Former South African Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramatlhodi claimed on Tuesday that Eskom’s CEO, Brian Molefe, and chairman Ben Ngubane, had tried to persuade him in 2015 to suspend Glencore’s mining licences… in an attempt to pressurise Glencore into selling a coal mine… and help the controversial Gupta Family take over the mine. Ramatlhodi told […]

PRETORIA – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured all South Africans that the police will do everything in their power to apprehend the killers of Mandla Hlatshwayo. (Please see update on Mandla Hlatshwayo’s murder here.) The Jozi fm DJ and former Generations actor was brutally killed in an armed robbery in the early hours of this […]

O. R. Tambo International Airport has issued the following statement concerning the horrific incident this afternoon – Monday 15 May 2017: “As O.R. Tambo International Airport Management, we have this afternoon been made aware of this very unfortunate and deeply concerning matter. “The incident took place off the R24, along Ring Road, which leads to […]

Wordfence has just issued the following alert to all Windows users (Sunday 22h30): “On Friday we alerted you to a global ransomware campaign a few hours after it started. That campaign has now infected over 10,000 organizations and 200,000 individuals in 150 countries. This includes the UK National Health System which saw ambulances divert from affected […]

While snow fell in the Drakensberg this weekend, heavy rain fell in other parts of KwaZulu-Natal… with some dramatic footage coming in from Richards Bay and Zinkwazi, in South Africa. (Watch video below.) Richards Bay resident Karina Rautenbach said this afternoon there had been 310mm of rainfall collected (since Friday) “and counting”. Flooding in the […]

SINGAPORE/TORONTO (Reuters) – Technical staff scrambled on Sunday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and schools could wreak fresh havoc on Monday when employees log back on. The spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry – “ransomware” which locked up more than 100,000 […]

According to local reports in South Africa, as many as NINE rhino were killed this week in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal… in what is becoming a tragic occurrence every time there is a full moon (nicknamed Poachers’ Moon). This brings the total rhino killed by poachers in the park during the first two weeks of this month […]

LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries including South Africa, disrupting Britain’s health system and global shipper FedEx. Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails […]

While parts of the country are receiving their first snowfall of the season, Gauteng has been hit by heavy rain and hail on Friday afternoon. Many vehicles have pulled over as hail is pelting the road and making visibility poor. Some have managed to park under bridges to prevent hail damage. Brendon Snyman captured the following videos just […]

Yesterday in Parliament, National Assembly Speaker, Baleka Mbete, made the ultimate Freudian slip when she called Cyril Ramaphosa “Honourable President” before quickly correcting herself. Watch below as Parliament erupted in laughter. The DA’s John Steenhuisen was quick to joke that he wanted to draw the Speaker’s attention to “Rule 63 – the rule of anticipation”. […]

South Africa’s Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has “apologised” for his actions in the run up the Marikana massacre when police killed 34 striking mineworkers on August 16, 2012. His supposed apology during a speech at Rhodes University on May 7, 2017 – reportedly followed advice by struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela that he make amends and […]

South African power utility Eskom has confirmed Friday morning that its disgraced former CEO, Brian Molefe, will return to his position on Monday. Molefe resigned from Eskom in January following the Saxonwold Shebeen scandal, in which he was implicated in former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on ‘State Capture’… for allegedly having close ties to the Gupta […]

Despite searches yesterday and today, the last of the five lions that escaped from the Kruger National Park in South Africa – on Monday 8 May 2017 – is still unaccounted for. Four of the five lions were successfully darted yesterday in an area near Komatipoort, and safely returned to the Park… but one was illusive. […]

As South Africans are reeling after the latest killing in the country of a woman by the man who was once meant to love and protect her, her ex-boyfriend – one social media user, author Khaya Dlanga, has penned a message that sums up best what most South Africans are feeling right now as it’s been confirmed that […]

Golfers on a North Coast golf estate in KwaZulu-Natal were surprised by a massive moving “log” on the course… which turned out to be a splendid Southern African Python (or Rock Python). Nick Evans, from KwaZulu-Natal Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, said: “This individual looks to be around the 3,5m mark, and made of pure muscle! What […]

The People’s Health Movement (PHM) has called for better psychiatric assessment of prisoners before their release, following the murder near Port St Johns of four-year old Kamvelihle Ngala by a former prisoner. The child’s uncle, Mandisi Gwanya, 30, appeared in Port St Johns Magistrates Court on 2 May where he admitted having killed the child. […]

Service delivery protests engulfing the townships to the south of Johannesburg are continuing. Residents of Finetown which is located next to Ennerdale took to the streets blocking all entrances and exits out of the township with rocks and burning tyres. A man brandishes a toy gun towards police as protesting residents block the main road […]

Residents of Willowfountain in Pietermaritzburg are still fetching dirty water from the river in spite of the installation of a new reservoir in March. Communal taps in KwaPhupha in Willowfountain ran dry in February last year and in spite of the construction of a new reservoir, the water supply has not resumed. Water is supplied […]

PRETORIA – In response to the recent measles outbreak – confirmed by Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa – the City of Ekurhuleni has rolled out an emergency measles vaccination campaign. The campaign will run at all clinics across the city until Friday, 12 May. The city has encouraged parents to get children from ages six […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) has urged residents of Komatipoort and adjacent areas in Mpumalanga to exercise extra caution as five lions believed to have escaped from the Kruger National Park (KNP) are roaming the area. According to SANParks spokesperson, Rey Thakhuli a resident reported a sighting of about five lions on the N4 / Mananga […]

In the latest of several protests around South Africa, a violent protest has erupted in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, believed to have been started by disgruntled workers over work conditions. With scenes similar to an Armageddon movie, protestors used at least 10 front-loaders to topple over two police vehicles. They also tore up barriers along the […]

Residents from Eldorado Park and Freedom Park (south of Johannesburg in South Africa) protested over the lack of housing and jobs on Monday. The protest turned violent; residents and police had running battles along the Golden Highway which runs through both suburbs. “There is no future for the youth here” Shaun Jacobs a young protester explained […]

CAPE TOWN – The photographer who was attacked by a home owner yesterday in Coligny in the North West, says he will not press charges, insinuating that it’s part of the job. Tension has been running high in Coligny since the alleged murder of a teenager two weeks ago, and the release on bail yesterday […]

Five lions have escaped from South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Mpumalanga police have confirmed the escape, and say the lions are still on the loose. Game rangers are trying to locate them. Police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlahi says the lions are believed to be near the N4, Mananga… close to the Swaziland border. Mpumalanga […]

Cape Town father Mervyn John Solomons-Maculado took his two teenage sons on an “awareness drive” this weekend… to Theewaterskloof Dam, Cape Town’s main resource for drinking water. What they witnessed first hand shocked them… (watch video below). “My boys were shocked to the core when they saw the devastation of global warming,” said the Kuilsrivier dad. “They […]