A major storm hit New Zealand’s South Island last night, causing massive flooding and resulting in three states of emergency being declared – in Christchurch, Timaru and Otago. According to reports, Dunedin (with a population of 120,000) is only accessible by air after roads were blocked by landslips. It’s a similar case with smaller communities […]

It’s getting harder and harder to convince foreigners that wild animals don’t roam the streets of South Africa. After lions recently escaped (again) from the Kruger National Park (which ended tragically), a video has been uploaded to YouTube which shows a hippo casually wandering through a petrol station in St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal. UPDATE Feb 2020: […]

Two years after a lion named ‘Cecil’ was killed by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe, his son – called ‘Xanda’ by researchers – has met the same fate. Killed by a trophy hunter. Cecil’s death – by dentist Walter Palmer – caused outrage around the world. On Thursday evening a similar wave of shock has […]

American media outlet TMZ has reported that Linkin Park’s lead singer, Chester Bennington, has been found dead at his home in Los Angeles county. The singer was just 41, and leaves behind his wife and six children from two marriages. He had allegedly hanged himself at his home in Palos Verdes Estate. His body was […]

South Africa’s Gupta scandal is making world news, with BBC Newsnight the latest to cover the allegations of high-level corruption and state capture by the wealthy Indian family… fuelled by revelations of thousands of confidential Gupta-linked emails. The programme, presented by Andrew Harding, also examines British PR firm Bell Pottinger’s role in distracting attention away […]

South Africa’s national power utility, Eskom, has admitted to paying Gupta-linked company Trillian almost R500 million in consultancy fees, following an investigation. Zethembe Khoza, Eskom Interim chairman, revealed today “in the interests of openness” that their investigation found that Trillion (which was a subcontractor to McKinsey) was paid R495-million by Eskom, and McKinsey was paid […]

Here’s video footage of that crazy shark scare that occurred during Round 4, Heat 3 of the Jbay Open 2017 in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa, on Tuesday. Surfing had to be called off yesterday after a shark breached twice… just two years after Australian surfer Mick Fanning’s famous close encounter with a shark in the same […]

South Africans have been advised that certain 10111 Call Centre staff will be embarking on a nationwide strike from today, Wednesday 19 July. This may result in limited service delivery to anyone seeking SAPS (South African Police Services) assistance, and members of the public are advised to call your nearest Police Station if you are getting no […]

South Africa’s Times Live has posted this incredible footage, filmed from a Hot Air Balloon, of an adult zebra escaping crocodiles in a river… only to be hunted by a pride of hungry lions. Watch zebra escapes crocodiles only to be hunted by lions

  The City of Cape Town has revealed that the City’s catchment areas received insufficient rainfall this past weekend. In a media statement, the City warned residents NOT to relax their water-saving efforts despite the rainfall and cold spell… as the metro and other parts of the country remain in the grip of the severe […]

It is with a great sadness that Uber South Africa has confirmed that one of their driver-partners has passed away after a brutal attack in Pretoria on the weekend of 10 June 2017. “We are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic news. Our hearts and thoughts are with his family during this difficult time […]

Sir Lowry’s Pass in Strand, South Africa, has been re-opened following a horrific accident this morning at around 08h30, in which a Polo and a taxi had a head-on collision. When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene they found the taxi and Polo both engulfed in flames. The driver of the Polo tragically could not […]

The City of Cape Town has responded to a video filmed by vlogger Adam Spires in which he explored the city’s underground tunnels and claimed to have discovered that almost 7 billion litres of water appears to run through the tunnels and out into the sea where, he said, it goes to waste. (Watch video […]

Adam Spires – who calls himself the “Wannabe Vlogger” on YouTube – has produced a video exploring Cape Town’s underground tunnels… revealing that the Mother City DOES have water… a LOT of water! But it’s going to waste, according to Adam… In the first of a three part series, Adam accompanies Matt from Good Hope […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that an intense cold front is expected in SA from 15-17 July, making landfall over the Western Cape on Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday morning, 16 July 2017. The good news is this could bring good rain for the dams… SAWS said: “Ahead of […]

Popular radio presenter Gavin Singh tragically passed away on Thursday, 13 July 2017, after suffering a heart attack. Lloyd Madurai, Managing Director Hot 91.9fm, issued a statement Friday morning in which he said: “I deliver this statement on behalf of Hot 91.9fm with an incredible sense of sadness and disbelief. At approximately 4pm yesterday 13 July […]

The search for the latest lions to have escaped from the Kruger National Park in South Africa ended tragically today when it was decided to destroy them after one had been killed and another wounded by a farmer in the area of Mara Valley. The lions had attacked his cattle. Here is an official interview […]

The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) and SANParks officials received a report that one of the farm owners in the Mara Valley shot one lion and wounded another after a lion killed his cattle. The carcass of the cow was found within the vicinity of the farm. The officials who are currently on site […]

A tourist to the Kruger National Park (from which, btw, four lions escaped a couple of days ago) had an OMG moment when an elephant brushed up against her while she was sitting in an Open Safari Vehicle. The person who took  the video said: “We had been parked for about 10 minutes on the […]

SANParks together with Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) officials say they made every effort yesterday and overnight to lure and catch the four lions that were first sighted wandering near the N4 / Crocodile River gorge area which is managed by MTPA. “Since the first light all efforts are and will continue to be […]

The horrific incident in which a South African visual artist and writer – Sibahle Steve Nkumbi – was allegedly pushed down the stairs in Amsterdam, by an Airbnb owner, has made headlines around the world – from Washington and London to Amsterdam and Sydney. The Dutchman, who was apparently annoyed by the South African group’s late check-out, was arrested […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) has received information that four male lions, believed to have escaped from the Kruger National Park (KNP) last night, 9 July 2017, were spotted at Matsulu, a village outside the Park. SANParks has urged the residents to exercise extra caution. “KNP Rangers and their counterparts at the Mpumalanga Tourism and […]

The Importance of Ending on the Off-Beat is the title of a paper written by Johnny Clegg in 1982 for an Anthropology Symposium at Rhodes University. “Deeper social values have found their way into the dance and contributed to this constant drive for a ‘better ending’.” It’s Johnny Clegg’s final tour. The Final Journey. Guest artist […]

Thousands of South Africans on Facebook got caught on Monday by a hoax message warning of an imminent hacking attack by a person called Jayden K. Smith, and urging users to send the message to all their contacts. The message read: Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept Jayden K. […]

South Africa’s Carina Horn flew to a new South African 100-metre best on Friday… but there was one big problem blowing in the wind – an illegal tailwind. Horn was running at the Sotteville les Rouen national meeting in France. She clocked 11.05, which is 0.05ec inside the current best, held jointly by herself and […]