The Drakensberg Boys Choir honoured the passing of South Africa’s legendary maestro, Johnny Clegg, in their concert on Wednesday. Watch below. Drakies posted this video earlier today, saying: “This is the best way in which we could honour the late, great Johnny Clegg #RipJohnnyClegg.” Johnny Clegg passed away on Tuesday 16 July, after a 4-year […]

A baby elephant born in an Austrian zoo five days ago has a wild elephant in South Africa to thank for its life! The young female calf, whose name will be announced on 23 July, was conceived through artificial insemination. It’s the second such birth at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn zoo. The baby’s 27-year-old mother Numbi was […]

Today – Nelson Mandela Day (18 July 2019) – President Cyril Ramaphosa shone a light on an incredibly special radio station, a first of its kind in the world. It’s RX Radio at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. RX Radio features eight to 18-year-olds behind the radio microphone, […]

After reporting on Johnny Clegg’s death on Tuesday 16 July, after a 4-year long, brave battle with pancreatic cancer, we couldn’t write or post anything yesterday. We were just too heartbroken. Like many journalists I had met Johnny (66) a few times, spent time at his home in Joburg and met his lovely wife Jenny, […]

JOHANNESBURG – Former South African President Jacob Zuma continues giving testimony at the State Capture of Inquiry in Parktown, Johannesburg today – Wednesday 17 July 2019. As the testimony enters Day 3, Zuma today responding to testimony given by former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan who told the Zondo Commission that it was Zuma, during […]

When New York was plunged into a blackout on Saturday evening, South African comedian Trevor Noah and a couple of friends from South Africa were hanging out together in his building… but when the lights came back on, they found themselves in a “compromising” position in front of the other residents of the building. Watch […]

As we mourn the passing of one of South Africa’s most legendary singers and human beings ever – Johnny Clegg (who died today at the age of 66, from cancer) – we thought it fitting to share this moving video again, when former prisoner and president Nelson Mandela joined him on stage in Frankfurt, Germany… […]

JOHANNESBURG – It’s Day Two of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma answering questions in court at the Zondo Commission. Watch the live video stream below. Tthe State Capture inquiry is being held in Parktown, Johannesburg. Zuma’s testimonial began yesterday, and he is expected to continue giving evidence until Friday. The commission was established in […]

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has taken to Twitter to make fun of his detractors, on the eve of his highly anticipated appearance in court tomorrow. Zuma posted a video of himself giggling, laughing and singing “Zuma Must Fall”. In the background another person in the room, perhaps the cameraman, can be heard laughing […]

Traffic cameras monitored by the South African National Roads Agency on a highway near Johannesburg were used this week to catch a group of hijackers within 13 minutes, according to a video posted online. WATCH VIDEO: How Sanral traffic cameras assist arrests At least three men were filmed hijacking a pink delivery van. The vehicle […]

The miraculous rescue of South Africa’s famous flamingos, which were left starving and dehydrated when Kamfers Dam in Kimberley in the Northern Cape dried up, was featured Wednesday on CBS This Morning in the USA. Watch the video below. Presenter (and best friend to Oprah Winfrey) Gayle King said: “Severe drought has cost South Africa […]

As many travellers between Johannesburg and Durban know, there is a quaint little church that is situated in Van Reenan (Free State) at the halfway mark. It looks beautiful in the spring, summer, autumn and even winter (see below). This weekend filmmaker Richard van Schalkwyk stopped on his way to KZN and took some footage […]

Since taking the US by storm on America’s Got Talent, South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir have been inundated with congratulatory messages, but what makes their success story even more amazing is the heartache behind the huge smiles on stage. (See video below.) UPDATE: While the Ndlovu Youth Choir didn’t win AGT, they won hearts around […]

You have to be really fast and really brave to take on South Africa’s taxi drivers… which Scottish race driver David Coulthard most definitely is. Plus he has a great sense of humour! Watch below as he competes against a local taxi driver in the streets of Cape Town, and then rides with the taxi. […]

Here’s a video that clearly demonstrates the saying “his bark is worse than his bite”! Watch below as a very ferocious-sounding bird joins the dogs at the gates… https://www.facebook.com/UNCUTSA/videos/2318803341674663/ If you take a look at YouTube you’ll find a few more birds with the same idea:

Here’s the line-up of hot topics that the Carte Blanche team tackle this Sunday 30 June in an extended 90-minute episode – watch here if you’re in SA, and don’t miss out if you’re abroad: the current affairs programme is available to stream from Tues 2 July on Showmax International in many countries: South Africa […]

If you enjoy a good braai and getting together with friends, this one’s for you! The song – Braailapa – is performed by ‘Bernard Braaibroodjie’. He told SAPeople it’s something “lekker for all those people who miss South Africa ???” WATCH Bernard Braaibroodjie – Braailapa

One of the scariest elephant charges in Africa ever is going viral on social media at the moment. Watch below. The video was uploaded by Kuiseb Delta Adventures, which offers quad bike and 4×4 tours in Namibia… but it’s not sure who actually filmed the video or where. What is certain is that is was […]

From stories that feel all too real, to a fantasy that turns our idea of identity on its head, these four local South African gems on Showmax will speak to you. Asinamali  A struggle activist recently returned from exile works with convicts to produce a musical play. The play brings up painful memories, both personal […]

The Matrics at St Johns DSG in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, have sent out a Special Invitation to President Ramaphosa and the First Lady, Dr Motsepe that is sure to give you goosebumps. The prefects’ theme for this year is ‘Rewrite the Stars’, inspiring the younger girls to show determination, have courage and pursue one’s dreams. […]

Seeing one leopard is highly unusual, especially in a small game park like Pilanesberg, but Gametrackers field guide Tarryn Rae and her client saw not only one but two, who battled it out over a warthog the one had caught – only for the warthog to escape. “This was a first for me!” Rae told […]

Goosebumps! South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir received a rip, roaring standing ovation after their America’s Got Talent 2019 audition, which – as one of the judges said – is the “biggest talent stage in the world”. Simon Cowell said: “We’ve always been waiting for a choir like this, something we’ve never heard before. And your […]

The videos of a soldier called Mabena that have been going viral in South Africa the last few days, have triggered a memory from 1963 in the country’s former president Jacob Zuma. Zuma took to Twitter to share the memory of when he was arrested and interrogated in a police cell in Pretoria. He said: […]

Francois van Coke bared his rebel heart for a goosebump performance together with South Africa’s famous Drakensberg Boys Choir on The Voice South Africa. For the boys, it was extra special to meet the man whose songs they sometimes sing! The Voice SA described the incredible performance as “the juxtaposition of (Francois’) gritty and emotional […]

An awesome South African doctor – Dr Ryan Coetzee – is bringing smiles to children in hospital in Northern Ireland, and to social media users around the world as a video capturing him singing as he goes about his work has gone viral. UTV Northern Ireland said: “Dr Ryan is the Singing Doctor and the […]