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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 […]

Dan Mace is a young surfer and film maker from Cape Town who has made some incredible movies already (check his YouTube page for proof), but now it’s #TheRainbowChain that’s on his mind. In a new video the 25-year-old says that even though corruption, crime and racism seem to be at an all-time high in South Africa, […]

Suzelle in her latest DIY video, “How to Make Your Own Greehouse”, heads into the garden (or “gorden”) and lands up in the swimming pool. Watch the video:

When you’re a South African abroad… living in a colder climate sometimes, far from home, and far from the familiar sounds of the ocean and the bush, you can long so desperately to hear them again… VIDEO: “Waves and Blessings” from Cape Town – Sounds of the Ocean RIA VILJOEN, who was on holiday in […]

Patrick van Rensburg, who  lives in Hluhluwe and  makes promo videos for lodges and other businesses around South Africa, wanted to put something more personal together from the  footage he has. “It’s not promoting anyone in particular,” he says. “It’s just a personal expression from me – a Love Letter to Africa, if you like. Feel free to share…” […]

It was 1966. Racial divisions were growing more entrenched in South Africa by the day but the issue was still little publicised abroad. A young black South African woman, however, was raising her voice against apartheid while cutting a swathe through the international music scene, opening doors for women, especially black women in years to come. She was the 34-year-old […]

Jesse Clegg, the pop singer son of Johnny Clegg, will be doing a 35-show tour of the United States early this year, as soon as he has released his new album. Clegg – who has just released a brilliant new single, “Souvenir” (see video above and below) – said in an radio interview on Friday […]

Cape Town mother and businesswoman Heidi Croxford, who’s passionately crazy about her country, has put together this video clip looking back at “our South Africa over the past 21 years…what it was, how we grew and where we are now!!!” The Melkbosstrand resident says the soundtrack – ‘Land of Confusion’ (by Genesis, and performed here by […]

After arriving at a gloomy scene in the Stellenbosch Winelands yesterday (20/01/16), the action kicked off quickly at Wiesenhof, Stellenbosch. After about an hour of hiding in the Blue Gums and watching farmers and workers battle to keep the flames at bay, I headed off to meet with a Volunteer Wildfire Services team deployed high […]

Cape Town traffic officer Nizaam Alexander – has been awarded the City of Cape Town Traffic Services Departmental Officer of the Year Award after he was shot on duty…and still managed to finish writing out a fine before seeking medical attention for himself! The Western Cape provincial government uploaded a video to YouTube honouring the […]