If you are upset that South Africa’s Charlize Theron didn’t get nominated by the Academy Awards for her brilliant performance in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, that’s nothing compared to the racial furore that’s been caused by people of colour having been overlooked, with two well-known movie industry members saying they won’t attend the 2016 Oscar awards in […]

A senior member of Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters will represent well-known radio personality Gareth Cliff in his lawsuit against M-Net claiming he was unfairly dismissed from Idols SA for a tweet he posted apparently did not showing empathy. Cliff will be represented by Dali Mpofu, according to news reports. Mpofu left the African National Congress to join the EFF in 2013, […]

President Jacob Zuma has officially said he made a mistake about Africa being the biggest continent in the world. It is, he admits, the second biggest in terms of population after Asia. In a statement released on Monday, the Presidency referred to a speech Zuma made on 9 December at a dinner in Sandton, where he said […]

The former Idols SA judge Gareth Cliff, who was one of several people publicly taken to task in past weeks for remarks they made on social media over the racial debate, has sued the TV channel M-Net for firing him, according to a news report. On Monday it was reported that the radio personality was suing […]

While some of us are having Sunday breakfast, reading the papers and maybe enjoying a Sunday stroll…South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – founder of companies like PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla electric car – will be monitoring the progress of his Falcon 9 rocket, hoping engineers will be able to guide this one to land safely […]

The six-storey banner saying #ZumaMustFall that went up on Friday at the top of Long Street in Cape Town – resulting in pictures of it being shared on social media over a million times in the first hour (according to the campaign’s facebook page) – has been torn down by African National Congress (ANC) supporters after the […]

Baleka Mbete, the speaker of Parliament, is to receive an award named after Martin Luther King – leader of the African-American civil rights movement – in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C., on Sunday. The Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service is bestowed annually by a Washington-based health organisation – the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & […]

The Joburg Open golf tournament began yesterday at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Course in Linksfield North. This is the 10th time the city is hosting the contest, which ends on Sunday 17 January. “It has proven its value as a highly successful event to market Johannesburg to a huge international audience,” said Bongi Mokaba, the […]

Celine Dion’s husband and former manager René Angelil, who sadly passed away today, was a man whose generosity not only helped launch his wife’s incredible musical career…but helped so many children in South Africa too. René (73) died at the Canadian couple’s home in Las Vegas – where Celine has been performing against since last year after taking a long […]

JOHANNESBURG –  U.S. rapper Mos Def has been arrested at Cape Town International Airport, and his family have been given two weeks to leave the country, according to news reports. The Department of Home Affairs said on Friday that Mos Def, 42, was accused of contravening immigration laws. He has been living in the country […]

CAPE TOWN – Motorists driving up Long Street in the Cape Town city centre today have been distracted – and amused or annoyed – by a massive banner that has been draped down the side of a corner building declaring “Zuma Must Fall”. No one has taken responsibility for the huge, six-storey, black-and-white banner, but it […]

MIDRAND – At the kick-off for the highly anticipated 2016 municipal elections – which could see several major metropolitan areas change leadership – the Independent Electoral Commission of SA said on Thursday the first voter registration weekend will take place on March 5-6. The election date still has to be confirmed by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the tragic passing away of a field ranger in the world famous Kruger National Park. Whilst on active anti-poaching patrol, the field ranger was accidentally shot by a colleague after they were charged by a lone buffalo bull at a very short distance in the Malelane section. In […]

More than two-thirds of adult South Africans are confident that all population groups in the country should enjoy a happy future, according to a new survey released this week. The data was collected by the research company Ipsos among 3,617 randomly chosen adult South Africans who were interviewed face-to-face in their homes and home languages from mid-September […]

Passengers on flights to Asia are allegedly being targeted by thieves midair, and Hong Kong police say that as much as $4.5 million has been stolen from international passengers in less than a year, according to news reports. SAA is reportedly investigating claims by a passenger from Johannesburg to the Chinese city that he had R30,000 ($1 200 and £420) […]

A diplomat at the South African embassy in Oslo, Norway, has been recalled home after allegedly crashing an embassy car while driving under the influence of alcohol, according to news reports. “We can confirm that we now have received a response (from the South African Embassy) that South African authorities will call home the diplomat suspected of drunk […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has strongly condemned President Jacob Zuma for signing into law amendments to the way pensions can be paid out, calling it “an outrageous and blatant act of provocation by the ANC-led government”. Zuma hit back at the unions on Thursday saying he had not acted unilaterally when signing […]

The South African Parliament will discuss the possibility of regulating over-the-top forms of communication, which include services like WhatsApp and Skype, it was reported on Wednesday. OTT services allow users to send messages and make calls over data networks, often at lower costs than traditional telephone calls or SMS. They have been growing rapidly in the South Africa, […]

A British newspaper reported on Wednesday that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe may have suffered a heart attack, although commentators say the rumour is an annual occurrence and should not be taken seriously. The Daily Star in Britain, referring to “reports in Africa” as its sources – which could have been the Zimbabwean news site Zim Eye – said […]

The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service have continued to monitor the hotspots amid an increase in the number of fires reported around the Peninsula in recent days. A crew of 50 Fire and Rescue Service members, supported by various other agencies, are maintaining a presence in Red Hill, Scarborough, Misty Cliffs, Ocean View […]

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has paid tribute to late musician David Bowie for championing the struggle for equality. “He spoke out and pointed out uncomfortable truths to those around him about racism. In so doing, he was an agent of change and a trailblazer in many different ways,” Minister Mthethwa said. Bowie passed […]

South Africa experienced a rise in the number of travellers in and out of the Republic during the festive season and turned back “only 0.6%” of foreign minors, according to a statement by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba at a media briefing in Johannesburg today. The minister convened the meeting to clarify the traveller figures […]

The number of people who died on South African roads in December to January rose 14 percent, up to 1,755, compared to the same period the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the Department of Transport. The Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters told reporters on Tuesday that between 1 December and 11 January, there […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius filed papers to appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a family spokesperson told Reuters on Monday. The athlete, nicknamed “Blade Runner” because of the prosthetic legs he uses to race, has spent the last three months under house arrest at his uncle’s home […]

A day after President Jacob Zuma said that South Africa and markets overreacted to his sacking of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene, which caused economic havoc, the Democratic Alliance has been allowed to go ahead with a debate on a motion of no-confidence in Zuma. Leader of the DA Mmusi Maimane said on Monday that Speaker Baleka Mbete […]