JOHANNESBURG – A brouhaha seems to be building up again over a satirical artwork depicting President Jacob Zuma’s penis, and the government has already condemned the work. The cartoon by Anton Kannemeyer shows a giant black penis and scrotum hovering above a group of angry black demonstrators carrying a banner that demands, “Respect for the president’s […]

If you missed the Thursday night episode of ‘The Daily Show’, the audience got a lesson in African presidents, thanks to new host Trevor Noah, who was comparing US presidential candidate Donald Trump to Jacob Zuma, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin and Muammar Gaddafi, among others. With the subheading ‘Orange is the new Black’ – and […]

Just great, so far. Yes, Trevor Noah seems to have taken to hosting the ‘Daily Show’ in the United States almost as if he was to the manor – or should that be the manner? – born. In the weeks leading up to his takeover of the show from Jon Stewart after 16 years, many […]

Following the success earlier this year of ‘The Endless River’  at two major international film festivals, two new South African movies are making their marks on doing likewise. ‘For Love and Broken Bones’, directed by Tebogo Malope, and Sara Blecher’s ‘Ayanda’ – which premiered in South Africa last night – both come short on the heels of Cape Town […]

Following the devastating fires that ravaged the Southern Cape Peninsular in March this year, the flora is blooming and a new book, “The Cape Aflame” has been launched. The book features more than 200 iconic photographs by some of South Africa’s top professional and amateur photographers. “The Cape Aflame” tells the story of the Muizenberg Fire with first-hand accounts […]

The first YouTube video gained fame – or rather, infamy – for the American (possibly a schoolgirl) who thought England was a planet and couldn’t understand why a British person was changing a dollar figure into a weight (pounds). Now comes even more infamy as growing YouTube comedy vlogger Maxim Bady takes her on. In the first […]

Since Trevor Noah has left our shores and is gearing up to take the helm of America’s ‘The Daily Show’ on Monday, here’s a random selection of other South African comedians – the new, the old and the beloved – who are sure to keep us entertained! Some of these comedians will also be performing at an international comedy festival in […]

If you’re overseas and missing your fellow South Africans on Heritage Day, check out this live video feed that’ll transport you to the Heritage Voëlvry Festival in Stellenbosch! The broadcast has been provided by Scatzy, which supplies a Video on Demand service to expats around the world. To view earlier footage, click here. Entertainers have included Gereformeerde […]

The Cape Town-born director of a play written by a Zimbabwean and starring an Oscar-winning Kenyan for a prestigious New York theatre has told a U.S. newspaper that she was adamant about having African actresses in the play and that it was very difficult for her to watch non-Africans play Africans. “We see a lot of depictions […]

A movie set in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra, ‘Thina Sobabili’, is hoping to be nominated for the foreign movie section of the next Academy Awards. ‘Thina Sobabili’, meaning ‘The Two of Us’, is by first-time director Ernest Nkosi, according to Variety magazine. The nomination was announced on Monday by the South African Academy Awards selection committee […]

Fifteen-year-old South African Leroy Mokgatle has triumphed at the esteemed Genee International Ballet Competition in London by winning the gold medal. He also won the Margo Fonteyn Audience Award. Watch the incredible Leroy dancing ‘Freedom’: https://youtu.be/GCBh8QJ6P0o The Royal Academy of Dance event was held at the famous Sadler Wells. Past Genee medallists have gone on to […]

Viola Davis was the biggest news of the Emmy Awards last night, becoming the first African-American to win the Award for best actress in a drama series. And this morning her name has trended in the top three on Twitter in South Africa with media celebrating her win (see below). The 50-year-old actress who studied at Juillard […]

The first official trailer from ‘The Jungle Book’ has been extremely well received around the world, including in South Africa where it is trending in the Top 10 on Twitter. Since Disney uploaded the video to YouTube yesterday, it has received over 2 million views, and is being touted as “wild”, “spectacular”, “terrifying” and “fantastic” […]

This is no five-step waltz, no quadrille, and by no means is it a cakewalk. It’s more like a cactus tango or a dusty Jitterbug, this Nama Riel dance they do so well out here in the Northern Cape Karoo. It’s ‘Stomp the Yard’ in Calvinia, Williston, Brandvlei and beyond. The cheering crowd forms a square […]

The partly South African-produced movie ‘Remember’, about a man who discovers that the Nazi who killed his family during the war is alive in the United States and goes to find him, received a 10-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival this week. ‘Remember’ – which was co-produced by renowned South African […]

ZA News, the satirical puppet company in Cape Town, has created a Suzelle-type DIY video, ‘Su-Zuma DIY’, lampooning the controversy over Jacob Zuma’s residence at Nkandla and called “How to Renovate Your Home for Next to Nothing.” Watch the ZA News video – Su-Zuma DIY – below (or larger version above).

The profits of Taylor Swift’s latest music video “Wildest Dreams,” which debuted at the Video Music Awards (VMA) Awards on Sunday – and has already been viewed 14 million times – will go to African conservation. The money garnered by the video will go to the Africa Parks of America organisation, which partners with governments throughout Africa […]

Africa’s stories are being retold in a modern format, from an African perspective, to an audience who may not know them…from the founding of Botswana by King Khama III to the bravery of Bilal Ibn Rabah and the quest of Adama in a foreign, war-torn land. African history is about to get a reboot in one […]

Along the coast of South Africa from Cape Town to Durban, South African sand artists have been raising awareness about Africa’s wildlife and the poaching crisis…so that the photos international tourists take back home with them, carry this important message to the rest of the world. The beach sculptors are famous for creating newsworthy masterpieces – from the […]

A family taking a stroll in the Mafube Mountain Retreat, between Clarens and Fouriesburg in the Eastern Free State, stumbled across a wonderful treasure today. Duncan Irvine, owner of Rapid Blue production company (with hits like Strictly Come Dancing), uploaded a photo to Facebook with this message: “Out for a walk on our farm and our […]

Check out the trailer for the much-anticipated documentary film The Boers at the End of the World – about a group of South African expats unlike any others – which will have its world premiere at the end of this month in Camps Bay. The 80-minute documentary feature film is about a century-old community of Afrikaners who live in a remote region […]

Check out Suzelle in her latest DIY video…with tips on how to make a braaied brandy banana split (or is that braaied banana brandy split?). Suzelle, who understandably smaaks herself as quite the braai “mistress” (since her “How to make a Braai Pie” video launched her to local fame) is joined by Ultimate Braai Master host Justin Bonello […]

BBC Lifestyle this week announced its judge and presenter line-up for new local commission The Great South African Bake Off. The series, which will search for the nation’s best amateur baker, will be judged by renowned chefs Shirley Guy and Tjaart Walraven and presented by comedians Anne Hirsch and Donovan Goliath. The ten-part series is produced […]

She didn’t mean to…but she did. South African Oscar-award winning actress Charlize Theron invited President Obama to a strip club. To be fair she was trying to fill an awkward pause in the conversation. And she just blurted out the invitation when he mentioned that appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show helped him reach a […]

South Africa’s favourite DIY goddess, Suzelle, is very proudly featured in the latest Checkers TV commercial. “I finally made it!” says YouTube star Suzelle. “I am in the new Checkers TV ad with my new best friend Nataniël! I am so excited x” Afrikaans celebrity Nataniël (le Roux) is a singer, songwriter and entertainer who released his […]