The South African Presidency has confirmed a request from the White House in Washington for a teleconference between SA’s President Jacob Zuma and US President Donald Trump. The call is expected to take place Monday afternoon, 13 February 2017. Jokes and memes have been posted on Twitter, referring to the now famous picture of Zuma being […]

This week marks an important moment in the history of South Africa. Twenty-seven years ago, today, the world watched as Nelson Mandela was released from prison on 11 February 1990, twenty seven and a half years after he was arrested on 5 August 1962. The Nelson Mandela Foundation released a media statement on Saturday saying: “A […]

A different battle was fought on the streets of SONA (State of the Nation Address) in Cape Town, South Africa yesterday – one that saw ANC school children aggravate EFF supporters, resulting in police using unnecessary force to disperse children no older than 15… writes JUSTIN SULLIVAN. An elderly man raising his hand to a younger […]

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa, was a lot of the same old same old. Chaos. Brawls. Political parties kicked out of parliament (EFF). Parties walking out (DA). Buthelezi wearing his feather. Lots of pointing, and even more ‘points of order’. Swearing, insults and fists being thrown. And although […]

CAPE TOWN – After the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in which President Jacob Zuma announced that radical economic transformation is coming South Africa’s way, Nando’s delivered again… with an ad saying “Some addresses will leave you in a state”. During SONA2017, President Zuma declared, in his annual address to the nation, that “today […]

CAPE TOWN – President Jacob Zuma has said he is looking forward to delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening. “The time has come… we are very happy this moment has come,” he said. (Watch below.) Meanwhile the National Assemply Speaker Baleka Mbete clarified no members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) […]

The question many South Africans are asking today, is why President Jacob Zuma has authorised the employment of 441 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for service in cooperation with the SA Police Service (SAPS) “to maintain law and order” at the Opening of Parliament, where Zuma will deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) […]

Opposition parties have reacted with outrage to the announcement that the army will be on hand to help “maintain law and order” at the Opening of Parliament on Thursday, where President Jacob Zuma will deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2017. Both the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemned […]

eNCA are calling it ‘the moment of the day’ – when President Jacob Zuma laughed – and laughed off – their TV journalist’s question about reshuffle rumours. The South African President was briefing the press following a business meeting luncheon in Cape Town today, ahead of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday. The […]

South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, has been chosen by the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to receive the 2016 Award for Science Diplomacy… for using science and technology to support development in SA and sub-Saharan Africa. Pandor (63) is being honoured by AAAS not only for integrating science […]

The publication of the preliminary report by the public protector on the money Absa was supposed to owe the state was an absolute game changer in South African politics. The “leaking” of the report was a stroke of genius by the Zuma/Gupta/state security complex that has been trying very hard for months now to steer […]

After the shock announcement that Gerrie Nel – who became world famous during the Oscar Pistorius trials – has quit the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority), the top State Prosecutor has confirmed he is joining civil-rights group AfriForum… and Twitter is abuzz with rumours that he will go after President Jacob Zuma. Nel will head up the […]

GQ Men’s Magazine has posted a video apologising to the world for the “unforgivable actions of the man who has assumed power here”, while South African President Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has slammed the United States for taking slaves from Africa, yet banning “refugees from some of our countries”. In the seven-minute presentation of The Resistance, […]

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Chadian Foreign Minister Hon. Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected incoming Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission by the gathered AU heads of State and Government, who form the Assembly of the African Union. Mahamat’s dream is for an Africa where the “sound of guns will be drowned out by cultural […]

Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille announced today she has resigned as DA Western Cape leader, to focus on her role as mayor of the City of Cape Town… as it embarks on a mission to redress the legacy of Apartheid in the city.  She said: “The DA-run City of Cape Town is taking a new […]

South Africans have long LOVED Nando’s for its brilliantly conceived advertising campaigns… let alone its tasty peri-peri chicken. And now Americans are catching on quickly too with the fast food restaurant chain’s latest political statement even making it yesterday to the pages of esteemed national newspaper, The Washington Post. Nando’s grabbed attention – and customers – in Washington […]

South Africans have reacted with outrage at rumours reported in the Sunday Times today that disgraced ex-Eskom CEO Brian Molefe is set to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) after the Opening of Parliament on 9 February 2017. DA (Democratic Alliance) Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, Natasha Mazzone MP, said Parliament should not […]

On behalf of the people of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has wished “all members of the Chinese Community in South Africa a happy and successful New Year – the Year of the Rooster.” (See 11 Chinese New Year Fun Facts below.) He said the Year is known for bringing success to those who have been patient, and signifies the […]

PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma has been granted an extension by the Public Protector to comment on the provisional report regarding the South African government’s alleged failure to recover public funds from ABSA. “President Jacob Zuma has been granted an extension until the end of February 2017 by the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to comment on […]

PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma claims the South African government will always prioritise education because it is only through quality education that the country can win the struggle against unemployment, poverty and inequality. The President said this on Tuesday when he addressed the three-day Basic Education Sector Lekgotla held in Pretoria. The Lekgotla, which will conclude on […]

GAUTENG – EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) leader Julius Malema says the EFF regrets backing Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane and that it refuses to get behind the ‘Occupy Absa’ campaign as, he says, it is sponsored by the state and the Gupta family… and is nothing but a ploy to distract the country from the Gupta’s alleged state capture. Speaking at a […]

Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered at the South African Museum in Cape Town on Saturday. They marched through the Company’s Garden to the front entrance to Parliament holding placards with signs like “A woman’s place is in the revolution”,”Well-behaved women seldom make history” and “It’s time for women to stop being politely angry”… writes BERNARD […]

Family, friends, community members and media colleagues of kidnapped South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed gathered at the Lenasia South Civic Centre on Wednesday night to hold a prayer vigil in which they called for the safe return of the lensman. At the multi-faith prayer service community leaders spoke of the easy going, warm-hearted and generous […]

Advocate Thuli Madonsela has announced she is “supremely honoured and excited to partner with Pan Macmillan SA to publish my memoirs. Hope the insights shared will contribute meaningfully…” In a press release Friday, Pan Macmillan South Africa said it is “delighted to announce today that it will publish a memoir by Former Public Protector of South Africa, […]

The DA (Democratic Alliance) has written to the Limpopo Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, seeking an urgent meeting to get an update on farms attacks and crime in the rural areas as well the provincial challenges in executing the national rural safety plan. This comes after another farm attack in Tzaneen where Mr and […]