For over 30 years, non-governmental organisation, The Gift of the Givers has served humanity unconditionally; assisting all of creation, irrespective of race, religion, colour, class, political affiliation or geographic location. South Africans know, if there’s a disaster, Gift of the Givers will always find a way – usually faster than the government can – to […]

The Commonwealth is conquered, now bring on the world. For the second time in 72 hours golden girl Lara van Niekerk blew away the opposition on the way to winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, this time adding the 100m breaststroke title to the 50m crown she won so impressively. By GARY LEMKE […]

The annual SA National Parks Week will this year run from 11 to 16 September 2022. Announcing the dates in a statement on Tuesday, SANParks (South African National Parks) said the 17th annual SA National Parks Week initiative, in partnership with Total South Africa and First National Bank, is in line with its vision statement […]

South African swimmer Lara van Niekerk won her second gold medal of the Games when she held off teammate Tatjana Schoenmaker (who won Silver!) in the women’s 100m breaststroke… as Team SA continued to rake in the medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday. Compiled by GARY LEMKE. Try watch this without shedding […]

Delta Air Lines has announced it’s adding a brand-new nonstop flight from Cape Town, South Africa, to Atlanta, USA, effective 18 December 2022. Complementing the airline’s existing service between Johannesburg and Atlanta, the flight will operate three times weekly, offering customers over 200 onward connections across the U.S. and beyond. Delta’s new Cape Town flight […]

Near a roaring train line and informal market in Gugulethu in the Western Cape, South Africa, the unexpected sound of bees buzzing can be heard from a nearby high school. But these are not wild bees. They belong to Vuyo Myoli, who has set himself up with a small urban beekeeping business. “I’m a farmer […]

Six more medals came Team South Africa’s way at the Commonwealth Games on Monday, taking their tally to 12 and leaving them in fifth spot on the table, writes GARY LEMKE in Birmingham. A top-six finish on the table has always been the Team SA target for these Games, and they have pulled themselves two […]

When Michaela Whitebooi steps out of her “girly-girl” shoes and puts on her judoji she undergoes a transformation in more than one sense. “I turn into a bulldog,” the 26-year-old says. By GARY LEMKE in Birmingham. And at Coventry Arena on Monday she became that “bulldog monster” that she so enjoys as she fought her […]

Idris Elba stars in Beast, a pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator. Co-starring in the film alongside Elba is South African actor, Sharlto Copley together with Iyana Halley and Leah Sava Jeffries. […]

Team SA is in action in seven different sports on Monday’s day four of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. They start the day with six medals! See below for who and what to watch today… Who has won South Africa’s medals so far at the Commonwealth Games? Swimmer Lara van Niekerk scooped […]

South African consumers are in for some relief this month as the Department of Minerals and Energy has announced a decrease in all grades of fuel starting from Wednesday… although it’s not as much as the opposition party believes it should be. The department also announced a reduction in the price of illuminating paraffin and […]

Chad Le Clos has shot into the history books, after winning his 18th Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday! It may have been silver (he wanted gold), but it came with a silver lining. Writing from the Sandwell Aquatic Centre in England after coming second in the men’s 200m butterfly, the 30-year-old said on social media: […]

The Springbok Sevens team beat Fiji in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday evening, clinching the gold medal after a clinical display of sevens rugby at Coventry Stadium. The SA team produced a brilliant performance to defeat Fiji 31-7 in a pulsating Final on Sunday evening in Birmingham. The South Africans […]

South Africa’s swimmers again rose to the occasion at a major championships when it counted most with a gold, silver and bronze to add to Saturday night’s two golds in the pool at the Commonwealth Games. By GARY LEMKE in Birmingham. South Africa is now in FOURTH place on the leaderboard (behind Australia, England and […]

South Africa’s Proteas cricket team has secured the series against England 2-1, with a brilliant day in the field today at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, England. With SA spinner Tabraiz Shamsi grabbing a maiden Twenty20 International five-wicket haul, it helped ensure England were dismissed for 101. Along with Reeza Hendricks’ 70 and Aiden Markram’s […]

South Africa and Fiji will contest the gold medal match at the Rugby Sevens event of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham after the Springbok Sevens team defeated Australia 24-12 at Coventry Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Angelo Davids scored his third hat-trick of the Games as the South Africans recovered from an early 5-0 deficit […]

Rising South African teenager, Pieter Coetze, collected his first major title by winning the men’s 100m backstroke on Saturday evening, with a last lunge to the wall, winning in 53.78. By GARY LEMKE in Birmingham. Coetze had come into the race as the favourite and was given the treasured lane number four. He had a […]

South African teen sensation Lara van Niekerk has won SA’s first medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022, in Birmingham, England… and it’s GOLD. Putting South Africa on the medals table on Day 2, Lara – who hails from Pretoria – also broke another Games record, swimming the women’s 50m breaststroke in 29.73 seconds. SA’s Olympic […]

Team SA is in action in 13 different sports on Saturday’s day two of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. There are medal expectations in the pool where Lara van Niekerk twice broke the Commonwealth Games record in the heats and the semi-final in the 50m breaststroke, while Pieter Coetze is fancied in […]

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has announced its decision to retire popular Elephant Charley (or Charlie) from the Pretoria National Zoological Garden. SANBI said it is pursuing options for Charley to retire in a suitable wildlife sanctuary or similar setting. “This decision follows a number of considerations, among others, the elephant’s advanced age,” […]

Two dolphins that found themselves beached at Sandy Bay, near to Llandudno, have been returned to the ocean thanks to the combined efforts of the NSRI and other Cape Town organisations. An eye witness alerted the NSRI to the plight of the two dolphins on Thursday morning (today). The aquatic mammals were alive but appeared […]

By the end of June 2022, South Africa’s population had reached about 60.6 million according to estimates by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). Between 2002 and 2022, Stats SA said South Africa experienced a positive population growth year-on-year. “A positive growth rate indicates that the population is increasing, despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 globally […]

Leaders of several political parties in South Africa signed a historic agreement today – Thurs 28 July 2022 – to form a new coalition government in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The agreement was signed by leaders of the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, African Christian Democratic Party, African Independent Congress, […]

Chad le Clos is at the stage of his career where he knows what the next chapter is all about. “My legacy,” he says. “I might be 30 and some people might have written me off, but don’t do that. Never do that.” By GARY LEMKE from TeamSA. The South African swimming star cut a […]

With international petroleum produce prices, including crude oil prices, dropping by around 10%, the SA Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says South Africans can expect a ‘sizeable reduction’ in fuel prices soon. By close of business on Monday, the price of Brent Crude oil was hovering around $105 per barrel, a reduction on […]