A Dutch cinematographer, Jeroen Schrage, has captured breathtaking scenes of majestic South African landscapes from the Western Cape to Free State, Mpumalanga to Eastern Cape. Watch his video below. Jeroen spent three weeks in SA last year to capture the mainly aerial shots… using drones and helicopter trips. In December he published the video on […]

Teachers have been inspiring students and adults around the world this week – from South Africa to the USA. Riaan van Straten melted hearts when photos were uploaded to social media of the sports teacher giving a piggyback to a young girl (with both legs amputated) who was desperate to participate in an athletics race at a school […]

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 […]

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer credits much of his success on and off the court to his mom, Lynette, and to the family’s trips back to her homeland of South Africa when he was growing up. According to Roger’s dad, Robert, Roger inherited his athletic gifts from his mom… whom he admits is a better tennis player and golfer […]

Trevor Noah had the privilege this week of telling Hollywood actor Laurence Fishburne about the very first time he saw him in real life – in Soweto, South Africa… and “nearly drove his car off a cliff”. To be exact, it was an embankment. But it was steep enough to cause the crowd that had gathered around […]

Two movies with South African themes have generated a lot of interest at the famous Sundance Film Festival in Utah, United States. They are ‘Trophy’ and ‘The Wound’ – shining a spotlight respectively on hunting’s role in wildlife conservation, and on sexuality and masculinity. Trophy is a documentary about poaching, wildlife conservation and the complex role […]

This little pink teddy apparently was lost, and the Dutch couple who found it during their holiday to South Africa would dearly love to return it to its owner, who they presume is a young girl. Hylke Walters and her partner rented a car from the Hertz branch at OR Tambo International Airport on 3 January 2017. […]

Another one of South African expat and comedian Kevin Fraser’s videos is going viral amongst fellow expats in Australia, and South Africans back home. This one is called When It Just Isn’t Your Day. It’s a rant many will relate to – anti-technology and when your iTunes playlist just won’t sync. With several voetseks thrown in, Kevin says […]

Eish! We’re not sure where or when this was filmed… but it was uploaded on 20 January 2017 to Facebook by KwaZulu-Natal resident Patrick Eliot who said: “This is Africa. Never give up hope…” Others said this proves the old adage that “Africa is not for sissies”, and that the vehicle manufacturer should use this footage in […]

You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can judge a man by the way he treats animals… which makes informal settlement resident Shaygam Newman one of the greatest guys in South Africa, and the world. Shaygam takes care of 15 dogs and 13 cats, and feeds and supports many more of the strays […]

No matter whether you love or hate America’s new president, this video of Donald Trump talking with an Afrikaans accent is sure to bring a smile to your face. Afrikaans4Dummies – who have previously produced videos featuring famous Hollywood stars with Afrikaans accents as well as Trump vs Hillary Clinton during a presidential debate in the lead-up […]

Here’s a little eye candy to start the day… along with some soothing sounds of the ocean. Michelle Mengel filmed this video yesterday morning from Gordon’s Bay rock pools in the Western Cape, South Africa… before climbing aboard the MSC Sinfonia to set sail for Durban. The harbour town – also known as Gordonsbaai – […]

There’s no denying South Africa boasts some of the most romantic sceneries and sunsets in the world… and these two couples have captured it perfectly. Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinarch posted a romantic tweet this evening to his fiancee, after a safari trip at the weekend, saying: “Great weekend in #phinda, can’t wait to marry you!!” And a couple […]

Here’s South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s (musical) take on businessman and former ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV star Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States of America; as well as a response from Wits University professor Gilbert M. Khadiagala to some key questions Trump has asked about Africa. On his The Daily Show on Comedy Central in […]

If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to be a bird and fly free above the mountains… check out this video, filmed by South African professional skydiver Jean-Jacques Wallis. Jean-Jacques takes us on a wingsuit flight through the remote Cape Mountains around the Slanghoek Valley. The views are spectacular. “Cape Town showing off again,” says Jean-Jacques. The […]

If you’re yearning for the ocean… take a ride with one of South Africa’s hottest young pro surfers – Shane Sykes. In this awesome video – ‘White Rain’ – the 19-year-old from Salt Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, has teamed up with his award-winning partner Steven Michelsen again. Last March the duo won the inaugural ZigZag Short Film Competition […]

A year ago (March 2015 to be exact) an Australian media outlet shared a video they called “The Most Beautiful City on Earth”. It was a 4K Drone Video of Cape Town, filmed by Luke Maximo Bell. Luke said: “It is up to debate, but I believe that Cape Town is the most beautiful city […]

This ad – published by MTN South Africa two months ago – has already received over 2.7-million views on YouTube! Gauteng resident Glynda Norwitz Kramer says it’s because “it’s all that is great about being South African…” The ad which shows workers on the Night Shift at airports around the country – in Joburg, Durban and Cape […]

An unsuspecting intruder had no idea what hit him when he climbed over a wall to try and break into a dog owner’s home! The owner’s two bull terriers launched into a relentless attack, forcing the burglar to do a sort of ‘doggie dance’… Burglaries and ‘home invasions’ are a real problem in South Africa, and whilst […]

Amazing South African Joey Evans (41) has achieved his ultimate dream and conquered the impossible by reaching the Dakar podium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And along the way he has won so many fans around the world, and inspired each and every one… not to mention how proud he has made South Africans everywhere. Racing at […]

Here’s a brilliant video, taken yesterday, of the overflowing Hartbeespoort Dam. The footage was filmed by Zaheer Abramjee and is very movingly set to Toto’s hit ‘Africa’. Harbeespoort Dam videos have been ‘flooding’ YouTube as South Africans react joyously to the abundance of rain from the skies… although the Department of Water and Sanitation has […]

This is soooo cute (because it ends happily!). The video was first uploaded months ago… but has recently become popular again on social media. Watch how the adult elephants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, try to teach the little elephant calf how to get out of the waterhole that it is stuck in. […]

Most tourists don’t think to check behind the toilets before going to the loo on safari… but judging from this video, it’s worth it! A pride of lions were caught on camera blocking the entrance to a tourist’s toilet in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Kalahari desert, South Africa. Corlette Wessels (43), a business developer […]

After shocking figures were released earlier this week on the number of non-roadworthy vehicles being used in South Africa – the City of Joburg tweeted this video, saying: “Always ensure that your vehicle is roadworthy. Don’t be this guy.” According to Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, during this festive season “about 6,805 un-roadworthy vehicles were suspended or […]

With the latest South African “looting video” going viral, some are questioning just how ‘funny’ this growing problem in South Africa is. The person filming the blatant theft by multiple people – from a moving Coca-Cola truck in the Eastern Cape – can be heard laughing in the background, at the audacity of the thieves, throughout the […]