The ANC Study Group on Basic Education says it “welcomes” the findings of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 report… which reflects the VERY low levels of reading skills of South Africa’s Grade 4 learners. South Africa scored the lowest mark out of the 50 countries whose literacy levels were measured and […]

A desperate Cape Town has announced that Level 6 water restrictions will kick in from 1 January 2018. The City is on a mission to avoid Day Zero when they will turn off most taps and residents will have to queue for water. Usage levels will remain at 87 litres per person per day, unless […]

While roads have been flooded in Pretoria this evening, it’s been heating up on the Western coast of South Africa. One facebook user, Erreip Sumsare, wrote on Storm Report SA: “I just finished my braai in 40 degrees in the Kalahari Desert – lekka doppie an tjoppie [nice drink and chop]! No heat – nor […]

South Africa’s favourite learner driver, Caroline, takes another drive behind the wheel… although that’s not where she ends up. Watch below as Caroline shares perhaps a little too much info with Josh (and us!)… But many nervous learner drivers will relate! Watch Caroline’s back behind the wheel P.S. Although the puppy is cute as… please […]

Residents of Cape Town used less water this week compared with last week, but consumption still remains above 500 million litres a day, according to the City of Cape Town. As a result, dam levels dropped by an expected 1% this week and Day Zero remains at 20 May 2018. High consumption of more than […]

The South African Government says it is investigating an outbreak of Listeriosis in the country which has caused the deaths of 36 people. At a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday, Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, said the source of the outbreak is likely to be a food product consumed by people across all socio-economic […]

South Africans have until today – Monday 4 December 2017 – to register as an affected and interested party in a mining development application in Mpumalanga. Wildlife conservationist Ashwell Glasson says the mining development application could allow parties (including, according to rumours, the Gupta Family and Duduzane Zuma) to get involved in gold and silver […]

We are so sorry to report that missing 28-year-old, Nicholas Baxter, passed away in a car accident on his way home from Bryanston Country Club, on Friday evening. Posts searching for Nicholas had gone viral on Facebook after he hadn’t been seen since leaving the club, in his white polo, at around 19h30 on Friday. […]

The DA says it finds it “incomprehensible” that the hard-won steps towards saving SAA could be so recklessly undermined by an alleged proposal to move the embattled airline from the Finance Ministry to the Transport Ministry – “a ministry that has so fouled up the e-toll saga”.   The allegations were made in local South […]

While Cape Town in South Africa is still struggling through a devastating drought, Melbourne in Australia has reportedly received a summer’s worth of  rain in just 24 hours (watch below). Heavy rain and flooding hit Melbourne and other parts of the state of Victoria over the weekend. According to local reports, over 43mm of rain […]

An Austrian couple has reportedly been attacked on a beach in Cape Town as their three-month vacation was coming to an end. According to IOL, the couple – Klaus (63) and Johanna (68) Michl – had gone for a walk on Noordhoek Beach on Thursday afternoon, 30 November 2017, when a man with a knife […]

Ja no well fine, here’s how the first appearance since announcing their engagement may have sounded if British Prince Harry and American TV star Meghan Markle were Afrikaans… https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDRQ1ihv6P/

The Office of the ANC Chief Whip said in a statement Friday that it “strongly condemns” the incident which occurred in a plenary session of the National Assembly last night. “The behavior of ANC MP Mervyn Dirks was despicable and not in keeping with the image of parliament and the organisation he represents, the African […]

Okay H&M. My plans for today did not include posting my less-than-ideal body all over social media for everyone to see (and judge) but f**k it, I’m almost 31, married and have a happy life so there’s nothing to lose… writes South African writer, Jessica Everson. But there are people out there who aren’t happy, especially […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has today filed submissions to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) arguing as to why Jacob Zuma should immediately face the 783 charges of corruption, fraud, money-laundering and racketeering in a court of law as soon as practically possible. “Our submissions are in line with the NPA’s deadline for submission […]

The Office of the ANC Chief Whip in Parliament has written to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa to lay a formal complaint against the Africa News Network 7 (the allegedly state-captured ANN7) which airs on Multichoice (DSTV) in South Africa. The letter claims that ANN7 “colluded with some members of parliament” to broadcast […]

A heavy storm hit parts of Johannesburg and Gauteng today including Braamfontein, Berea and Houghton… causing several roads to be flooded and train services stopped. Gauteng Province Metro Rail said: “All lines are flooded at Johannesburg East. No train movement at the moment.” The downpour, described on social media as a “massive storm” caused flooding […]

Unpaid security guards barricaded the entrances to the Steve Biko Hospital on Monday morning with rocks, burning tyres and rubble. The guards claim that they have not been paid for three months. This is the second hospital to be disrupted because the private security company has not been paid by the Gauteng Health Department, says Jack […]

LIMPOPO – A Joint search operation is still ongoing in and around Georges Valley and Magoebaskloof areas looking for an escaped lion. This search follows the allegations that two lions jumped out of a trailer which was being towed by a bakkie along Georges Valley road outside Tzaneen yesterday, 26 November 2017. According to the […]

A video of what appears to be a policewoman in South Africa battling to mount her motorbike, has clocked up over a million views in just two days. In the video – which is 2′ 38″ – a kind gentleman is seen rushing to her aid, but even he can’t help her easily get on […]

Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans in KwaZulu-Natal held a march on Friday to highlight the plight of black farm workers. The demonstration was a reaction to the recent #BlackMonday protests by farmers against farm murders. The march blocked traffic and trucks on the N3 from 9am till noon at the Mariannhill toll plaza in Pinetown near […]

Global rating agency Standard & Poor’s have downgraded South Africa’s sovereign credit rating to ‘junk status’. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says this proves that Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba’s “strategy to delay the hard decisions necessary to hold the fiscal line and allow the budget to “blowout” with national debt ballooning to R3.4 trillion, or 60% […]

I’m tired. Emotionally, physically and mentally tired. The worst part is, I haven’t even started working yet… writes medical student Michael Cloete. As many of you are aware, I complete my medical undergraduate degree in December 2017. For some time I have remained quiet on this issue, as I have been dealing with something more worrisome […]

It was inevitable. Ever since South Africa adopted America’s Black Friday tradition of bumper sales after Thanksgiving (without also adopting its Thanksgiving Tradition), crazy scenes are witnessed as shoppers flock to centres to fill up on discounted toilet rolls and buy presents for Christmas, along with other purchases. According to Med Smith, who filmed two […]

A man’s life was saved today – in Knysna Heads Channel in South Africa – by the awesome efforts of a passenger ferry Paddle Cruiser. The man – who is believed to be 26-years-old and a Knysna local – had apparently been spotted floating in the water, unconscious. Luckily for him, he was spotted by […]