South African filmmakers, who on Friday won a top conservation award for their anti-rhino poaching documentary, have donated the R20,000 prize money to the Kruger National Park Special Ranger K9 Unit. The multiple award-winning wildlife crime thriller, ‘STROOP – journey into the rhino horn war’, received its 26th award this weekend when the documentary’s filmmakers, […]

There’s a heartwarming and heartbreaking South African video that’s been going viral around the world in the past week… viewed over nine million times, and liked by over 200,000 social media users. UPDATE: Unfortunately it appears the young boy in the video lied, for whatever reason, to the person filming. The video features a young […]

Wildlife photographers are always in search of that one perfect shot, either a unique animal or encounter or behaviour not seen before. But after today I realise that it’s possible to have an experience that’s just so unbelievable it defies the ability to truly capture the moment in either pixels or words… writes marine conservation […]

When I first arrived in South Africa in September 2016, it became rapidly apparent that I wasn’t in Vancouver, Canada anymore… writes Phil Maloney. There were full grown men running around in two-toned shirts and unintentionally hilarious hot pants, twonk-turkeys scaring the bejoobers out of me (hadedas!) with their unholy yelling, and boerewors EVERYWHERE. Oh, and […]

JOHNANNESBURG – A South African court on Friday rejected an appeal by former president Jacob Zuma that sought to prevent his prosecution on corruption charges over a $2 billion arms deal. The ruling paves the way for Zuma’s long-awaited trial to start in February 2020. Zuma, in office from 2009-2018, had previously applied for a […]

Muizenberg has become one of the most popular recreational spots in Cape Town. People of all classes and races visit the seaside suburb by the thousand. It is a microcosm of what South Africa can aspire to be. Ashraf Hendricks captured the neighbourhood’s atmosphere. The beach is famous for its colourful changing rooms, soft sand, […]

JOHANNESBURG – A South African women’s land rights activist – who has been stabbed with a knife, slapped with a gun and hit by a speeding car – has been nominated this week for a prestigious human rights award for her 40 years of activism. Those are just a few of the murder attempts on […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom made a surprise R1.3 billion ($88.39 million) profit in the first half of this financial year… roughly double the profit it made during the same period of the previous year. Eskom’s financial performance is typically stronger in the first half of the year, as it sells […]

Golfers at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa will be able to throw off their traditional trousers, and dress for comfort instead in shorts, in a first for the European Tour. South Africa’s Ernie Els welcomed what he said is a “game-changer” decision. The governing body said it will let players wear shorts at the Nov. […]

Nando’s has done it again! The fast-food chicken restaurant chain has produced an advert that pokes fun at the South African government and cuts to the truth of current life in SA. The commercial encourages South Africans to play a game that’s a lot like Monopoly but includes South African twists such as the ‘token […]

A South African schoolgirl – Okuhle Mose – has won first place in the world for Hip Hop dancing. Mose’s proud primary school Maragon Ruimsig made the announcement on social media this week. The private school in Ruimsig said that nine-year-old Okuhle – who belongs to Pulzation Dance Studio – had first participated in the […]

South African supermarket chain Checkers, owned by Shoprite Holdings, is looking to grab a larger share of the growing online shopping market by pioneering a new one-hour grocery delivery service named Sixty60. It is South Africa’s first 60-minute mobile app grocery delivery service from a supermarket chain, Checkers says, as it looks to respond to […]

South Africa’s rand firmed in early trade on Monday, as traders continued to chase the high yield offered by local assets after S&P Global Ratings decided to downgrade the country’s credit outlook instead of lowering its sovereign rating. The rand was 0.41% firmer at 14.6750 per dollar by 0620 GMT, compared with an opening level […]

To SAA Airlines, I flew out of LAGOS / NIGERIA with your airline last night – writes Louis de Jager – and I just wanted to say it was unbelievable!!! THE SERVICE WAS INCREDIBLY GOOD!!!! My back was hurting and I couldn’t walk, so I had to get help between flights – I had a […]

Three years ago, I had just survived an extremely rare form of brain cancer that put me in a group of less than 120 recorded survivors in the history of the planet… writes renowned South African speaker, endurance athlete and stage four cancer survivor Richard Wright. Earlier that year when I was told that I […]

Kenya’s marathon sub-two hour man Eliud Kipchoge was named World Athletics male athlete of the year in Monaco on Saturday at the annual awards ceremony of the sport’s governing body. Kipchoge tweeted: “Proud to be named @WorldAthletics Male Athlete of the Year again. It was a truly historic year. #NoHumanIsLimited.” Kipchoge retained the award thanks […]

Check out South Africa actor and singer Robbie Wessel’s tribute to Siya Kolisi (and the Springboks in general) in his latest music video below. With words like “When we come together, we’re the best we can be” and the Springbok’s successful hashtag #StrongerTogether… it’s sure to warm the hearts of South Africans everywhere. Robbie said: […]

The five-year-old Jack Russell that was stolen from its owners’ property in Roodepoort, South Africa, on Tuesday has been safely reunited on Sunday evening with its owners, Daleen van Niekerk and her husband. Daleen had issued an urgent plea for help in finding their beloved dog, Lara, after she was stolen by a gang of […]

In the lead up to an epic season finale of Trackers tonight at 8pm, M-Net and its partners have released the hit series’ theme song, “This is War”. And in tonight’s nail-biting conclusion it is almost war as a suicide team target Cape Town Stadium. Trackers has been a culmination of world-class production and a […]

As South Africa’s President Ramaphosa holds his Investment Summit, the future of a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) citrus farm is in jeopardy, with a feud in the area leaving 40 people dead and 700 people facing the loss of their jobs. With just weeks left to save the farm, Carte Blanche tonight investigates what’s gone down and […]

MEXICO CITY – Tennis legend Roger Federer has every intention of breaking a world attendance record when he plays Rafael Nadal at a charity tennis match in Cape Town on 7 February 2020… but on the way he has just broken the record in Mexico City! Broadcaster ESPN claimed a new world record for attendance […]

Visitors to the Kruger National Park in South Africa are feeling blessed this morning after one of the world’s most famous wildlife reserves received an abundant summer rainfall on Saturday… although overnight rain did also cause flash floods with evacuations from the Sable Height camp and the Letaba River low water bridge was left under […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) reached a deal on wages with two striking unions on Friday to end an eight-day strike at the state airline. Already reliant on government handouts to survive, SAA had to suspend hundreds of flights after the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) and the National Union of Metalworkers South […]

Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi has revealed a couple of the costumes she will be wearing in Atlanta, USA, to compete with beauty queens from around the world in the Miss Universe competition (which has its Final on 8 December). And South Africans have mixed reactions. Revealing the ‘Wave of Love’ National Costume, on Friday, […]

Many Johannesburgers will be looking for the best vantage point downtown on Sunday, 24 November, to view the implosion of the former Bank of Lisbon building, marking the end of a sad downward spiral for one of the city’s tallest buildings. The 31-storey 1970 structure, on Sauer Street between Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph, was […]