Maritzburg United fans should probably hide away from social media until July or August. The club’s key players are leaving in packs. ALSO READ: Kaizer Chiefs star buys parents a car MARITZBURG UNITED PLAYERS MOVE ON Following the club’s relegation from the DStv Premiership to the Motsepe Foundation Championship, two players announced departures last week: Travis Graham and […]

Studying the intelligence of cats is challenging due to the difficulty of conducting studies with them. Measuring their intelligence scientifically has proven to be a tough task. The mysterious nature of cats will remain until appropriate research methods are developed. So it raises the question, do cats really NEED an owner? As cat owners, we believe […]

Netflix’s $2.5 billion investment in South Korea is an “opportunity” for local business, the streaming giant’s CEO said Thursday, as he played down a dispute with local internet companies over network usage. South Korea is one of Netflix’s biggest suppliers of television series and films, and boss Ted Sarandos said it was “investing for the long […]

A viral video of Nandipha Magudumana seen outside court without handcuffs has gone viral. But police have insisted they have done nothing wrong. The celebrity aesthetics doctor and her convicted criminal boyfriend, Thabo Bester, along with seven others, appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 20 June. The nine accused face charges ranging from […]

Warrior Season 3 has been voted as June’s most anticipated series by Rotten Tomatoes’ fans. And whilst set in the ruthless world of late 19th Century San Francisco, the HBO series is filmed exclusively in Cape Town, South Africa where SA film crew members have been credited for their world-class professionalism. The large Chinatown sets […]

Following a SPCA request for more information, the man who shared a picture of a cat with a knife to its head has published a social media apology. ALSO READ | SPCA ‘sickened’ as another baboon euthanised after being blinded by pepper spray As reported by The South African website, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA received a report […]

Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt over into a playground spat, with the two men offering to fight each other in a cage. FOR MORE BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS VISIT THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEBSITE Months after Musk took over Twitter, Zuckerberg’s Meta hinted it was planning to launch its own text-based social […]

Kolisi had surgery to his knee at the end of April and he’s been doing intense rehabilitation ever since, in the hope of making a full recovery before the Rugby World Cup, which will be hosted in France in September and October. ALSO READ: Springboks news: Kolisi set for early injury return! It’s hoped that the Springbok captain […]

South African businesswoman and reality TV star Ayanda Ncwane has been accused of allegedly exploiting and not paying royalties of the popular gospel group Abathandwa, for their hit album, Ehhe moya wam. ABATHANDWA PARTS WAYS WITH NCWANE COMMUNICATIONS This comes weeks after reports emerged that the group had ditched the entrepreneur’s record label Ncwane Communications for Dondolo Music Productions. Abathandwa has been reported […]

SMALL BUSINESSES MIGHT STRUGGLE TO MAKE SALES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IF THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUCCESSFULLY. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) recently held a webinar to address this challenge. ALSO READ: Small business owners listen up, Suzuki launches Eeco panel van for R199 900 The theme for […]

Swallows midfielder Thandani Ntshumayelo, once of Orlando Pirates, has announced his retirement from football aged 33. ICYMI: The best nicknames in PSL history? ICYMI: Potential Kaizer Chiefs XI with new signings and rumoured additions FORMER ORLANDO PIRATES MIDFIELDER NTSHUMAYELO RETIRES Most recently with Swallows, Thandani “Bibo” Ntshumayelo has been without a club since July 2022. He also […]

The five people in the Titanic submersible are in a dire situation. They have only a few hours of oxygen left, and the submersible will take 8 hours to return to the surface. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW HOURS OF OXYGEN LEFT IN THE SUBMERSIBLE This means that they could run out of oxygen before […]

If you are a self-employed person who pays for and runs a vehicle to earn money, we have good news. There are ways to help reduce your annual tax contribution through your car. No one scenario is the same, of course, but let’s say you’ve bought and are paying off your car. You pay annual license fees, […]

Although the Springboks will employ a split-squad system in the Rugby Championship, there will not be an ‘A and B’ team. That’s according to coach Jacques Nienaber, who said the Boks intend repeating the plan that saw them clinch the Rugby Championship title in 2019 by splitting the squad for the opening two Tests of the […]

Sunday, 25 June’s episode of Carte Blanche will showcase the investigation of an insurance scam by an alleged fraudster from Soshanguve, north of Pretoria living a lavish life after claiming his death. SET YOUR ALARM | What time is Carte Blanche this Sunday? A loved one’s death is traumatic, costly and takes its toll on families – and communities. But what […]

A massive search and rescue effort for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic is in a critical stage, with just hours before its oxygen supply for the five people aboard is expected to run out on Thursday. While coast guard officials insisted they remained “hopeful,” with a surge of assets and experts […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and its leader Julius Malema suffered yet another loss after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed their application for leave to appeal an interdict which AfriForum acquired in 2017 on illegal occupation of private property. According to the lobby group, the interdict prohibited Malema and the EFF from inciting people to […]

South African Sign Language is set to become the country’s 12th official language. Parliament approved a constitutional amendment in a bid to “promote the rights of persons who are deaf (sic) and hard of hearing”.Claudine Storbeck, founder and director of the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, explains what […]

Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are. So it’s important to keep up with the latest scams and understand how they work. Recently, the consumer protection […]

Brenda Fassie gave South Africa timeless hits, making her one of South Africa’s most influential musicians and a leading cultural icon. To honour her legacy, her son Bongani shared his plans to remix some of her classics, giving them an amapiano twist. Brenda Fassie passed away at the age of 39 in April 2004 after […]

Innocent Zungu, also known as “Super Sandman”, started making sand sculptures on the beach when he was ten years old. Now, many years later, he can be found creating large, intricate sand sculptures of aeroplanes, castles and rhinos on beaches across South Africa. Zungu says he will try canvas painting during winter to make extra […]

The City of Cape Town has secured €100 million in developmental finance towards its mega R43 billion medium-term infrastructure plans. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis conducted the signing ceremony with the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) today, 21 June, following Council green-lighting the finance in April. Cape Town has passed a record infrastructure investment budget […]

A former Orlando Pirates star has officially announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 33. ALSO READ | ORLANDO PIRATES SLAYER RETURNS TO LEAD BAFANA BAFANA IN COSAFA CUP Thandani Ntshumayelo will no longer be searching for a new club or accept offers, bringing to an end a career he kicked started in 2009. Ntshumayelo played […]

A six-man rhino poaching gang has been sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging between 16 and 20 years after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit theft of rhino horn and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The six men, who were sentenced in the Eastern Cape High Court sitting in Makhanda, are Francis […]

OVER THE years, banks and financial experts have called for South Africans to save for the proverbial rainy day. In March last year, that rainy day arrived, as Covid-19 delivered a torrent of financial challenges that left anyone without accessible savings and investments struggling. INSIGHTS INTO THE REAL REASONS FEW SOUTH AFRICANS ARE SAVING A recent study […]