South Africa’s Chad le Clos and Russia’s Yulia Efimova were honoured Sunday as the best swimmers of the FINA Moscow meet this weekend, with Le Clos now in possession of nine Gold, two Silver and one Bronze in the Swimming World Cup series 2016 at the end of Cluster 1 (Paris, Berlin, Moscow). Le Clos won his third […]

An exhibition by South African artist Portchie has opened to great enthusiasm at La Galleria Pall Mall in London, UK. The opening night, on 1 September 2016, was a huge success with a crowd of over 300 art fans and several fantastic sales. Portchie, who grew up in the Free State, reported on Facebook that “people loved the layout […]

A dog in South Africa has given birth to the first documented identical twin puppies. Apparently, apart from humans and one species of armadillo, identical twins are exceptionally rare. The Irish Wolfhound’s puppies were delivered by vet Kurt de Cramer, who works at Rant en Dal Animal Hospital in Mogale City, Gauteng; and verified as monozygotic (identical) twins by experts […]

After their brilliant performance in Berlin, South Africa’s golden boys Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos have scooped more gold at the Fina World Cup 2016 in Moscow! Van der Burgh raced to victory in the 50m Breastroke to claim his 51st World Cup, with a winning time of 25.88 “Would never have dreamed when […]

JOHANNESBURG – Proudly South Africa has launched a #MeetTheLocals campaign as part of their “buy local” drive… and one of the first companies to be introduced is BMW. In a series of #MeetTheLocals tweets over the past two days Proudly SA has introduced BMW, and applauded the company for: being the first @BMWGroup plant to be established […]

Condé Nast Traveller readers have had their say and the fourth best country on the planet to travel to, according to these seasoned travellers, is South Africa… particularly because of our Rand! The annual Travel Awards asks its readers to rate their favourite countries based on various criteria including food, accommodation, scenery, value for money. The readers […]

Nando’s has done it again… with an advert that makes fun of the South African politics of the day, this time stepping into the SARSWars fray! Just after Cabinet announced Friday that they stand behind Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, Nando’s fired it up with an advert pledging their support too. Gordhan’s future has been in the news as special police […]

Check out photographer Mark Harley’s awesome photo, captured at South Africa’s legendary surf spot – Dungeons – yesterday morning. The picture – featuring local Andrew Marr – was chosen as Global Wave of the Day by the World Surf League (WSL). The WSL Wave Awards on Facebook acknowledges the achievements of the world’s finest surfers in […]

Springbok Francois Hougaard was rewarded for the ultimate act of sportsmanship and team values, by giving away his Olympic Rugby Sevens bronze medal to an injured team mate, when the dual international star was handed an unexpected surprise on Thursday – his own bronze medal. Hougaard was called up to join Team SA’s Rugby Sevens […]

South African Olympic gold medallist Caster Mokgadi Semenya has been thrilled to discover she is now featured in a Chappies ‘Did You Know’ question. The Chappies fact, featured on its wrapper, is that Semenya was the first South African black woman to win an Olympic medal. As any good South African knows – well, as the […]

It was a case of different day but the same result as Rio as Caster Semenya led an Olympic 1-2-3 home in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday night. Crowned Olympic 800m champion just 11 days ago, Semenya ran with Swiss precision to clock a winning time of 1min 56.44sec for the […]

If you missed the spectacular partial solar eclipse today, here’s a video of the event as seen from South Africa. The footage was uploaded to YouTube by Jan Kotze. It was recorded by his son, using a smartphone and an amateur telescope, with a sun filter. Watch Video: Solar Eclipse, 1 September 2016, from South Africa […]

South African businesses continue to buy up overseas companies, with the latest being an announcement today that SA’s fast food group Famous Brands has signed a “mouth-watering” agreement to buy Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), a well-known gourmet bourger restaurant chain in the United Kingdom (UK). Famous Brands – which bought Wimpy SA in 2003 – already owns […]

From slavery to colonialism and school rules: a history of myths about black hair… “Your hair feels like pubic hair.” That was one of the first insults that someone hurled at my hair. She was a junior at my school. She would touch my hair and repeat this sentence to all present. I had to […]

Eish… how much yummier can you get? And why didn’t anyone think of this sooner? An ENTIRE cake made out of BILTONG and DROE WORS!!!! The “cakes” are offered by the Fleisherei® Group of specialist delis and biltong outlets in South Africa. According to their website – biltong.co.za – “Our biltong cakes are the perfect centrepiece […]

South African cricketer Dale Steyn has stormed back to the number one spot in the ICC (International Cricket Council) Player Rankings for Test Bowlers. In the words of Cricket South Africa (CSA): “HOWZAAAAAT?!” His move to the top spot came after producing a match-winning performance in the Centurion Test that helped South Africa complete a 204-run victory over […]

PRETORIA – In a move that echoes that of Tanzania’s cost-cutting President Magufuli, the new Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, has today announced two immediate measures to cut costs for the new administration. In a statement released Wednesday by the Democratic Alliance (DA), it said the Mayor has put a stop to all inaugural parties, and catered […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Steinhoff <SNHG.DE> warned on Wednesday the slump in the pound after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union would hurt its UK business as the furniture conglomerate fell a touch short of estimates with a one-third rise in annual sales. Steinhoff, which is in the middle of buying British discount […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shown Facebook’s commitment  to Africa by making a surprise visit to Nigeria to listen and learn, and take ideas back to California on how Facebook can better support tech development and entrepreneurship across Africa. According to a press release, issued by APO on behalf of Facebook, this is Zuckerberg’s first visit […]

PRETORIA – The #ProteaFire was blazing today in Centurion as South Africa’s national cricket team won the second Test match against New Zealand by 204 runs… and in the process clinched the two-match series by a 1-0 margin. Well known South African columnist and author Max du Preez welcomed the win as the “first good news this […]

Cape Town Photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN recently spent several hours on the streets of Johannesburg, travelling from Informal Settlements to Supreme Suburbia, to document recycling in the area and offer the rest of us a behind-the-scenes understanding of the men and women who search through our trash for goods to recycle. His conclusion is that “we are on the […]

The first platter from #ThePlatterProject has gone to Advocate Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s beloved outgoing Public Protector. Here, the artist’s daughter – LEGH WILKINSON – describes her meeting with Madonsela who told her that her mom and family are an inspiration… First – some background: The Platter Project consists of beautifully painted plates that showcase South Africa’s wildlife… particularly […]

It’s been only 10 days since Bucketvision uploaded the video below of Cape Town to Facebook, and already it has received over 2.8 million views!!! The bucketlist app – which is currently focussed on Cape Town – posted the video together with a message claiming: “Cape Town, South Africa has been named the most BEAUTIFUL city […]

South Africans overseas in the United Arab Emirates will soon be able to enjoy Afrikaans singing sensation – Refentse Morake – performing live in Dubai! Rochelle Becker-Lubbe, who’s based in Dubai, says “if you are in Dubai, or fancy a night out in Dubai, we are bringing the awesome Refentse to Hilton JBR on September 22nd.” Refentse rose […]

Decades ago and deep in the Namaqualand desert at a point between Springbok, Steinkopf and the sea, a Cape Town housewife with a squeaky voice steals our hearts. This mommy from the suburbs has requested a tune that plays into our early years, way before Disco, Johnny Rotten, Duran Duran and Really Big Hair stole […]