As communities, dance groups, hospitals, schools and many other people around the world continue to dance the #JerusalemaChallenge – which has lifted spirits globally during COVID – the original video of South African Master Kg’s brilliant song, sung by Nomcebo Zikode, has now been viewed 100 million times on YouTube. From Ghana to Italy to […]

A ruling by the Durban High Court that a Madrassah in Isipingo has to ensure its calls to prayer, or Athans, are not audible in a neighbour’s house across the street has been called bizarre by a legal expert. “The judgment is badly argued and clearly wrong in law as the law requires neighbours to […]

After the government has come under repeated criticism for corruption in the awarding of tenders dealing with the fight against COVID-19, and investigations have been launched to uncover illicit dealings, the National Treasury has released a detailed list of the companies to whom government has given contracts. The Treasury said the register will be regularly […]

West Mathewson, the owner of a lodge in Hoedspruit that was known for his interactions, and conservation work, with lions, died after being mauled by his two white lions today. “Confirmed reports that lodge owner West Mathewson was killed by his two white lions at Treetop Lodge near Hoedspruit this morning,” according to a tweet […]

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA had a virtual walk event this weekend that helped them make more than R180,000, R30,000 above their target, enabling them to buy a kit for repairing bone fractures in their furry patients. The #PawFeetLove event was held on Saturday and Sunday. It didn’t matter what distance was walked, the […]

A Johannesburg businessman has been released on bail of R50,000, after being charged with defrauding the city of R7.5 million for undelivered computers. Deon Pillay, the sole director of Esizwe Techology, is accused of taking payment of almost R7.5 million for 570 computers that were never delivered to the city. He is charged by the […]

The Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) has put out a call for government to give a definite date for the reopening of international travel, so that airlines can plan and the devastated industry can start to recover. “A definite date for international travel would allow sufficient time for airlines to plan the reintroduction […]

Doctors at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town have started using modified snorkel masks to protect themselves when dealing with patients who have tested positive for  COVID-19. “They have been modified with the addition of a breathing filter where the snorkel would usually be,” the hospital said. “Using these full-face modified snorkel masks, the doctors are […]

An 11-year-old lifesaver in training in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, this weekend took it on himself to paddle out to two men hundreds of metres offshore who appeared to be panicking on their inflatable mattress and he helped them back to the beach.   Braedon Powell, who is with the Nippers division of Fish Hoek […]

Cape Town dams are standing at 88 percent of capacity, up four percent from last week and up from 81.7 percent this time last year, because of recent rains and a sustained reduction in water consumption, the city has said. Theewaterskloof is 85 percent full, Wemmersheok 84 percent and Berg River Dam 100 percent. Consumption […]

The South African government said over 10 private sector funders, private equity investors and partners – which still remain unidentified – have expressed interest in South African Airways and its subsidiaries, as time runs out for the ailing airline to be saved. As at the beginning of August, the Department of Public Enterprises had received […]

Anoj Singh, who has been repeatedly implicated in deals benefitting the Guptas during his time as CFO at Eskom and Transnet, has been stripped of his chartered accountant title and found guilty of 12 of 18 charges against him by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, who found him grossly negligent and dishonest. Singh […]

Even though the deputy president is meant to carry out government’s business in Parliament, South Africa’s David Mabuza has been obviously absent lately. His non-appearance at an important meeting yesterday was his seventh missed meeting since late 2019. The Democratic Alliance has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a replacement from his Cabinet, as […]

After a good start in Johannesburg in 2016, and plans for a big roll-out across South Africa for as many as 200 stores, which didn’t happen, Starbucks Coffee said it is finally opening in Cape Town. Adrian Maizey, owner and CEO of Rand Capital Coffee, the custodian of Starbucks in Southern Africa, said he was […]

On 24 October, Cape Town will host the 2020 Miss South Africa contest, the first time the event has been held in the Mother City. The top 10 finalists were revealed on 5 August (see the video below). The venue in Cape Town still has to be announced. Miss South Africa organisers said the event […]

A public forum has been launched to get taxi operators, drivers and civil society to engage with government on a plan to regulate the taxi industry. Taxis often come in for much criticism for disobeying the rules of the road, unlicensed drivers, and violence. So there will be lots to talk about from the public’s […]

Lots of hospitals have been posting their staff doing the #JerusalemaChallenge – a great way to keep spirits up – but the latest, from Western Cape’s Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, is one of the best. Red Cross Hospital: [MUST WATCH] The team at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital doing the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge! 👏🏼 […]

Virgin Active announced today that it would open at 5 a.m. on Monday, 24 August. However, this still depends on the government releasing gym protocols before then. Virgin said that although other gyms had opened already, it was waiting for the protocols from government. The opening of gyms was announced as part of moving to […]

Despite promises by Cyril Ramaphosa to run a clean administration and a statement by the African National Congress that it is embarrassed by corruption, the former mayor of Durban, who was sacked from the position by the ANC a year ago and is facing corruption charges, is the latest tainted official to be reappointed into […]

A COVID donation of medical material and personal protection equipment from the French government arrived in South Africa today. The donation consists of single-channel infusion pumps, material for intensive care units and medical isolation gowns, worth a total of R 1,8 million, according to a post by the French Embassy on Twitter. “France stands with […]

With bare hands, residents removed septic tanks from communal chemical toilets, loaded them on shopping trolleys and emptied them at the exit of N7 at Dunoon, near Milnerton, CapeTown, on Sunday. The residents from Ekuphumuleni informal settlement have not had their toilets cleaned for three weeks after they stopped a newly appointed contractor, Sanitech, from […]

Questions have been raised about the suicide in custody on Sunday of one of two men arrested in connection with the murder of five women in Mthwalume in KwaZulu-Natal, after he told police there were more bodies to be found. The Democratic Alliance has called for an investigation. The two men, aged 35 and 40, […]

An increasing trend recently has been the sight of South Africa receiving aid and services from other countries, most of it free, but at least once paid for. A country that should be delivering help to the rest of the continent and further afield is now the one needing assistance. Germany – Technical experts  On […]

As the number of positive cases of COVID in the Western Cape continue to decline – faster than in the rest of the country – the local government is closing down its field hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, which was built in June and was Africa’s biggest COVID field hospital. “Due to […]

A former fastfood delivery man appeared in Emalahleni Magistrate’s Court, Mpumalanga, on Wednesday after complaints were received from clients who had noticed extra charges on their bank accounts after paying him for their orders. The suspect was found with an illegal point of sale device and more than R120,000 in cash. Patrick Kananga Mukandila, described […]