Christie’s Geneva will auction off a 228.31 carat pear-shaped diamond on May 11. The white gemstone – known as ‘The Rock’ – was mined and polished in South Africa over two decades ago. The diamond is estimated to sell for between $20 to $30 million. “This is really one of, not one of, it is […]

Tom Cruise has revealed the official title for the new Mission: Impossible blockbuster (7), due for release next year. The Hollywood star made the announcement from a helicopter in South Africa, where he’s currently filming Mission: Impossible 8. The title of the new film is: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Which means the […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader John Steenhuisen has arrived in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on a six-day fact-finding mission. The South African politician is not the only one visiting Lviv this weekend, as film actress Angelina Jolie – who is special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – surprised locals when she was […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah poked fun at US President Joe Biden last night… with Biden just metres away from him, at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner… but his most powerful message was reserved for the press. (See full speech below.) In a speech that has made South Africans so proud – the SA […]

Princess Charlene has made her first public appearance in months  – appearing on Saturday, with her family in Monte Carlo, to watch the Monaco E-Prix car race. The former South African Olympic swimmer (44), and her husband Prince Albert II of Monaco (64), attended the race with their children, twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella. […]

With rhino poaching in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) reaching monstrous levels, there comes a glimmer of hope that action is being taken to protect some of South Africa’s precious wildlife. Four Black Rhino have been successful translocated as part of a leading conservation programme to a safer location that will help the expansion of the species. Between […]

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City of Cape Town “is now ready to proceed with a detailed feasibility study for the devolution of the metropolitan rail function to this metro.” In other words, Cape Town has finally been given the green light by SA’s National Treasury  to look at localising its […]

With only a week left to the final deadline for the extended grace period for the renewal of driving licence cards, Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has encouraged all those who have yet to come forward to renew their licences to do so immediately. Currently, South Africa has a backlog of 1.3 million expired driving licence […]

This afternoon, two of South Africa’s most famous best friends will be appearing live on Facebook… to the delight of their fans around the planet, and in a bid to raise funds for the world’s largest orphaned rhino sanctuary, Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary in SA. The BFFs are baby zebra Modjadji and baby rhino […]

With Elon Musk rocketing to super-stardom following his purchase of social media platform Twitter for a cool $44-billion on Monday, a few myths have been flying around the meta-verse. And unfortunately some are being perpetuated by mainstream media, including The Times newspaper in the UK, which this week reported that “when in 2018 Donald Trump […]

CAPE TOWN — Ticketmaster, the global leader in live event ticketing, has announced it is bringing its advanced digital ticketing technology to South Africa, with headquarters in Cape Town. Sporting teams, artists, promoters, festivals and venues will be able to take full advantage of Ticketmaster’s suite of industry-leading products and digital ticketing tools designed to […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a ‘stern’ warning to government departments and businesses providing goods and services, that South Africa will not stand for acts of self-enrichment at the expense of those who need relief – following a deluge of catastrophic floods in some parts of the country. The president’s comments, at a joint sitting […]

South African rugby union captain Siya Kolisi has established the first Red Bull Roots rugby clinic for young female and male rugby players… in order to upskill and empower them. Investing in the youth of South Africa through rugby is one of the reasons Kolisi established the Kolisi Foundation, which is committed to tackling the […]

The national celebrations of Freedom Day will be held in Middleburg in Mpumalanga on Wednesday where President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation. The public holiday is a commemoration of the day South Africa held its first democratic elections in 1994. According to the Presidency, the celebrations will be observed under the theme “Consolidate our […]

South African expat Elon Musk has acquired Twitter Inc in a $44-billion deal today, 11 days after first offering to buy the social media platform. The billionaire entrepreneur (Tesla, SpaceX) and world’s richest man said “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means”. Twitter accepted the […]

Hello South Africa, My name is Fikile Cele, a 23-year-old from Durban. I was abandoned outside a factory at birth, I then got fostered by Indian parents at the age of two months old, I don’t speak or understand IsiZulu and I have been cyber-bullied after I entered Miss South Africa in 2020 because I […]

The following breathtaking footage of the rocky, craggy, misty and always majestic Drakensberg was filmed by FPV Cinematic over three days in the Royal National Park, showing the sheer magnificence of the Berg and of South Africa’s prized Tugela Falls… which may or may not be the highest waterfall in the world. (See more below.) […]

Durban Labour Court rules that a man fired after “consumption of stock without authorisation” be reinstated. By Tania Broughton. An employee fired for eating two slices of carrot at Nando’s Scottsville must be reinstated the Durban Labour Court has ruled. He was fired in 2018 for dishonesty after a disciplinary hearing. The employee said he […]

Remember that amazing video that went viral at the end of last year, of a nine-year-old Eastern Cape schoolgirl performing Franz Schubert’s classic Ave Maria? The nation fell in love with her and she caught even President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attention. Tonight Carte Blanche meets Gugulethu Ndzendze, who is fast becoming one of South Africa’s rising […]

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it was delighted on Saturday to confirm the Proteas’ outbound, white-ball tour to India from 09-19 June. Temba Bavuma’s men will take on the hosts in a five-match, T20 international series across five venues: Dehli, Cuttack, Vizag, Rajkot and Bengaluru. CSA CEO, Pholetsi Moseki said: “We are excited to […]

A super-charged and emotional Akani Simbine won his sixth South African 100m title at the National Championships being held at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The 28-year-old out-sprinted his rivals to hit the line in 10.30 seconds and then slapped his chest five times as if to show, “I’m still the best!” Settling […]

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy announced last night that he had a phone call with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, in which they discussed Russia’s “aggression” and other matters. The 20-minute phone call comes seven weeks after the SA President chatted on the phone to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy said: “Had a phone conversation […]

China has donated R1-million to bolster the South African government’s humanitarian relief efforts in flood-stricken KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The cheque was presented to Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu by China’s Ambassador to SA, Chen Xiaodong, on Wednesday. The donation follows the declaration of a National State of Disaster in SA on Monday after parts of KZN […]

Eskom says after making some ground in recovering generation capacity, it may lift all stages of load shedding on Friday evening. The power utility has been battling generation unit failures throughout the past week, which have tipped the country into the more stringent stage four load shedding – dropping down to stage three on Wednesday […]

Most South Africans love their Rooibos, but there’s probably no bigger fan (physically speaking!) than Jessica the Hippo, one of SA’s most famous animal stars around the world. Jessica has played the lead in several National Geographic documentaries, appeared on the Discovery Channel, SKY news, BBC, Japanese, German and Australian telly and even made it […]