The announcement that the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be investigating the woman at the centre of the #RacistRant video has been welcomed by South Africans around the country. The video footage of the woman which was taken in February this year – but appears to have only been uploaded to YouTube yesterday, on […]

A poll being done by news network eNCA and market research company Ipsos has found that the Democratic Alliance could win Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane/Pretoria, and could rule in a coalition government in Johannesburg. The poll was carried out on June 6 and 7, and results were compared to the 2014 national election results. Ipsos […]

On a crisp Saturday morning early in June, 100 kayakers set out to paddle across the Cape Peninsula, from False Bay to Table Bay. Their primary mission: To raise public awareness of the city’s waterways and canals, and to show the public’s connection to them. The route for the Peninsula Paddle team – kayakers and stand-up paddle boarders doing […]

The company responsible for the South African firefighters who went to help fight blazes in Canada but returned after a pay dispute over their wages said the South Africans earn more than their Canadian counterparts “in real terms”. The 301 South Africans arrived in Canada to help fight wildfires there. After reports surfaced that they were […]

NAIROBI – With more money in their pockets, Africans are eating more fast food and adopting more sedentary lifestyles, leading to a surge in obesity and associated diseases like diabetes and cancer, experts said on Tuesday. Rates of obesity and overweight are rising in nearly every country in the world, the Global Nutrition Report said, […]

In a wide-ranging interview with Business Day’s Sam Mkokeli, “Inside the Mind of Julius Malema”, the Economic Freedom Fighters leader says he wants to be number one in the country and that he would make coalitions after the election with the Democratic Alliance but never the ANC. Some quotes from the interview: “I will never be […]

This week South Africa marks the 40 year anniversary since the Soweto student uprising, which was a turning point for the country’s anti-apartheid struggle. Thousands of black students took to the streets after a government decree forced all black schools to use Afrikaans alongside English as languages of instruction.  They resented the decree as Afrikaans was viewed […]

The hacktivist/s known as Anonymous Africa, after targeting the websites of the SABC, the EFF and Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF over the last few days, on Wednesday said they are going after what they called “the 2nd most corrupt family in SA (after the Zumas)”. Anonymous Africa promised to take the Guptas’ companies offline at midday, and by […]

The Test Kitchen in Woodstock has been voted one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in New York City on Tuesday, for the second year in a row, with the Cape Town’s La Colombe making the top 100 list for the second time. Chef Luke Dale-Roberts’ Woodstock restaurant came in at position No. 22, after coming […]

Carl Pistorius, brother of athlete Oscar Pistorius, has shared a photo on Twitter of Oscar relaxing at home with the family after a day in court. The murder trial for the athlete returned to the High Court in Pretoria this week, where a sentence in the killing of Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013 is expected on Friday. Carl […]

Jules Cambon, a former French diplomat, wrote: “Diplomacy will always have ambassadors and ministers; the question is whether it will have diplomats?” Referring to the diplomatic faux pas of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) Minister Nkoana-Mashebane when recently interviewed by Al Jazeera, Business Day suggested in an editorial “SA must learn art of diplomacy”. This […]

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that the Independent Electoral Commission failed to uphold section 16 of the Electoral Act – which deals with providing voters’ addresses – and erred in its fundamental mandate to safeguard the freeness and fairness of elections, but has said the 3 August elections can go ahead. The Democratic Alliance, one of numerous parties in […]

The almost 300 South African firefighters deployed in Canada to help with wildfires there have been demobilised and are arriving home tomorrow, according to the minister of environmental affairs, who asked South Africa not to condemn the firefighters for what happened in Canada. “Condemning them for disappointing us can only demoralise them despite their successful track-record,” minister […]

The South African Police Services (SAPS) announced the arrest of a 21-year-old male at 15h30 today at Stellenbosch SAPS in connection with the January 2015 axe murders of three members of a family on the De Zalze Golf Estate. In video footage posted on YouTube it appears to show the son and brother of the […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius has shown no remorse for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prosecutor told a court on Monday, while a psychologist described him as “a broken man” who should not be jailed. The 29-year-old Paralympic gold medallist, known as “Blade Runner” for the carbon-fibre prosthetics he used to wear […]

Former ANC secretary general Cheryl Carolus says that President Jacob Zuma is dividing the country and African National Congress for his own enrichment, and that his legal bills have already reached R1 billion. “If you add up all the things that the president has serially (done), since pre-Polokwane, the legal costs, hundreds of millions each case,” Carolus told […]

The murder trial for athlete Oscar Pistorius returns to the High Court in Pretoria today for sentencing. Watch it live below. UPDATE: View photos and wrap up of Oscar Pistorius trial today. Pistorius is being sentenced in the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp who he shot and killed in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013. […]

Most of the websites of the SA Broadcasting Corporation, if not all of them, went down for hours on Sunday, after being hit by hacktivists acting against SABC’s COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s steps to allegedly censor the news. Anonymous Africa, which took similar action against the EFF a day earlier, said in a tweet early on Sunday […]

JOHANNESBURG – Oakbay has responded to allegations in the Sunday Times today that the Guptas may have been illegally sending money out of South Africa. According to the Times report, the Reserve Bank has asked the Bank of Baroda in India to release documents related to Gupta accounts. In a statement released on behalf of […]

Springbok pivot Pat Lambie has been ruled out of the second test match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Ireland next weekend after being concussed in the series opener at DHL Newlands which Ireland won 26-20. Lambie was injured in a tackle that saw Irish flanker – and fellow South African – CJ Stander being […]

Actually it was more than just luck that helped Ireland secure a 26-20 win against South Africa at DHL Newlands in Cape Town today. With one man down, the 14-strong Irish team managed to outwit and outplay the Springboks with a gutsy game and determination to make history with their first win ever on South […]

The hashtag #LoveRugby will appear emblazoned on the back of the Springbok jersey in the first Test against Ireland in Cape Town, South Africa, today as SA Rugby (SARU) reclaims the “good story” they have to tell but which is not always heard. The Springboks kick off at 17h00 against Ireland at DHL Newlands in […]

A diamond found in South African in 2014, the Cullinan Dream, has become the most expensive Fancy Intense blue diamond sold at auction, according to Christie’s. The diamond sold in New York this week for $25,365,000. In the audience was Mark Cullinan, an international jewelry dealer and the great-grandson of Sir Thomas Cullinan, who discovered the Cullinan […]

The MyCiti bus service in Cape Town has launched a free WFfi service on a number of its buses, and will continue the rollout gradually. The programme will begin on Monday. MyCiti said in a statement on Thursday the pilot on-board wifi offering will provide each passenger on a number of buses in the city centre with 50MB of data […]

A veritable who’s who of South African politics were at The Gathering in Midrand on Friday, organised by Nando’s and the Daily Maverick. The focus was on the municipal elections, and speakers included everyone from three Joburg mayoral candidates to finance minister Pravin Gordhan to the EFF’s Julius Malema – who, going by the coverage he got, had […]