Moms around the world are all the same! Patient! Watch this mom patiently put up with her cubs as two of them play not only around her as she tries to sleep… but ON her. And all this while a third is intently suckling on Mom in the background. The footage was filmed by Farrell Ben […]

As brilliant South African swimmer Chad le Clos prepares for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil – and the moment he will go head to head with Michael Phelps again – he has revealed what his focus on the #RoadToRio is in a very moving documentary – “Unbelievable”. (See Trailer below.) While his race against […]

Mandela Day is coming up on Monday 18 July. If you don’t yet have a plan on how you’d like to honour the day, please consider Caroline van Saasen’s plea below… Caroline, founder of the phenomenal Water Shortage South Africa (WSSA) community page on Facebook, says: “South Africa is in the grip on the worst […]

In Evita’s latest episode, she asks “Does every dark Hlaudi have a silver lining?”… referring to the SABC’s COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Leading up to the 2016 South African Municipal Elections and the 20th year celebration of her theatre in Darling, Evita se Perron, Tannie Evita has committed herself to broadcasting a Sunday recap of the week’s […]

For anyone missing the bush, feast on these photos taken in KwaZulu-Natal a few days ago by KEVIN ISWARLALL – “A little bit of Africa for our people abroad.” View more wildlife photos – captured on safari in the Kruger last week:

Prize-winning author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi has revealed he has learnt that listening is important and reading is essential. These are just some of the lessons the South African has gained on his journey as a writer. As reported by SAPeople.com, Mqombothi won the 17th annual Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story Memories We Lost earlier […]

When you move abroad, it can be challenging to make your dreams come true… without your normal network of friends and family, trying to navigate your life through a set of new unfamiliar rules to those we know back home in South Africa. And so congratulations are due to South African expat Anastassia Angel‎ who has persevered […]

Here are just 12 of our favourite pics from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape… home to some of South Africa’s finest shopping, dining, entertainment and leisure facilities… The first four photographs were taken this morning by MANIE VAN DER HOVEN from JustASurferDude.co.za… And the other gorgeous photos capturing the location at different times of the day […]

South African DIY guru Suzelle takes her best friend Marianne on safari in her new YouTube episode… and introduces fans to someone new – ‘Ryno in the Bush’, who happens to be Marianne’s boyfriend! Ryno, who has launched his own YouTube channel, describes himself as “a freelance game ranger specialising in tracking, wild flowers and bush […]

If you’ve had a tough start to the week, check out these dolphins having fun in Umdloti, KwaZulu-Natal, yesterday. Photos by ANDREA BEN…

The first major showcase of Henri Matisse’s work in Africa opens this week in Johannesburg. The show, “Henri Matisse: Rhythm and Meaning”, will be at the Standard Bank Gallery until September. In a statement announcing the show, which opens on Wednesday, the gallery said, “At the end of the nineteenth century, Matisse was a young […]

The founder of Steve Jobs Schools (SJS) – Dutch market researcher and entrepreneur Maurice de Hond – wants to use the creative philosophies that have made Apple one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world, to revolutionise the traditional method of classroom teaching… through embracing technology to give students the freedom to […]

Congratulations to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu whose four decades of episcopal ministry were celebrated at a special thanksgiving service in Johannesburg today. The service was held at St Mary’s Cathedral where Archbishop Tutu served as Dean prior to being appointed Bishop of Lesotho 40 years ago. The sermon was presented by the Archbishop’s friend and colleague, The […]

A video remake of the Spice Girls’ hit “Wannabe” has been launched to encourage girls and women across the world to share their messages and dreams for women and includes singers, actors and dancers from South Africa, Indian, the UK and US. The video was made by Global Goals, which works to promote the United Nations’ […]

The SA Post Office, which has been attempting a massive turnaround after being crippled by debt and poor service, has raised a loan of R3.7 billion locally and has got the greenlight from the Reserve Bank to start a bank, according to a media conference on Friday, Minister of Telecommunications and Post Services Siyabonga CweleHe said the briefing was […]

Cape Town has come in 10th out of the world’s top 15 cities named in the 2016 Travel & Leisure magazine awards, and is the top city in Africa and the Middle East. Although it was higher than Rome in the top 15, it came off below Florence. The No. 1 city was Charleston, South […]

A chance late night call from a blind Vosloorus woman to Talk Radio 702 resonated with a man in Wales, who decided to make her life a little better. With the connivance of a 702-call screener, contact was made. Emails went back and forth for the next six months until he and she met at […]

They normally wear overalls and are wielding shovels, but on Wednesday 24 women who repair Cape Town’s roads as part of a new programme put on civvies to be honored by the mayor. The women are part of a growing programme to, as Mayor Patricia de Lille put it, “empower women, achieve gender transformation, and show […]

Well-known South African casting director Moonyeenn Lee is the first South African to be included on the panel of movie people around the world who will chose the next Oscar winners. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which presides over the annual Oscars, named its 683 new panel members last week. It has been a […]

Thanks to all the readers who replied to a request to suggest a good coffee shop near them – outside the well-known coffee-shop routes of Joburg and Cape Town, that is. What a great response, and so many good places! Bloemfontein, we are impressed! And all those towns in KwaZulu-Natal, you’re an inspiration! We list about 25 […]

The ANC’s key person for communications affairs, Jackson Mthembu, led a fiery media briefing on Tuesday to discuss possible censorship at the SABC, where he laid into COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng, said the ANC was meeting with the minister responsible for the SABC on Monday, that the SABC lacked the proper leadership and was in crisis, and that the […]

South African Lidudumalingani from Cape Town has won the coveted Caine Prize for African Writing for his story set in the Eastern Cape, “Memories We Lost”, it was announced in England on Monday night. Described as Africa’s leading literary award, the story published by Burnet Media in its 2015 collection “An Incredible Journey: Stories that Move You”, was announced […]

For his latest album, “Johnny Clegg 2016”, the South African singer of “Scatterlings of Africa” remixes some of his most-loved songs and gives them a fresh dance beat. Watch the latest rendition of “Take My Heart Away (High Society Remix)”, shot by Jaron Clegg in Diepsloot: The 17 tracks, including “Great Heart” and “Scatterlings of Africa”, offer new remixes that […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. Continued… In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world in their own unique way through politics, culture, business, sport and […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. Continued… In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world in their own unique way through politics, culture, business, sport and […]