At least 72 children were injured in South Africa on Tuesday morning, two of them critically, after the school bus they were travelling on overturned at Centocow, near Underberg. This has led to calls for safety inspections of all school transport services in KwaZulu-Natal. According to local reports, the injured children have been transported to […]

MAPUTO – After decades of conflict the leaders of Mozambique and the rebel movement Renamo will sign an accord today, and the ceremony in the capital will be attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his foreign minister. In 1992 the governing Frelimo party and Renamo signed a ceasefire after years of a bloody bush war, […]

Small Business Development Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has condemned the attack on law enforcement agencies in Johannesburg, describing it as an attack on the State, which cannot be accepted. “What happened [last] Thursday when law enforcement agencies were attacked with stones by street traders and hawkers, is not acceptable. Any attack on law enforcement agencies… cannot […]

A message to the American nation from its former president Barack Obama has gone viral on social media following the latest US shootings over the weekend, where 80 people were killed or wounded in two attacks. Some of what he said struck a chord with South Africans at home and living in the US. On […]

JOHANNESBURG – Nedbank called for more urgent government action to fix South Africa’s struggling economy on Tuesday after first-half earnings at its main domestic operations flatlined. More of Nedbank’s corporate and retail clients defaulted on their debts or swerved riskier investments due to a tough economic environment as unemployment rose to an 11-year high and […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from test cricket, but will be available for one-day international and Twenty20 cricket, he confirmed on Monday. Steyn, who has battled a recurring shoulder injury that kept him out of the recent World Cup in England, said he has made the decision […]

South African polo players took part in the second annual Lux Afrique Polo Day in Richmond, London on Saturday… to celebrate polo – the Sport of Kings – and African culture, alongside Kenyan and Nigerian players. “We like to think this is our African Ascot where you can come every year, wear your best outfits […]

Salary and bonus demands by senior managers at the already financially troubled Eskom could cost the utility R300 million, according to the Democatic Alliance, who said this was akin to holding the economy to ransom. The managers earn between R1.5 millon and R3 million a year, according to a statement released today by the DA, […]

A distraught Cape Town man, Paul Cremer, has issued an appeal for helping in finding his missing sister, Meghan Cremer (30) who was last seen on Saturday 3 August 2019. In a Facebook post he said: “She was last seen leaving her home in Ottery, Cape Town on 3 August around 6pm, driving her white […]

Cash strapped South African consumers will have to fork out more at the pumps as the petrol price is set to increase by 11 cents on Wednesday. South Africa‘s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe announced that a litre of 93 and 95 (ULP and LRP) will rise by 11 cents. The price […]

Two South Africans were among the world’s bravest few sports people to compete in and finish the epic and gruelling Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Norway this weekend. It’s the most extreme triathlon on the face of the earth… Each year, passionate athletes enter the lottery to compete. But only a few (263 this year) are […]

From Gauteng to the Western Cape, land grabs have become part and parcel of South African life, threatening to leave once peaceful communities divided. While tensions flare up in Lenasia South between residents and alleged land invaders, Carte Blanche takes a look tonight at a divided community torn apart by fear and suspicion. Hundreds of […]

DAR ES SALAAM – A light plane crashed in western Tanzania on Saturday, killing two South Africans who had been involved in last month’s successful attempt to fly a home-built aircraft from Cape Town to Cairo, officials said. The crashed Sling plane, which entered Tanzanian airspace from Uganda en route to Malawi, made a distress […]

South African tennis player Raven Klaasen and his doubles partner, New Zealand’s Michael Venus, are through to the Finals of the Washington Open in the USA. The determined duo knocked out Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in two sets – 6-2, 7-6 – in the semi-finals at the ATP 500 tournament in Washington DC. It’s […]

South Africa’s Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, says she would like to reassure international tourists that it IS safe to travel to SA and that “their safety remains top priority for the South African government”. The Minister pointed out to international tourists that with regards to recent incidents (the brutal murder of a Ukrainian hiker in […]

After winning Gold in the 200m Breastroke in World Cup record-breaking time yesterday (2:22.35), South Africa’s?? Tatjana Schoenmaker has today – Saturday 3 August -won her second Gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. The 22-year-old South African swimmer finished in the top spot in a time […]

South African golfer Ashleigh Buhai has streaked ahead of her rivals at the Women’s British Open in Milton Keynes in the UK, leading by three strokes at the halfway point. For the 30-year-old South African it’s unchartered territory. She’s never led a major before or even finished in the top 25! The pressure’s huge, and […]

A teenager from South Africa – who was run over by a truck when he was just 5-years-old – has broken a world record at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Switzerland. An excited World Para Athletics said: “NEW WORLD RECORD for the 14-year-old South African Puseletso Mabote on the first day of our […]

AUCKLAND – South Africa leaves for Argentina in two groups this weekend with the Rugby Championship trophy in their sights as coach Rassie Erasmus declared the Springboks’ camp in Auckland a success. The Springboks elected to stay in New Zealand after last weekend’s 16-16 draw with the world champions, but will now head for Buenos […]

A Western Cape woman’s post has gone viral, being liked over 22,000 times by South Africans who have been warmed and inspired by the spur-of-the-moment kindness of a petrol attendant called Life! Yolanda Flusk Jacobs took to social media a few days ago to relate the story of how she stopped off at a petrol […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa‘s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said on Friday the Slate Levy on petrol and diesel would fall to 0 cents per litre. The statement also said the price of petrol would rise by 11 cents per litre, while diesel would decrease by 13.29 cents per litre or 14.29 […]

About 500 mothers and supporters whose children have been killed in gang violence and crime marched to Parliament on Thursday. It is the fourth march by Moms Move for Justice (MMJ). The mothers waved placards that read: “Protect our children” and “How many more children must die before leadership owns up to their responsibilities towards […]

After a prolonged lull, the war of words has started again between Johannesburg’s popular Democratic Alliance mayor Herman Mashaba and the African National Congress leaders in the city, who have called for a motion of no confidence in him. Numerous attempts to unseat Mashaba have failed, but the EFF, which previously stood behind the DA, […]

The national executive committee of the African National Congress has disbanded its party leadership in the Western Cape, after infighting over the last several years that has received extensive coverage in the media, especially before the 2017 Nasrec elections. On Tuesday the ANC also disbanded the leadership of the ANC Youth League, and replaced it […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa coach Stuart Baxter resigned on Friday, saying he felt the time was right to move on with a new cycle of Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers looming. His decision comes just weeks after South Africa reached the quarter-finals of the Cup of Nations in Egypt, bundling out the […]