Popular French songstress Jain has released ‘Makeba’, a song that honours the late South African singer and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba… aka Mama Africa – and showcases SA and South Africans in a brilliantly creative visual production. Watch children dance and Joburg’s buildings go up… and down. The 24-year-old singer-songerwriter, born Jeanne Galice, says: “Miriam […]

If Cape Town could take its own selfie – this would be it. The ultimate selfie… taken with a drone. In fact it’s a series of selfies taken from different fabulous locations around Cape Town. The video was filmed by photographers, students and friends Luke Bell and Hloniphizwe Coleman; and features lots of well known faces from the local […]

A twenty-seven year old entrant in a South African YouTube-related competition has realised during the qualifying rounds, that there is something more important than winning this comp. – being part of a movement to create more love in South Africa. Pretoria-based Daniel Rademeyer (27) describes himself as “a musician, business owner, creative, videographer and photographer that Loves […]

When that super pod of humpback whales cruised into Cape Town this weekend, THOMAS PRYOR grabbed his surf ski and headed out for an unforgettable experience paddling with the whales. Here’s his story… Sunday Brunch Buffet with Whales in the Western Cape… by Thomas Pryor I had managed to see the whales off Sea Point on Saturday. I was with […]

Controversial TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has poked fun at South Africa’s controversial president in his new show, The Grand Tour (watch the full episode below). During the filming of the Joburg-based Episode 2, Clarkson delighted the local crowd with references to President Jacob Zuma’s well-documented difficulty with saying long numbers (“listen properly now”) and his […]

A large pod of migrating humpback whales were captured beautifully on a 4K drone video yesterday by videographer, vlogger and drone enthusiast KIERAN DONNELLY. Kieran caught the pod on film as they migrated south past Cape Town. He says there were at least 60 whales. “Shot this UNREAL video of a pod of humpbacks yesterday,” […]

A highly venomous Snouted Cobra has been on the loose in an apartment block in Lynnwood Glen in Pretoria since Thursday. Residents were advised to keep their toilet lids and bathroom doors closed to prevent it from entering into other areas of the flats. Snake handler Barry Greenshields, who identified the snake on Thursday, said he has never […]

A South African welding inspector, Wikus Ceronie, got the fright of his life yesterday morning when an angry hippo attacked his car while crossing the Kruger National Park border. Wikus was crossing the Jozini Dam, on his way back to South Africa from his first time ever working in Mozambique. He was cruising merrily along in his […]

South Africans have embraced the Black Friday tradition with the same enthusiasm as they’ve grabbed many other American traditions… queuing for hours since before dawn, fighting, laughing, grabbing bargains and tussling over toilet rolls!   Below are scenes from around the country where a riot apparently broke out over toilet rolls in a Roodepoort supermarket, while […]

Two Capetonian friends have created a drone video of Cape Town which makes the beautiful Western Cape city and beaches look like a miniature model. It’s spectacular! Watch below. Luke Bell, whose drone video of Cape Town – titled “The Most Beautiful City on Earth” – was featured on The Australian earlier this year, teamed up […]

Check out this interview with the female tourist who was caught on CCTV footage being attacked by a crocodile whilst in a swimming pool on holiday in Zimbabwe. Mia Roberts, from Australia, was staying at a resort in Kariba last month when a crocodile stalked and attacked her and a male companion in the pool. It […]

Tomorrow,19 November, is World Toilet Day… and to celebrate here’s an old video from 2012 of glamorous South African actress Charlize Theron sitting on the loo! The Oscar winner made the joke video together with Funny or Die (watch below). But first, did you know: 1 in 3 people don’t have access to proper toilets Toilet Day […]

A video is going viral of two men taking out their road rage on a motorist in Durban traffic, with one of the men appearing to slap the victim at one point. According to local reports in KwaZulu-Natal, the men – who had got out of their SUV to accost the man in a white car – are […]

Check out these gorgeous adverts for Chanel – filmed for the luxury French perfume house in South Africa’s Hermanus, Cederberg and Steenbras Dam. To advertise their Allure Homme Sport cologne for men, Chanel chose the South African outdoors, teaming up with Brazilian Olympic diver Hugo Parisi, American actor Luke Timothy Grimes (American Sniper and Fifty […]

A Cape Town time-lapse artist has captured some breathtaking footage around South Africa from township scenes to larni shopping centres, cool spots and hot spots, starry skies to ocean vistas from Cape Town to Durban and up to Joburg. Watch below. Namibian-born Rory Allen has released A Lapse In Time: Volume III, an awe-inducing compilation […]

According to South Africa’s Suzelle DIY, these are the top fun things to do in Sydney, Australia: Drink coffee. Everywhere you go you’ll find good coffee because it’s “coffee culture”. Eats bananas. They love their bananas and you’ll get lots of banana bread. Exercise. You have to keep up with the people in Sydney, in […]

South African Tourism welcomed sleep advocate and Huffington Post and Thrive Global founder Arianna Huffington to South Africa with this beautiful version of ‘Thula Baba’, the popular Zulu lullaby sung to many South African children to help them sleep. SA Tourism said: “Hi @ariannahuff, we wanted to share a special South African welcome just for […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah had a strong message for those liberal supporters who have been protesting against Donald Trump being President. He cautioned them to be careful not to become the “hate” they’re protesting against, and that it’s like sex – you can be “loud and wild and do it all night long… but when something […]

One of the upsetting videos to be shared on social media in the past couple of days was that of a lady howling helplessly as she watched her car being washed away in the Joburg floods. “Video of screaming lady with car” became a popular google search term. Today a social media manager and master’s […]

This morning a producer from the BBC World Service contacted me and asked if I would say a few words about El Cohen as part of a global tribute. I was very happy to do so, so she asked me whether Cohen was as popular in South Africa as in other parts of the world. […]

Johannesburg actress Ursula Botha set comedian Donovan Goliath a challenge to see how many of South Africa’s famous Chappies wrappers’ Did You Know facts he knew. Check how many you can answer before Donovan does… Questions in the video include: Can a crocodile stick out its tongue? How many hearts does an octopus have? What percentage of […]

WASHINGTON – President Elect Donald Trump met with President Obama for the first time ever, at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was meant to take about 10 minutes for the two to get acquainted, but Trump said it went so we well, they ended up spending over an hour and a half together and could […]

Watch below as members of Parliament debate a Motion of No Confidence in Jacob Zuma, brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA). DA Leader Mmusi Maimane has spoken, asking members to work together and put the South African flag first rather than caring about who is yellow, red or blue. The ANC has complained that the […]

Yikes – one of the most shocking and thrilling chase scenes you’ll ever see… with a ‘twist’ in the tail! A hatchling marine iguana makes a run for its life… but will it outwit, outrun and outplay the horde of runner snakes that appear to be working in a pack? This video footage is from the BBC’s […]

Check out this awesome video of guests aboard a cruise ship jolling to ‘Ndihamba Nawe’, the 2007 hit by award-winning SA duo Mafikizolo. Forgetting all the world’s troubles and strife on Wednesday – the same day the State Capture Report was released – guests aboard MSC Sinfonia clearly loved South African musician Chris Clarke’s brilliantly […]