South Africa has been voted Africa’s Leading Destination… with Durban named Africa’s Leading City Destination. The announcements were made at a red carpet event at the World Travel Awards (WTA) in Durban on Saturday night. The WTA said that Durban is currently “enjoying a renaissance thanks to a series of landmark development projects”. The KwaZulu-Natal coastal […]

Chad le Clos completed another successful FINA Swimming World Cup meeting, winning four medals at the Budapest leg over the weekend! The four-time Olympic medallist won two gold medals and two silver in a repeat of the Eindhoven, Netherlands leg from a week ago. The South African swimmer tweeted afterwards: “Thanks to everyone back home […]

Congolese Nobel Peace Prize-winner Denis Mukwege has dedicated his award to all women affected by rape and sexual violence. “This violence committed on their bodies happens not only in our country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also in many other countries,” said Mukwege during a news conference on Friday at his Panzi Hospital, in […]

Three South African chefs have been included in the prestigious World Top 300 Chef Awards, which were announced on Monday evening in Milan, Italy. Last year’s Best Lady Chef, Chantel Dartnall, came in at number 79. This year she said she had the “incredible honour” of handing over her title to Chef Emma Bengtsson from […]

South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Deon Fredericks as its new interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Fredericks’ appointment was announced by South Africa’s national carrier on Thursday. His appointment is effective from 15 October and he is on secondment from Telkom for a 12-month period. “We welcome the appointment of Fredericks to ensure that SAA’s […]

Watch below as South African athlete – and new Discovery ambassador – Caster Semenya is treated to a Discovery “family” welcome (which by the way was a total surprise for her, she thought she was just going for a meeting)… Discovery founder and group chief executive, Adrian Gore, was on site to welcome Caster personally. […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa have drafted number eight Francois Louw back into the team after an emergency call-up as one of three changes to face New Zealand in their Rugby Championship test at the Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Louw, 33, had gone back to play for Bath in the English Premiership after featuring for […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a package of reforms on Thursday which he said would create 275,000 more jobs a year, in a bid to bring down sky-high unemployment and improve his own track record on the economy. Ramaphosa said the measures unveiled today included agreements by top public and private firms […]

Cape Town has been voted the top opportunity city in Africa by the World Bank. The bank made its announcement in its “Doing Business in South Africa” report. According to Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, Cape Town’s high ranking for providing electricity elevates it to the top 25 % of worldwide city economies. Apparently […]

It may be Spring… but South Africans in some parts of the country have woken up to a winter wonderland after snowfall last night, as forecast by Snow Report SA earlier this week. Farmers in the Vrede district, who experienced summer rains on Friday, awoke this morning to the rare sight of snow-covered fields. Glynda […]

It’s been snowing in parts of South Africa today (see below), and according to Snow Report SA, there’s a slight possibility of snow falling close to Joburg tonight! “We’ve been watching the weather data closely and have suspected for a few days now that we might see a slight possibility of Joburg snow as we’ve […]

South Africa’s Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist Chad le Clos was on top form at the weekend’s FINA Swimming World Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands, winning four medals… including two Gold! In the 100-metre butterfly, Le Clos clocked 49.56sec to win the gold, while in the 200m butterfly, the Cape Town-based swimmer came from behind to […]

Visitors to Pretoria are currently being blown away by the beauty of its famous purple Jacaranda trees – more famous in Japan apparently than even Table Mountain! But yesterday, local resident Ria Viljoen captured these exquisite photos of the more rare white Jacaranda trees that are also currently in full bloom. Ria says she was […]

Take a virtual walk into the heart of the Kruger, South Africa. Western Cape photographer and videographer Justin Sullivan was involved in this very cool virtual reality production… that allows viewers to interact with the video and immerse themselves in “Africa’s hidden secrets”. The video showcases life on a walking safari in the Klaserie Private […]

South African expats came out in full for this year’s annual Heritage Day celebrations… held in sunny Wimbledon Park, London in the UK.  And being South African – they jolled like only South Africans know how to. WATCH the video at the bottom of the page… Organisers – South African Diaspora Ubunye Trust – said: […]

Congratulations to six-year-old South African, Khumo Makapela, who has been crowned Little Princess of the World. The little princess – from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape – was crowned at the Princess of the World / Universe Pageant in Kuşadası in Turkey. She also won the Best of the Best title! The pageant – […]

Snow Report SA has issued an Advanced Forecast on Sunday evening, predicting that not only is more snow on the way to parts of South Africa… but this next snowfall could be the heaviest yet! Snow Report SA said: Just when we thought winter was over, the weather data is suggesting that the biggest snowfall […]

GoPro footage has captured a crazy rescue last week during a massive swell off Sunset Reef in South Africa… revealing the bravery of the guys on the personal water-crafts (PWC) who shoot into the dangerous waters to rescue surfers in distress. Murray Willcocks (a Cape Town lifeguard who works at The Shweet Life, according to […]

Two occupants of a light plane have been safely rescued after their aircraft hit a 2km long zipline cable near Sun City / Pilanesberg, in the North West province of South Africa. ‘Mountain Club of SA – Search And Rescue’ reported in a statement on social media today that the pair fortunately escaped major injuries […]

South Africa clinched a brilliant 23-12 victory over Australia on Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth… although the Springboks could have beaten Australia far more comfortably if they had taken their chances, according to Rassie Erasmus, Director of Rugby. South Africa scored two tries by Aphiwe Dyantyi and Faf de Klerk […]

Rugby spectators attending Saturday’s match (29 September) between the Springboks and the Wallabies, at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, are urged to be seated in the stadium before 16h00… to make sure they don’t miss the special Madiba pre-match tribute. The South African national team will honour the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela – who […]

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has called on his team to deliver a massive effort against the Wallabies on Saturday in Port Elizabeth, where the two sides will meet at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in a Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test, which also serves to commemorate the 100th birthday of the late former South African […]

South African expats gathered to celebrate Heritage Day in style, on a downtown New York City rooftop, with a special performance by SA’s own – Lyla Illing, who performed the National Anthem at the Springboks’ match in Washington. Expats at the Wall Street event – which was put together by charity organisation, Ubuntu Pathways – raised approximately $10,000 which […]

South Africans are renowned for their passion and ambition… and Kael Wildemann proves it starts when we’re young! The 7-year-old South African expat is on a mission to become the first kid to visit all seven continents by the age of seven (7for7), and in so doing to also become the youngest kid to visit […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to New York, and says he is “fully satisfied”. The president was in the United States to participate at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. In an interview (watch below), Ramaphosa described the “tour” as “qualitatively so good” with “real good team […]