It’s the tennis match in South Africa that everyone’s excited about. Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal in Cape Town on 7 February. It’s due to break a world record. Tickets sold out within minutes. But it looks like someone at a shopping mall in Cape Town got a little confused when creating a banner to […]

The next season of your favourite prison drama is coming exclusively to Showmax. If you still aren’t sure what the streaming platform is all about, we’ve got you covered. South Africa has been hooked on Lockdown for the past four seasons. The big news now is that Lockdown S5 is streaming exclusively on Showmax from […]

The South African National Health Department says while there is no cause for panic with the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus in China, it has beefed up surveillance at the SA’s ports of entry. “South Africans are assured that measures are in place to detect, manage and contain any cases of Novel Coronavirus should it […]

Firefighters are currently working to suppress a fire which broke out in the Noordhoek Wetlands area in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday. Working on Fire confirmed its crew has been despatched to assist the City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service and the SANParks – Table Mountain National Park. Issuing a ‘fire alert’ […]

The DA has responded with “concern” about reports over the weekend that South African Airways (SAA) has received R2-billion in funding. Alf Lees MP – DA Member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts – said in a statement on Sunday that the DA will write to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to request details of […]

American basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash in California, USA. The sportsman – known as ‘Black Mamba’ – was 41-years-old. His 13-year-old daughter sadly also died in the crash, which reportedly killed eight people. (Updated 09h50 SA time.) The tragic news was first reported by TMZ. The helicopter crashed in the […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) rangers apprehended 48 suspected abalone poachers on Thursday, 24 January 2020, on the Western side of the Park between Keurbooms and Salt River in Tsitsikamma, South Africa. (Watch video at bottom of page.) Once caught, suspects were taken to the nearest police station by the South African Police Services (SAPS). […]

A rescue operation is currently in progress on Lion’s Head, which lies between Table Mountain and Signal Hill,  in Cape Town, South Africa, where a woman has apparently fallen. Mountain Safety, which shares updates and educates on safety in the Western Cape mountains, tweeted: “#mountainrescue in progresss #LionsHead please be clear and safe of the […]

The 10 baby deaths at Tembisa Hospital – from antibiotic-resistant klebsiella – could have been avoided if President Ramaphosa had listened and acted effectively when he visited there nearly two years ago, claims Jack Bloom, DA Gauteng Shadow Health Minister. “President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the Tembisa Hospital in May 2018 but failed to provide extra […]

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the opening day of the fourth Test against South Africa at the Wanderers… after he reacted to taunts from a South African spectator. Stokes was found to have breached Article […]

South Africa’s umbrella sports body, SASCOC, has responded to the news that Paralympian wheelchair tennis player Lucas Sithole has been suspended by the International Tennis Federation for two years. In a statement, the Acting President of SASCOC, Barry Hendricks said: ‘This decision comes at a crucial time with seven months to go to Tokyo 2020 […]

CAPE TOWN – A fire has been blazing on a metrorail train in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday evening, destroying several carriages. It’s not yet known if it was arson, but there have been a string of arson attacks on trains in the City of Cape Town in recent months… leading DA Councillor Angus […]

It will cost more than R1 billion just to make Cape Town’s vandalised Central Line secure, according to Richard Walker, manager of Metrorail Western Cape. He was speaking at a press conference with newly-appointed administrator of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Bongisizwe Mpondo, at Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha on Thursday. Mpondo said […]

South Africa’s Olympic governing body, SASCOC, together with various sporting stakeholders in the country, have ushered in six months to go before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. A press briefing at Olympic House in Johannesburg, outlined SASCOC’s milestones in terms of their preparation to the world’s biggest multi-coded sporting event, the Olympic Games. Some of […]

A whale – identified as an elusive Layard’s Beaked Whale – was rescued on Friday afternoon in Struisbaai Harbour, South Africa. At first witnesses thought the beaching animal was an injured dolphin… an easy error since beaked whales have a ‘beak’ similar to most dolphin species. However, Marine Scientist Mike Meyer confirmed it was a […]

What are South Africans to make of the murmurs that its governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), plans to recall Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the republic at its next National General Council in June? That’s where the party will meet to review if government has implemented its policies. Apparently the motivation for the […]

The heartbroken mother of a British tourist, who was executed in cold blood nearly six years ago in South Africa, has been left “devastated and distraught” after five men were this week cleared of her son’s murder. Adventurer Jeremy Brooke, 32 – who was actually born and brought up in Durban with British parents who […]

CNN News Anchor and Business Editor Richard Quest didn’t hold back in sharing his views on the current state of South Africa with Radio 702’s Bruce Whitfield on The Money Show. With South Africa sending a ‘lite’ team to the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davis, Switzerland, this year; Quest theorised that the reasons for […]

Kevin Anderson lost his second round match in the men’s singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne, going down in five sets to the 29th seed, Taylor Fritz. Anderson, who is enjoying a strong start to 2020 after injuries resulted in his world ranking slipping to 122, had looked in control against the 22-year-old American, […]

For fans of Lasizwe Dambuza, his latest video has delivered more laughs – a South African comedic version of Public Hospital vs Private Hospital. (Lasizwe produced the original SA supermarket tellers video that we all loved!) For anyone who’s ever spent time in hospital in SA, this video will ring a few bells!! “This is […]

The headmaster of Parktown Boys’ High School, Malcolm Williams, has been suspended with immediate effect, Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi announced today. The announcement on Friday follows the death of Enoch Mpianzi, who drowned during a Grade 8 camp held at Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge, near Brits in the North West. At the […]

The City of Cape Town is “subsidising the wealthy elite” by planning to extend the lease on the Rondebosch golf course for another ten years at a very low rental fee, says activist group Ndifuna Ukwazi. The City announced on Monday that it is seeking approval from the council to extend the lease. The golf course was […]

Since late last year, South Africans have, once again, been subjected to power cuts by the power utility, Eskom. The need for what’s called load-shedding – planned power outages – led to the recent resignation of Eskom’s chairperson and a flurry of concern about the current and future reliability of electricity supply. It has also […]

CAPE TOWN – Pieter-Steph du Toit capped off a phenomenal 2019 season last night, adding the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year award to his World Rugby Player of the Year accolade, his third win in four years. Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks were also honoured for a brilliant 2019, when they won the […]

As the deadline approaches for commentary to be submitted to the UK government on its proposed Trophy Hunting ban, South Africans on both sides of the argument have submitted their comments. Saai, an organisation that protects the interests of farmers – including game farmers – in South Africa, argues that there is value in legal […]