Dawid Kahts, a musician based in Pretoria, South Africa, has written a hilarious job application letter to Eskom that has gone viral on social media. With relentless loadshedding, coffee being laced with cyanide, alleged high-level corruption at the power utility, and the resignation / ousting of former CEO André de Ruyter, Dawid told SAPeople he’s […]

The US dollars hidden inside a couch on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm were never declared to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) upon entering South Africa, it has been revealed today. Despite claims that SARS requirements had been complied with, the revenue service today confirmed that “the record does not exist and/or cannot […]

A Johannesburg driver found himself in a bit of a spot he couldn’t dig himself out of, after his car veered off the road and plunged into a ditch that had been dug by Johannesburg Water on Friday afternoon. Joburg Water explained on Saturday morning: “Yesterday, we had a burst pipe which the team attended […]

A horror crash in South Africa – involving 3 vehicles – has claimed the lives of 21 people, including many learners, according to Arrive Alive. The accident took place in Sekhukhuni on the R579, near to Blood River. Arrive Alive said a minibus taxi overtook and crashed head-on with a Faw truck and another minibus […]

The DA calls on President Ramaphosa to brief the nation and to come clean on exactly what he knew about the corrupt cartels sabotaging Eskom and bleeding the utility dry, says DA Leader John Steenhuisen. Gordhan and Ramaphosa’s security advisor were briefed by De Ruyter News reports today reveal that on 5 July 2022, then-CEO […]

Private game reserves are vital to conservation in South Africa and help attract tourists to the country, but those which weathered the Covid pandemic now face a perfect storm of rising cost pressures… with wildlife conservation facing dire consequences. Joe Cloete, the CEO at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, says the repercussions […]

On 1 March, South Africa’s new minimum hourly wage rate came into force, rising 9.6% from R23.19 to R25.42 per hour. This rise is above consumer price inflation (CPI) of 6.9%. But with food inflation rates of 13.4% in January 2023, which affects poor people disproportionately, labour activists at the Casual Workers’ Advice Office (CWAO) […]

Five little loggerhead turtle hatchlings have already been rescued by Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa, this season. They were found on beaches in the Western Cape, far away from where they hatched in KZN! Two Oceans said: “Hatchling season, or stranding season, is upon us. We have already received five loggerhead hatchlings […]

South Africans are encouraged by opposition party, the DA, to bid for “Lottopreneur” and award-winning actress, Therry Pheto’s former house which has gone on auction today. The upmarket home is estimated to sell for R4- to R6-million, with a starting bid of R3-million. According to the advertisement placed for the auction, the “luxurious spacious home” […]

A Pretoria couple has been handed an effective 14-year prison sentence for beating up their six-month-old daughter, leaving the infant with broken ribs, collar bones and legs. And they parents wouldn’t be behind bars if it weren’t for the care and concern of the baby’s medical team. The couple’s conviction and hefty sentence comes after […]

Fatima Davids has been selling sweets, cereals and spices at her stall inside the Belhar Airport Mall for several years. She is among dozens of informal traders in the mall who have been issued notices by management to vacate the premises. They were initially told to leave by 28 February but it was extended to […]

The Western Cape High Court has granted the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) a final interdict against the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (CODETA), preventing it “from obstructing, interfering and stopping the transportation of learners”, and from issuing threats to “service providers, learners and members of the public” in the Western Cape. CODETA was also […]

Chef Lentswe Bhengu-Mafoko has tragically passed away after a short illness. He was just 37-years-old. A spokesperson for the popular chef and cookbook author confirmed in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the untimely passing of our beloved son and brother, Lentswe Bhengu-Mafoko, fondly known to the media and his culinary […]

This morning, the Constitutional Court – in a unanimous judgement – dismissed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s application for direct access to the Constitutional Court to overturn the Section 89 panel’s report on the Phala Phala scandal… writes John Steenhuisen, Leader of the Democratic Alliance. The report had concluded that there exists prima facie evidence that Ramaphosa […]

Deputy President David Mabuza has resigned as a Member of Parliament (MP) following his request to President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign from his position. He served as Deputy President of South Africa from 2018 and his resignation marks the end of his term. Cabinet reshuffle imminent President Ramaphosa is expected to announce Mabuza’s replacement, along […]

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph for ignoring deadlines to file papers in a legal action in which Joseph is suing him for defamation. Raymond Joseph, who has spearheaded GroundUp’s investigation into the National Lotteries […]

South Africa says it finds it “odd” that the US government has warned its citizens in South Africa to ensure that they have necessary medicine and 72 hours’ worth of supplies at home by stocking non-perishable food, three litres of water per person per day and first aid supplies. International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr […]

Eskom says it expects to implement Stage 4 and 5 load shedding (electricity power cuts) until further notice, as a result of further breakdowns and delays in return to service of some generating units at power stations. Stage 4 began at 4pm today (Tuesday) and will continue until 4pm on Wednesday. Stage 5 loadshedding will […]

Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra CEO says it is not obliged to reveal details of operations and finances. By Daniel Steyn DA MPs in the Parliamentary Committee for Sports, Arts and Culture are concerned that public funds are being paid to Mzansi National Public Orchestra without sufficient oversight and transparency. The Auditor-General is investigating R41.5-million transferred […]

Only about a third of farm murder suspects in South Arica are arrested, according to AfriForum’s farm murder report for 2022. The annual report compares the number of farm murders with the number of suspects apprehended. AfriForum says farm attacks appear to have decreased in the past year from 415 attacks and 55 murders in […]

In the days after the killing of rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known as AKA, and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, the murders kept playing out on social media. Again and again, leaked CCTV footage of the two being gunned down was viewed and shared – some 490,000 times in the version of just one Twitter […]

The recent deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of “substandard and falsified” medical products. The organisation called for more efforts to protect children from contaminated medicine.Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the story. What caused the WHO to issue […]

Consumers will have to tighten their belts even further after the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) announced price increases across the board for all grades of fuel, illuminating paraffin and gas. The increases announced by the DMRE are as follows: Both 93 and 95 petrol will increase by R1.27 Diesel 0.05% sulphur will […]

A South African mom’s heartbreaking poem, written on the plane as she left South Africa to move abroad – went viral last year… because Lindi-Mae Humphreys’ words about the pain of leaving behind everything she knew and loved struck a chord with every South African who has left their beloved country to seek a safer […]

“Toxic” levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists. By Lucas Nowicki Two organisations monitoring E. coli levels in Durban’s rivers have raised the alarm and are calling for a national intervention to fix eThekwini’s sewage infrastructure crisis. Water activists say the polluted rivers and beaches pose a serious risk to businesses […]