Argentina dealt an unexpected and massive blow to the South African World Cup confidence as wing Juan Imhoff scored a hattrick of tries in an emphatic 37-25 victory over the Springboks at Growthpoint Kings Park on Saturday that will reverberate around the rugby globe. This was supposed to the game where the Boks would hit […]

Since Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer was named as the American dentist responsible for killing a well-known lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month in an allegedly illegal hunt, people around the planet have taken to social media to create a worldwide roar of disapproval. Some were upset by the killing of Cecil, while others were […]

Only a day after The Telegraph newspaper identified Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer as the person who had shot and killed with a bow and arrow Zimbabwe’s famed Cecil the Lion, social media has turned not only Palmer but hunters in general into some of the world’s most hated villains. Twitter yesterday was bristling with comments […]

It’s a sad day for South Africa today as news comes that former cricketer Clive Rice has passed away, just five days after his 66th birthday. Clive was the Protea’s first captain ever. The much loved and respected sportsman passed away in hospital this morning, after a long battle with brain cancer. The news came […]

A South African woman, Rosie Kunneke, is being hailed as a hero in the Danish Faroe Islands where she has been trying to prevent the traditional slaughter of a pod of pilot whales. Together with Christophe Bondue of Belgium she was arrested at the Bøur slaughter for her actions. Rosie is Land Team Leader of Sea […]

Australian surfer Mick Fanning’s VERY close encounter with a shark during the J-Bay Open Finals at Jeffrey’s Bay yesterday thankfully ended happily – with both Mick and the shark escaping the incident safely (apart from that punch Mick threw!). It’s naturally spawned a bunch of jokes and memes (see below)…as well as compliments to Mick for his quick-thinking, […]

Australian surfer Mick Fanning was attacked by a shark during the J-Bay Open at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa this afternoon. The Gold Coast surfer miraculously escaped unharmed as spectators watched in horror. Mick was in the Finals against fellow Australian Julian Wilson (who actually swam towards Mick to help him!). Both were rescued by a […]

This video of a Great White Shark trying to gnaw its way through a shark viewing cage has gone totally viral! It was uploaded on 30 June 2015 by an American volunteer in South Africa. It has already received over 2.3-million views on YouTube. Hillary Rae Petroski, from New York, wrote on her Facebook page: […]

Video footage has surfaced of the leopard attack which took place yesterday, Thursday 2 July 2015, in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa. Curtis Plumb, a field guide working for Nhongo Safaris – one of the Open Safari Vehicle (OSV) companies operating in the Kruger – was attacked by the leopard during a game drive. […]

It is said that if you live long enough, you will experience most things twice — my grandpa, poor man, had the misfortune to live through two World Wars. There’s another adage: if you keep something long enough, it will come back into fashion. Both of those apply to the new / old trend in our country […]

This is not for the faint-hearted. But this is nature…and a pride of lions must eat to survive. Kruger Sightings uploaded the following video two days ago in which a lion catches its prey, a fleeing impala, mid-air…and tackles it to the ground before being joined by four other hungry lions. Watch Video – Lion Catches […]

Photos from Plot 111, Moloto, Pretoria. June 2015. South African writer, broadcaster and photographer DAVID BATZOFIN was invited by a group distributing food, toys and clothes to this little-known community. This is his account… [vc_button title=”1″ color=”default”] Martie and Marius de Klerk This husband and wife couple are the “caretakers”. Marius used to work for Transnet, but left […]

“I’m innocent” is a refrain prison warders hear with such monotonous regularity, they mostly don’t listen. Zonderwater warder Levi Maphakane proved the exception to the rule. He not only listened to repeated protestations of innocence by inmate Thembekile Molaudzi – sentenced to life imprisonment on four counts including murder and robbery more than a decade […]

An American tourist and her three children were allegedly held in a detention centre at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg today and were due to be deported this evening. UPDATE: Thanks to the intervention of Gift of the Givers (GOTG), the family was released late this afternoon and allowed to enter the country. Dr Imtiaz Ismail Sooliman […]

It’s load-shedding time again in South Africa, this time because of strikes. This compilation of loadshedding jokes was first published on a Saturday night in June 2015)… and here we are three years later! It was updated on Monday 18 June 2018. For more of December 2018’s loadshedding jokes, view here: Top 10 South African Loadshedding […]

Friends, acquaintances and customers are rallying to support the family of Joe Kanyona who was tragically killed on Saturday evening in Cape Town. Joe, with his easy smile and friendly nature, was well known to customers as the doorman for the popular Beerhouse On Long. The 32-year-old has left behind his wife and their four-month-old […]

Nobody knows for sure if the flags that appear on US shooter Dylann Roof’s jacket were photoshopped on or not. Since the shooting, some people have been sharing images claiming that the old South African flag was pasted on by “liberals” with the “deliberate intention of getting the old SA flag banned”. They show an image that purports […]

British Airways has revealed that a man from South Africa fell to his death from one of their planes heading to London yesterday morning, Thursday 18 June. The man and a companion were apparently hiding in the undercarriage of the plane which had taken off from Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. It is believed that the man […]

An emotional Jon Stewart apologised to his audience last night as he dropped the comedy to talk about the tragedy in a Charleston church in which a white 21-year-old shot dead nine black people. Stewart was presenting his popular ‘The Daily Show’, which traditionally brings a humorous take on the day’s events. South African comedian Trevor Noah is […]

The young man suspected of walking into a church in Charleston, South Carolina, and shooting dead at least nine people apparently admired Apartheid, and the picture of him being widely spread in the media has him wearing a jacket emblazoned with the old South African and Rhodesian flags. Reports said Dylan Storm Roof, 21, walked into […]

After celebrating a landmark victory against the Reserve Bank last year and pledging the millions he won to help other South Africans who can’t afford their own constitutional court cases, South African billionaire expat Mark Shuttleworth has today lost that legal battle. And since the figure that he paid the Reserve Bank was R250-million, just R4-million more than what […]

As the world waits to find out whether South Africa will agree to arrest one of the planet’s most wanted men or not, the conversation in South Africa seems to not be whether this man deserves to be arrested, but whether an African country should pay heed to an International court’s request. The debate is raging with […]

Take a listen to the latest Nkandla song to hit the airwaves below. As 702’s Xolani Gwala said, when he played it on Friday afternoon, Nkandla is “the gift that keeps giving.” Xolani was referring to the multitude of Nkandla songs, Nkandla videos, Nkandla poems, Nkandla jokes – and even Nkandla beach artworks – that have resulted from the […]

Jenna Lowe’s family has posted a message tonight following the tragic death on Monday of their beloved sister and daughter. To honour her memory, they urge others to become donors and to post red and white photos on Jenna’s 21st group page. Twenty-year-old Jenna won the hearts of the nation when she launched her #GetMeTo21 campaign last year inviting people to […]

Messages of love and support have poured in for the family and friends of 20-year-old Jenna Lowe, the #GetMeTo21 organ transplant campaigner who tragically passed away on Monday. Here is one that says it all…and more. Penned by Vanessa Raphaely for her brave and beautiful friend, Gabi Lowe – mother of Jenna and Kristi, we […]