The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and NASA today renewed their partnership in lunar exploration with the groundbreaking of a new communications facility that will help the Artemis missions return humans to the Moon. The facility will be in Matjiesfontein, in the Central Karoo, and is Africa‘s first Deep Space Ground Station! The groundbreaking […]

Numerous properties belonging to Lotteries Commission executives, their relatives and cronies frozen by court order. By Raymond Joseph. UPDATE 2 MARCH 2023: Terry Pheto’s house goes on auction to recover lottery funds Millions in properties and assets, including actress Terry Pheto’s luxury home, have been frozen by court order. The Asset Forfeiture Unit is seeking […]

At first glance the dystopian tech horror Black Mirror, the 2022 film The Woman King, and the feel-good Netflix teen Rom-Com The Kissing Booth don’t appear to have much in common. They’re so generically distant that one might not guess their commonality at all. Unless viewers recognise the incredible backdrops of cityscapes, rolling hills and […]

Eskom has announced that load shedding will be implemented from 4pm to 5am every evening “until further notice”. This as the power utility continues to battle breakdowns at power stations and for the recovery of emergency generation capacity. “The nightly implementation of load shedding is mainly due to the need to preserve emergency generation reserves […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this weekend. You can watch the show on Sunday 6 November in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 08 November if you’re abroad. It was the story that gripped SA… The separation of conjoined twins Mpho and Mphonyana […]

Loan sharks can be found in neighbourhoods across South Africa, often targeting areas without easy access to banks or using personal networks to try and convince borrowers to turn to them in times of need. The problem is that these unlawful lenders are not registered, nor do they conform to lending rules, and can be, […]

LONDON (Reuters) – A British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore was ordered to pay a total penalty of £276.4-million ($310.6-million) in a London court on Thursday for seven bribery offences in relation to its oil operations in Africa. By Sam Tobin. Glencore Energy UK was ordered to pay a £182.9 fine, and a […]

Most of PRASA’s long-distance train carriages “obsolete”… By Ezekiel Kekana PRASA says 396 Shosholoza Meyl train carriages nationally will be scrapped and sold. 155 carriages have been parked for years in Pretoria’s Bosman Street station and are “obsolete.” A “retirement” strategy has been approved to dispose of all the obsolete assets of PRASA. Only two […]

South Africa now has a new 24-hour, state-of-the-art regional space weather centre, which was launched in Hermanus, Western Cape, today. Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, described today’s launch as a historic development and illustration of the country’s excellence in science. “It is yet another demonstration that the DSI, together with its […]

Swedish clothing company H&M is under fire for allegedly backtracking on a promise to no longer use mohair wool. The multinational fashion giant had ditched mohair wool, along with around 70 other companies like Zara and Gap, after an exposé in 2018 from South Africa – the world’s leading mohair wool producer – showed how […]

Eskom has announced that Stage 1 and 2 load shedding will be implemented for the rest of this week. Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented every day from 5am until 4pm with Stage 2 then taking effect from 4pm until 5am. “The increase in load shedding is mainly due to the need to preserve […]

The South African government’s decision to allow the superyacht of the Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov to dock in South Africa is an ”international embarrassment”, says Darren Bergman – DA Shadow Minister of International Relations. International media, such as the Wall Street Journal, is reporting on Nord’s imminent arrival in SA waters despite American and European […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – One of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to more stores after the successful completion of the first phase, it said on Tuesday. The announcement came weeks after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority formally declared crypto assets as a […]

Two years of hard teamwork, and considered capital investment, have paid off for Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West, a provincial heritage site renowned for its wine, hospitality and environmental initiatives. The 322-year-old estate has been announced the winner of the coveted Wine Tourism Services category in the 2023 Best of Wine Tourism Awards (BOWTA). […]

The richest man in the world, who was born and raised in South Africa, Elon Musk, has entered the Twitter HQ building. “Let that sink in,” he quipped on Twitter yesterday, along with a video showing the historic moment that he took over the social media platform. Today – with good old-fashioned SA humour – […]

The ten-year struggle to get rid of e-tolls has reached a fairly satisfying end for several South Africans who fought tirelessly against a system which they believed was totally over-priced. It was announced today – during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement – that the state will take over the South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) […]

South Africa has scooped several top awards in the 2022 World Luxury Awards, which was held in Turkey this weekend. The final winners were announced to the public on Monday, 24 October 2022. Fusion Boutique Hotel in Polokwane, Limpopo won for Best Luxury Small Hotel in the World! The hotel offers A-listers a glamorous stay […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes today’s judgment in the High Court, which upheld the rule of law, and showed Speaker of Council, Cllr Colleen Makhubele, and the ANC acted illegally, dishonestly and unconstitutionally by effectively staging a coup in hastily removing the duly elected Executive Mayor of Johannesburg and Members of the Mayoral Committee… writes Dr […]

Social media users from South Africa to France to India are rushing over to Twitter to find out if WhatsApp is down… and yes it is (as of 09h45 SA time). UPDATE: WhatsApp is back up – please see Meta’s statement at bottom of page. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending […]

The municipality may have to forfeit the conditional grant due to underspending. By Daniel Steyn The Amathole District Municipality (ADM) risks losing a R493-million conditional grant because it has failed to spend the first R100-million portion. The Municipal Infrastructure Grant was allocated to the municipality in July by the National Treasury. A large section of […]

President Ramaphosa has welcomed the decision by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) countries to focus on price stabilization in their management of oil production. Rising oil prices contribute to higher fuel costs in South Africa, which exerts further pressure on small businesses, consumers and households, said […]

Eskom announced just before midday on Sunday, that at noon it would be implementing Stage 4 loadshedding… through until 05:00 on Monday and for the following couple of days, due to breakdowns of several generating units. Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Monday until 16:00, thereafter increasing to Stage 4 until 05:00 […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation tonight to provide details on his response to the State Capture Report recommendations, and what steps are being taken against the perpetrators of state capture and to prevent such a take-over occurring again. The President yesterday advised the Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Nosiviwe Maphisa-Nqakula […]

South Africa will resolve its electricity challenges, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. “Much as we are still dealing with the challenges of load shedding with Eskom, if we look through the tunnel, we see the light. We are going to resolve our energy challenges,” said President Ramaphosa during his walkabout tour at the Redstone Solar Plant in […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency financial companies in South Africa will need to apply for a licence between June 1 and Nov. 20, 2023, in order to operate legally, the country’s financial conduct regulator said on Thursday. By Rachel Savage A declaration on Wednesday that crypto assets are financial products does not mean that they are […]