The South African Government has set aside R16.4 billion to repay guaranteed debt for the struggling airline SAA, the National Treasury said on Wednesday. This comes after the SAA Board placed the airline under voluntary business rescue in December last year after the struggling state-owned entity was unable to meet financial obligations. “Since 2008/09, SAA […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says it is deeply disturbed by the confirmation of yet another farm murder in the province – this time in the Rosetta area, near Mooi River. The incident, which took place during the early hours of this morning, saw a farmer shot dead and another person tied up, […]

GAUTENG – Police arrested a mother, son and friend following the murder of an 84-year-old woman in Elandsfontein farm, Fochville, yesterday. The suspects were traced to Klerksdorp in the North West province where they were arrested, said the South African Police Service (SAPS) in a statement on Tuesday evening. SAPS said: “It is reported that […]

Grab a tissue to watch the video below as South Africa’s well known Good and Kind Samaritan – Bi Phakathi – helps another family in South Africa. Bi has been helping South Africans everywhere, often giving money to homeless or impoverished people, or taking them shopping. The gratitude from this family is overwhelming as Bi […]

Almost 50 women in 15 hospitals in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been sterilised without their knowledge, and the likelihood that there are a lot more cases around South Africa is high. All the women were HIV positive. The report comes from the Gender Equality Commission who told the SABC that “the two provinces at […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah entertained talk show host Ellen and her audience on Monday with a hilarious story about how he trained with intense tennis coaches to play in Cape Town, South Africa, with Rafael Nadal in a doubles match against Roger Federer and Bill Gates… in front of the most spectators ever (52,000 […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) insists its support is not in freefall, as suggested by a Daily Maverick article today, and that the stats in the article are outdated and irrelevant. Solly Malatsi MP – DA National Spokesperson – said in a statement Monday: “The basis of Ferial Haffajee’s alarmist claim (“DA support in free fall, […]

Wayde van Niekerk’s return to full fitness gathered momentum as he won another two races, this time in the 100 and 200m, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, at the weekend. Four years ago the South African superstar smashed the Olympic and world 400m records of 43.18 set by American Michael Johnson in 1999 when he clocked […]

Journalists in the United States and South Africa have questioned a recent claim by US Presidential hopeful Joe Biden. The former Vice President has remarked on at least three occasions in the past fortnight that he was arrested during the ’70s in Soweto… on his way to Robben Island to pay a visit to Nelson […]

In a dig at competitors’ “chicken nuggets”, Nando’s has produced a tongue-in-cheek video ad asking just which part of the chicken those nuggets come from? The conversation takes part between a rival fast-food chicken outlet and a customer… and there’s a definite hint that maybe it’s the “bum part” and that it’s “modified”. At the […]

Chanting ‘genoeg is genoeg’ (enough is enough) the residents of the Cape Flats have risen up Friday morning to fight back against the crime in their area, the latest being the tragic death of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk. At the time of publishing, four homes in the Cape Flats had been torched by citizens who […]

Whoops, South Africa’s Minister Of Communications suffered a communication failure during a television interview with eNCA. Asked about allegedly flying her husband to Switzerland for a holiday to celebrate their wedding anniversary, on taxpayers’ money, Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams categorically denied it, saying she and her husband have never been to Switzerland… they only went to […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today warned against land expropriation without compensation in South Africa. Speaking during Wednesday morning’s session of the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Africa – which is being held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia – Pompeo said expropriation without compensation would be catastrophic for South Africa’s economy and the country’s […]

Three South African men will be aiming for their 40th Dusi marathon medals when the famous canoe event gets under way from Camps Drift in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 27 February. Capetonian Andre Hawarden joins Guy Haines and GV Price with the honour of starting his 40th Dusi, an annual event that has run like […]

Police in Limpopo, South Africa, have arrested a 52-year-old father, following the gruesome discovery of his four murdered children. The suspect, who cannot be named until he appears in court, was traced and arrested by police on Tuesday evening in Ga-Pasha, Selatole village. “He will be charged with four counts of murder and he will […]

South African fuel company, Engen, has committed to fuel the work of humanitarian disaster relief organization, Gift of the Givers to the tune of R2 million annually for the next three years. Gift of the Givers quick response in the event of disasters – from droughts to floods, their wide reach, and the fact that […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Cradock in the Eastern Cape has issued an appeal to the community for help in finding eight-year-old child Tazne van Wyk who went missing on 7 February 2020 from a tuck shop opposite her home in Ravensmead, Cape Town, in the Western Cape. Cradock police confirmed that the […]

Tennis legend Roger Federer took to Facebook late Monday night to post this video recapturing the incredible Match in Africa, which broke a world record for audience attendance, at the stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on 7 Feb 2020. The Swiss tennis player said: “Epic recap from last week’s journey to Cape Town!? @trevornoah […]

Watch the live streaming below as Dudu Myeni’s son Thalente Myeni testifies at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry. Today allegations of corruption at Richards Bay’s Mhlathuze Water are under the spotlight. Earlier, despite confirming his company Premier Attraction 1016 was promised R2-million to complete a project with a certain timeframe, that involved client Optics and […]

Eskom announced on Sunday that it would stop rotational loadshedding at 21:00, but that sadly the “probability of loadshedding during the week remains”. Eskom said it was able to stop tonight’s Stage 2 loadshedding because the emergency generation reserves had adequately recovered. South Africa’s power utility said that the load shedding over the weekend had […]

Young African actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who starred in Disney’s Queen of Katwe, has tragically passed away in Uganda at the age of just 15. According to international reports, she had been suffering from brain cancer. She was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016, but thanks to Queen of Katwe’s director Mira Nair […]

To save these threatened seahorses, we built them 5-star underwater hotels… Venture beneath the ocean and you’ll see schools of fish and other alien-like species that may take your breath away. But one species in particular is an enigma in the marine world: the shy, elusive seahorse. Approximately 50 species of seahorse are found worldwide, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will this year introduce Coding and Robotics in Grades R to 3, in 200 schools – with a plan to implement it fully by 2022. This is one of the steps taken by government to improve education in the country. Government is piloting the Coding and Robotics Curriculum for Grades […]

The South African government will this year intensify efforts to stabilise and re-purpose the country’s state-owned enterprises to support growth and development, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. Delivering the 2020 State of the Nation Address on Thursday, the President said government is working to ensure that all SOEs are able to fulfil their developmental mandate […]

Here’s the full State of the Nation  Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday 13 February 2020: It is 30 years since Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster Prison, a moment in our history that signalled perhaps more vividly than any other that freedom was at hand. As he stood […]