When Free Speech is counter-attacked by intense scrutiny, intimidations and death threats because of unpopular views, we should all be concerned as that’s not how Constitutional democracy operates, write Neo Nino Mofokeng. Shashi Naidoo is yet another high profile South African who has been scrutinised, viciously attacked by the popular left and in the extreme, […]

This coming Sunday Carte Blanche joins forces with a United Nations arms expert in a special investigation spanning three continents to reveal the origin of weapons confiscated along the Kruger National Park’s border fence with Mozambique… and unmask the real architects behind the poaching of rhinos in Africa. (The programme will be aired in SA only.) […]

South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele and National Commissioner Khehla Sitole recently announced a new “high density stabilisation intervention” to tackle crime. The strategy focuses on cash-in-transit heists, car hijackings, murder, house robberies, and gang and taxi violence. It includes the deployment of desk-based police officials to the streets, particularly in “identified hotspots”, while dedicated […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa‘s current account deficit widened more than expected in the first quarter to register its largest shortfall in two years as the trade balance swung to a deficit after a steep decline in exports, the central bank said on Thursday. Investor sentiment in South Africa picked up after President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to clean up poor […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) on Tuesday announced the arrest of two field rangers suspected of being involved in rhino poaching. The two suspects were based at the Houtboschrand section and are alleged to have shot and dehorned a white rhino in May 2018. Stroop documentary filmmaker Bonné de Bod said: “This is not the […]

In this week’s episode of Carte Blanche, the current affairs show investigates if the man running for the position of Public Protector can clean up the rot in the Hawks department, SA youths stuck in China, cash-in-transit heists and amazing projects at Tygerberg. This week’s episode is now available to South Africans abroad if you subscribe […]

South African model and media personality, Shashi Naidoo has lost most of her endorsements, and her Durban July appearance has also been cancelled… following her comments on social media about Gaza. Naidoo told a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday that she had “pretty much lost all” of her endorsement deals, . Popular brands like Glampalm […]

The African National Congress (ANC) has announced the sad passing of Happy Joyce Mashamba, who was deployed as Limpopo’s MEC for Agriculture. Mashamba previously served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC. On Wednesday night the ANC said it “extends its deepest condolences to her husband, ANC stalwart, Cde George and […]

About 50 eager, young South Africans are trapped in China after their dream trip of working and earning money abroad teaching English turned into a nightmare. They currently have no job, no work permit and no money to return home. According to an investigation aired by Carte Blanche on Sunday evening (and available to expats on Showmax), […]

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) – Whether you like to squash it onto your toast in the morning, millennial-style (or South African-style!), eat it to cut your cholesterol with healthy unsaturated oil, or moisturize your face with it – if you live in the West, you’re probably rarely far from an avocado. Ever since Britain’s ‘Domestic […]

Despite a significant breakthrough in the hijacking epidemic in South Africa, with three members of the notorious ‘Rolex gang’ arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Gauteng’s east rand area, the ANC (African National Congress) has announced with “grave sadness” the death of ANC MP Goodwill Sibusiso Radebe in an attempted hijacking last night in Roodepoort, Gauteng. […]

South African Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi says he is expecting a “hurricane of protest” when he unveils the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill on Thursday. Motsoaledi said that he is not expecting a storm on Thursday, but a “hurricane”. “On Thursday this week I’ll be releasing two bills to […]

The Test Kitchen (TTK) in Cape Town, South Africa, has been named not only Africa’s best restaurant but one of the top 50 best restaurants in the world in the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 list, known as the ‘Oscars’ of the fine dining world. The awards were announced at a ceremony last night […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African middle distance champion Caster Semenya has taken her challenge to a female classification ruling by the governing body of athletics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the court said on Tuesday. Semenya, a double Olympic and triple world 800 metres champion, would have to take medication to lower her higher […]

While South Africa’s Mother City, Cape Town, has seen an increase in dam levels, the city says it is too early to let up on water savings. As of Monday, Cape Town’s collective water usage over the past week was 520 million litres of water per day. Dam levels have again increased solidly by 6.3% […]

A strong earthquake hit Osaka, on the western side of Japan, on Monday morning leaving three people dead and 150 injuried. The fatalities included two men in their 80s (of whom one was killed by a falling bookcase) and a nine-year-old girl who was knocked down by a brick wall at her primary school. The […]

As former South African and ANC president, Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, turns 76 today (18 June 2018), it seems a perfect opportunity to listen again to his mesmerising tribute to Africa, “I Am An African”. Mbeki delivered his eloquent speech poem in Cape Town on 8 May 1996, on the passing of the new Constitution of South […]

At least one cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle was attacked and robbed in Cape Town on Monday morning, in the latest in an epidemic of CIT heists nationwide in South Africa. The most recent attack occurred along Jakes Gerwel Drive, near Hanover Park, just a couple of hundred metres from Philippi police station. Witnesses reported hearing a […]

South Africans are praying today for Constable Kwela from the Shongweni K9 Unit, who was shot multiple times by unknown assailants on Friday evening in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The Durban police officer was returning home to KwaNdengezi from work on Friday at around 22h00, when the assailants opened fire on his vehicle. According to KZN’s Acting […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s Father’s Day message has split fans… but been warmly welcomed by single mothers around the world. On Sunday – where Father’s Day is celebrated in South Africa and the United States (where the famous SA expat now lives) – Trevor ignored his father, and said: “‪Happy Father’s Day to my […]

Former American baseball star Wade Boggs once said “anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me” Father’s Day is celebrated annually in South Africa with the aim of honouring fathers and also celebrating fatherhood. Today […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African insurer Liberty Holdings said on Sunday it had become the victim of a cyber attack after an external party claimed to have seized data from the firm and demanded payment. (Updated Monday 18 June 2018, 09h30.) Liberty, in which Standard Bank has a 53 percent stake, was alerted of the […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Blasts killed at least 31 people in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno, two residents said on Sunday, marking the largest attack in several weeks in a part of the country blighted by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency. The residents, who were among those who counted the dead, said the […]

South African Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe says a report on safety issues at Sibanye-Stillwater Gold mines is being put together. Mantashe was briefing the media in Pretoria on Sunday, about the Drafting of the Mining Charter. The charter is set to be released this week on Friday. The minister also touched on Sibanye-Stillwater mine […]

As Load-Shedding Stage 1 hits the country for the second straight day, the national electricity supplier – Eskom (which supplies more than 90 % of SA’s power) – has urged South Africans to decrease their power usage… which couldn’t come at a worse time for football fans! UPDATE Monday 18 June 2018: Eskom said in […]