Former US President Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump has died suddenly. The Czech-American businesswoman passed away at her home in New York City on Thursday, 14 July 2022. She was 73. “Our mother was an incredible woman – a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend,” a representative […]

JOHANNESBURG, 14 July 2022 – The travel industry has almost made a full recovery with travel numbers nearing pre-pandemic figures. But the return of travel is proving more difficult than most in the travel industry would have thought. Post-COVID staff shortages are severely impacting service delivery across the travel and tourism industry in Europe and […]

Great white sharks have long been at the top of the food chain in parts of South Africa’s oceans. In their peak winter hunting months, around 1,000 great white sharks a day could be observed off the coast of the Western Cape province. But in 2017, great white shark carcasses began to wash up on […]

The Presidency has strongly denied allegations made by former Senzo Meyiwa trial counsel, Advocate Malesela Teffo, that President Cyril Ramaphosa was involved in alleged harassment of the advocate for his role in the trial. “The Presidency has noted and strongly refutes the false claims made by Advocate Malesela Teffo that the Presidency is behind his […]

JOHANNESBURG – Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that the Proteas Men’s team will not be playing the ODI series in January 2023 against Australia. The three ODIs – which form part of the ICC Super League matches that determine direct qualification for the 2023 Men’s World Cup – were billed to take place in […]

The owner of Eyobeni tavern, in which 21 teenagers mysteriously died last month, has been arrested in connection with the tragedy. Two employees of the Eastern Cape club have also been arrested. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement that the three were arrested over the weekend and on Tuesday. SAPS Eastern […]

Thanks to an overwhelming demand, The Kiffness has delivered on his promise to put together a Bheki Cele ‘Shutup’ Remix, following the incident with Action Society director Ian Cameron last week. The Kiffness – aka David Scott – congratulated Ian Cameron “for speaking truth to our Police Minister ??” and explained some context for his hundreds […]

South African actress Busisiwe Lurayi, popularly known as Busi, sadly passed away on Sunday at the age of just 35. Busi was best known for her starring role as Phumzile on the SABC1 sitcom ‘City Ses’la’ and more recently in ‘How To Ruin Christmas’ on Netflix. A statement from her family read: “We are deeply saddened […]

Two weeks after the tragic tavern incident in East London, where 21 teenagers died in mysterious circumstances, South Africa has been rocked by another case of mass deaths at an entertainment venue. Last night at least 15 people were shot dead in a local bar in Orlando East, Soweto. Witnesses say the gunmen – armed […]

Radio legend Kevin Savage (69) has sadly passed away today, 9 July, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Radio station Hot 102.7 said Kevin, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer over four years ago, “fought heroically till the very end”. South Africans were today reeling from the news, as it comes on the same day […]

Well loved journalist and broadcaster Barry Ronge has passed away at the age of 74. He reportedly died peacefully in the arms of his life partner of 45 years, Albertus van Dyk, on Sunday 3 July. It was his wish that his passing only be announced a week later. Barry – whose Sunday Times columns […]

Wales have made history by beating the Springboks in a Test in South Africa for the first time after they won a proper arm-wrestle by 13-12 at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon, squaring up the Castle Lager Incoming Series at 1-1. Josh Adams’ five-pointer was the only try in a game dominated […]

(Reuters) – South African born and raised Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement, including not divulging just how many bots there are. […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the people of Japan, following the death of the country’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe passed away following a shooting while he was on the campaign trail in the country. Abe was Japan’s longest serving prime minister until he left the job in 2020 […]

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after being shot during a political event in Japan – where he was giving a speech – on Friday morning, 8 July 2022. Bodyguards managed to wrestle the suspected shooter to the ground, and police have confirmed he has been arrested. The 67-year-old politician, who […]

Daughter suspects they went to bed when the electricity cut and forgot to switch off a stove. By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik.   A couple burnt to death in a shack fire in Blowy Informal Settlement, Khayelitsha, early on Thursday morning. Nocingephi Kani and Zolile Stuurman were sleeping when their shack caught fire. Two of their grandchildren, aged […]

Eskom has delivered some slightly brighter news today, announcing that seven generation units have been returned to service. During the same period six generating units that needed urgent repairs during the strike have been taken offline for repairs. This is made possible by the full return to work of all striking employees over the past […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced its plan to reconvene the Emergency Committee on monkeypox under the International Health Regulations as infections continue to soar globally… although at the time of publishing there have only been two confirmed cases in South Africa. In June, the WHO’s Emergency Committee resolved by consensus the outbreak does not […]

An alert tourist’s actions have led to the successful arrest of three suspected rhino poachers in SA’s famous Kruger National Park. The tourist, who had been travelling on the road between Malelane and Skukuza on Friday (1 July), heard two gunshots… and immediately reported it to the Malelane Ranger, South African National Parks (SANParks) confirmed […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is today (Wed 6 July) attending the mass funeral service for the 21 young people who died last week in a tavern in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The teenagers – some as young as 13 – passed away at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East London in the early hours […]

South Africa’s Police Minister, Bheki Cele, today clashed with Ian Cameron, anti-crime activist and Action Society director of community safety, in an angry and emotionally-fuelled outburst that ended with him yelling at Cameron to sit down and listen, or to ‘get out’. Cameron was then led out by police. The Police Ministry was meeting with […]

In its ongoing clean-up operations, the Department of Home Affairs has dismissed two employees for fraud relating to the selling of South African identities to foreign nationals who do not deserve such documents. The generation of fake SA IDs and passports has led to travel challenges for genuine South Africans, with the Ryan Air Afrikaans […]

Rock DJ CHRIS PRIOR has penned the following letters to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa about load-shedding, the sorry state of the police force and SA cities that are featuring on the wrong kind of Top 10 lists. Unsurprisingly, as the power in the country fails along with the people in power (and hashtags like […]

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced a price increase of at least R2.30 for all fuel variants from Wednesday, taking the fuel price to well beyond R25 a litre. In the wake of the “massive fuel price increase”, the DA has handed in its Fuel Price Deregulation Bill to Parliament today, […]

A court ruling has paved the way for a teacher to sue the Mpumalanga Department of Education for R8-million for loss of earnings and damages after he was attacked in his classroom by a learner. By Tania Broughton A Mpumalanga court has ruled that a teacher may proceed to sue the education department for damages […]