When the Eastern Cape Department of Education failed to provide their children with a school, a group of parents in Gotyibeni in Xhorha took matters into their own hands. In 1994, Gotyibeni residents decided they needed a primary school for their children. Other primary schools were far from the area and children had to wait […]

JOHANNESBURG – Two new hominin fossils have been found in a previously uninvestigated chamber in the Sterkfontein Caves, just northwest of Johannesburg, Wits University announced this week. The two new specimens, a finger bone and a molar, are part of a set of four specimens, which seem to be from early hominins that can be associated […]

BLOEMFONTEIN – Only three days after President Jacob Zuma’s case over Nkandla and whether he should #PayBackTheMoney came before the Constitutional Court, his lawyer is back arguing, in Bloemfontein this time, over the government’s decision not to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he was visiting the country in 2015. The adversaries in court, even though they […]

The South African survivor of the helicopter in Tanzania, which was shot down by poachers two weeks ago, has spoken exclusively to SAPeople about the night of the shooting in which his friend and colleague – British pilot Roger Gower – was fatally wounded. Nick Bester – who grew up on a farm in the Free […]

There were numerous highlights in President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday, starting with almost an hour of very vocal interruptions, mostly by the Economic Freedom Fighters, who finally walked out of the chamber shouting “Zupta Must Fall! Zupta Must Fall!” Outside Parliament the EFF’s leader Julius Malema delivered what he called […]

Love him or hate him, Tim Noakes gets people talking. And Wednesday was no different, when the Banting Guru broke down in tears after a day being interrogated about an apparently innocent tweet. It all started with the message on social media by Professor Noakes in which he advised a mother to wean her baby on a low […]

The search continues in South Africa for three trapped miners at Lily mine, in Barberton, and the nation has been called upon to pray for the missing miners and their families as rescue efforts enter Day 6. Hopes were sadly fading Wednesday since the two men and a woman have been trapped underground with no food or […]

The Economic Freedom Fights of Julius Malema increased the fight against the powerful Gupta family, widely known to have connections to President Jacob Zuma, and have released a list of 25 reasons the family must leave or be forced to leave South Africa. The list was made public shortly after the EFF and Malema were on Tuesday indicted […]

CAPE TOWN – More business leaders than there was place for attended a meeting with President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, in a show of wanting to help the country out of its financial crisis, and offered a plan that he might consider before his State of the Nation address on Thursday. Most news reports called […]

Through his lawyer Jeremy Gauntlett, President Zuma conceded Tuesday that the Public Protector’s findings into security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead were in fact binding. He accepted that the recommendations constitute administrative action and, as there was no judicial review, the South African president is bound by the recommendations as a matter of administrative justice. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said […]

The management of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) have expressed their sincere condolences to the family of the young man who fell to 30 metres on Lion’s Head in South Africa on Friday evening. In a press statement today TMNP said unfortunately the 26-year-old from Paarl died of his injuries before he could be rescued. According to […]

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The man who shot British pilot Roger Gower as he was flying an anti-poaching mission near the Serengeti 10 days ago has been arrested, and a criminal poaching ring uncovered, after an intense investigation, according to news reports. At least nine people were arrested, the Tanzanian authorities said on Monday, after […]

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said Africa remains the ideal destination for investment by international mining companies when he opened the 2016 Mining Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Monday. “I am optimistic that as investors and analysts present here, you will evaluate the investment prospects of the continent appropriately and take a […]

JOHANNESBURG – Arguments have begun in the Constitutional Court over the Nkandla case, and whether President Jacob Zuma defied Public Protector Thuli Madonsela by not following recommendations she made after an investigation into public money spent on his residence at Nkandla. The case was launched by the Economic Freedom Fighters, and their advocate Wim Trengrove […]

If anyone in Britain has not heard about how cheap South Africa is for a holiday, the Spectator has published an article reminding them that “There may never be a better (or cheaper) time to visit South Africa”, adding that “Jacob Zuma’s economic mismanagement has a benefit for tourists: it’s as if a whole country […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Illovo Sugar said on Monday it has received a non-binding expression of interest from its largest shareholder Associated British Foods to acquire the rest of the company’s shares. ABF, which holds a 51.35 percent stake in Illovo, intends to make an offer of 20 rand (0.8593 pounds) per share for the […]

Why now? Will he really #PayBackTheMoney? How much of it will he pay back? These are some of the questions on the lips of many South Africans. These questions come after President Jacob Zuma’s surprise announcement that he would pay back part of the R246 million of public money that was improperly spent on his private homestead at Nkandla. […]

South African beauty queen and former Miss World title holder, Rolene Strauss has married the love of her life, D’Niel Strauss (founder of Orientis Venture Capital). The 23-year-old posted the Ecclesiastes 3:1 Biblical passage to her facebook page this morning: “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” She then added […]

Congratulations to South African teenager Leroy Mokgatle who has won the audience choice award and a scholarship at the international ballet competition “Prix de Lausanne” held in Switzerland. Leroy’s prestigious scholarship award is only the second awarded to a South African in the competition’s 44-year history, and the first for SA in 28 years. Non-profit dance […]

The name of the Gupta family is suddenly on everyone’s lips in South Africa. Barely a day after EFF leader Julius Malema demanded that the Guptas leave South Africa “with immediate effect” – because of their apparently strong influence over President Jacob Zuma and for benefiting unduly off government contracts – a report has appeared saying that the wealthy family […]

Some 20 starving lions stranded in a zoo in war-torn Yemen are on the verge of dying as an animal aid agency tries to beat the clock to save them, a conservationist in South Africa who is involved in the negotiations said. The lions are in the town of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest, which has been besieged by […]

The South Africa government is considering its continued participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) with caution and if it withdrew from the body would do so in a responsible manner. International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Thursday reiterated the view that the ICC, also known as the Rome Statute, unfairly targets the […]

The Democratic Alliance has promised to cut the number of government departments down to 15 from the present 35, part of a programme that would apparently save the country R4.6 billion a year. At a press briefing on Wednesday the DA’s Mmusi Maimane said South Africa had one of the largest cabinets in the world‚ with a […]

Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, has strongly rejected President Jacob Zuma’s proposal to pay back some of the money on his residence at Nkandla, and has once again called on people to march on the Constitutional Court on 9 February, when the EFF’s case against Zuma is to be heard. In a […]

In support of World Cancer Day on 4 February, and the international awareness campaign it promotes, the Proteas will play a Pink One Day International on 12 February that Cricket South Africa hopes will raise R1 million. This will be the the third time the Proteas have donned pink for the cause. According to CSA, previous events have raised almost R500,000 for […]