Rachel Kolisi, wife of South Africa’s beloved Springbok rugby captain, Siya Kolisi, has made a young rugby fan’s dream come true. We all sobbed in unison when we watched an emotional Helpmekaar College schoolboy – Lebo Mogoma – have his rugby boot signed by the Springboks during the Victory Tour in Pretoria. WATCH The video […]

JOHANNESBURG – A strike certificate has been issued at South African airline Comair as part of a secondary strike against South African Airways, a spokeswoman for the National Union of Metalworkers South Africa said on Wednesday. Two unions that called a crippling strike at SAA said on Sunday they would pursue a secondary strike to […]

On Monday night Maraisburg train station in Johannesburg, South Africa, was burnt and on Tuesday morning Park Station was vandalised. A disturbing video posted on Facebook shows men pulling down pylons and placing them across Metrorail lines. A Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (PRASA) statement said: “According to security personnel stationed [at Park Station] […]

Sandra Lopez grew up in an organisation in South Africa for orphaned and abandoned children. Today she is a qualified engineer and small business owner… and it’s thanks in part to world famous South African musician Wouter Kellerman (who is currently up for a Hollywood award for his cover of Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Lephalale (or Ellisras) in Limpopo have arrested three suspects for suspected rhino poaching. The three men were employees of the local game reserve on which they were arrested. SAPS said in a statement that the suspects were aged 29, 30 and 33. They were arrested for ‘illegal hunting’ […]

Durban launched its new multimillion-rand promenade on Saturday (16 Nov) and Gavin Fundaro was there to capture this awesome drone footage of what is now Africa’s longest promenade. With the opening of the new extension, the promenade now stretches along 8km from Blue Lagoon river mouth to the Durban Harbour entrance. WATCH Drone footage of […]

Racial quotas in South African sport have been an emotive debate for the past 20 years. The arguments for and against are usually based on limited, subjective evidence. And the voices of the players affected by quotas are rarely considered. As part of my PhD I conducted research to find out what sports people themselves […]

A few hundred South African Airways (SAA) employees have returned to work despite a strike, allowing the airline to resume some regional flights, acting Chief Executive Zuks Ramasia said on Tuesday. SAA is currently operating all its international and some of its regional flights and domestic services. These services are being carried out by sister airline Mango, […]

Two people have been found murdered on Durban beachfront in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – a woman in her 40s who has reportedly been identified because her handbag was lying nearby, and a younger man. Both were wearing jeans, and had been stabbed multiple times. Their bodies were found by a local man on Monday afternoon […]

The last remains of 157 people killed aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane in March were interred at the crash site this week, farmers and families told Reuters, but some relatives were upset they had been unable to take part in the ceremony. Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo was killed, said an email was sent […]

At the end of winter 2019, we have a lot to be negative about… writes Steve Hall. And not just in South Africa. Europe has no clue, Britain has no plan, and The US, it would seem, has no morals. If there was a single country doing well right now, their celebration will be short […]

Criminals continue to damage the South African tourism industry, with the latest incident involving a gang who followed and pounced on a traveller arriving at OR Tambo International Airport from the UK, as he was about to alight from his taxi at a boutique hotel in Johannesburg. According to well know Social Cohesion Advocate, Yusuf […]

After months of speculation about who would take over the helm of stricken Eskom, it was announced today that the current chief of packaging company Nampak, Andre de Ruyter, would assume the post from 15 January 2020. The announcement was made by the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan. The post has been empty since […]

JOHANNESBURG – Corruption under South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was enabled by international banks, companies and governments which should now seek to recover the loot they helped to launder, British lawmaker Peter Hain told an inquiry on Monday. HSBC, Standard Chartered and India’s Bank of Baroda as well as their senior directors were “directly […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) said on Monday it would resume flights to six African destinations but cancel some domestic flights in the next two days, as not all unions had joined a strike over wages currently in its fourth day. State-owned SAA has cancelled hundreds of flights since the strike began on Friday, […]

South African Airways (SAA) Acting Chief Executive Officer Zuks Ramasia has affirmed that the safety and security of customers, aircraft and employees are of paramount importance to the airline and that claims to the contrary are “untruthful”. Claims made by the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South […]

The Department of Basic Education has distanced itself from a series of images that have been circulated on social media in recent weeks around the issue of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). “The Department of Basic Education has noted with concern the impact fake news has had on the debate around the issue of the Comprehensive […]

Fifteen judges have been appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, to various divisions of the High Court. The Presidency said on Monday the President had strengthened the administration of justice countrywide with the appointments. In terms of the Constitution, the President must appoint judges of all courts, with the exception of the Constitutional Court, on the […]

An inspiring South African barista from Durban – Teddy Nzama – has scooped the title of 2019 EMEA Barista Champion. In a press statement, Starbucks said: “After an intense three days of competition, 30 finalists – each of them already National Champions in their home markets – battled through coffee skills tests and demonstrated their […]

Hundreds of residents in Mpolweni outside Pietermaritzburg in South Africa are struggling to put their lives back together in the aftermath of last week’s tornado in KZN. Over 200 homes were destroyed or damaged leaving hundreds of residents roofless in Thokozani, Lindokuhle Village and Mvundlo. Two people lost their lives — a man in Mpolweni […]

JOHANNESBURG – British lawmaker Peter Hain will tell an inquiry on Monday that corruption under South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was enabled by international banks, corporations and governments which should now seek to recover the loot they helped launder. Hain’s submission on Monday to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, part of […]

Bafana Bafana beat Sudan to claim three crucial points on Sunday. The South African team downed visiting Sudan 1-0 in an Africa Cup of Nation Cameroon 2021 match played at a sunny Orlando Stadium yesterday, 17 November 2019. South Africa dominated to earn the three points, a good return after losing 2-0 to Ghana on […]

South Africa’s Top 10 restaurants for 2019 were announced this weekend at the glittering Eat Out Restaurant Awards in Cape Town. Sadly for  those not living in the Western Cape, it appears that 90% of the top 10 restaurants in SA are all in that corner of the country! (See The Top 10 SA Restaurants […]

JOHANNESBURG – Striking unions threatened to shut down South Africa’s entire aviation industry on Sunday by extending industrial action beyond state-run South African Airways. SAA has cancelled hundreds of flights since the strike began on Friday, saying the stoppage is costing 50 million rand ($3.36 million) per day and jeopardising talks with lenders around much-needed […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday appointed John Steenhuisen as interim leader a month after the country’s main opposition party was thrown into chaos by the sudden resignation of Mmusi Maimane. Maimane, who was appointed as leader to broaden the traditionally white liberal party’s appeal to black voters, quit in October in […]