JOHANNESBURG – Crisis-hit South African power company Eskom was handed an additional R59 billion ($4 billion) lifeline by parliament on Tuesday, prompting criticism from opposition parties who described it as a “blank cheque”. The special bill passed by parliament to grant the funding was first proposed by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in July as Eskom […]

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the Corrective Action Plan (CAP) submitted by SAA Technical, which aims to address the irregularities that have led to the grounding of a number of aircraft. On Tuesday, South African Airways (SAA) announced it would operate an amended flight schedule following a decision to recall some of its aircraft […]

For anyone hiding under a rock this week, never fear. The interview that former Speaker of Parliament in South Africa Baleka Mbete did on Al Jazeera over the weekend with Head to Head’s Mehdi Hasan is one of those gifts that keeps on giving. It has already been watched almost 300,000 times on YouTube. Called […]

EThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kuanda has issued an excited ‘news flash’, announcing that the multi-million-Rand Durban Beachfront Promenade Extension is 100 percent completed and will soon be open to the public. On Wednesday, at 07h30, the mayor will do a walkabout to inspect the “breathtaking construction work” that has been carried out on the project. The […]

The board of Prosus, the international digital company owned by South Africa’s Naspers group, today announced a cash offer of $6.3 billion to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Just Eat, a British online food order and delivery service. Just Eat has 27 million customers and 107 000 participating […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa has signed a two-year agreement with Chinese internet firm Tencent, which will use its popular WeChat platform to market tourism to millions in China, the South African tourism minister said on Tuesday. South Africa is targeting key untapped tourist markets such as China and India as it promotes tourism as […]

Shortly after receiving her South African colours for chess, Amahle Zenzile (11) from Crossroads, Cape Town has been invited to once again represent South Africa at the African Youth Chess Tournament to be held in Namibia. Two years ago, Amahle – who lives with her grandmother – started playing chess for the Crossroads Chess Club. […]

More than 1,000 posts are vacant in the lower and higher courts of South Africa – including presiding officers and court officials – some of them for more than a year, the Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola has revealed. Lamola said, in response to a question in Parliament from the  Democratic Alliance, that there were […]

JOHANNESBURG – Armed men invaded a metallurgical plant owned by South Africa’s DRDGOLD on Monday night, killing the gold miner’s chief security officer and stealing an estimated 17 kg of gold, the company said. DRDGOLD’s chief security officer Bart Coetzee was fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire during the attack at the Ergo plant […]

South African Airways and Comair have both had flights disrupted after inspections by the South Africa Civil Aviation Authority resulted in some of their planes being taken out of service. Airports Company South Africa said today it was aware of the notification by the SACAA to SAA and Comair, the operator of kulula.com and British […]

A South African father has called for Christians to “stand against the humiliation and mocking of our faith” after discovering artwork at his children’s KwaZulu-Natal school which depicts God as a clown, amongst other things. Watch below. Speaking on his child’s last day of school yesterday at Grantleigh outside Richard’s Bay in KZN, Andrew Anderson […]

With the Rugby World Cup on in Japan, and South Africa making it through to the semi-finals, rugby fever’s in the air and this old video from 2017 is going viral again. It was first uploaded in August 2017 by Jeramy de Wee who said: “All Blacks Beware of these boys doing the haka…” WATCH […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the government will soon announce a permanent chief executive for state-run Eskom after the struggling power utility reintroduced rolling blackouts – known as load-shedding in South Africa – last week. The crisis-hit utility, which produces more than 90% of South Africa’s electricity, has been hobbled by […]

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba resigned from the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday morning, and therefore also from his role as the city’s mayor, citing changes in the DA for his decision… after the appointment of Helen Zille over the weekend – as the DA’s new Federal Council Chair. He said: “I am gravely concerned that […]

Japan were beaten up and bundled out of the World Cup on Sunday but whatever happens over the next two weeks will have to be pretty special for the Brave Blossoms to be displaced as the symbol of the ninth edition of rugby’s showpiece tournament. Their run to the quarter-finals of the first World Cup […]

TOKYO – There was never any shortage of courage, but not even the bravest of blossoms could punch through Springbok brawn on Sunday as South Africa reached the Rugby World Cup semi-finals by beating Japan 26-3 and ending their dream run at their home tournament. In what was a first World Cup quarter-final for the […]

Tennis great Roger Federer has shown his support for South Africa, his mother’s homeland, by sending a video message wishing the Springboks good luck as they face Japan in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals. Watch below as Springbok captain Siya Kolisi reacts to the message during an interview with CNN. Federer, who has both […]

It’s what parents have feared for years… Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. J&J shares fell more than 6% to close at $127.70. This […]

Political thriller Trackers, one of world famous South African author Deon Meyer’s most popular books, has been adapted for the screen. And it’s going to be a wild ride.  Political intrigue, smugglers, assassins, romance – Trackers has it all. Plus, it has a killer cast and the expertise of an international production and distribution team.  […]

While most kids in South Africa dream of having things like cell phones and tablets, the top of these children’s wish list in Graaf Reinet is simply… water. And this week they got it. Watch below as the children’s joy bubbles over when the always amazing Gift of the Givers successfully drilled the seventh borehole […]

Nicholas Ninow, convicted of raping a seven year old girl in the bathroom at a Dros restaurant in Silverton in Pretoria last September, has been sentenced to life in prison. He was also sentenced to five years for the use of drugs and another five years for defeating the ends of justice. The gallery in […]

South Africans on social media are applauding an extremely brave Cape Town man who risked his own life to save a woman while she was being raped by two men. The hero – Radius Masukume – was stabbed multiple times during the rescue. According to community organisation Keep The Energy, the incident occurred on 10 […]

The time for making a decision on how to deal with the fundamental tax change for South Africans earning foreign income abroad is fast running out. The change to section 10(1)(o)(ii) – the foreign income exemption – will become effective in about six months’ time. South African tax residents will then be taxed on all […]

Parents and the community of Eastwood in Pietermaritzburg are urging the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to deploy more security at Eastwood Secondary School. The call comes after grade 11 learner Hershel Fynn was stabbed to death outside the school gate on Tuesday. According to learners, the 18-year-old boy was killed after he confronted another learner […]

After a five-year wait and over a hundred objections from residents, the Gordon’s Bay Islamic Society in South Africa has been given the green light to begin construction on what will be the seaside town’s first mosque. “We are elated,” said Cassim Peer, Islamic Society Chairperson. “We are very pleased that justice had prevailed here.” […]