An attack by a 29-year-old suspect in New York has left at least eight people dead and 12 injured. The man, who drove a truck onto a cycling path and mowed down pedestrians and cyclists for several blocks before hitting a school bus and coming to a stop, was shot at by police and has […]

South Africa and the world’s golden boy of athletics, Wayde van Niekerk, will sadly not be able to compete in next year’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Olympic and world 400-metre champion is due for urgent knee surgery in the United States. Touch rugby proved too tough on the day for Van […]

In a reply to a Parliamentary Question it has been revealed that 2,027 guns were stolen from South African Police Service (SAPS) armouries in the last four years. Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Police, likened the theft to the SAPS “fuelling the illegal arms trade”. She said: “Thousands of SAPS firearms have […]

Photos have emerged of some racist South Africans at today’s #BlackMonday events… wearing and waving the old apartheid-era flag. However some of the shocking photos being shared on social media – of a white couple wearing the flag, and of the new flag being burnt – were from years ago, but sadly had the desired […]

ER24 has confirmed that three people were left injured this morning, two seriously, at around 10h40 following a 13-vehicle collision on the N4, approximately 5km outside of Middleburg in Mpumalanga, where a #BlackMonday go-slow was being held. Once treated on the scene, the patients were transported to a nearby hospital in Middelburg for further treatment. […]

Less than a week after the murder of farmer Joubert Conradie, his widow Marlene, together with their son and daughter, joined mourners in an incredible gathering in Klapmuts this morning. Stellenbosch photographer Zel Athena Archer captured these heartbreaking photos of the crowds in Klapmuts today, on #BlackMonday. The #BlackMonday initiative – to wear black in memory […]

The last time somebody saw Tebogo Ndlovu was on 2 August 2017. Tebogo and two friends were on a farm in Mooinooi, North West Province, when he was shot in the leg by a farmer for apparently stealing a few oranges… writes Nigel Branken in a post which has gone viral, and for which he […]

South Africans are preparing to wear black on Monday 30 October 2017 in memory of farmers, farm workers and victims of violent crime who have been murdered in the country. The proposal to wear black on Monday came from a heartbroken Western Cape farm manager, whose video went viral after the brutal killing of farmer […]

The Presidency has issued a statement rejecting the allegations in the Sunday Times on Sunday 29 October 2017, claiming wrongdoing by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma in relation to undeclared funds. The claims are made in investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s new book “The President’s Keepers” (out today), of which the newspaper has serialised excerpts. The […]

In her own #MeToo admission, Vytjie Mentor alleges in her new book “No Holy Cows” that she was assaulted by South African President Jacob Zuma. The ex-MP, who has previously spoken out about Zuma and his relationship with the Gupta Family, alleges that during a meeting he “suddenly shoved his hand in between my thighs” […]

A devastated Western Cape farm manager’s message, from the seat of his bakkie after a sleepless night in which a friend was murdered, went viral on Tuesday. The heartbroken South African urged ALL South Africans to wear black on Monday 30 October 2017… to mourn all the farmers and victims of violent crime who have […]

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has suspended classes on most of its campuses after student protesters disrupted classes and tests. On Thursday about 30 students blocked the entrance to upper campus while two police vans and a police water cannon kept watch. Another group of protesters marched through upper campus shutting down classes and […]

Following a handful of heartbreaking viral videos, filmed in Afrikaans… pleading for help in putting a stop to farm murders, and all violent crimes in South Africa, there were requests from people abroad for the videos to be in English so as to reach foreigners. South African comedian Radio Raps – or “Jonathan vanaf die […]

It has taken me five months to put pen to paper. Or, if you will, to put keyboard to social media… writes journalist Lali van Zuydam, who has penned these thoughts in her personal capacity, as a close relative of  Hannah Cornelius who was tragically killed in  Stellenbosch, South Africa, earlier this year. Since my younger cousin […]

A devastated farm manager has filmed a heartbreaking video in his vehicle, calling on his friends to share a message urging all South Africans to wear black on Monday 30 October 2017… to mourn all the farmers who have died so far this year, including his friend Joubert Conradie (seen in the pic below) who […]

Uber South Africa has spoken out on the alleged incident of an Uber passenger (or ‘rider’ as they are called by the app) being violently attacked and stabbed three times in the face in Sandton, South Africa, by an alleged taxi driver as he climbed into an Uber vehicle. Uber has urged the government to […]

The Annual South African Crime Statistics released today by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula in Parliament are devastating. The stats for the past year in South Africa – from 1 April 2016 to 30 March 2017 – show that violent and organised crimes have tragically continued to increase, and there are now an average of 52 […]

Conservationists have been shocked and horrified by photos posted to Instagram by stars of TV soap, ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’, that show the CBS celebrities petting captive bred lions and cheetahs in South Africa. Paul Tully, from Captured in Africa Foundation, says: “This is another shocking example of lack of research and outright naivety […]

A South African couple from Richard’s Bay, living in New Zealand, is facing the might of the law there… after two of their children were taken into state care amid misguided accusations of child abuse. Human Rights Advocate, Sue O’Callaghan, is calling for an urgent review of the case which she has labelled as ‘one […]

During the past three weeks a whopping 36 suspects – between the ages of 22 and 40 – have been arrested for crimes related to rhino poaching in South Africa. It’s great news… but it’s not enough yet. Just yesterday Pilanesberg discovered more freshly poached rhino carcasses – including one cow with her full-term baby… […]

A young 22-year-old foreman and game hunter, Kyle Stols, was murdered on the Hatari Game Farm outside Jagersfontein, Free State, on Sunday 22 October 2017. According to reports, Kyle was shot and killed on the game breeding farm by four suspects. He was allegedly armed at the time, but the suspects ran way without stealing […]

Public Protector (PP) Busisiwe Mkhwebane has decided to launch an investigation into the funding of a trip to Dubai, taken by Fikile Mbalula, former Minister of Sport and Recreation, and his family. The investigation follows a request made by civil rights watchdog AfriForum, after allegations were made by an EWN investigation that Sedgars Sport, a sporting […]

The world famous Namaqualand daisies draw thousands of tourists every year, but they are under threat from phosphate mines in the area… Elandsfontein Phosphate Mine In 2016 current affairs programme Carte Blanche showed how the controversial Elandsfontein Phosphate Mine was granted a mining license, even though the Department of Mineral Resources had rejected the application […]

As you drive into Beaufort West, the largest town in the Great Karoo in South Africa, you’ll pass a sign at the entrance that announces that the dam is only 5% full. And they can’t use that 5%. As the drought which has gripped parts of South Africa has dragged on, the longest in over […]

At least 94 people have now died, and 1,153 have been infected, in the latest alarming outbreak of plague in Madagascar. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has labelled the spread “highly challenging”… although there is some good news – it has fortunately not spread to the Seychelles as had been suspected. WHO said in a […]