The Cannes Film Festival (16 to 27 May), announced today that South African film SARAFINA! has been selected for the 2023 Official Selection in the Cannes Classics category. The Cannes Classics section recognizes films which are deemed to be works of quality which have contributed to the evolution of motion picture arts and encouraged the […]

The weather service issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain and flooding in the Eastern Cape. The advisory is valid until Sunday. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, 11 May.  The weather warning key indicates there is a low likelihood […]

A primary school pupil allegedly had a “cardiac event” and had to have his stomach pumped as a result of drinking Prime energy drink. A pupil in the United Kingdom allegedly suffered a “cardiac episode’” after drinking a Prime Energy drink. According to the Daily Mail, the primary school wrote to parents warning them of […]

The Community Services and Health Directorate first disbursed Grant-in-Aid funding to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in 2013 for a pilot mass pet sterilisation project in Dunoon and Brown’s Farm. SHOPPERS | Cheapest groceries in South Africa: Checkers v Woolworths v Pick n Pay – and more Ten years later, nearly 15 000 domestic pets have been sterilised at a […]

The number of reported hijacking cases since the start of 2023 has slowed compared to a bleak year in 2022, hijackings are still on a high in South Africa, with a continued trend of kidnappings in some cases. ALSO READ: City of Cape Town: Firearm confiscations and arrests INCREASE RISING STATS OF CAR HIJACKINGS The latest […]

Last month it came to light that Paarl Boys’ High rugby player, Chris Jordaan, had been rushed into ICU in order to undergo emergency brain surgery due to a head injury he sustained against Affies at the North-South rugby festival. Jordaan was rushed to Muelmed Hospital after the loose forward went down under a “normal […]

South Africa is currently experiencing a mumps outbreak, with an increase in the number of queries about clusters noted since February. South Africa is currently in the midst of a mumps outbreak, according to the National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD). MUMPS CASES ON THE RISE SINCE FEBRUARY 2023 Mumps is a viral infection caused by the […]

Last Saturday the Stormers had over 44 000 fans cheering them to victory against the Bulls – and even more are expected this weekend. The defending champions of the United Rugby Championship face Connacht at DHL Stadium on Saturday. The match kicks off at 16:00 and the winner plays either Leinster or Munster in the […]

She has been topping trends since her birthday; Sho Madjozi’s age left many puzzled as she celebrated her 31st birthday. Taking to Instagram, she shared her childhood pictures. ALSO READ: Trending Twitter video: Bonga kissing Sho Madjozi in the middle of traffic SHO MADJOZI’S AGE REVEALED She captioned her birthday post: “I was trying to Google how […]

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, City Manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, and Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth have launched the city’s new Ease of Doing Business Index, with the aim of making Cape Town the easiest place to do business in Africa. MUST READ | Fuel price: Early petrol, diesel data remains GOOD, but the rand is bleeding The Index […]

Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war, and the ongoing conflict has created a widespread humanitarian crisis. Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war sparked by a confrontation between two generals: the head of Sudan’s Armed Forces, General Abdelfatah El-Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed […]

Rats have been in the news of late – for the wrong reasons if you’re South African retail giant Woolworths. MUST READ | Cheapest groceries in South Africa: Checkers v Woolworths v Pick n Pay – and more As reported by The South African website, a Woolies shopper recently discovered a rat in a pack of chicken at a store in […]

During the first three months of 2023, the City of Cape Town’s Metro Police and Law Enforcement Departments made 4 456 arrests, confiscated 56 firearms, 986 rounds of ammunition and more than 24 000 units of narcotics. MUST READ | Fuel price: Early petrol, diesel data remains GOOD, but the rand is bleeding A snapshot of key statistical […]

There are two very different types of people when it comes to close encounters with animals, let alone one as potentially dangerous as an alligator. WARNING | Kruger National Park: Hyenas and lion feast on giraffe – PICTURES Watch below how these two PGA Tour golfers react to seeing the same alligator on the edge of the water at […]

The City of Cape Town will be donating R60 000 per year, for the next three years, to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). PUZZLE | Can you solve this maths equation that has the internet baffled? This donation is to compensate the non-profit organisation for their operational costs associated with the towing of marine wildlife that get stranded along the city’s vast coastline. […]

According to experts, South Africans can afford to breath a sigh of relief in 2023 as food prices are expected to drop. South Africans can breathe a sigh of relief as experts predict that prices are set to drop this year. ALSO READ: LIST: Vehicles that are mostly targeted in hijackings in South Africa FOOD PRICES […]

Actor Gabriel Temudzani, who bid farewell to Muvhango on Monday, 8 May says leaving the soapie was an emotional roller coaster. ALSO READ: Gospel star won the song of the year GABRIEL TEMUDZANI: ‘PARTING WAYS HAS NEVER BEEN KIND’ The popular Muvhango actor Gabriel Temudzani, who played Azwinidini Mukwevho for more than two decades tells TshisaLIVE that he’s ready to apply […]

Chameleons are simply not good pets. Although many people have reptiles as pets; snakes, iguanas, and geckos, chameleons are out of the question. However, a disturbing practice is still continuing in the Rustenburg area near Sun City in the North West. ALSO READ: Kruger Park: Hyenas and lion feast on giraffe – PHOTOS OCCUPANTS OF […]

Six years since a contractor was paid to build prefab classrooms, learners at Kulo-Mbombo Primary School in Qombolo, Eastern Cape, are still being taught in crumbling mud buildings. Broken windows and collapsing walls have primary school children shivering through classes. There are no answers from the Eastern Cape Department of Education, despite appointing a contractor […]

Journalists Sam Sole, Micah Reddy and Dewald van Rensburg, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism believe they are under threat of arrest because of an exposé they wrote implicating businessman Zunaid Moti in a mining deal with Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Their attorney Stephen May says in letters to senior South African Police Service […]

Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) and nine families have launched a class action against the South African Police Service, seeking to recover damages for those killed and injured in shootings involving about 2,000 guns stolen by two police officers and supplied to gang leaders on the Cape Flats. A class action against the police has […]

A “massive reading campaign” for South African schools announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019 has never got off the ground, despite triumphant claims in Parliament by the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Viewfinder and GroundUp can reveal that the Department’s National Reading Plan – which it had not made publicly available – is a […]

It looks almost certain that at least one Stellenbosch FC player will move to either Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates or Mamelodi Sundowns. ALSO READ: Sundowns join Chiefs in race for Stellenbosch star  KAIZER CHIEFS AND CO. IN THE RACE FOR STELLENBOSCH’S MENDIETA, MTHETHWA AND RAYNERS Mmh, will Stellebosch be keen to lose half of the team’s […]

Attendees at Africa’s Travel Indaba, currently underway at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC complex, have expressed optimism that the annual travel show will boost their businesses. The travel extravaganza, which started on Tuesday and ends on Thursday, has attracted thousands of international and local exhibitors. One such exhibitor, who spoke highly of the Indaba, was […]

The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has moved to assure South Africans that all terms written in Xitsonga on the new banknotes are accurate and correct. This comes after reports of a spelling error in the translation of the words ‘Reserve Bank’ into Xitsonga. PanSALB rebutted those reports and said the words were verified […]