The owner of the well-known Pofadder Hotel, Leon Brits (40), has been brutally murdered. According to local reports, his wife Suretha (30) discovered his body in their undercover swimming pool, at around 11h45 on Wednesday morning after she couldn’t reach him on the phone. The community has been urged to remain calm. UPDATE 29 MARCH […]

Anyone in South Africa wanting to report corruption, take note: You can only do it during business hours, even though whistleblowers tend to call out of office hours and not from their place of work. The Public Service Commission – the custodian of the corruption hotline – recently told a portfolio meeting of Parliament that […]

Anyone who benefitted off of the VBS bank heist will sleep less peacefully from tonight, because its former chief financial officer agreed to a deal to cooperate with the National Prosecuting Authority. For his cooperation, Phillip Truter will have three years suspended on his 10-year sentence. Truter will cooperate with the NPA in its investigations […]

While South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele has today expressed “shock and disgust” at the vandalism and arson of State infrastructure by a group of farmers during a demonstration at the Senekal Magistrate Court, AfriForum has insisted that it is in fact Cele and President Cyril Ramaphosa who must accept responsibility for the events in […]

Thousands of workers and union supporters downed tools in support of a nationwide strike on Wednesday. In Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth memorandums were handed over to government representatives (protests reportedly took place in other cities, but these were the ones our reporters witnessed). The largest union federations participated in the strike, including […]

Almost exactly eight years ago, I found myself stalled on the steep slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro for our group’s final ascent to the highest point on the African continent, writes Sine Thieme. It was the darkest of nights, my hands and feet were frozen solid, and I could hardly breathe. I was sure I couldn’t […]

Birthday wishes have poured in for South Africa’s living legend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who celebrates his 89th birthday today. The SA Government News site said “Happy Birthday Arch!” with a special message from President Cyril Ramaphosa, extending his warmest congratulations. “I wish Archbishop Tutu a very happy birthday in the company of Mama Leah, […]

Reports on Tuesday 6 October of a warrant issued for the arrest of former Free State Premier and current ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule are unfounded says Pieter-Louis Myburgh, author of 2019’s ‘Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s web of capture‘. The investigative journalist tweeted at around 23h30 on Tuesday evening: “Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi has […]

South Africa’s famous Table Mountain went GOLD tonight in support of Childhood Cancer. The light display was in place for one hour, allowing Cape Town’s iconic mountain to emanate a golden hue between 20h00 and 21h00. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde explained that Table Mountain was going gold “for the fighters and survivors of #ChildhoodCancer”, […]

The “Glebelands Eight” trial resumed at the Pietermaritzburg High Court this week after it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After being postponed because of Covid-19 the Glebelands Eight trial has resumed. Eight suspects face charges related to a string of murders committed between 2014 and 2016 at the infamous hostel. A state witness, who claims […]

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, created in 1945 through an act of parliament, turned 75 yesterday – its diamond jubilee. Working quietly in the background all the years, its scientists have developed numerous innovations that have helped move not only Africa but the world ahead. The CSIR has become well known well known […]

The brother of murdered farm manager Brendin Horner, says it’s too late to bring his brother back, but he hopes this tragedy – which has rocked the nation – can at least be the catalyst that helps to bring about a better South Africa. Chaotic scenes were caught on film today in Senekal where two […]

Property investment of almost R14 billion underpins the Cape Town CBD’s resilience in the face of the devastating health and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. The State of Cape Town Central City Report 2019 – A Year in Review (SCCR), the eighth and the biggest so far, was published today […]

Appeals against the first phase of a controversial new road link through part of the extensive Noordhoek wetland system in the southern Cape Peninsula have been dismissed by Western Cape environment MEC Anton Bredell. Appeals against a 1.2km road extension impacting the Noordhoek wetland have been dismissed by the Western Cape government. MEC Anton Bredell said […]

It was a day of seizures by the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority and the Hawks in at least two cases involving fancy vehicles acquired by people implicated in cases of corruption. The most visible seizure involved highflying businessman Edwin Sodi, who was among seven people who appeared in court last week […]

South Africa’s phenomenal endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, has been appointed an Ambassador of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), a prestigious accomplishment which the athlete is certain to fulfil with excellence! After all, he’s already the UN Patron of Oceans and is on a mission to fully protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030. Pugh […]

Like thousands of South Africans, warehouse packer and father of three, Lusindiso Malgas (27) – originally from Sterkstroom in the Eastern Cape – lost his job due to the covid19 pandemic. Without an education and with a lack of resources, Lusindiso found a way to spread joy, as well as support his family, by drawing […]

There were scenes of chaos today in Senekal, South Africa, where two suspects appeared for the first time at the Senekal Magistrates Court in connection with the murder of Paul Roux farm manager, Brendin Horner (22). Shots were fired in the court after crowds surged in, and footage has also been shared showing the angry […]

South Africa has recorded over 17 000 COVID-19 deaths after 40 more people succumbed to the respiratory disease on Monday. Of the latest fatalities, 14 are from the Free State, 12 from the Eastern Cape, five each from Gauteng and Mpumalanga, and four from the Western Cape – bringing the toll to 17 016. Meanwhile, […]

From early today hundreds of people gathered outside the magistrates court in Senekal, Free State, where the two suspected murderers of young farm manager Brendin Horner are scheduled to appear. Streams of vehicles and motorbikes made their way into the town centre, and the police reportedly closed the town’s main streets in preparation for the […]

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says he has convened an inclusive meeting involving senior immigration officials and ports of entry managers to address challenges and confusion arising from the implementation of regulations pertaining to travel into South Africa. Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane was also consulted and fully endorses its outcome. Visa free status The visa […]

Several groups and individual farmers are expected to gather in Senekal, South Africa, today to support the community as two suspects in the murder of Paul Roux farm manager Brendin Horner (22) appear in the Senekal Magistrates Court. Brendin’s body was discovered tied to a pole in the Paul Roux district, Free State, on early […]

Cape Town entrepreneur, Shannon Smuts Brauer, will find out this week – on Thursday – if she has been shortlisted to the Top 10 in Chinese business mogul Jack Ma’s 2020 Africa Business Heroes Competition. Brauer – a former MasterChef SA Season 2 contestant – is the only South African who made it into the […]

Emirates has cancelled key flights to South Africa, some countries are unable to advise their citizens whether visas are or are not required, and SAPeople is being inundated with calls for help from South Africans abroad who cannot find out from their SA missions exactly what is required to travel from a ‘banned’ country. (UPDATE: […]

Jane Bwanya, a former domestic worker who was “swept off her feet” six years ago by a relatively wealthy businessman, has succeeded in changing the provisions of the Intestate Succession Act, which had barred unmarried partners in a heterosexual union from inheriting. The High Court has ruled that the Intestate Succession Act is unconstitutional because […]