The 30-day extension of the Covid-19 regulations in South Africa will expire at midnight… which means, unless the government makes another late-night announcement extending it, South Africans will no longer be required to wear masks or comply with any other Covid-19 regulations from tomorrow, Thursday 5 May. However South Africans are waiting for clarity from […]

South African ultrarunners Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel have combined to produce another extraordinary feat when they circumnavigated almost 1,100km of the landlocked African country Lesotho in 16 days, 6 hours and 56 minutes, for an average of just shy of 69km or a little more than one and a half marathons, every day! They […]

South African filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert – who are based in Botswana – have been awarded the prestigious 2021 Explorers Club Medal at the 118th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. Previous honorees of the Explorers Club (which was founded in New York City in 1904) include the world’s all-time greatest explorers like Neil Armstrong to Sir Edmund […]

The Conversation Editor’s note: Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals. In July, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals. 1. What is Eid? Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. […]

Volunteers in Cape Town have today continued a tradition, started nearly 40 years ago, by providing a plate of food to less fortunate families in celebration of the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. This time though there is an added urgency to their gesture of humanity, as spiralling inflation – driven by […]

Amkele Qamrana, who carried the flag for Team SA at the opening ceremony of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sol in Brazil, is in the water again on day 3 of the Games today. Yesterday the teenager placed 24th overall in the 50m butterfly in a personal best 32.44 seconds. Today he competes in the […]

A little good news for South Africans as some motorists will feel a little relief at the fuel pumps from tomorrow (Wednesday 4 May) when the price of all grades of petrol decreases. This, however, will not extend to diesel, paraffin or gas consumers… with all of those expected to increase. The expected fuel and […]

Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks. Affectionately known as the Ghetto Gardener, Qamata says farming and gardening have been his passion since he was a little boy when he used to help his grandmother plant vegetables in their yard in […]

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.) […]