Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya dipped under nine minutes for the first time in the 3 000m and bettered her personal best by 10 seconds at the Athletics South Africa Grand Prix at the Green Point Athletics Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday night. The 31-year-old Semenya, who has been barred by World Athletics from […]

South Africa’s Highveld is famous for its afternoon thunderstorms and even Durban’s skies are renowned for their electrical storms… but in Cape Town powerful lightning and its accompanying acoustics are pretty rare, which is what made Tuesday night’s spectacular lightning storm even more special. Luckily Western Cape photographer Jon Kerrin was awake to capture the […]

The new appointees include Willie Hofmeyr, the former corruption-busting head of the Asset Forfeiture Unit. By Raymond Joseph Ebrahim Patel, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has appointed four new National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board members a week before the term of the current board members expires. Among the four members appointed is Willie Hofmeyr, a former head […]

South Africa became the second team to reach the Women’s World Cup semi-finals on Thursday, after their group match against West Indies in Wellington, New Zealand, was abandoned due to rain. The South African Proteas have performed brilliantly during the competition, streaking through undefeated, including a fantastic win against title-holders England… until they were dismantled […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The World Bank has issued the world’s first wildlife conservation bond, raising $150 million to help efforts to increase the endangered black rhino population in South Africa, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. The five-year ‘rhino bond’ issued on Wednesday will pay investors returns based on the rate of growth […]

Stellenbosch University Choir has clocked up over 1 million views in four months on its ‘Some Nights’ performance. The choir celebrated on its Facebook page, thanking fans who have shared the video worldwide. “Your continued support means the world to us and gives us wings to fly. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of several restrictions, including Travel, as part of Adjusted Alert Level 1, which will take effect tomorrow (Wed 23 March) once they’re gazetted. Travel industry organisations welcomed the announcement, saying tonight that the PCR test removal for inbound vaccinated travellers will be a major boost for South Africa’s […]

“Heat. Dust. Climbing. And more climbing. Today’s stage was nothing short of brutal and it saw the Ciovita leader jerseys change hands in both the Men’s and @CMcom_ Women’s category,” said Cape Epic today, as Stage 1 of the famous, and gruelling mountain bike race came to an end. “It was a hot stage with […]

NSRI Wilderness, who are used to rescuing locals and tourists of the human kind, didn’t hesitate to dispatch a team to Kleinkranz Beach (in Wilderness, South Africa) when they received a cry for help for a family dog, Rex, that had collapsed on the beach. Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said a family had […]

Judge Patricia Goliath says that there has not been meaningful engagement by the developers. By Tania Broughton. The R4.5-billion development at the River Club site in Observatory has been stopped, with a court ruling that the developers must “consult meaningfully” with all affected people. The interim interdict granted by Western Cape deputy judge president Patricia […]

The Coding 4 Youth project, coordinated by Prof Jean Greyling from Nelson Mandela University, set out to use the unplugged coding games – TANKS, RANGERS and BOATS – to reach 10,000 learners in 2 months. They ended up reaching the target in 6 weeks! Coding 4 Youth was launched in mid-February as a joint initiative […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today, 19 March 2022, welcomed the sentence meted out by the Skukuza Regional Court to a man convicted on 12 counts associated with poaching. The accused, Mike Nyathi, a 39 year old Mozambican man with a South African citizenship, faced 14 charges relating to two separate cases of rhino poaching. […]

A Google sub-sea cable that promises to double internet speeds for millions of long-suffering users in parts of Africa – including South Africa – arrived at Lomé, Togo, today (Friday 18 March), its first stop along Africa’s Atlantic coast. The cable will connect Europe to Togo, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, and St Helena, Google Africa’s […]

Sidwell Mayekiso hopes one of his students will one day become a Grandmaster. By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human. Sidwell Mayekiso started the 2 Knights Chess Club in Khayelitsha in 2017. Living with a disability, he wanted to make a difference in the community by teaching children to play chess. Now, five of his students […]

Lukhanyo Booi, Lali Booi and Tembelani Mnyani are three men from Fingo Village in Makhanda who have taken it upon themselves to clean up the town’s dirty streets. Armed with rakes and shovels, and sometimes using their bare hands, the three move around the city streets removing domestic refuse and filth. On Monday and Tuesday […]

A beautiful video is going viral on social media, showing a young South African schoolgirl in a hurdles race at an athletics meet at Klub Nories Ondersteunersklub in Gauteng. The young girl – Mieke – falls badly at the first hurdle… but instead of giving up, she gets up. The others in the race are […]

CAPE TOWN – There was excitement today at the Cape Town Film Studios with a special guest, none other than South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who visited the studios where Project Panda – the working title for Netflix’s live action anime series, One Piece – is currently shooting. The hour-long set tour by the President […]

“I make anything with wheels or without wheels so long as they send me a photo,” says Hendrick Chebanga. By Adel Van Niekerk. Hendrick, who lives in Hammanskraal outside Pretoria, has been making model cars since he was a child. Today this is both his art and his business. WATCH Meet Hendrick Chebanga, An Artist Who […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Top African lender Standard Bank has ruled out funding all new coal-fired power plants and most oil-fired plants as part of plans to reach net zero-emissions by 2050, but campaigners said it could still do more to cut emissions. More financial services firms are setting net-zero targets to combat global warming but […]

During the filming of “The Challenger Disaster”, I had rare opportunity to be in a few scenes with William Hurt. We were all exceptionally nervous having to work alongside him. We are told to never get into the lead actors’ personal space, only speak if they speak first and try not to look at them […]

South African born and raised entrepreneur Elon Musk has challenged Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, to a ‘single combat’ over Ukraine in a series of tweets that have virtually catapulted excited Tweeters into orbit! I hereby challengeВладимир Путин to single combat Stakes are Україна — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022 In fact one of Musk’s […]

Kim Le Court De Billot (Efficient Insure Infiniti) won her third Cape Town Cycle Tour, while 22-year-old Marc Pritzen (Honeycomb) took his first win in the elite men on a day when wet weather swept the region. The Mauritian Le Court De Billot won the 78km women’s elite event in 2hr 8min 5sec ahead of […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Princess Charlene has returned to Monaco to be with her husband Prince Albert and her children (7-year-old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella) as her health improves, the royal palace has announced. Charlene (44), who married Monaco’s ruler Prince Albert (63) in 2011, has been absent from the principality for months due […]

South African musher (dog sled driver) Gerhardt Thiart is currently making history as the first South African to ever qualify and compete in the iconic and extremely challenging Iditarod, the annual long-distance trail sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, which takes place each March over the course of a week, in thick snow in […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the world strives to emerge from the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbouring countries like Mozambique and South Africa must continue to deepen and strengthen the already existing ties between them. Speaking at a Plenary Session of the third South Africa-Mozambique Bi-National Commission (BNC) held in Pretoria, […]