Outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter is to leave Eskom with “immediate effect”, Eskom said in a statement issued on Wednesday evening. (Watch the full Andre de Ruyter’s full interview that led to his sudden exit from Eskom.) This follows an explosive interview which was posted to YouTube by Orca Media, in which De Ruyter […]

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has announced with “deep sadness” the passing of beloved baboon, Van Damme… after the adult male sustained severe injuries in a fight with another baboon. The SPCA said it “deeply regrets to announce the euthanasia of the adult male baboon WF8, better known to locals and his fans as […]

The Proteas beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets at Newlands on Tuesday to qualify for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals on Friday… and all South Africans who can, are encouraged to fill the stadium and support our wonderful home team! Bangladesh were restricted to 113-6, before Laura Wolvaardt (66* off 56 balls) and Tazmin […]

Showmax has released the first trailer for Stella Murders, a new true crime documentary from David Enright and IdeaCandy, the director and production company respectively behind the breakout hit Devilsdorp, one of Showmax’s ten most streamed titles of 2021, which sold internationally and won the 2022 SAFTA for Best Made for TV Documentary. New Showmax Original true crime […]

The tragedy of the SS Mendi was marked on Tuesday (21 Feb) by the people of Portsmouth, in the UK, with a memorial service for the 647 men, mainly black, who lost their lives in the English Channel on the way to France to fight for the allied forces in the First World War. South […]

A middle-aged woman tragically bled to death at her Britstown home in the Northern Cape of South Africa, over the weekend, due to the unavailability of a state ambulance to ensure that she was able to access medical care. Sadly, the 52-year old woman’s family did not have R1,500 to call for the private ambulance […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the re-opening of Crocodile Bridge and Lower Sabie Camps after they were closed following floods in the South of the Kruger National Park (KNP). “We can confirm that water has subsided enough for us to safely open the two rest camps. Access to Lower Sabie will be through […]

At the Tourism Portfolio Committee today, it was revealed that the three South African Tourism Board members that replaced those who recently resigned have been irregularly appointed by the Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu. “By her own admission, the three resignations were submitted at the beginning of February on a Wednesday and she replaced the resigned Board […]

The Kyalami 9 Hour, one of the biggest motoring events on the sporting calendar, will be taking place at South Africa’s iconic Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit this weekend. The International GT Challenge (IGTC) Series Powered by Pirelli, is a GT3 and GT4 sportscar-based endurance series which has run at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit since 2019. […]

“Yesterday was the hottest day that I have known since I moved down to Umhlanga two years ago,” says Christo from Christo Smith Photography. Durbanite Louise S agreed, revealing “I have lived in Durban my whole life and have never experienced heat like yesterday ??.” Christo says “the heat was suffocating, with parts of Durban reaching […]

The South African government is to challenge a Pretoria High Court order that directs Home Affairs to grant asylum to 22 asylum seekers from Afghanistan. Home Affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi blames an American NGO – The Lifeline Foundation – for the High Court’s ruling, and says the NGO is trying to undermine South Africa’s […]

Trevor Noah surprised a South African audience in Pretoria by popping up on stage to introduce Kevin Hart during the American comedian’s tour of SA. And everybody – including the newly named ‘Mpho’ Hart – will remember it forever. Kevin (aka Mpho, Lil Swag or Hustle Hart, according to him) tweeted: « Last night’s show […]

In the small community of Kirstenhof, South Africa, a heartwarming story is unfolding. Daryn Sutton, a 56-year-old resident, is taking action to help Kerneelz, his friend’s beloved old frosty-faced dog. Daryn, who is partially deaf-blind says he relates to Kerneelz who is stone deaf and partially-blind… Kerneelz, a Boxer in his 14th year, has recently […]

Every single time someone experiences any form of stress, tension or trauma the Sympathetic nervous system is triggered, releasing Adrenaline and nor-adrenaline into the facia causing a fight, flight, freeze response. Most humans spend 85-95% of their daily routine stuck in this nervous system and experience “danger signals” as normal, says Medic Nix. Every time […]

Named Best South African Documentary Film at the 2022 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), Girl, Taken is the incredible story of two parents whose baby was stolen at birth, who miraculously found her 17 years later, and who then lost her again… Girl, Taken was co-directed by multi-award-winners Francois Verster and Simon Wood, whose previous […]

Big Concerts confirmed today that Backstreet Boys, one of the best-selling bands of all time will be coming to South Africa for the first time.  The DNA World Tour kicks off in Cape Town on 16 May; followed by Pretoria on 19 May (sorry Durban, again). The DNA World Tour will go on sale at […]

As the rainbow nation finds an increasing number of potholes at the end of the rainbow, rather than pots of gold, comedian Themba Robin has produced this hilarious (and sad!) ‘truly South African safari’ video… explaining how an asexual single pothole can multiply into a family of potholes. Narrating in a brilliant David Attenborough accent, […]

On World Pangolin Day, HSI/Africa is celebrating the successful reintroduction of vulnerable pangolins into the wild, with the special addition of a pango-pup! This World Pangolin Day (Saturday 18 February), animal protection organization Humane Society International/Africa celebrates a powerful collaboration with the African Pangolin Working Group and the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital to retrieve, rehabilitate […]

It’s been the second race of the year… and it brings the second victory for Red Bull Hard Enduro Racer, South African Wade Young. Wade has scored two wins at the Extreme Peyratoise in France which took place during the past weekend. He started early in the morning with two laps in icy conditions and […]

For the first time in history, murders in South Africa have increased to above 80 people per day, and rapes to over 135 every single day. The latest heartbreaking and shocking release of South African crime statistics for the third quarter of 2022/23 – for the period October to December 2022 – reveals the “unabated […]

Australia today issued a Smart Traveller update to its citizens about travel to South Africa in the face of rolling blackouts (load shedding) occurring throughout the country, and warned this can potentially lead to an increase in crime as well as civil unrest and protests. The update was issued by the Australian Department of Foreign […]

The sight of Fish Hoek’s colourful trek fishermen (whose language is sometimes just as colourful!) has become as synonymous as Table Mountain and the Muizenberg Beach Huts as icons of the Western Cape, South Africa. Noula Maclean Photography captured these wonderful photos on Tuesday (14 Feb) of the hard-working fishermen with their Valentine’s Day catch […]

DAM S2 is now streaming on Showmax, with new episodes on Thursdays until 23 March 2023. Created by four-time SAFTA winner Alex Yazbek, the first season of twisty and twisted thriller was one of the 10 most-watched titles of 2021 on Showmax and the most nominated drama series at the 2022 SAFTAs, earning rave reviews for […]

Many people cannot go to work and learners will be at home until the bridge is repaired. By Yonela Ngqukuvana Officials in the Eastern Cape Department of Transport say they may approach the national government to help fix collapsed bridges and other infrastructure damaged during torrential rains and flash flooding last week. Hundreds of people […]

South Africa’s controversial and privately owned Platinum Rhino breeding and conservation project, the largest of its kind in the world, has announced it is putting itself up for auction in mid-April. Despite project founder John Hume’s best intentions, and the success the project has had at helping save the species from extinction, it’s an “expensive […]