Hollywood filmmakers and movie stars have joined forces with Humane Society International (HSI) to produce a powerful short film, #SaveRalph, to end cosmetic testing on animals around the world, including South Africa. Although banned in 40 countries, the practice of testing on animals is still legal in most of the world, and is even making […]

South Africa’s  beloved My Octopus Teacher won one of the most coveted prizes at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 in London on Sunday… scooping the Best Documentary prize at the British Academy Film Awards. Watch below as the Seachange team excitedly – and tearfully – accept the honour. Co-Director Pippa Ehrlich said the team had […]

Fifty three years ago, on 4 April, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on his balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Barely sixty feet away was the only photographer on the scene, South African Joe (Joseph) Louw, who was staying in a nearby room and making a documentary about […]

The award-winning Ndlovu Youth Choir have done it again. The South African choir from Limpopo, who rose to worldwide fame on the America’s Got Talent stage, have released a hauntingly beautiful production of Indodana – a traditional isiXhosa Easter Hymn. Watch below. The Choir explained on YouTube: “It is a prayer asking God to be […]

Here, once a month, the scent of milk tarts, cupcakes, or doughnuts can be discovered. Located about 30km from Cape Town city centre, Wolwerivier is a low-cost housing development for people who have been evicted, mostly from informal settlements, and have nowhere else to go. But within these dust-ridden streets, the home of Magdalene Minnaar […]

It looks like an ordinary domestic scene of pet dogs being fed beside a swimming pool in South Africa, until you look a little closer and realise amongst the dogs are some very obedient warthogs who’ve learnt how to sit obediently to receive their snacks! “Sit Varkie (Piggy),” the woman feeding the animals can be […]

A life-size pencil drawing of an African elephant is bringing its viewers to tears, so magnificent and realistic is the artwork… an homage in fact to a real-life elephant named Makavuzi, affectionately known as Mak. The stunning picture, which captures Mak’s soul, was created by talented Zimbabwean artist David Filer with an all-Zimbabwean team taking […]

The first time I took a British friend to the Wild Coast she fell asleep in the back of our 4×4 and woke up where we had parked on the beach, near the shore. She opened the door… and got the fright of her life! A herd of cows was sitting around the vehicle. She […]

A drone video taken at popular Cape Town surf spot Kogel Bay – between Gordon’s Bay and Rooi Els – shows at least 10 or 11 bronze whaler sharks enjoying the water where the surfers usually hang out. Watch below. The video was shot by local professional bodyboarder Iain Campbell, who says that it “was […]

Al Jazeera news channel has described the container ship, Ever Given, that’s currently blocking the Suez Canal, as being like a ‘beached whale’. The ship’s predicament has created an insane traffic jam and sent shockwaves through global trade as officials have stopped all ships entering the channel… with the salvage company revealing that it could […]

Opera singer Masakhane Sotayisi from Mandela Park in Khayelitsha has taken his love for dogs and made it into a business. Professional pooch cleaning is something you might think is only available in wealthy leafy suburbia, but there’s a need for it in Khayelitsha. As Sotayisi explains, if he keeps the dogs in his street […]

This is pure magic! A gold sky and an emerald ocean at sunset… against the backdrop of Cape Town’s magnificent Table Mountain, in South Africa. Watch to the end to see the most magical moment – when a kite surfer takes off in the strong winds… and appears to almost effortlessly fly over Table Mountain! […]

  Watch below as South African comedian Trevor Noah blushes bright red when legendary US comedian Eddie Murphy says a certain word… not once, but twice! Trevor, host of The Daily Show, was interviewing the American star about his latest movie – ‘Coming 2 America’ – which is currently showing on Amazon Prime. The film […]

The orphaned elephant calf, Fenya, who captured the hearts of locals in Hoedspruit, South Africa, and social media users worldwide with her brave battle to survive – after falling victim to snaring – has tragically passed away, leaving the team who valiantly tried to save her absolutely gutted. Watch a tribute video to Fenya below. […]

A joint scientific study by Blood Lions and World Animal Protection highlights how the captive lion breeding industry in South Africa poses real and serious health risks to thousands of tourists, industry workers and its communities. “Five major diseases (dubbed The Sick 5 in our new campaign) have been identified that can inflict serious health […]

Across the world people have been divided in their views of the explosive Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, which DStv aired in South Africa last night. But here’s a video everyone’s sure to enjoy – Black Wendy’s spoof of the interview. The Black Wendy Channel is created and hosted by South […]

It was war time for some monkeys in La Lucia, Durban, last week. Patricia Read captured the passionate turf war on video, with monkeys from two different troops running at each other, fighting, jumping off the roof for the surprise element (and running to the bushes for cover!). Both gangs were intent on making the […]

An enchanting documentary by well known South African filmmakers – Bonné de Bod and Susan Scott – has been nominated for the Best Feature Film category at the International Wildlife Film Festival in the US. The documentary – ‘Kingdoms of Fire, Ice & Fairy Tales’ – charts the award-winning filmmakers’ epic journey from Yellowstone National […]

The Kiffness has done a quick remake of Mariam Makeba’s legendary Click Song to help South Africans who need it learn the new names of some well known towns and cities. This comes after the new names for Port Elizabeth, Uitenhange and other places were announced on Tuesday. The Kiffness, aka David Scott, explained on […]

If you’re missing SA, here’s a behind-the-scenes weekend at Manyoni Private Game Reserve… packed with exquisite panoramic and aerial views of the reserve in the heart of Zululand, South Africa. Filmmaker Anthony George Kirkwood gives viewers a glimpse of Etienne Gerber’s life as the reserve’s Head of Law Enforcement, running the anti-poaching unit. It’s a […]

In commemoration of World Pangolin Day today – 20 February 2021 – Investec has announced plans to fund and support the first dedicated pangolin veterinary ward in Africa in partnership with the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital (JWVH). “Pangolins are currently the world’s most trafficked non-human mammal. In 2019, 97 tonnes of scales were trafficked from […]

The most heartwarming video to come out of South Africa this week has been the footage of Kathy Wootton being wheeled out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Kingsbury Hospital in Cape Town… waving gratefully, and being cheered on by healthcare workers, after two months in ICU. Posting the video to Facebook, Kathy said […]

Proud South African Walter Jackson, who is currently living in the USA, has posted this video from Arizona with tips on how to braai (or barbecue) like a South African! Like any good South African abroad, he’s stuck to his “nou gaan ons braai” attitude… despite the freezing cold snow that’s currently blanketing parts of […]

Afriski was hit by its most brutal flood ever, with 60mm of rainfall measured in 30 minutes… which is equivalent to one-tenth of Johannesburg’s annual rainfall in half-an-hour. This is the first time that flooding has occurred at the Lesotho resort since it opened its doors in 2000. The damage to internal roads, infrastructure and […]

Showmax just dropped the trailer for Tali’s Baby Diary, the long-awaited sequel to Tali’s Wedding Diary. Watch the video at the bottom of this page. Tali’s Baby Diary has just released its trailer Sequel to the first ever Showmax Original, which broke viewing records and won multiple SAFTAs Julia Anastasopoulos (SuzelleDIY) is back as Tali: […]