The Minister of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Edna Molewa, revealed today that South African National Parks (SANParks) has rescued 11 rhino orphans – due to poaching – during 2016. However, she said there are promising signs that rhino poaching is on a downward trend… BUT alarmingly elephant poaching is on the increase. Several private rhino owners and conservationists have commended the […]

The Wallabies defeated the Springboks 23-17 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday after the South Africans failed to capitalise on a good start in the first half. Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said afterwards he was not pleased with his team’s discipline. The two teams scored two tries apiece but the boot of Bernard […]

It was an emotional moment for Hilton Langenhoven as he bounced back from track disappointment to grab South Africa’s second Gold medal of the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. (Swimmer Kevin Paul won SA’s first Gold.) Langenhoven had been disqualified from the T13 400-metres semi-final for stepping outside of his lane but a leap […]

The Wallabies took on the Springboks at home in Brisbane, Australia, beating the South Africans 23-17… and finally breaking their losing streak, having lost their previous six tests. If you missed the match – which was unfortunately a forgettable one – here’s a review by the panel of Xola Ntshinga, Nick Mallett, Jean de Villiers, Naas Botha and […]

Springbok captain Adriaan Strauss wants his team to be more clinical when they tackle the Wallabies on Saturday in Brisbane in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The Bok hooker – who recently announced he will be retiring from Test rugby at the end of 2016 – will be captaining South Africa for the sixth time […]

Eighty-one year old Esther Mahlangu from Mpumalanga, South Africa, has joined forces with BMW in Munich, Germany, for the second time, to refine a BMW Individual 7 Series. And she’s been invited by a luxury vodka brand to collaborate on a global HIV/AIDS initiative. Mahlangu says her “heart was full of joy when BMW asked me […]

While social media pundits in South Africa have been arguing over why Caster Semenya was not gifted with an Audi R8 sports car like fellow Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk, the two athletes themselves have only love and mutual respect for each other. A tweet by radio presenter Anele Mdoda summed up the feeling of some disgruntled sports […]

A South African family is reaching out to the public for a living donor to help save the life of their 7-month-old baby daughter, Divya Ashleey Singh. After being born healthy, Divya’s condition changed within a few weeks and she was finally diagnosed with an extremely rare – and life-threatening – liver disease called Biliary Atresia […]

Team South Africa’s Paralympic medal chase is off to a golden start after swimmer Kevin Paul powered his way to breaststroke gold in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday night. Paul, 25, won the SB9 100-metre event in 1min 04.86sec to win his second Paralympic gold medal after doing the same in Beijing eight years ago. […]

PRETORIA – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has sent a get-well message to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu following his successful surgery at a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday. “On behalf of the National Department of Health and in my own name, I would like to wish the Archbishop well as he recovers after successful surgery. “We […]

Well known South African opera singer Johan Botha passed away early Thursday morning in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 51. Botha, one of the world’s most respected and celebrated tenors, had been suffering from cancer. Charl van Heyningen, Director at the Centre for Music at Stellenbosch University, posted a message on Facebook offering his sincerest condolences […]

Friends, family and colleagues have reached out to South African doctor and swimmer Karon (Kiki) Marx for her incredible achievement of attempting to swim the English Channel… and continuing against all odds until she was forced, just before the end, to leave the water. It must have been heartbreaking, after months of preparation, to have […]

The Democratic Alliance is delivering its corruption-fighting message in South Africa and around the world, with DA leader Mmusi Maimane telling CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the DA promises to end corruption in the country. (Watch video below.) Maimane told Amanpour “what South Africa needs at this point in time, is stable leadership in the Presidency.” In the […]

Former students of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Durban campus have expressed shock and dismay at the burning and destruction of UKZN’s Howard College law library. The library was damaged as part of wider unrest on all three UKZN campuses as students protested against the increase of university fees. One graduate, now middle-aged, said: “We also had […]

Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier, kept yesterday’s promise of “I’m going to roast rogue Minister Mosebenzi Zwane tomorrow in Parliament”… but it was DA’s Chief Whip John Steenhuisen who truly ranted, raging at the Speaker of the National Assembly for not making Zwane answer the question. “You are trampling on the Constitution again,” he accused the […]

Dreams do come true! On social media! There have been a lot of #ProudlySouthAfrican and #ProudlyCapetonians on Twitter in the past 24 hours since American singer Meghan Trainor responded to a South African video performed to her hit “Me Too”. The awesome video, showcasing South Africa’s talent, went viral rapidly and has had over 670,000 views on YouTube […]

Olympic medallist and 800m world record breaker Wayde van Niekerk has returned home to a modest welcome from fans… and a new Audi. He said he hopes to not get too many fines for speeding in it… Odessa Swarts and Elsie Simbine having a chat while waiting for the arrival of their sons at OR […]

CAPE TOWN – Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Deputy Director-General Joe de Beer says the country’s headline figure, the real gross domestic product (GDP), grew by 3.3% in the second quarter of 2016. This is after the real GDP production decreased by 1.2% in the first quarter. “The main contributors to the GDP growth rate were […]

Here’s the first look at South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s new book “Born a Crime”, out November 15th. Noah announced back in January that he had signed a deal with publisher Spiegel & Grau because “I couldn’t find a good book about myself, so I decided to write one”. The book is a collection of 18 […]

South Africa’s world record-breaking athlete Wayde van Niekerk, his coach Ans Botha, and fellow Olympic athlete Akani Simbine are arriving back in South Africa Wednesday morning! If you’d like to be there to welcome the Olympic heroes, they’re on flight AF990 which is due to touch down at OR Tambo International Airport at 09h55. It’s […]

DURBAN – Classes have been suspended at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) until further notice, following unrest on the three campuses. In a statement issued Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, said the situation had become “untenable” after gunshots were heard on campus (see video below). Students began protesting against tuition fees on […]

PRETORIA – The Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, has continued his impressive Magufuli-esque cost-cutting campaign… announcing today that he has put an immediate stop to all purchases or leasing of luxury cars for politicians and senior officials. Msimanga says: “A Hundai i20 or Toyota Corolla can do the same job for a politican as an […]

South African President Jacob Zuma is facing calls from ANC supporters to step down, following his party’s worst election results since the end of Apartheid in 1994. In this Reuters video, reporter Ivor Bennett says although there is still a lot of support for Zuma in the country, the voices of dissent are growing. Protesters – […]

The trial of alleged rhino kingpin, Dumisani Gwala, which was due to start in KwaZulu-Natal today, has been postponed to 19 September 2016. Wildlife advocate and founder of Saving the Wild, Jamie Joseph, has campaigned tirelessly for the world to take note of this important court case and ensure justice is done in the fight against […]

JOHANNESBURG – Supporters of the #OccupyLuthuliHouse protest, which was to go ahead this morning albeit scaled down, have been urged to stay away as fears mounted this morning that it could lead to bloodshed like Marikana. According to witnesses, the entire precinct of the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House, was on virtual lockdown Monday morning with a huge police presence […]