By now, most people in South Africa have seen or taken part in the #NotSenzosDad phenomenon trending on Twitter. But is it healing or hurtful? And how does it feel for Senzo’s dad? Within a day of murdered Bafana Bafana star Senzo Meyiwa’s funeral, the jokes began. At the funeral, which was held at the […]

Former Springbok centre Tinus Linee passed away at his home this morning. He was only 45-years-old. The Western Province rugby player was suffering from Motor Neurone Disease (MND), which he was diagnosed with only last year in April. Well-known Springbok scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen was diagnosed with the same debilitating condition in 2011. This morning Joost posted […]

While announcing that many Post Offices around South Africa are operational again, or at least being repaired after damage caused by vandalism, the South African Post Office has confirmed that unfortunately (our word, not their’s) the “Johannesburg International Mail Centre is not working at optimal capacity”. [Please view UPDATE 30 Oct 2014 at bottom of this page.] And judging […]

South Africans have reacted with sadness, shock and outrage at the killing of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa last night during a robbery gone wrong, with many citizens taking to social media platforms this morning to declare #EnoughIsEnough. Update 26 Oct 2020: 5 Suspects Arrested in Murder of Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa. It is […]

As problems with the South African postal system drag on, some expats are getting frantic about how to send gifts and cards to family and friends in South Africa for Christmas. And vice versa. Lindsey Groom, in the Eastern Cape, said she’s “desperate” to get some gifts to Dubai. “I also have two paid-up overseas […]

South Africa’s beachside resort Durban experienced rough sea conditions over the last couple of days which truly rocked the ‘boat’ and left much of the beachfront in chaos. Naina Rajput captured these photographs (and the video below) this morning in Durban as the high tide came in. The beachfront was left devastated with lots of “mopping […]

The Oscar Pistorius trial resumed this week. Watch live, or follow Suzanne Brenner’s tweets (see below for both), as Judge Masipa sentences the athlete in a trial which has captivated the nation, and much of the world, for the past seven months. UPDATED Tuesday 21 October 2014: Video below. Pistorius, known also as the Blade Runner (because […]

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary since Mark B*’s son was taken from him by his wife in a kidnapping situation which has become increasingly common for South Africans who live abroad, when one parent wishes to return to SA…and which is part of the motivation by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to implement stricter border controls […]

The Oscar Pistorius trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013 got underway on March 3 this year. Shocked supporters of the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter woke up to the news on February 14 last year that Oscar had killed Reeva in the mistaken belief she was an intruder. As […]

In a statement today the South Africa Presidency declared that it takes “strong exception to the attack on the South African government by the Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Ms Patricia de Lille, who has blamed government for the cancellation of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Laureates.” The World Summit  was […]

South African rock DJ Chris Prior snapped today after discovering he may never receive his latest package of music, thanks to the country’s ongoing post office saga. The strikes have affected not only those in South Africa, but those abroad too. Several expats have complained about gifts no longer reaching their destinations in South Africa. Some expats are […]

As the world comes together today – World Rhino Day – to raise awareness and rally against rhino poaching, South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced the arrest of three of their own employees in connection with rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The arrests happened after yet another rhino was tragically killed in […]

Fellow South Africans, I am greatly saddened to announce that 67 South Africans died and scores of others sustained injuries, after a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on Friday, 12 September 2014, in Lagos, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is a particularly difficult time for South Africa. Not in […]

Watch the Oscar Pistorius trial live. Judge Masipa is currently delivering judgment in the trial that has captivated the attention of the nation and parts of the world. UPDATE – Please click here to view DAY 2 Live LIVE VIDEO: Oscar Pistorius Verdict For those (eg. in Germany) who can’t see the stream above, here are […]

Several people in South Africa were upset by the controversial broadcast on Sunday night of a segment by Carte Blanche that cast doubt over the rhino horn infusion method. In a country where latest statistics show that over 700 rhino have already been poached this year and that their future is precarious, many viewers expressed concern that the […]

It appears a South African expat was treated badly during what seems to have been a wrongful arrest in Norway, in an area renowned for being frequented by Nigerian drug dealers. (See video below.) The woman, Nobuhle Mbilase Enyam, and her ex-husband Jean Felicien Enyam were allegedly given no explanation for why they were being arrested. Nobuhle – who […]

Hollywood star Robin Williams has passed away in California at the age of 63 in an apparent suicide. His representative Mara Buxbaum said in a statement this evening that “Robin Williams passed away this morning [USA time]. He has been battling severe depression of late. This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully […]

A video published today appears to show Sasco / SRC members interrupting lectures at Durban University of Technology (DUT) to encourage students to join them in a peaceful strike…putting pressure on them that they may need Sasco in the future and that their parents were suppressed by white people. The video has been uploaded by […]

The sad sight of a dead humpback whale drew crowds to an Amanzimtoti beach on Thursday where it had been washed ashore. UPDATE NOVEMBER 2022: Beached whale in Strand, Cape Town, South Africa It is suspected that the whale was probably knocked unconscious by a passing ship, although no visible marks proving this were found. It is peak […]

There’s a feeling in the country that South Africans have had enough of the relentless violence and corruption, and a tragic toddler may become the emblem of hope that brings the majority of citizens together to fight for a better, safer country for all. Four-year-old Taegrin Morris became the latest victim this weekend in yet another crime that […]

Oscar Pistorius broke his silence on Twitter a week ago. It had been five months since his previous tweet on Valentine’s Day when he wrote “a few words from my heart” and linked to a tribute he had written to his former girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, whom he tragically killed a year previously on 14 […]

As South Africa mourns the tragic loss of Durban-born Cameron Dalziel (43) in the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crash yesterday, his friends and former employer have spoken of a man who was a popular, talented, helicopter rescue pilot who lived life to the full. Cameron was on board the Boeing 777 flight, returning home to […]

As news came this week of another poacher being fatally injured during a skirmish, the relentless and gruesome poaching of South Africa’s precious rhino continues unabated. We have lost 558 rhino this year to poachers. That is 100 more than this time last year! One hundred. It is tragic and horrific. South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs […]

The Tour de France kicked off today in the UK…but unfortunately without South African cyclist Daryl Impey who proudly wore the yellow jersey last year after leading in Stages 6 and 7. Impey has been excluded from his Orica-GreenEdge team after failing an anti-doping test. As recently as mid-June Impey had been training for the […]

The President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) is usually a very dull affair. Jacob Zuma gives off an air of grudging compliance and, because of its dominance in the house, the ruling party generally gets to take up most of the allocated discussion time with its bland, self-congratulatory platitudes. Opposition parties have a chance […]