You never know what you’re going to find up one of the alleys in Kalk Bay, a gem on the False Bay side of Cape Town, and it just makes you want to explore. So says one of the locals interviewed by musician Arno Carstens in a recent video about the artist-town-meets-fishing-village. The video gives you a good […]

South African athlete Cameron van der Burgh powered to another victory in the pool today in Singapore, bringing his World Cup medal tally this year to nine (if our maths is correct – help Heyneke!) AND making him the overall World Cup cluster 2 winner! Cameron won the Men’s 100 metre breaststroke at the FINA World Cup […]

If you want to taste excitement in the air, come to Philipstown this week. They’re counting down the days before the Wire Car Festival, the local event of the year. Wire cars, or draadkarretjies, are big around here. The young boys of Philipstown will do just about anything for a wire car fashioned by one […]

If you missed the Thursday night episode of ‘The Daily Show’, the audience got a lesson in African presidents, thanks to new host Trevor Noah, who was comparing US presidential candidate Donald Trump to Jacob Zuma, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin and Muammar Gaddafi, among others. With the subheading ‘Orange is the new Black’ – and […]

South African fans were celebrating the Springboks’ 34-16 victory over Scotland at the Rugby World Cup today South Africa powered past Scotland this evening in Newcastle, winning by more than just the predicted 10 points. It was a physical match with intense playing from both sides. Handre Pollard was on fire, scoring four penalties, two conversions […]

South African fans are behind their team all the way, as we take on Scotland in Saturday’s crucial Rugby World Cup match in Pool B. See photos and videos below. Follow live updates from the match here: Tweets by @sapeople This is what we’re hoping for… Thanks to everyone who shared these videos: A Supergees […]

Two young and eager fans of sports sensation Cameron van der Burgh were bitterly disappointed today to not watch the South African swim in Singapore after hazy conditions caused Saturday’s FINA World Cup finals to be cancelled. They were all dressed up with nowhere to go. But their disappointment soon turned to joy after the swimming star – who won two Golds and […]

South African expat CORNEL MARAIS, who has been living overseas for nine years and is now based in Hong Kong, answers the Top 20 Questions South Africans at home have for an expat*… [button color=”” size=”” type=”]1[/button] Why did you cop out – didn’t you have the guts to stick it out for the long run? […]

Just great, so far. Yes, Trevor Noah seems to have taken to hosting the ‘Daily Show’ in the United States almost as if he was to the manor – or should that be the manner? – born. In the weeks leading up to his takeover of the show from Jon Stewart after 16 years, many […]

Following the success earlier this year of ‘The Endless River’  at two major international film festivals, two new South African movies are making their marks on doing likewise. ‘For Love and Broken Bones’, directed by Tebogo Malope, and Sara Blecher’s ‘Ayanda’ – which premiered in South Africa last night – both come short on the heels of Cape Town […]

When Truworths announced two weeks ago that it was in talks to take over British shoe retailer Office, the international business community was alerted once again to a brazen, if not new, player on the horizon – South Africa. Slowly but surely since sanctions ended, South African businesses have been spreading their wings (think only of the gobbling up, […]

Happy Birthday to quite possibly Africa’s most famous cat, and definitely one of its most pampered (although she keeps firmly in touch with her more humble roots). South Africa’s legendary Skabenga – who has been photographed dining on prawn cocktails – woke up this morning to fabulous gifts, like a leopard print diamante collar, and messages from fans around […]

For anyone experiencing delays in getting a passport or Smart Card ID in South Africa, relief is on the way, with a new programme launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday to allow certain banks to take applications and issue them. The Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba said the initiative – which is still being rolled out – will allow people […]

New Springbok captain Fourie du Preez implored his team to keep building momentum from their victory over Samoa last weekend when they face Scotland in Newcastle on Saturday. Du Preez, the SA Rugby Player of the Year in 2006 and 2009, was named to captain the Springboks at St James’ Park on Saturday in this […]

Here’s a humorous take on a famous scene from Hollywood blockbuster ‘Wolf of Wall Street’, with its stars Matthew McConnaughey and Leonardo di Caprio speaking with strong South African accents. The video was uploaded by Afrikaans4Dummies who captioned it: “Now this is why Wolf of Wall Street would never have made it if the actors were South […]

Four of the top 10 hotels in Africa favoured by multimillionaires are in South Africa, although none of them made it into the first three. The multimillionaires’ five highest-rated boutique hotels on the continent, however, were all in South Africa. Those are some of the findings of a survey conducted over a period of 12 months and released […]

Nando’s is on fire as usual, with the restaurant chain in South Africa posting an advert to celebrate the launch of local comedian Trevor Noah in America, at the same time as a Nando’s branch in the UK is credited for maybe helping the Tonga team win their pool match in the Rugby World Cup yesterday. ESPN […]

While Trevor Noah was gearing up for his first Daily Show on Monday, President Jacob Zuma was getting ready to address the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly. That was enough for the cartoonist Zapiro to get into gear, showing Zuma lost in traffic caused by people on their way to Trevor’s show. Zuma’s […]

Any excuse to have another cup of coffee is a good excuse! Today is World Coffee Day, so head out to your favourite coffee shop – we have a few suggestions below – and indulge. South Africa has pretty much kept up with the global wave of great new coffee – some call it speciality/specialty coffee, […]

The two lions brought to South Africa after being rescued from a Bulgarian zoo have landed! They have also been released into their new home in the Eastern Cape. Watch the touching video of the release of Jora and Black The lions Jora and Black, seven-year-old brothers, were rescued by the Born Free Foundation, among other conservation […]

The Daily Show in the United States has a new stepdad after Jon Stewart, “and he’s black.” That’s how Trevor Noah introduced his first show to shouting and applause, adding that he was going to “continue the war on bullish*t”. Watch the video of Trevor Noah’s first show Trevor lost no time on the satirical […]

Congratulatory messages of pride and support have been pouring in for Trevor Noah from his fellow South Africans all over the planet…as television viewers in America, and parts of the world, get ready for the South African comedian’s debut on Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’ in a few hours’ time. Whilst Trevor will be alone in that […]

Nothing like a Cape Town wind (and Mother Nature’s black Southeaster) to turn your weekend plans upside-down. Which is what happened in Muizenberg on the weekend, when surfers tried in vain to set some new world records, although they still had fun. Fish Hoek photographer ROBYN GWILT captured the photos on this page of the 2015 Wavescape […]

Trevor Noah will be taking over the Daily Show TONIGHT, Monday the 28th of September. Filling the massive shoes of Jon Stewart will be no easy task, but as a New Yorker with a South African mother, I think the new South African expatriate will be able to add huge value and insight to the nightly news […]

On different continents last week, two South African women were in the news for their remarkable achievements in mining and justice. In New York, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi, chairwoman of Kalagadi Manganese, was named the Most Outstanding Woman in Business at the 2015 African Business Awards. At the same time, in South Africa, Justice Mandisa Muriel Maya was appointed the […]