Battle over the future of the River Club has become extremely nasty… By Steve Kretzmann. UCT Professor Leslie London has been a leading voice opposing the R4.5-billion River Club development which will include Amazon’s new African headquarters. An email purportedly from the First Nations Collective calls him a racist white colonial. The university has come […]

Chaos erupted again on Tuesday afternoon at the Pan African Parliament, as the gathered politicians in Midrand, Gauteng, attempt to elect new leadership. The main bone of contention is that the southern caucus is calling for a rotational leadership… which the caucuses from East and West Africa heavily oppose. The election process had to be […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for the coronavirus that uses Greek letters to refer to the different variants. For the variants of concern, B117 (the UK or Kent variant) will now be known as alpha, B1351 (South Africa) will be beta, P1 (Brazil) is gamma and B16172 (India) delta… […]

Tributes have poured in following news of the death in South Africa of acting giant MacDonald (‘Mac’) Ndodana Mathunjwa. Mathunjwa (72) was a talented actor, producer and director, best known for his acting roles in Home Affairs, Generations, Soul City, Intsika and Bones of Bones amongst others. He was also a musician who composed for […]

The Ndlovu Youth Choir is giving Africa and the world chills with its Xhosa cover version of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s duet ‘Shallow’, from the movie “A Star is Born”. The band said this morning that this is a “special South African version”… with only the last line sung in English. It’s filmed in […]

A light dusting of snow fell last night at Semonkong Lodge, Lesotho in southern Africa. Approximately 2 cm fell through the night. These beautiful photos and video, supplied by Love Africa Marketing, capture the enchanting winter scene… Photos of light snow in Lesotho

The heartbreaking killing of an 11-month-old baby in Limpopo… by his own mother is shining the spotlight on the safety of children in South Africa, as the country marks Child Protection Week. The South African Police Service (SAPS) reported on Sunday that a 42-year-old woman had locked herself and her 11-month-old son inside a hut, […]

Counter campaign to City’s appeal launched by activists… By Marecia Damons and James Stent. Ndifuna Ukwazi has condemned the City of Cape Town for soliciting and encouraging the public to complain about homeless people. The City says it is entitled to request information from all of its citizens in order to assess the effect of […]

Whatever one thinks of Helen Zille – and I think highly of her – no-one could suggest that she is behind the curve… writes MARTIN PLAUT. While politicians in Britain and the USA are only gradually coming to terms with the problem of “woke” politics, she has been highlighting the issue for years. Now these […]

South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere is wowing in Sweden where his ‘Bring Back Lost Love’ solo exhibition has been extended until 15 August 2021 at the Göteborgs Konsthall (next to Gothenburg Museum of Art). Sweden’s daily newspaper Aftonbladet reports that the exhibit is “executed with elegance and precision”. The show features Wa Lehulere’s new […]

South Africa has recorded 3 755 new COVID-19 infections, as President Cyril Ramaphosa moved the country to lockdown adjusted level two, with effect from Monday. This means South Africa now has 1 662 825 cases of Coronavirus since the first person tested positive in March last year. Meanwhile, 24 more deaths were reported on Sunday, pushing the tally […]

Immigrant spaza shop owners in Diepsloot say they have been struggling to recover tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of rands confiscated by police during Operation Okae Molao two months ago. In March under Operation Okae Molao immigrant-owned spaza shops in Diepsloot were targeted by police. Police say they confiscated R63,000 in cash and it […]

South African football coach Pitso Mosimane‘s cult status in Egypt continues to grow, as does the pride back home in SA… with President Cyril Ramaphosa issuing a congratulatory statement for Mosimane’s latest accomplishment – leading the continent’s top football club, Al Ahly, to victory in the African Super Cup on Friday (28 May 2021). Mosimane […]

According to some foreigners, the South African accent can be a little intimidating and scary! Apparently we can sound a little aggressive, even when asking for ‘ass cream’. Watch below as Jimmy Carr and his guests chat about accents on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, the irreverent comedy panel show based on opinion polls. When […]

A petition against the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is gaining momentum with 45 000 South Africans who have already signed the petition. The Bill aims to ban ownership of firearms by civilians for the purpose of self defence among other limitations on firearm ownership which the Democratic Alliance (DA) say would affect the hunting, sporting […]

After being wrongfully arrested in June 2019, for an attempted robbery he didn’t commit, 19-year-old Sihle from Table View, Cape Town, spent eight fearful months in custody while awaiting trial. During that time – disconnected from the world – Sihle’s mom tragically died in a car accident… and the home he had always known was […]

“The idea of a woman marrying more than one man has been the subject of heated debates over the last few weeks (in South Africa),” says Carte Blanche presenter Claire Mawisa. There have also been memes and video jokes posted with many men finding the idea “preposterous” and women joking that who would want to […]

The South African Emergency Personnel’s Union (SAEPU) has condemned the robbery of an EMS crew in KwaMashu township, Kwazulu-Natal (KZN), the latest in several similar traumatic incidents where EMS personnel, on rescue missions, are held up at gunpoint, robbed and left terrified. On Wednesday (26th May) a crew from the KwaMashu base was dispatched to […]

To keep youth from joining gangs, Kalib Missoe runs an after school dominoes club in Belhar, Cape Town… writes Ashraf Hendricks. He says that there are not enough after school projects on the Cape Flats and many young people are unemployed. Not much is happening and it is this frustration “that leads them to gangsterism” […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday host France’s President Emmanuel Macron on a State Visit at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, South Africa. “President Macron’s first visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Ramaphosa is aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries, which is substantiated by a number of bilateral […]

A video of an exciting battle between wild dogs, an unfortunate impala, and an annoyed hippo – filmed in the Greater Kruger National Park – is going viral this week (watch below)… but there’s even more to celebrate, as it’s been revealed that, thanks to conservation efforts, the number of wild dogs in the Kruger […]

A Khayelitsha animal clinic’s homeless dog shelter flooded in last week’s rainstorm. The Mdzananda Animal Clinic reports that their organisation is in desperate need of assistance. Homeless dogs needed to be moved to their small hospital cages during the flood as they had no other space for them. “It’s only the start of winter and the pets […]

Popular Afrikaans actor Ben Kruger sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 64, from Covid-19 related complications. The actor was best known as ‘Oom Okkie’ to fans of kykNET soapie, Binnelanders. Tributes have poured in from heartbroken South Africans, led by Karen Meiring, M-Net Director: kykNET channel, who said on Wednesday: “Today we keep […]

A Special Tribunal has ordered that R18-million worth of assets belonging to former Transnet executive Herbert Msagala, be forfeited to the State. The assets include 35 luxury vehicles and five properties which include two farms and houses in gated estates. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said in a statement that it welcomed the Special Tribunal’s […]

This weekend South African professional golfer Louis Oosthuizen pulled off his fifth runner-up achievement in a Major, when he came second to US player Phil Mickelson at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in South Carolina… and it wasn’t long before fans were sharing an old video he made laughing about his knack of coming […]