Legendary South African Country music singer Lance James has sadly passed away at the age of 81. The star – known as ‘Big Daddy’ – had fallen and broken his hip earlier this year during a hospital visit, and had been in Intensive Care ever since. His PR agent Lydia Winchester confirmed that James passed […]

On Sunday morning over a hundred law enforcement officers took part in an operation on Greenmarket Square to remove the belongings of the refugees who are living outside the Central Methodist Mission, and usher them away from the area. This was an attempt by the City of Cape Town to end a nearly six-month long […]

Eskom has announced that no load shedding is expected on Monday and the possibility of power cuts during the week is also low. “We are utilising emergency generation reserves to supplement power, as we had more unplanned breakdowns [on Saturday],” Eskom said on Sunday. Eskom said additional generation units would return to service on Sunday. […]

The South African Government has outlined ‘stringent’ plans to repatriate South Africans from the Coronavirus-hit Wuhan City in China. “We have been able to ascertain that there are approximately 199 South Africans living in Wuhan and of those, 147 have indicated a wish to be repatriated,” said the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. Amongst […]

The petrol price will again come down by between 19 and 54 cents a litre this week. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced a 19 cent decrease in the price of 93 (ULP and LRP) and 95 (ULP and LRP) as of Wednesday. Meanwhile, both grades of diesel (0.05% Sulphur) and diesel (0.005% […]

The director of Kronendal Music Academy in South Africa has published a heartbreaking message on social media, following the rape and murder of one of the Hout Bay NPO’s pupils, Sibusiso Thorn Dakuse. The young boy from Mandela Park (who was reportedly 12) went missing on Wednesday 26 February 2020, before his body was tragically […]

South Africa fought back from 19-0 down to beat Fiji 29-24 in extra time and win the final of the Los Angeles Sevens on Sunday. In an incredible contest between two of sevens rugby’s powerhouses, Fiji looked set to be cruising to victory after scoring three first-half tries to race to a 19-point lead. However, […]

About a hundred housing activists marched on to the green at Rondebosch Golf Club on Saturday morning calling on the City of Cape Town to prioritise building affordable housing for poor and working class people. Led by Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City, the activists wore red regalia, carried red flags and a big banner […]

NBC has published video footage from 30 years ago, filmed just days after Nelson Mandela was released from prison – on 11 February 1990 – after serving 27 years. NBC News’ Tom Brokaw met with Mandela at his home in Soweto where Mandela spoke honestly about the loneliness of life in prison and the friends […]

A baby springbok named Missy is the luckiest Bokkie in South Africa. She has been saved not once, but twice, by a Stilbaai farmer who has the hugest heart. It all began on 23 October 2019… as South Africa’s Springbok team was making headlines in their final campaign to secure the Rugby World Cup in […]

World record holder and Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk continued his comeback from an injury-enforced layoff when winning the 400m title at the Free State Championships under difficult conditions in Bloemfontein on Saturday. In cold, wet and windy conditions, Van Niekerk floated out the blocks and coasted around the track to secure a convincing victory […]

South Africa’s Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, has had a busy and sad day paying his respects to two children, tragically killed in separate incidents in the Western Cape… but both revealing a society that is broken. Eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk was killed by a neighbour she thought was a friend, earlier this month. […]

Residents and tourists to Cape Town in South Africa have been enjoying the most exciting day of the Cape Town Pride Calendar today – the Parade and Mardi Gras which marks the final day of the 10-day Cape Town Pride festival. Fabulous floats and live performances created the perfect atmosphere at this year’s parade in […]

The winds are howling in the Western Cape, bringing large waves to the coastline, and hampering firefighting efforts overnight. Nigel Riley captured these amazing photos of the waves at Kalk Bay Harbour on Saturday morning. “The South Easter is back,” he said. #DutoitskloofFire Meanwhile the Du Toitskloof Fire continues to burn and spread for the […]

The Dusi Canoe Marathon pre-race favourites, Andy Birkett and Khumbulani Nzimande, took the men’s honours while Cana Peek and Christie Mackenzie won the ladies stage despite a few incidents on Thursday. Euro Steel’s Birkett and Nzimande played their cards close to their chests during the first half of the stage and while the Cape crew […]

The large Du Toitskloof fire in Paarl, South Africa, has continued to rage for a fourth day, its billowing clouds of smoke visible over Cape Town. The fire broke out on Tuesday, and while firefighters managed to get another fire at Franschhoek under control, the Du Toitskloof Fire has continued to blaze, with strong winds […]

For two months late last year, the deadly antibiotic resistant CRE (Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae), ravaged the maternity ward of Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng killing 10 babies. But this wasn’t the first time that a number of infants have died in the same period inside a public health facility in South Africa. Carte Blanche investigates the hospitals […]

Supporters of 70,000 sheep facing a horrendous journey to Kuwait, as well as the sheep themselves, were dealt a devastating blow today when the court decided not to step in and prevent the live export of the sheep from South Africa. The live export of sheep for Kuwait-based meat supplier Al Mawashi is due to […]

Five men stood in court today accused of the brutal execution of Heila Kilian in April 2018 on a homestead just outside Stilbaai (Still Bay) in the Western Cape, South Africa. Witness Shaun Vorster described the terror and torture of the night’s events. The crime – almost two years ago – was so horrific it […]

Beyers Coetzee had a dream to see the elephants of Mawana Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, live out their days in peaceful co-existence… writes Louzel Lombard Steyn. He hoped to establish a reserve where ecology and community thrived. In the end, it was a dream he gave his life for. The 45-year-old conservationist was […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has at last directed the repatriation of South African citizens from Wuhan city in Hubei province, China… as other news comes to light that two South Africans working aboard the Japanese Diamond Princess Cruise Ship have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). According to a statement from the SA Health Department, 12 of […]

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the tragic murder of seven-year-old Emaan Solomons – and a 31-year-old man – in Ocean View, Cape Town in South Africa, earlier this week. The community, near Kommetjie, was devastated and angered when the young girl was shot whilst playing in her own yard… caught in the […]

In a segment on his award-winning The Daily Show, South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah says: “The coronavirus is the worst global pandemic since Baby Shark” and asks (with tongue in cheek): “Is this how we die?” The talk show host also shares footage from around the world on leaders responding to the epidemic […]

The prohibition of waste pickers from accessing the Coastal Park Landfill Site near Muizenberg saw an initial confrontation with security guards on Tuesday 18 February escalate to a group of about 100 people fighting to get in at about 7pm – sunset – last Wednesday 19 February. Reinforcements were called in the next day and […]

The Basic Education Department (DBE) has suspended with immediate effect the serving of canned pilchards as part of the national school nutrition menu across all schools in the country. The decision follows a recent order by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications that all formal wholesalers, retailers and informal traders remove and stop selling the […]