and a Popular Midwife She was a popular pick for expectant parents […]

When Nelson Mapande’s job prospects dried up during Lockdown in South Africa, he didn’t let it dampen his spirits. Instead he decided to learn a new skill… and now his beautiful creations are earning him a living, and lighting up the homes and hearts of Capetonians. It was less than four months ago when Nelson […]

Waylon Hamman from Maclear in the Eastern Cape has a clear message for the corrupt officials stealing money in South Africa: Stop It! Here’s his message for President Cyril Ramaphosa to speed up the cleaning up of corruption in SA. Watch the video below in Xhosa, kindly translated by Bongi Lolwana into English here: “Hello […]

Another suspect has been arrested in South Africa in connection with the violent protests which took place at Senekal’s Magistrate’s Court last week when two suspects appeared for the first time in connection with the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. Protesters stormed the court holding cells, and a police vehicle was overturned and set […]

‘Lockdown’ is the South African word of the year. It battled alongside fellow pandemic-related word ‘COVID-19’ and one of the few positive words of the year, ‘Jerusalema’ to come out tops. The three words had been officially shortlisted as candidates for SA Word of the Year 2020. Lockdown was ultimately declared the winner on Friday. […]

Since the year 2000, South Africa has made big strides in lowering levels of both child and adult hunger, as well as improving food security for many poor families. Research has shown that these improvements were largely driven by the expansion of the child support grant. Around 12.5 million of these grants are paid each […]

South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) announced today that R911-million has been committed for the current 2020/21 financial year to help solve the Vaal River’s ongoing sewer spillage problem. The DWS said in a statement that it “strongly reaffirms its commitment to continue working with stakeholders to speed up the longstanding sewer pollution […]

Five suspects in the brutal murders in August of Glen and Vida Rafferty on their KwaZulu-Natal farm have been arrested. The SA Police Service said in a brief statement today, “Last night detectives from the Provincial Organised Crime Unit arrested 5 suspects who were detained for questioning in connection with the murder of the Raffertys […]

South African municipalities in good financial standing – Cape Town, Ekurhuleni and many in the Western Cape – will be able to develop their own generation plants and procure power from Independent Power Producers (IPPs), according to new legislation gazetted today. Until now, municipalities have had to buy power from Eskom and have suffered from […]

Rail operations could change dramatically for the better, at least in the Western Cape, where a strategic nerve centre was opened today to digitally control a network that was until now manually controlled, if controlled at all. Opening the Bellville Rail Management & Traffic Control Centre, the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula also spoke about […]

Two suspects appeared in the Senekal Magistrate’s Court in the Free State Friday, charged with the murder of 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner. The suspects have been named as Sekwetje Isaiah Mahlamba, 32 and Sekola Piet Matlaletsa, 44. Mahlamba was the first to take to the stand, where he said he would be applying for […]

Protesters have been gathering on Friday morning in Senekal, South Africa, for the appearance of two suspects in the recent murder of 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner. (See videos below.) After a violent protest last Tuesday when the suspects first appeared, today there is a far stronger police presence. All entrances to Senekal have checkpoints, […]

About 150 farm workers marched from Hanover Street to Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday in response to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development’s latest land reform strategy. Women on Farms supported by numerous organisations led a march to Parliament to demand land. The march marked International Rural Women’s Day and and […]

The nation’s eyes are fixed on the Senekal Magistrate’s Court for the Brendin Horner farm murder suspects’ second appearance on Friday (16 October) – both suspects of whom Police Minister Bheki Cele described as serial offenders and stock thieves. Last week violent scenes erupted when the suspects appeared for the first time. An angry crowd […]

CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has once again extended the national state of disaster, which was set to expire today, justifying it with “the need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to address the impact of the disaster”… writes John Steenhuisen – Leader of the Democratic Alliance – […]

The following is a full transcript of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s address to Parliament on Thursday, 15 October 2020: I have requested this sitting of the Joint Houses of Parliament to present the plan for the reconstruction and recovery of our economy and our country. In contrast to the State of the Nation Address, where we […]

When Phumeza Booi Welisa from New Crossroads in Cape Town could not find a school suitable for her son with autism, she had no choice but to start her own. Phumeza Booi Welisa couldn’t find a school for her son with autism so she started a school. Her school has children with and without autism. […]

With the potentially lucrative summer travel season about to begin, the government will soon update the list of nationalities allowed into South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today. The list of countries banned from entering South Africa announced on 1 October was extensive, including the UK and USA. “Although international tourist travel is likely only […]