Anyone looking at The New York Times online today will see a familiar sight at the top of the front page: a brilliant shot of Table Mountain taken from an angle that includes Lion’s Head, part of the City Bowl and the Atlantic Seaboard. It’s actually an ad for IBM. If you go to the […]

Singer songer-writer Pharrell Williams has announced he will be visiting South Africa in September. He posted the following tweet two hours ago: “Proud to collab with retailer @Woolworths_SA. Are you with us, South Africa? See you in September! #PharrellWithWoolies” Before you could say ‘happy’, the news was trending at number one in South Africa with […]

“Jeremy Loops” is a sentence, not just a name. Jeremy records sounds and plays them back on repeat, creating a loop effect. He switches between recordings and voice-changers while playing guitar, ukulele, harmonica and a children’s toy as well as singing and rapping. Nestled in Kirstenbosch National Botanic Gardens, the stage on Sunday night was […]

The city of Cape Town is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world. And with reason. It hosts undoubtedly one of the most exciting environments to spend a holiday, combining city life, quality food and stunning nature, all in a comfortable climate. Since the city gets cold and moody from May until […]

Eskom has announced it will implement stage 1 load shedding from 16:00 today, which is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening. This is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages. But before you get too upset, music promoter and former […]

A Western Cape resident is certain she saw the Easter Bunny last night…on the R326. Did anyone else spot it? Canita Domingo was travelling at about 23:00 last night, Easter Monday, on the R326 with her husband when “the strangest thing” happened… “I was driving when suddenly, out of nowhere, a small animal with the longest […]

A teenager from Randpark High School in Gauteng has recorded a hauntingly beautiful song about the struggle of moving away from home and fitting in with a new crowd. The song – “I’m So Tired” – is about Kelly Johannes’ own move from Cape Town to Johannesburg…but will resonate with South Africans abroad who’ve made an […]

Check out the photos below and see if you can figure out which picture is from which city – Johannesburg or Los Angeles? Scroll down and count how many images are of LA. (Hint: your answer should be somewhere between 6 and 13). The answers are beneath each pic. Just click on the picture number to […]

I’m going to describe a city that has been down on its luck for the past few years. No, make that decades. The downtown area in particular – the city centre – is one people have religiously made a point of avoiding. The test for you afterwards is to try and name the city. Actually, […]

If you’re a believer in the Word You celebrate the risen Lord And every precious day He’s given to you And on this Easter Sunday morn Upon the wings of hope you’re borne And your heart cries out a joyful Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah   You think of all they put Him through That […]

Move over other cities in sunny SA. We have better weather, nicer people, and more money 😉 This. I love this. The definitive guide. Although there are many places I wouldn’t frequent, given my horror of anything trendy or in fashion. But if Hipsters (which as far as I’m concerned are SOOOOOO 2 years ago) […]

Time to move from diagnosis to prescription… As an epidemiologist who has done work in understanding the ecosocial determinants of health and education, I surely do understand the ills of apartheid. I also understand that its effects will not disappear in one generation. Yes, apartheid was bad and its effect will be transgenerational (to think […]

Moving to another place gives one the opportunity to learn and understand cultural habits and traditions, and I’ve had the fortune to do so on multiple occasions. Being abroad also gave me the chance to see my own country – the Netherlands – from an outside perspective, and see how incredibly (weird) silly we Dutchies […]

With Easter coming up South Africa’s favourite do-it-yourself Goddess, SuzelleDIY reveals all the secrets for how to make perfet animal cupcakes in the shape of bunnies and chickens. As Suzelle says “DIY? Because it is Easter!”…and always remember the 5-second rule! Watch Video: SuzelleDIY – How to Make Animal Cupcakes And in case your outfit’s a little too […]

Scatzy.com – the new VoD (video on demand) platform for indigenous movies from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand – launches their service today, 2 April, with the release of ‘Strikdas’ on the same day the film will be available in movie theaters in South Africa. This means that South Africans anywhere in the world will be […]

Mlu Mathonsi, acting CEO of the South African Post Office (SAPO) has confirmed that South African Airways (SAA) has been paid and our global postal service is back on! “We can confirm that SAA was paid just after 14:00 on 1 April 2015,” said Mathonsi. “The air freight service has been resumed.” SAA had suspended […]

Scatzy.com – the new VoD (video on demand) platform for indigenous movies from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand – launches their service today, 2 April, with the release of ‘Strikdas’ on the same day the film will be available in movie theaters in South Africa. This means that South Africans anywhere in the world will be […]

“Bits of songs and broken drums Are all he could recall, So he spoke to me In a bastard tongue Carried on the silence of the guns.”* Johnny Clegg is a multi-faceted character. He is often given the tagline “musician, academic, activist, icon, White Zulu”. This is not enough to fully illustrate his impact and […]

The award-winning Kearsney College Choir pulled off their “first successful Flash Mob” last Friday night at a supermarket in Hillcrest, and in the presence of the beneficiaries of the event, Hillcrest Aids Centre. The flash mob (or flashmob) was held at Hillcrest Kwikspar on 20 March and uploaded to Facebook a couple of days ago. […]

The Cannes Film Festival 2015 has announced that ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ has been officially selected to be screened Out of Competition at the famous film festival on the French Riviera. The film will be shown on Thursday 14th May at the Grand Théâtre Lumière (that’s the main movie theatre at the festival). It’s been 30 […]

The reaction to Trevor Noah’s appointment as the successor to the haloed and revered Jon Stewart on his satiric ‘The Daily Show’ has quickly drawn extremes of reaction across the United States. On Twitter, there were plenty of questions. “Who?” “ Wait, who?” The South African comedian himself tweeted, “No-one can replace Jon Stewart. But together […]

It’s official! South African comedian Trevor Noah will take over from Jon Stewart when he steps down as host of The Daily Show, the hugely popular American late-night news satire show. Jon Stewart has been the first to congratulate 31-year-old Noah, saying: “I’m thrilled for the show and for Trevor. He’s a tremendous comic and talent that we’ve loved […]

When Jon Stewart announced in February that he would be stepping down from his hugely popular Daily Show, the national lamenting in the United States began. At the same time people started asking who, if anyone, could take over from the acerbic, insightful and very funny Stewart. UPDATE: Click here for the Official News! A […]

Congratulations to 24-year-old Liesl Laurie from Eldorado Park in Johannesburg who has been crowned Miss South Africa tonight…living up to her motto that she will “never fit in because I was born to stand out!” Liesl was crowned at the ceremony this evening, 29 March, at Sun City Superbowl.  Her first and second princesses are Refilwe […]

I once read a rather funny rant by a blogger married to a lawyer that said something along the lines of “arguing with a lawyer is like trying to perform your own eye surgery, at the beach, in a windstorm with an unwashed grapefruit spoon.” With my one surviving eye (just!), I can now see […]