A total of 50 companies have pledged R109.6 billion at the third annual South Africa Investment Conference. Wednesday’s collective pledge brings the total amount of investment pledges to R773.6 billion worth of investments in the last three years. With this total amount, South Africa has now reached 64% of its total target of R1.2 trillion. […]

What started as an audacious drive to attract over R1.2 trillion in investment over five years into the South African economy is beginning to bear fruit 25 months into the journey. Over the past two years, investment pledges made at the first two instalments of the South Africa Investment Conference are steadily coming to fruition. […]

The best things in life are free. So say these Mitchells Plain hair salon owners, who are offering free haircuts to mense with disabilities… writes Venecia Valentine from Daily Voice. Nasief Hoosain, 42, and his wife Nashreen, 40, run N&N hair salon at the busy Rocklands Shopping Centre. They say the pandemic has hit them […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday evening engaged in a telephonic call with US President-elect Joe Biden to discuss ways to strengthen US-Africa relations and overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. President Ramaphosa says he is hopeful of a strong partnership between the United States and the African continent in promoting peace and stability in international […]

South African and African sailors have hailed the appointment of Philip Baum as one of the vice-presidents of World Sailing. A former president of SA Sailing, Baum was chosen for the position at the recent elections in which China’s Quanhai Li was elected as the new World Sailing president. The newly appointed board of directors […]

Filming has finally begun in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tali’s Baby Diary, the much-anticipated sequel to the first ever Showmax Original, Tali’s Wedding Diary. Talibabes is due – yes, that kind of due – in March 2021. Tali’s Baby Diary is now shooting in Cape Town Sequel to the first ever Showmax Original, which […]

South Africa has selected Rene van Rooyen’s ‘Toorbos’ as the country’s official entry for the highly coveted Best International Feature Film Award for the 2021 Academy Awards. The film, which is an adaptation of renowned writer Dalene Matthee’s 2003 best-selling novel of the same name, was selected from five film submissions which were received for […]

“Little Amal”, a 3.5-metre tall giant puppet representing an eight-year-old Syrian refugee, will embark on an epic 8,000km journey across Europe next year to highlight the plight of young refugees. Although her travels are a continent away, her journey started in South Africa with the Handspring Puppet Company, in Muizenberg, Cape Town. As part of The […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended Banyana Banyana and Bafana Bafana for their victories in two successive days in Africa’s premier soccer contests. “Our women’s and men’s national teams have brought great pride and joy to football supporters across our nation. “Friday the 13th was a day of good fortune for our men’s team. […]

Around the world, people will be watching tonight’s new season of the popular Netflix series, The Crown… and most are waiting in anticipation to see the actress who plays Princess Diana. Her name is Emma Corrin, and she is the daughter of a South African expat who still (like many expats) shares close ties with […]

Ford South Africa has launched a major renewable energy programme that will see the company become  energy self-sufficient by 2024, and which will include one the largest solar carports in the world. Ockert Berry, VP Operations at Ford South Africa, said Project Blue Oval has begun with solar panel installations – valued at R135-million – […]

If he didn’t do it, why did he run? For almost a decade, murder accused Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren evaded capture. Now he’s been extradited back from Brazil to face the music. Back from Brazil – Fugitive Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren Extradited In 2014, Carte Blanche told the story of the cold-blooded killing of his […]

Sign up for Showmax and MTN’s hot new deal and get up to 10 hours of series, movies, kids’ shows and more with 1GB of free MTN data every month.  Showmax has partnered with MTN to offer Showmax Mobile customers 1GB of free data, which will allow for up to 10 hours’ worth of streaming […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished South Africa’s Hindu community well as they observe the religious festival of Deepavali. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Deepavali commences on the 14th of November 2020. President Ramaphosa said the observance of Deepavali in South Africa had deep historical roots dating back to the arrival of Indian indentured […]

A Mitchells Plain family is overjoyed at their 10-year-old son’s acceptance to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School… writes Venecia Valentine from Daily Voice. Ethan Palagangwe from Eastridge is among 30 other boys selected out of the 1600 applicants who auditioned for a place at the prestigious KwaZulu-Natal school. But his parents Candice and Kagisho Palagangwe […]

We are delighted to announce that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and DA Abroad, in conjunction with SAPeople, today submitted petitions to Parliament with over 15,000 signatures calling for South African citizens living abroad to receive their citizenship and travel documents timeously, and for urgent assistance to those currently unable to apply to renew their passports. […]

Travel experts have welcomed the announcement by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa that tourists from all countries will be welcomed to SA’s sunny shores with an amendment to the Alert Level 1 lockdown rule that had certain high risk countries placed on a banned ‘red list’. Addressing the nation on Wednesday evening, the President said: […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa proudly announced on Wednesday evening that a local South African company has entered into a preliminary agreement with multinational firm Johnson & Johnson, as one of the companies to manufacture and package its candidate COVID-19 vaccine. “In recognition of the country’s manufacturing capability, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, […]

Mongameli Bobani, the controversial former mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, has died after being admitted to hospital with COVID three weeks ago. Bantu Holomisa, the leader of the United Democratic Movement, released a statement this evening confirming Bobani’s passing. Bobani was ousted in a no-confidence debate last December, and the city has sat without a […]

One of new blue commuter trains that are being rolled out – very slowly – in a few parts of the country was spotted today on the iconic False Bay line running from Muizenberg to Simonstown. The False Bay line is one of the most gorgeous routes in the world, running on the coast, but […]

Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network have announced a “breakthrough” in the prevention of HIV in women. Wits researchers have announced a “breakthrough” in HIV prevention in women An injection every eight weeks was found to be much more effective than a daily pill The trials were conducted in seven African countries and included […]

This has to be one of the week’s most powerful videos, the moment a former Prima ballerina – suffering from Alzheimers – hears the music to Tschaikovsky’s Swan Lake and begins to dance in her wheelchair, automatically connected to the music and to her graceful movements from decades ago. “Grab a tissue, brace yourself for […]

German biotech company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical Pfizer announced on Monday promising early results from their phase 3 clinical trial for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (See main points at bottom of article.) These early results are what is known as an “interim analysis”. It’s an early look at the data […]

South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has congratulated Master KG on winning the Best African Act Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs). “We are exceptionally proud of Master KG, who took home top honours to win the coveted Best African Act Award at the MTV EMAs,” the Minister said. […]

There has been a flood of photos, videos, memes and quotes by Kamala Harris (56) going viral on social media since the announcement that, according to projections, Joe Biden will be the next President of the USA and Kamala his vice-president. But there is one in particular that is being shared worldwide… a reminder that […]