A lot of Easter traditions – including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate Easter egg, however, is a more modern twist on tradition. Chicken eggs have been eaten at Easter for centuries. Eggs have long symbolised rebirth and renewal, making them perfect […]

Daniel Bennett, a Grade 12 learner from Curro Hazeldean in Pretoria has made golfing history. The 17 year old learner shattered three South African golfing records during the 2023 Nomads SA Boys Under 19 Stroke Play Championship at Pecanwood Golf and Country Estate last week. Bennett’s victory was nothing short of remarkable, as he dominated […]

World Travel Market Africa (WTM), the continent’s leading and only B2B exhibition for both inbound and outbound travel and tourism markets, kicked off at the CTICC on Monday. More than 7 000 delegates from over 100 countries, including tourism industry professionals, exhibitors, buyers and media, are currently in Cape Town for three days of trade, […]

Former Bizhub Lions cricket player, Jean Symes, has been found guilty of participating in match-fixing for the domestic Ram Slam T20 Cricket Challenge. This comes after the Anti-Corruption officer at Cricket SA received information from a whistle-blower about alleged match-fixing planned for the 2015/2016 domestic Ram Slam T20 Cricket Challenge. “The matter was brought to […]

Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realising its historical significance. It was on and around this hill that what appears to be southern Africa’s earliest state-level society and […]

I have lived in Germiston for a long time. This is the first year I have thought of moving out… writes Viv Vermaak.  I have never felt so disturbed by the way our country is headed. Nor so afraid or alone. It is not because Ekurhuleni’s municipal infrastructure is falling apart, so much so that […]

Several South Africans are outraged by the National Treasury’s exemption on the annual reporting of “irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenses” by Eskom, with AfriForum promising to bring a review application against the treasury’s decision, and the DA vowing to “do everything possible to stop this blatant attempt to distort the true financial facts of an […]

A major storm has rocked Empangeni in KZN, South Africa, leaving homes, shopping centres and vehicles damaged and trees uprooted in the roads. Sadly, it is believed that two people lost their lives when a wall fell down behind a mosque. This has not yet been confirmed. The storm apparently came “out of nowhere” at […]

One of the longest passenger ships in the world, Queen Mary 2, docked at Durban Harbor today. EThekwini Municipality said the N Shed (when the ship docked) was “abuzz” as the 950 crew members and 2,000 passengers of Queen Mary 2 were given a warm Durban welcome by Zulu dancers and singers as they disembarked. […]

Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts is back home recovering after he was in hospital with severe sepsis. Watts is learning to walk again after collapsing two weeks ago and ending up in hospital. The TV personality, who became a household name as part of this investigative journalism programme, initially thought he had suffered a stroke, but […]

South Africa could experience Stage 2 load shedding for the next year, according to Eskom’s load shedding outlook. The power utility’s medium-term Generation Adequacy Report, which maps out risk levels, was recently published. GENERATION ADEQUACY REPORT BREAKS DOWN ESKOM’S LOAD SHEDDING OUTLOOK INTO TWO RISK LEVELS According to MyBroadBand, the Generation Adequacy Report, breaks down the […]

Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel will lead the South African threat at the Masters this year with only one other player in the mix. And that other player is none other than leading amateur Aldrich Potgieter. ALSO READ: Christiaan Bezuidenhout: South Africa’s new No 1 MASTERS TO TEST SA CREW Schwartzel’s standing in the game continues […]

A well-known cricket journalist has shared a clip of a frightening ‘engine failure’ that apparently occurred during a flight at 15 000 feet. Taking to Twitter on Monday, Neil Manthorp posted a video which showed a stationary propeller on one side of the plane that he was travelling in during an unspecified flight. “Engine failure […]

Patrons of Wish On Florida restaurant have questioned the establishment for naming its closing down event ‘The Last Supper’. This, after rapper AKA ate his last meal at the Durban eatery moments before he was murdered. On Monday, 3 April, management of the award-winning restaurant announced news of their permanent closure. According to a statement, […]

Riana Pretorius, the biokineticist from Nelson Mandela Bay who was kidnapped outside her workplace in mid-March, has finally broken her silence on social media. ALSO READ | A trip to Home Affairs in Grabouw – ‘Slaat my met ‘n nat vis’ Pretorius, 26, was returned safely to her family eight days later on 24 March, as reported […]

Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Monday, 3 April 2023? It’s yet another chance to find out whether or not you’re one of South Africa’s latest Daily Lotto winners. If you’ve decided to Phanda, Pusha, Play, then you might just strike it rich. Good luck! The Daily Lotto jackpot for Monday, 3 […]

In October last year, top former journalist Jeremy Gordin wrote a letter to his adult children imploring them to leave South Africa, no matter how much they loved the country, before it was too late. Tragically Gordin’s sentiments rang true this weekend when he was killed during a suspected home invasion in Johannesburg. He was […]

The ground-breaking 12-storey building at 84 Harrington Street in Cape Town, South Africa, is shaping up nicely as it appears to be nearing completion. The building, which will be home to around 50 apartments, is making history as the world’s first hemp skyscraper! The new hotel has been built using hempcrete blocks and other hemp-related […]

1 in 5 South African households begs for food – the link between food insecurity and mental health At least ten million South Africans didn’t have enough food or money to buy food in 2019, according to the country’s statistics agency. This food insecurity remains a leading health problem that is unlikely to be eradicated any […]

For eight years I have studied digital nomadism, the millennial trend for working remotely from anywhere around the world. I am often asked if it is driving gentrification. Before COVID upended the way we work, I would usually tell journalists that the numbers were too small for a definitive answer. Most digital nomads were travelling […]

The City of Cape Town has approved 327 events for the year thus far and is gearing up for an eventful April with numerous major events lined up. From major ultra-marathons to a performing arts festival and geek culture convention, eventgoers will be spoilt for choice this April. According to the City’s Mayoral Committee Member […]

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has, since early 2021, used law firm De Swardt Myambo Hlahla Attorneys in a number of high-profile cases related to its labour issues, including many legal actions against Martha Ngoye, a whistleblower and suspended head of legal. But De Swardt is not on PRASA’s legal panel, and […]

The housing crisis in Cape Town could be considerably reduced if underutilised land, currently occupied by the military, was released for social housing. This is according to a collective of civil society organisations who have called on the President to take action. Their calls echo those made by the City of Cape Town for at least a […]

The Western Cape Government says it is increasingly concerned over attacks on social workers as they try to go about their work. The matter was discussed at a Social Development Committee meeting in the provincial legislature on 17 March. The Western Cape Government says it is concerned over a rise in attacks on social workers […]

The chairperson of South African Tourism (SAT) Board, Dr Thozamile Botha, has allegedly written to the Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille complaining that de Lille cancelled the proposed Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship deal, according to a whistle blower who spoke with the DA’s Shadow Minister of Tourism. Despite the public outcry over the deal, the […]