Why are there so many fires in the Western Cape? This is the question so many South Africans are asking at the moment, with rumours and accusations swiftly doing the rounds on social media and around dinner tables from Cape Town to Stellenbosch. Many locals feel that the fires were never this bad, this persistent, this long-lasting. […]

The Stilbaai Fire (Still Bay) in the Western Cape, South Africa, has been declared a local disaster after three farm houses have been destroyed, and multiple farm houses evacuated since Tuesday evening. According to a Working on Fire facebook update this afternoon, the Incident Commander says that yesterday evening all efforts were put in to […]

Working on Fire (WoF) uploaded this dramatic video footage of the current Stilbaai (Still Bay) Fire this evening… which shows just how long and huge the dark plume of smoke is.  In a facebook update at 21h00, WoF said it is still an “active fire line burning out of control” and that “ground crew committed to #SavingLivesAnd […]

A year ago (March 2015 to be exact) an Australian media outlet shared a video they called “The Most Beautiful City on Earth”. It was a 4K Drone Video of Cape Town, filmed by Luke Maximo Bell. Luke said: “It is up to debate, but I believe that Cape Town is the most beautiful city […]

South Africans are the proud holders of the third most powerful passport in Africa… which gives them visa-free access to 90 countries around the globe, according to the 2017 global ranking report by Passport Index. Only the Seychelles with 125 visa-free countries, and Mauritius with 118 were positioned higher. Meanwhile citizens of Somalia have the worst passport […]

PRETORIA – The South African Police Service (SAPS) and AfriForum signed a historic cooperative agreement on Monday, which – according to a statement from SAPS has “established an integrated approach to building safety and strengthening community participation in the fight against crime”. This agreement is the culmination of engagements between the two organisations over the past […]

After an extremely tough night fighting the #DeerParkFire on the mountain slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, firefighting volunteers from Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) have been successfully stood down… and can now head out to their day jobs. But in Paarl, flames which began yesterday, are blazing and at least one building structure has […]

Floyd Nkuna has done it again. While South Africans were waiting for a Nando’s ad to poke fun at Ford Kuga, Nkuna created a Nando’s parody ad, as he’s done before. And as before, many are mistaking it for the real thing, tweeting that “Nando’s has done it again!” and “Nando’s never disappoints”. UPDATE FROM […]

Firefighters are battling a large fire on Table Mountain tonight and a voluntary evacuation of residents in Vredehoek has begun. According to witnesses, the fire is being fanned by gale force winds. This is the latest in a spate of wildfires that have ravaged the Western Cape in the last couple of weeks. Update: Earlier ER24 […]

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has confirmed that a zero quota for the hunting of leopard (Panthera pardus) has been extended to 2017. The department said the decision is based on the review of available scientific information on the status and recovery of leopard populations in South Africa. The Scientific Authority made the […]

The fires in the Western Cape continued to burn today. Whilst many have finally been put out, new ones have started. Working on Fire (WoF) reported this afternoon that a fire in Stilbaai (Still Bay), which broke out yesterday afternoon, is still ongoing… and Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) reported at 15h00 that its crew have […]

The war on rhino poaching this year has got off to a good start with South African National Parks (SANParks) confirming the arrests today – 16 January 2017 – of 11 suspects in anti-poaching operations inside and outside the Kruger National Park (KNP) on Friday the 13 January 2017. The arrests were carried out by […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has responded to the Palestine Embassy’s statement that it was not informed of DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s trip to Israel and Palestine. National spokesperson Phumzile Van Damme tweeted: “Er! SAns don’t require a visa to travel to the region, of course the Embassy wasn’t contacted. We communicated directly with the Pres […]

Amazing South African Joey Evans (41) has achieved his ultimate dream and conquered the impossible by reaching the Dakar podium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And along the way he has won so many fans around the world, and inspired each and every one… not to mention how proud he has made South Africans everywhere. Racing at […]

Thama Jeffrey Nkonyane is about to collect the biggest cheque of his 32-year long career after helping England’s Graeme Storm to victory in the South African Open at a packed and thrilled Glendower on Sunday afternoon. The Englishman went toe to toe with Rory McIlroy, but came out on top at the third playoff hole. Storm might […]

Pretoria’s Patrick Selepe will make history next month when he becomes the first official with a disability to work as a chair umpire in South African Davis Cup competition. Originally from Limpopo, Selepe – a former wheelchair tennis player – has a prosthetic leg after losing his limb to bone cancer in 1996. After losing his […]

President Jacob Zuma has expressed “deep sadness” and extended his heartfelt condolences on the passing of legendary South African jazz musician and recipient of the National Order of the Baobab, Thandi Klassen, who passed away in the early hours of this morning, 15 January 2017, in hospital. She would have been 86 this year. Her […]

It’s hard to quibble when the 54-hole leader last made a bogey 41 holes ago, and that’s exactly the position in which England’s Graeme Storm found himself after Saturday’s third round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni. Storm fired a five-under-par 67 to reach 17-under for the tournament at Glendower […]

Cricket South Africa said it all when they tweeted: “Brilliant effort manne! Congratulations on the series white wash.” The Proteas’ pace bowling quartet claimed 16 wickets between them on day three to bowl South Africa to an innings and 118 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the final Test match at Wanderers Stadium on Saturday, and […]

South African aid organisation Gift of the Givers (GotG) has confirmed that local photo-journalist, Shiraaz Mohamed, was kidnapped in Syria on Tuesday evening. He has not been seen since. According to his family “for months he had been talking of going to Syria”, and had finally secured this trip, facilitated by the esteemed humanitarian organisation, GotG, who are […]

VERNON PHILANDER and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets apiece as the Proteas tightened their grip on the second day of the final Sunfoil Test match against Sri Lanka at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday. When bad light caused an early close the visitors had reached 80/4 in their first innings in reply to the […]

A teenager from Philippi Village in the Western Cape, Siphelele Xabendlini, has beaten the odds to become the top student in Science in South Africa with an incredible mark of 100%. The 18-year-old also scored a whopping 92% for Maths. According to Philippi Village’s facebook page, Siphelele believes determination and dedication are all that’s needed to succeed. […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s anti-graft watchdog has reopened an investigation into whether Barclays Africa Group benefited from an apartheid-era bailout, the bank said on Friday. A preliminary report by the country’s Public Protector has found that the apartheid government breached the constitution by supplying Bankorp, which was acquired by Barclays Africa unit, Absa, in […]

With the latest South African “looting video” going viral, some are questioning just how ‘funny’ this growing problem in South Africa is. The person filming the blatant theft by multiple people – from a moving Coca-Cola truck in the Eastern Cape – can be heard laughing in the background, at the audacity of the thieves, throughout the […]

HASHIM AMLA today became the eighth Protea to complete a century of Test match appearances for the Proteas when the third Sunfoil Test match between the Proteas and Sri Lanka started at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium this morning. He follows in the footsteps of Jacques Kallis (165 matches), Mark Boucher (146), Graeme Smith (116), Shaun […]