Kagiso Rabada scored a big SIX awards at a glittering Cricket South Africa Awards function on Saturday evening in Sandton, Johannesburg… making him the first Protea Player to ever win six awards, not once… but TWICE. (He previously won six in 2016.) No other cricketer has ever won more than five awards! Rabada, who turned […]

The Blitzboks Sevens team will face New Zealand in the Cup quarter-finals of the London Sevens on Sunday, after finishing top of Pool D after Saturday’s opening day at Twickenham, London. The Blitzboks scored wins over Russia (31-0) and Canada (17-7) before tripping up 21-12 against Samoa in their final pool match of the day. […]

Rory Steyn, the former policeman who formed part of former President Nelson Mandela’s personal security detail, has stood by his claim that the All Blacks were poisoned during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Steyn, who was tasked with looking after the All Blacks during the world cup in South Africa, said he saw evidence first hand […]

It’s what drought-stricken Cape Town has been waiting for… welcome rain to fill its dams. In the last couple of days, videos of water rushing into Theewaterskloof Dam have started flooding social media, as thrilled Capetonians watch their main source of drinking water finally getting replenished… According to Meteo Cape Town, Theewaterskloof Dam received almost […]

Proudly South African expat Lyla Illing will be singing her heart out for South Africa on Saturday 2 June 2018 as the Springboks face Wales in Washington, DC. Last year Lyla captured our hearts when she did an impromptu performance of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrica under Brooklyn Bridge in New York, after the Springboks played the […]

Thanks to the awesome team at a rhino sanctuary in South Africa, there’s a one-month-old rhino orphan whose wellbeing is steadily improving… although he does still call very softly in the night for his mom. Watch brave little Arthur below as he playfights with his favourite toy, a tyre. “His wounds and his soul are […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said on Friday a miner was killed by falling rocks at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Driefontein gold mine, where seven workers died four weeks ago in a cave-in following a seismic event. Sibanye, which saw its share price sink about 28 percent in May, noted on Thursday that “recent […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Thursday to apologise for the period in which the Archbishop “lost confidence in the leadership of the country” (during the presidency of Jacob Zuma). Ramaphosa said: “It was not a pleasant moment to hear you, the Archbisohop who we’ve always loved, expressing your loss […]

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has strongly condemned the naked dancing by teenage school girls on stage in the Eastern Cape leg of the ABC Motsepe SASCE, that took place this week in South Africa. “There is no need for learners to go on stage completely naked and exposed in the manner we have seen […]

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is calling on men in South African communities to lead the battle to protect women from violence. The department also called on all members of society to assist in reporting abuse and violence against women. This follows the stabbing to death of Sheila Mosidi Kopanye, who was a […]

May 30 (Reuters) – Springboks assistant coach Pieter de Villiers has been released from his contract to take up an opportunity in France, South Africa Rugby said on Wednesday. France’s L’Equipe newspaper reported he was set to join Stade Francais, the club he ended his playing career with in 2008 and that is now under […]

JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (Reuters) – New Springboks captain Siya Kolisi wants to be an inspiration to all South Africans and not just those in the black communities where his appointment has been widely celebrated this week. The 26-year-old loose forward was named as the first black test captain of the Boks for their home three-test […]

On a recent trip back home to Cape Town Rudi Gremels realised what so many South Africans living abroad realise – that there’s nowhere quite like home! “I live abroad and I made this video back home about spending an amazing day in Cape Town,” he says. Rudi was fortunate to spend a couple of […]

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said on Tuesday it was investigating allegations that a South African national bribed officials to allow a Colorado-based tourist to take the ivory tusks of an elephant, which had been illegally shot in a Zimbabwe game park.   Their inquiry comes after U.S. prosecutors accused the South African, who […]

A wonderful Good Samaritan in South Africa has donated his kidney to talented artist and wildlife crusader Di Wilkinson… and he did it just in time for Di and her children to celebrate Mother’s Day with joy and newfound hope. It’s now almost three week since the op on 10 May 2018, and Di and […]

MONACO (Reuters) – Daniel Ricciardo lived his own Apollo 13 moment to emerge triumphant on Sunday from what could have been a Monaco Grand Prix nightmare. And Princess Charlene (nee Wittstock) was on the Podium, with husband Prince Albert II, to help the racing driver celebrate. If Formula One’s showcase race was dull for rivals, […]

The nine-year-old girl, Sadia Sukhraj, who was tragically killed during a hijacking outside a school in Shallcross, Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, yesterday, is being buried today. Her death yesterday sparked protests in Chatsworth where residents said they are “gatvol” of the escalating crime. The protests led to 20 arrests, amidst accusations that police – firing rubber […]

Following a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in Polokwane, South Africa, yesterday, seven suspects have been arrested… thanks to swift action by a multi-disciplinary team. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said Tuesday morning that the operation to clinch the arrests was led by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit and supported by the Provincial Task […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the ‘Spiderman hero’ from Africa, Mamoudou Gassama – who scaled a building in Paris to save a young boy, hanging precariously from a fourth-floor balcony – will be given residence papers for his selfless, heroic deed. Gassama, an illegal immigrant from West African country Mali, climbed the facade […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Weather Service said on Monday that it saw an El Nino weather pattern developing during the region’s winter and spring but it was too early to forecast if it would last into the summer growing season. The last El Nino was linked to a severe drought that hit crop […]

A local insurance company has South Africans in stitches again with an advert that highlights how meanings get lost in translation so often in SA! King Price Insurance – whose April ‘Do Something Sexy to a Tractor’ TV ad attracted over 1 million views in 24 hours when it went viral on Whatsapp – has […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Siya Kolisi has been named as captain of South Africa for the three-test home series against England next month, but the flanker will not lead the side against Wales on Saturday. The Stormers back-rower will captain the Springboks for the first time in the absence of previous skippers, loose-forward Warren Whiteley […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Warning of heavy rain, leading to localised flooding, expected in places over the Cape Metropole and other parts of the Western Cape on Monday 28 May 2018. SAWS issued the warning for between 08h00 on Monday and 00h00 on Tuesday 29 May. The Weather Service predicted […]

A 23-year-old final year medical student – Tamaryn Green – has been crowned Miss South African 2018 at a glitzy event in Pretoria. Tamaryn, who is the 60th winner of the coveted crown, is from Paarl in the Western Cape. She was also named Miss Universe South Africa, while runner-up Thulisa Keyi (26) was given […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA), the biggest opposition to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC), dismissed as “rumours and gossip” a Sunday newspaper report that said the party was about to split. The City Press, citing unnamed sources, said at least five senior MPs unhappy with the direction the party was […]