There have been several amazing stories recently of lions rescued from terrible conditions abroad – including an airlift of 33 cats from South America – but none of them as pull-on-your-heartstrings as the tale of young Lia, who arrived in South Africa from Egypt last week. Watch the video of Lia and Elsa getting to know each other […]

The production house Two Wheels Across has released a video made over six weeks of Cape Town from a bird’s-eye view, a follow-up to an earlier video of the city as the starting point of a cross-Africa motorbike ride. Watch the Cape Town video Two Wheels Across is the brainchild of Beirut-born Christian Ghammachi who did a solo […]

Johannesburg-based musical comedian Deep Fried Man (real name Daniel Friedman) has certainly jumped from the frying pan into the fire with his latest YouTube video. In a message on Facebook a couple of days ago, the 34-year-old wrote: “Capetonians! This one’s for you. Some people have been asking when I would put my Cape Town Song […]

Springbok captain Victor Matfield was captured on camera having a bit of a Baywatch moment at the Rugby World Cup Bronze Medal match this evening in London. World Rugby uploaded a Vine (video loop) of Matfield’s run onto the field at Olympic Stadium, after the team sung the anthem for the last time during RWC2015 (see video […]

Late this afternoon the Democratic Alliance (DA) posted a message on Facebook declaring that “the DA will not be intimidated by the ANC’s violence!” The message was accompanied by a video which allegedly shows ANC members attacking DA members during the set-up of a DA mayoral launch in Tshwane. The event took place on Friday, 23 October 2015 […]

South Africa’s favourite domestic (and Greek) godess, Suzelle DIY has been quite the celebrity in the past month as she has whipped around the country on a book tour – promoting her “SuzelleDIY – The Book” (or “SuzelleDIY – Die Boek”). In her latest video (or vlog), the do-it-yourself expert shows us snippets from her […]

It’s not exactly how we wanted to watch our Boks this weekend…but it is at least another opportunity to watch the South African rugby team in action at the Rugby World Cup (RWC) in England. The Boks will take on Argentina tomorrow, Friday, evening at Olympic Stadium in London to see who wins bronze. According to […]

It’s the incident that just keeps giving. That moment that President Zuma unfortunately fumbled  over the ANC membership figures during a speech at the ANC National General Council earlier this month. In its latest incarnation, Darth Vader is seen – in the latest Star Wars video trailer – doing the Zuma speech. On viewing the video, Twitter user […]

On the one-month anniversary of taking over the ‘Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah spent part of yesterday being interviewed by hugely popular talk show host Ellen Degeneres, who spoke to him about his love of roller coasters. Watch a short clip from the ‘Ellen’ show in the video here Degeneres said on the […]

Within a week of Adele launching her comeback single (watch below) – Hello – after a three year break, it rocketed to number one around the world, was heralded as the song of the century,  become the fastest selling single in the UK in 2015, attracted over 114 million views on YouTube (!) and triggered an avalanche of cover […]

From the title you knew it was going to be a cool event – “Full Moon Beach Dance Meditation” at Camp’s Bay. And here’s the video and photos to prove it! The laid back event (with no alcohol or illegal substances allowed!) was hosted yesterday evening in Camp’s Bay, Cape Town by Paradigm Shift South Africa. Hundreds attended. […]

The forced removal of some 60,000 people from District Six in Cape Town, many in the 1970s, is still hard to comprehend, but there are numerous areas in the city where the same thing happened, and a new film to be shown free in Cape Town on 29 October focuses its lens on some of the affected […]

Check out this wild leopard caught on CCTV cameras outside a shop in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa The leopard – filmed in Weir Street, Riverside, in Mbombela (Nelspruit) – appears to have heard the news that there’s a new Weylandts store in town! He made the late night visit at about 4am on Monday morning. The video was uploaded […]

When the famed Outeniqua Chootjoe stopped doing its breathtaking run from George to Knysna, over the Kaaimans Bridge, many lamented the passing of another famous train trip in South Africa. Truth is, there are still a bunch of fantastic train trips available (and even the George-Knysna route might operate again soon). 1. The Blue Train Started […]

As emotional as we South Africans are tonight, after the Springboks came so close to making it through to the Rugby World Cup (RWC) final, so too are those from other countries who have witnessed this rivalry – and friendship – between two of the strongest teams in the world. On more than one occasion RWC’s official site […]

South Africa and New Zealand are on the field…again. The two teams share probably the greatest rivalry – and greatest friendship – in rugby union history. Even the coaches Steve Hansen (New Zealand) and Heyneke Meyer (South Africa) – who both took over as head coaches in 2012 of their respective countries – share a close friendship. The All Blacks […]

The scenes in London this morning were emotional as South Africans gathered for the 3km run through Central London with Springbok members from the 1995 team that led South Africa to victory against the All Blacks. (See #JogYourMemory photos here.) Brett Levin captured the singing of the National Anthem in this video which is sure […]

In preparation for Shabbat, or the Sabbath in Hebrew, no less than 1,700 women gathered in Cape Town on Wednesday to knead dough for the Great Big Challah Bake, part of a worldwide event started in South Africa only three years ago. One of the prime movers behind the project has been South Africa’s chief rabbi […]

UPDATE: President Jacob Zuma’s brief address is now over. Watch below. The South African president announced a zero increase of university fees in 2016 and said exams will be postponed. His speech begins at approximately 15’50. The president was addressing the nation following almost a week of #FeesMustFall protests at universities around the country. Students […]

As students get ready to march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday, a comment by the Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande, has become a video sensation and made students think his words show the government does not care about their demands. In this video, the news report that caused all the trouble: President Jacob Zuma, who has […]

Watch Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer in the video below as he discusses the special relationship he and New Zealand coach Steve Hansen share, and why he can’t wait to buy Steve a beer on Saturday night after the Rugby World Cup semi-final between the two teams. The two have a tradition of meeting for dinner […]

It might be a bit late to get to Scotland by the weekend, but this trailer shows you what exactly will be going on at the Africa in Motion Film Festival. And as you can see, some pretty amazing movies are being made in Africa. Get a taste of the festival movies in this hip video https://vimeo.com/140192562 Now […]

In its regular feature ’36 Hours in (Name a Place)’, the New York Times focuses on a great city or part of the world. This week it’s Cape Town’s chance to be in the spotlight. From museums to a revival of life in the city centre, from going up Table Mountain to eating at local markets, […]

Barely days after six lions were saved from horrendous conditions in zoos in Romania and Italy to spend their lives in a sanctuary in South Africa, Zimbabwe has given two lions captured in Hwange National Park to the Chinese to spend the rest of their lives in a small 2,000-square-metre cage in Shanghai. Two days ago, New China […]

The six rescued lions who arrived “home” in South Africa last week, after being maltreated by their previous owners in Romania and the Netherlands, are settling in well according to their new custodians. The animals landed in South Africa on Friday, after being flown over by the rescue organisation Four Paws. They are now enjoying grass […]