In a thrilling Comrades Marathon today, last year’s winner Bongumusa Mthembu was beaten to the finishing line by Edward Mothibi who won by just 25 seconds; while Gerda Steyn broke a record, becoming the first female to complete the ‘up’ run (Durban to Pietermarizburg) in less than six hours! Watch video below. The Comrades Marathon […]

It’s a big day tomorrow for thousands of entrants (25,000 to be exact) in South Africa’s famous Comrades Marathon… but for two runners the race begins even earlier – tonight! Graham Wells (42) and Gerald Pavel (48) are lining up in Pietermaritzburg this evening to run to Durban, through the night… to then turn around […]

A mother and son duet is going totally viral in South Africa – attracting millions of views – not just because of the duo’s awesome musical talent… but because of the loving family values it instils, as mom and son can be seen looking at each other with such ‘precious’ love as they perform ‘A […]

In a Carte Blanche exclusive this week, the show meets the investigating officer who cracked the case of the notorious Krugersdorp Killers and speaks to family members of the victims – available to watch this  Sunday 9 June in South Africa; and to stream from Tues 11 June for South Africans abroad in many countries. […]

Weddings, funerals, crimes and punishment – you’re totally invested in your daily and weekly dramas. Here’s where to watch them online (even if you’re outside South Africa, as long as you’re in a country that offers Showmax International). Gone are the days when you had to rush home to make sure you didn’t miss a […]

Six stray dogs from the Mdzananda Animal Clinic were given a second chance at life yesterday – Thursday 6 June – thanks to the the Frits Dog Hotel. The NPO veterinary clinic in Khayelitsha had issued an appeal, urgently asking people to adopt or foster, after it received an enormous influx of abandoned dogs at […]

After 20 years living abroad, we’re moving back to South Africa to raise our family on a farm… writes Lauren from Wild Country Farm Blog. If anyone had suggested this idea to me 12 months ago, I’d have called you a raving lunatic. Land reforms, an election year in South Africa, fluctuating exchange rates, the […]

Snow fell Thursday in parts of (usually) ‘Sunny South Africa’, with it being the first snow of the season for Swartberg, Oudtshoorn and Ladismith. Here are some of the stunning photos and videos sent in to Snow Report SA, ReenvalSA and Ladismith Visitor Centre. https://www.facebook.com/snowreportsa/photos/a.312313212229373/2065996056861071/?type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/ladismithvisitorcentre/posts/10156286724607036?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARC0PD3lZ4A0syVPD5yN8y3Dk51N10-PTZILhgda8bGywahwociRWGc6dcFzyjeso5Th0lFdHwuuyHQ1LHUIfrMb7MWq93FLDZGkd7UZgBda7abT0j0t5VHZDXZuyhMNE15Fed9mW2_hwwEZ9jNzWeel43t1RnOjji76DPFvO7qjrjcFoVnpYRAVC1CxLVl8BQ4W28gZnsY1Q2BJGaGOrMGtvqXWrGztUk9B24mmeAxq-Bmhjh1tLAbgSCbfZWOO6lUguc_-ddNCkqMttnn_BHbkyUJVr8fhTjT-yKZymeUkVv30qQ4TuOwosMcOXTBLklS5AKYy6W0tvGA7bAX8&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/snowreportsa/photos/a.312313212229373/2066615320132478/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAqHDkYRUrkx1hHkcTGWNpvpRQz3rZPzKBh89vklaQvnAfBQOQ_wr-g7E1xvGG3NjQuRNIkrvyJdNyXC0eM4YseAaRmf0fBCF2VQDqHQIIe4Bc707Y0P4e6nYcLu1xffP1kV6Ar1X2eJRsY-ZBqa7q6TlWhmj-KPXrOuYtta0xKz8HDonI9vWBzvL9A1a6y2MGWr6wjrw5KsncWdFWM_AMuCAO76f2fNYUFt6MSJBWFiIiHPegtPlNsh9HXkq7FfKpTPG5TlyyEuAX73wN3rGHTmA3I_o07-eCg5HNhsxT8O-J92xmNr4h6E1kRz7tCZxOg8hwlEv6S9kjUBHulzarn3A&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/snowreportsa/photos/a.312313212229373/2065999920194018/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCkGPzL9QV8WISn8Dl6kJHcDWd2-_bauVvTY60JKURa5lBtqLI33iGcHIJoEWKKOlF4vwSwiEsQvDHTW7joWQHuK7dOx4_yYyC91yWJsAy3Ot-2_aYErfqA7__fjM8L_7D_PSK3SE6Ygz92j3P48KdbSWnp2seOYBq8fBBfi-JrWpRUMt7N9HFxFbOtNPfXo9RfSo3GO6J2pVbQhJhlf_kIGmvxNUKDVgb3nxIuBf2AvndneHf0lCk9n0G_WfabIuxHnmhuSn0YFoc2cjsMa5lZdxA5jrRuBEtiIBxf3NZsY6xVPWh__DwqCKbko5PgACQUEQxWdGei66z2jL-bdH2dpA&__tn__=-R 1ste #Sneeu op die #Swartberg, #Oudtshoorn (Swartbergpas) […]

A message of gratitude from a visitor to the Kruger National Park for a couple, who quite literally may have saved her and her partner’s life, has gone viral on social media in South Africa and abroad. It was only Mbali Zitha’s second visit to the Kruger when the unthinkable happened – a flat tyre. […]

It was D-Day+6 when South African statesman, Field Marshal Jan Smuts, was also to cross over to Normandy, accompanying the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill by his side… writes Peter Dickens. To this point Smuts had played a pivot role in not only the planning and strategy behind Operation Overlord and the Normandy campaign, he also […]

Lizzy was born on the other side of town, on a farm called Noorspoort, owned by the legendary Craven family. “I learnt from my mother how to bake and cook. She in turn learnt it from old Mrs Maria Craven, [rugby legend] Doc Danie Craven’s wife. “Later on I worked on another farm at Baroe, […]

Taxpayers with an annual income not exceeding R500 000 will no longer be required to submit tax returns. The announcement was made by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter during the launch of the 2019 tax season on Tuesday. This year’s tax season will begin on 1 July for submissions on digital […]

Murderous housewives and handmaids; superheroes and super spies; comedy and tragedy – Showmax has it all this month. Here are the new additions to the calendar in June. Big Little Lies S2 Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoe Kravitz reprise their roles while Meryl Streep is added in a new season […]

South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport has been named the continent’s leading airport at the recent edition of the World Travel Awards. And Table Mountain was named Africa’s Leading Tourist Attraction. The announcements were made at the prestigious 26th World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony held in Mauritius over the weekend. Cape Town International Airport won […]

American talk show host Ellen last month surprised an audience member from Kenya with a fantastic family reunion. Achieng Agutu has always been a big Ellen fan. She used to watch the show back home in Kenya to help learn English. Achieng has been in the United States for the past two years, living with […]

As donations raised for a kind petrol attendant in the Western Cape, South Africa, near half a million rand, the attendant – Nkosikho Mbele – has expressed a heartfelt thank you – “straight from the heart” – to everyone has made donations. Many South Africans have been moved to reward Nkosi (28) for his selfless […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – South Africa’s double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will be able to run in her favoured 800 metres event without medication to lower her testosterone levels until an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal has been ruled on, the court said on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had ruled the […]

Scottish racing driver David Coulthard treated a big South African crowd to three runs and doughnuts on the streets of Cape Town yesterday… as well as to the most unique rendition of the South African anthem we’ve ever heard! (Watch at bottom of page.) The noise reverberated off the walls of the Castle and Mutual […]

When a kind petrol attendant – Nkosikho – filled up a customer’s car with petrol, using his own money because she had forgotten her purse, he not only helped her out… but filled her heart with hope for South Africa. And by Monet van Deventer sharing the story, hope has swept the land for how […]

South Africans have raised over R140,000 for the kind petrol attendant Nkosikho, who filled up a customer’s car with petrol, paying for it himself when she didn’t have the money… and in so doing filling up her heart with hope for South Africa. As reported by SAPeople on Thursday, Monet van Deventer realised – during an […]

The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Drylands Conservation Programme is thrilled to confirm the presence of a population of Riverine Rabbits on the western side of the Baviaanskloof in late May 2019. This population represents a completely new distribution of the species not anticipated by any previous population modelling. According to Bonnie Schumann, EWT Nama Karoo Coordinator, […]

After an outcry, Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced on Friday that Panyaza Lesufi will be reinstated as the MEC of Education in Gauteng. Lesufi was sworn in as MEC for finance and e-government, but many South Africans responded with disapproval yesterday. They saw it as an unnecessary move and called for his reinstatement as MEC […]

Carte Blanche investigates water outages in Ugu KZN, a lion who has skin cancer, how job seekers are being scammed and more this Sunday 2 June 2019, in South Africa; and available to stream from Tues 4 June for South Africans abroad in many countries. Chaos the Lion His name is Chaos, a 16-year-old full-grown, […]

South African student Emilé Coetzee made her family, university and country proud last week as she was crowned the winner of Future Leaders Forum at the World Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events (IMEX) in Frankfurt, Germany. The North West University student beat five other international finalists to scoop the prize – a scholarship […]

CAPE TOWN – Cape Town plans to add routes to Australia and South America after last month reaching a deal with United Airlines for its first direct flight to the United States, the head of air access for South Africa’s top tourist city said. This’ll be good news for Western Cape expats in those regions, […]