The DA claims it has been reliably informed that some SABC staffers – including the Acting Head of News and the National News Editor – were “summoned” to South African President Jacob Zuma’s office. The meeting is alleged to have taken place this afternoon at the office of the Presidential Spokesperson and Head of the […]

South Africa’s petrol price is set to rise by between 25 and 29 cents on Wednesday, the Energy Department announced on Monday. And it didn’t take long for South Africans to react with typical SA humour! See below. A litre of 93 (ULP and LRP) will rise by 25 cents, while a litre of 95 […]

Just when South Africans were celebrating the Spring flowers… winter has crept back in, with rain and thunderstorms reported in several areas, and more apparently on the way. Nottingham Road Hotel posted photos in the past hour to Facebook showing the “blanket of hail” which hit them on Monday afternoon. “What a thunderstorm! First real […]

Watch the trailer below for the new Lifetime Movie – ‘Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer’. The movie – starring South African expat Andreas Damm – chronicles the events of the night that famous SA athlete Pistorius shot and killed his then girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home… which ultimately led to him being found […]

At least 59 people were killed on Sunday night in Las Vegas at a country music concert, after a “lone wolf” gunman opened fire on the crowd… making this the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. (This version updated at 15h10 SA Time.) The fatalities at the Route 91 Harvest Festival included two off-duty policemen, […]

Another large bull elephant – possibly even one of the remaining iconic Big Tuskers – was shot and killed in Zambia last week, according to reports on social media. Game Animals of the Past and Present, a supporter of professional hunting for its conservation purposes, said on 25 September 2017: “Biggest elephant shot in Zambia […]

Chairs flew and there was blood on the floor during the ANC (African National Congress) Eastern Cape (EC) Conference over the weekend in East London, South Africa. As the major divisions between ANC members were laid bare – with sparring members tearing into each other physically, whilst trying to elect a new provincial chairman – […]

The South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) successfully rescued a whale today that had become entangled in rope… in what was the furthest disentanglement operation to date. The whale in distress was at least 45 nautical miles off-shore, between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. The juvenile Humpback whale – of approximately 14 metres – was horribly […]

Carte Blanche will tonight pay tribute to South Africa’s legendary HIV/Aids activist and motivational speaker, David Ross Patient, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 56. (Available for expats to watch from Tuesday.) David became world renowned after he conquered his own diagnosis and brought hope, humour and motivation to thousands. He […]

A couple of weeks ago the Treasury Department confirmed in Parliament that the law change forcing South African expatriates to start paying tax will go ahead, although some amendments were made including a R1 million tax exemption per year for expats. Many South Africans living abroad were confused and concerned about how the law would impact […]

The DA has condemned South African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula’s comments made at the Pretoria West Police Academy on Friday which they say encourage “police brutality and impunity”. Whilst addressing the police’s specialised Tactical Response Team on the importance of cracking down on South Africa’s high crime rate and catching criminals, Mbalula didn’t hold back. […]

A Specialist Team has been appointed to quell the situation in Phillipi East in the Western Cape where 10 people were shot dead last night in four separate scenes in the Marikana informal settlement. An eleventh person died later in hospital from gunshot wounds sustained during the attack, according to the South African Police Services […]

Eish! Wales International rugby star Scott Baldwin was forced to miss his match after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Watch video below.) Scott was quick to add – on social media – that it was his fault and not the lion’s! The Ospreys team were visiting Weltevreden Game Lodge in Bloemfontein […]

Eight suspects, including three police officers, were arrested by brave officers on Thursday following the foiled robbery of a cellphone store at the Fourways Mall, north of Johannesburg in South Africa. In a video of the arrests (watch below), the woman behind the camera can be heard saying “I think they’re fake cops”, similar to […]

Crime in South Africa against individuals and households has been on a steady decrease over the past four years, according to the latest stats released by Statistics SA yesterday, as part of their latest 2016/2017 Victims of Crime Survey… however that’s not how it feels to many South Africans. The Survey found “deteriorating feelings of […]

South African actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for an International Emmy Award for her role as a schoolgirl in Is’thunzi. A very excited Thuso took to Instagram to express her pure delight at the nomination (and we think she could use this for her acceptance speech […]

President Donald Trump apparently compared his daughter Ivanka (35) to South African movie star Charlize Theron (42)… and Charlize didn’t come off that great (in his opinion). In interviews that he gave famous (and infamous) radio DJ Howard Stern between 1993 and 2015, it’s been revealed that he rated the looks of many well known […]

LOS ANGELES – Veep actress (and Elaine from Seinfeld), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. But in that moment, the one most women dread, she proved just how awesome she is by immediately thinking of others and using the opportunity to call for universal health care for all. The […]

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, who was raised in South Africa, has just done more for women over the age of 40 than any amount of botox could accomplish! As the new face of CoverGirl, Maye – a grandmother of 10 – proves that being yourself is what’s most beautiful. Covergirl made the announcement Thursday. Global […]

A freak hail storm in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, on Tuesday night, has allegedly caused millions of rands worth of damage to the farming community… as big winds and large hail struck the region in South Africa suddenly, destroying between 80% and 100% of crops in some cases. Witnesses told Letaba Herald that the storm came out […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) President, Chris Nenzani, confirmed today that CSA and Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, has mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect. Nenzani cited the reason as being due to a breakdown in the relationship between the Board and Lorgat. “We recently tried on a few occasions to remedy the situation between […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad. SA expats can now watch their favourite SA current affairs programme just two days after it airs in South Africa, if they’re subscribers of Showmax International. (Watch the trailer below.) KPMG: The Unravelling The so-called SARS Rogue Report, compiled by KPMG, had devastating consequences for the […]

A cute video of a baby hippo and a baby rhino playing together at an orphanage in South Africa has been shared around the world by small and major news outlets, including MSN. Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/HelpingRhinos/videos/1662663127086707/ The video shows baby Charlie, an 18-month old hippo, playing with six-month-old Ntoto. But while the video is adorable… […]

Playboy magazine announced in a tweet on Wednesday (USA time) that “American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef.” On the Playboy website they have today replaced their site with a large photo of Hefner, carrying his quote: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” Playboy […]

WESTERN CAPE – A dog is commonly known as man’s best friend… but to Sergeant Marius Claassens from the West Coast K8 Unit, based in Saldanha Bay, his ‘paw enforcement’ partner, Alex, is his partner and so much more. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Alex – a Belgian Malinois – has been […]