Two experienced Springboks with a total of 134 Test caps between them, Duane Vermeulen and Frans Steyn, have been recalled to the national squad for the home leg of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, as coach Jacques Nienaber once again opted for an expanded group of 41 players for opening stage of the challenging southern […]

The fate of about 20 households hangs in the air as the Agricultural Research Council moves ahead with plans to lease the farm. By Liezl Human Twenty families living on a state farm near Citrusdal in the Western Cape face an uncertain future. The farm, owned by the Agricultural Research Council, has been dormant for […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished South African women’s football team Banyana Banyana well ahead of Saturday’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final against hosts Morocco at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. UPDATE 23 July 23h50: South Africa’s Banyana Banyana WIN the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Whilst hosting his Ivorian counterpart President […]

It’s the great South African love story: the nation and their sport. At school, making the first team in any sport is a rite of passage and parents and teachers sacrifice everything for a win and prestige. But now, a new movement is taking root… Don’t miss this week’s episode of Carte Blanche – you […]

Labour Court found the man had not intended to be dishonest when he went twice to his “mother’s” funeral. By Tania Broughton A Zulu employee at Durban’s Toyota Plant has been reinstated after he was fired on the grounds that he had abused compassionate leave. The Labour Court upheld a ruling by the Commission for […]

Thabo Mbeki has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for failing to deliver on his promises to South Africa, and says the ANC (African National Congress) has no plan. The former President of SA did not hold back whilst speaking last night at the Memorial Service of ANC Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte who passed away earlier […]

Airlink, Southern Africa’s premier airline, is preparing to increase the frequency of flights between Johannesburg and Jamestown, St Helena Island to a weekly service from 15 October 2022. This is thanks to plans by the St Helena Government to lift COVID-19 quarantine, testing and mask-wearing restrictions from 08 August 2022 and for tourism facilities to […]

Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s second post-apartheid president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 18 June 2022. Following Mandela’s era of multiracial and multicultural rainbowism, Mbeki had to squarely address the challenges of acute inequality and the numerous grievances of the black majority caused by colonialism and apartheid. This was tough work […]

Cape Town has been revealed as the seventh most popular city break destination globally, according to research data for over 1,200 cities in over 130 countries! The data was analysed by Hotel chain Premier Inn. Cape Town Revealed As One Of The World’s Most Popular City Break DestinationsTaking a city break remains a firm favourite travel choice […]

SANParks says it strongly condemns the behaviour depicted in the images captured on video after a leopard had been euthanised in the Kruger National Park, and was then struck repeatedly by an onlooker. “Such actions are contrary to the ethos of the organisation whose primary goal is to conserve biodiversity and act as the custodian […]

Municipalities not allocating available national government funding to poor under-resourced areas can result in terrible human suffering. Something which Marilyn Bassin, founder of Boikanyo the Dion Herson Foundation, recently discovered in a small village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa… Rats had made a meal of the tips of one child’s fingers, and the foot […]

A young student from South Africa, Chido Dzinotyiwei, has dazzled judges and secured a place in the Top 6 in the final round of the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) 2022. Chido was one of more than 65 finalists selected earlier this year. The competition is open to entrants who run a business while […]

Like darkness through the winter nights so are the days of our lives, says Nando’s who’ve just done it again with a brilliant and hilarious video that captures the current mood in South Africa where load-shedding (power cuts) have become more regular lately. Fortunately “⏳Mara there’s a Bright Side at Nando’s.?” The super-successful South African […]

South African fans will be delighted to know that Justin Bieber’s Justice World Tour is back on! Big Concerts and AEG Presents confirmed today that Bieber will be in Cape Town at the end of September, followed by Johannesburg in October (sorry, no Durban!). In June, the American pop star announced that he was cancelling […]

South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation (CPI) reached 7.4% in June 2022, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says. This is a 0.9% increase from the 6.5% recorded in May 2022. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke on Wednesday said this was the highest rate since May 2009 when the rate was 8.0%. “The consumer price index increased by […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed European Union (EU) Council President, Charles Michel’s pledge that commits the European Union to support Africa’s efforts to achieve food security. The pledge will also help to decrease the continent’s dependence on agricultural inputs that are exported from elsewhere in the world. “In this regard, a joint project plan was […]

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has released proposed regulations for onshore oil and gas exploration and production, including the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)… which has raised concern for South Africans who have fought against fracking. “The scale and magnitude of drilling and fracking operations have proven to be beyond the grasp of […]

The cause of death of the 21 Eastern Cape youths, who died at an East London tavern in June, is not clear, authorities said on Tuesday. Initial laboratory toxicology tests have produced inconclusive results, the Eastern Cape provincial government and Police Ministry said at a briefing. The teenagers, aged between 13 and 17, mysteriously died […]

South African actress Lex King has gone viral on YouTube for her hook-up scene with Leighton (Broadway star Reneé Rapp) in the first episode of HBO Max’s 18SNL hit The Sex Lives of College Girls, which is currently the most popular international series on Showmax. The 30-second kissing clip, uploaded by Hot Hunter, has been […]

South Africa, as one of the world’s top 10 coal producers, has seen its exports to Europe rise this year as European countries scramble to find alternatives to Russian coal amidst Russia’s attack on Ukraine. On August 10 this year, Europe will stop importing coal from Russia, and many European countries have started to import […]

In what has been described as a turning point in a community grappling with violent crime, high-levels of Gender Based Violence (GBV) alcohol and drug abuse, residents of Khayelitsha are forging stronger ties with law enforcement to keep their community safe. In a crime Imbizo with Police Minister Bheki Cele, community policing structures in the […]

Banyana Banyana are through to the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after beating Zambia 1-0 in a tough semifinal in Morocco on Monday night! UPDATE 23 July 23h50: South Africa’s Banyana Banyana WIN the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The South African senior national team scored the priceless winning goal […]

The search continues for missing Capetonian, Gus Thompson, who went missing on Thursday evening. Seventy-year-old Gus unfortunately suffers from dementia. His daughter, Kate Thompson, today issued an update with key points on how anyone who spots him could help. She says: If you see him: 1) TAKE A PHOTO 2) TRY TO KEEP EYES ON […]

A retired South African couple, who now live in Sussex in the UK, have said the heat in England at the moment is “very worrying” but not dangerous in their opinion. Last night England experienced its hottest summer night on record (over 25° Celsius), and temperatures are expected to reach 43° today. Brian Aquadro, 78, […]

Britain’s Prince Harry (who now lives in California with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children) delivered a keynote speech on Monday (July 18) at the United Nations about seeking insight from the words of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela during a time of “global uncertainty and division”. He also revealed his deep love for […]