The SONA2016 debate might be over, and while there were some pretty low points, there were also some highs worth remembering. One of them was the speech of the Democratic Alliance’s Zakhele Mbhele. Only 31 years old, and the shadow minister of police, he talks the talk a lot better than parliamentarians twice his age. And […]

For anyone who loves animated movies like “Finding Nemo” or “Wallace and Gromit”, Cape Town is the place to be for the next four days as the Cape Town International Animation Festival offers a glut of movies and talks and workshops from around the world. Included in the features available will be the highly praised […]

CAPE TOWN – Parliament descended into minor chaos Wednesday afternoon after the chief whip of the Democratic Alliance John Steenhuisen told the presiding officer that he could not tell COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota to withdraw the word “faction” when referring to the ANC. Steenhuisen said that by telling the Congress of People’s leader Lekota that labeling […]

A video of a South African Police Service (SAPS) unit hard at work has emerged, showing that it’s not all skop, skiet en donner in the SA cop force! Although it is movie scene fast car (well, motorbike) chases… The video was uploaded by CICA (Crime Intelligence & Community Awareness) on Valentine’s Day, reporting that the […]

Many South Africans have had enough of the racism – from all quarters – that’s been magnified since Penny Sparrow’s New Year’s Eve comment. In this video, Renaldo Gouws – who describes himself as “that crazy South African that fuels his existence on sarcasm and facts” – responds to the F*ck White People “movement”… And in […]

One of the things many South African expats miss is a spectacular lightning storm… so when the lightning strikes, on a trip back home – they capture it! Bev Tromp – formerly from 5FM – took these pics on Sunday evening during her holiday back to South Africa. “It was one of those wonderful wild crashing, light up the entire […]

Kite boarders from 11 nations waited for the windiest day for the perfect conditions to fly high – and on Wednesday and Thursday they got it. “With iconic Table Mountain as backdrop – both wind and sea delivered some pumping conditions,” said the organisers of the Red Bull King of the Air 2016 competition. Watch some […]

The walkout from Parliament on Thursday night by the Economic Freedom Fighters has already got lot of attention in the media, although some people have started sharing videos of the sign language interpreters who had to repeatedly interpret “Zupta Must Fall!” which the EFF chanted before and while leaving the chamber. “They did a great job,” […]

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It was one of South Africa’s many dark moments. Fifty years ago, on 11 February in 1966, the neighbourhood of District Six on the fringe of Cape Town’s centre was declared for “Whites Only”. More than half a century later the area has (lamentably, after many hold-ups) still not been built on, and it remains a very visible […]

It doesn’t look like this monkey is going to get up to any monkey business during the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which ends on 27 January 2017. This video, filmed at Twala Trust Animal Sanctuary in Zimbabwe, has gone viral on the internet this week at the same time as people around the world celebrate […]

Playing off of Facebook’s “Friends Day”, which was launched by the social media giant to celebrate its 12th birthday by giving users a 58-second video featuring images of friends and family, a tongue-in-cheek video of President Jacob Zuma’s “friends” has been launched by a South African news network. The friends included in the video the Guptas, the short-lived […]

A dashboard camera (dashcam) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has captured an aggressive driver’s actions backfiring on him (or her). The video footage was uploaded to CICA – Crime Intelligence & Community Awareness – South Africa, a facebook page that was set up to report major crimes and events which may effect the community. According to […]

Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya posted this sweet video of a young rhino out for a brisk morning jog with one of the staff. The four-month-old southern white rhino calf was abandoned by its mother at birth, the conservancy says. Ol Pejeta is situated at the foot of Mount Kenya and is a trailblazer in conservation. It […]

They say it never rains, but it pours…and that’s how it’s been in Krugersdorp, South Africa. After being gripped by a drought that dragged on forever, the Gauteng town was hit by a massive hail storm in January and drenched again in a downpour Friday which also included hail that some witnesses reported took over three […]

ZAAHID APPOLES captured this mesmerising footage – and photos – of the windy seas and clouds over Table Mountain as the legendary “Cape Doctor” paid a visit… Watch Video: Cape Doctor over Table Mountain

There were many things Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said today when he formally rejected President Jacob Zuma’s offer to pay back some of the money for Nkandla’s R246 million upgrades. Here are some of the highlights. “We will not allow South Africa to be sold over a plate of curry.” “We replaced (Thabo) […]

Kruger Sightings has uploaded this sweet footage of a baby rhino chasing the birds, together with a message saying “this video is dedicated to Roger Gower, a man who was killed this week, while protecting our precious wildlife.” British helicopter pilot Gower was shot down this weekend by poachers in Tanzania as he approached the scene […]

It’s hard to believe, but there have been 25 million people up Table Mountain on the cable car, and the 25 millionth guests were surprised by cheers on Tuesday when they got off the cable car. Watch the lucky couple arrive on top of the mountain: The two suddenly famous customers were Bafana Sibanyoni and his […]

U.S. talk show host Ellen de Generes has long been known as a supporter of animal causes, and now it’s African animal causes too. Two of her most recent guests were Dereck and Beverly Joubert, the South African conservationists and award-winning photographers. The South African couple, who have lived in the Botswana wilderness for some […]

An elephant that had already mock-charged a vehicle in Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe obviously couldn’t take the titters and laughing of the occupants who weren’t taking him seriously. So he came back a second time. The ranger, who seems to have been taking snaps with his cell phone, obviously didn’t expect what happened. Watch […]

In the first of a series of sold-out concerts around the country, British Grammy-award-winning rock band Mumford & Sons played to a crowd of thousands on the Grand Parade in Cape Town on Friday night. The band will play another concert in Cape Town, one in Durban and two in Pretoria. Watch the crowd join […]

It’s been one of the hottest South African summers…and as we all know, there’s no better way to cool down than with a swim in the pool. Barbara von Etzdorf caught these vervet monkeys taking a dip in her swimming pool on New Year’s Eve! Watch Video: Vervet monkeys swim in garden pool https://youtu.be/6jyWY6Who7M

Lovelyn Chidinma Nwadeyi has delivered yet another thought-provoking piece on life in South Africa…urging many of us to listen in 2016 and give those who need to talk, to cry, or to be angry the chance to do just that. Speaking on Tuesday evening at the annual meeting of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Convocation, Lovelyn said […]