There can’t be many better ways to start the day than out kayaking off the shore of Mouille Point in Cape Town, South Africa… except to be out kayaking and enjoying the sight and sound of dolphins flipping all around you. Local resident Marcus J.B. Zandhuis was out yesterday morning in a group with Kaskazi […]

No matter what one’s thoughts may be on Barack Obama as a President, there can be no doubt that when it comes to being a husband and a father – he provided an inspiring role model for all the men out there. At his presidential farewell speech in the USA on Wednesday, the crowd went wild as […]

A former flight attendant, Adrian Thomas, was shocked yesterday when a video he uploaded back in August 2013 suddenly went viral on social media. The video has clocked up over 665,000 views on Facebook after it was posted on 8 January by Abu Kad who said “Kulula doing what they do best. Always fun travelling […]

Western Cape photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN captured this footage of the Paarl Fire which burned down 200-year-old Augusta Kleine Bosch in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 10 January 2017. See Justin’s photos of the tragic #PaarlFire here. Watch Paarl Fire, January 2017 Video by Sullivan Photography

Northern Irish professional golf player Rory McIlroy had a very close call with a lion on a South African safari over the weekend! The 27-year-old tweeted a video of the encounter saying: “We’ve had a trip of a lifetime to Londolozi over the last few days. This big guy came to say hello last night!!” He told […]

As predicted, American President Elect Donald Trump has woken up this morning and reacted to major media coverage of Hollywood actress Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech, with a derogatory tweet labelling her as “over-rated”. During her acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award in America Sunday night, Streep addressed Trump’s “instinct to humiliate”. Without mentioning his name, […]

Despite the rain, and contrary to critics’ predictions, and EFF leader Julius Malema’s call to not fill the stadium for the ANC’s 105th birthday celebrations today – the Orlando Stadium in Soweto is pretty full! In fact the atmosphere is electric and the stadium so packed that people are being allowed to occupy the pitch area […]

If you put anything on the Internet these days, it lives forever and sometimes gets accidentally revived annually on social media when the same month in which it was originally released comes around again. Two years ago, in January, this hip hop version of ‘Ys Ys Baba’ was posted. This month it’s going viral again […]

Watch these two videos for a glimpse of the reality for those working to fight the fires in Somerset West in South Africa. And those working to support the firefighters. Western Cape photographer Justin Sullivan – who has been in the thick of it, with the firefighters – compiled this intense footage (plus scroll down for […]

Residents are currently being evacuated from farms and homes in areas of Somerset West in South Africa, and help is urgently needed – especially bakkies and horseboxes. An alarm about the #Helderberg fire being out of control has been posted on social media, with calls for bakkies needed to help with evacuation in Sir Lowry’s […]

This video is not for the faint-hearted. An impala in the Kruger National Park was in the process of delivering new life… when a lion spotted her… We may sometimes like to think of our lions as being cuddly creatures with names like Cecil. But in reality, they are of course predators who need to eat […]

South African comedian and TV presenter Trevor Noah shared a fantastic video late Thursday of an American grandmother, Estelle, who is clearly one of his biggest fans. She says she watches him every night and that he’s just as good as his Daily Show predecessor, Jon Stewart. But it’s her message to Trevor at the […]

For those South Africans living abroad, especially if you’re shivering in the cold in the Northern Hemisphere… this is what you missed in SA on Christmas Day. Pull up a towel and enjoy, if only vicariously! The stunning video footage, taken in the Western Cape on 25 December 2016, was uploaded by ‘Cape Town Guy’. […]

South African expat and YouTube sensation Caspar Lee is used to hanging out with international superstars like Justin Timberlake, but nobody has blown him away more than a young guy – living with HIV – in a township in the Western Cape. Caspar, who is based in London, was recently invited back home to meet […]

A South African game ranger has caught a rare rhino mating scene on film… that came to an unexpected end! Showing size does count, a bull with a bigger horn uses more than just a pick-up line to win the female rhino from her current lover… Wildlife photographer and field guide Matt Yardley – who has seen a […]

Here’s a behind the scenes peek at what went on in the Palace to capture the adorable Monaco royal family Christmas card. Watch South Africa’s favourite princess and former SA Olympic swimmer, Charlene, her husband Prince Albert II, and their cute two-year-old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella play and pose together earlier this month for […]

Check out this elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park doing what appears to be a version of ‘elephant yoga’. It’s a little inspirational! Or perhaps it was an elephant dance – ballet or the famous hokey pokey (“you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out. You put your right foot in. And you […]

Prince Harry opened up about grieving and carrying on his mother Princess Diana’s legacy in a documentary – ‘Prince Harry in Africa’ – aired on ITV in the UK on Monday night.  Speaking about his mom’s death 19 years ago, the prince said: “For a huge part of my life I didn’t really want to think […]

Private rangers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) have been criticised for allegedly provoking rhinos to charge tourists during a walking safari. YouTube channel ‘Kruger National Park’ – which posts all things related to KNP – have posted the following video, asking: “did the guides provoke this attack? Decide for yourself.” In their description on […]

Emanuella Samuel, the young actress whose ‘My Real Face’ video went viral and earned her fans around the world (including President Obama’s daughter Malia), has become the youngest person in Africa – at six – to win a YouTube award. Emanuella appears in the weekly comedy videos produced by her uncle, Nigerian entertainer Mark Angel. The […]

Irish pop singer Ronan Keating has teamed up with Kiwi child actor Julian Dennison to deliver one of this season’s finest summer-related Christmas carols! The carol – Summer Wonderland – is a brilliantly disguised advert for Air New Zealand. The airline said: “Finally a festive tune we can get behind here in the Southern Hemisphere, […]

It’s not South African but this has to be one of the best Christmas carol videos this year. Popular British television presenter James Corden sings ‘All I Want for Christmas’ with a number of famous musicians (who are popular in SA) in his latest Carpool Karaoke… Watch All I Want for Christmas Carpool Karaoke Please click […]

To get us in the festive mood, here are four South African Christmas songs to sing along to, including one from South African expats living in London and another celebrating all that makes a summer Christmas in SA special… 12 Days of Christmas – a South African style carol South Africans singing ‘Silent Night’ (some in […]

Suzelle DIY’s latest video has some top tips and tricks for going to the beach. South Africa’s do-it-yourself Goddess includes beach hacks like how to put an umbrella up so it stays up, how to make a head rest, a table for your drinks, a no sand zone, how to keep cool and how to […]

“Love Thy Neighbour… But Don’t Get Caught!” is the catch phrase behind a brilliant new South African movie, ‘Keeping Up with The Kandasamys’. Shanti Naidoo and Jennifer Kandasamy are matriarchal rivals of neighbouring families in the South African film, whose young adult children become romantically involved. And the last thing these two Chatsworth mothers need […]