PRETORIA – The office of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a statement in response to several media queries regarding the allegation that he had met with business people – including billionaire Johan Rupert – following the appointment of Des Van Rooyen, and the subsequent appointment of Pravin Gordhan, as minister of finance in South Africa. The […]

Barely two weeks after a horrific terror attack on a beach resort in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, a collective of singers in the country have come together to sing words telling the terrorists that they won’t give in to fear after the attack. The Grand Bassam attack left at least 16 people dead when the terrorists, apparently […]

A new investigative report has drawn together information that either directly or circumstantially connects the Gupta family to numerous key players in Eskom and Transnet. The Friday report by Amabhungane, the investigative arm of the Mail & Guardian, included an extensive chart that was republished on Twtter of the links that “are indisputable in some cases, and circumstantial […]

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) has grown from 82 on Wednesday to over 150, endorsing a statement which condemns the killing of a Wild Coast resident who opposed the mining of a stretch of the Eastern Cape shore by an Australian mining house. The statement calls for mining to be suspended while an investigation […]

Lots of people might make fun of Klippies and Coke, but South Africa’s Klipdrift Brandy has just taken the top award in an international brandy competition. The World Brandy Awards announced on Thursday that Klipdrift Premium was its best brandy of the year. It also won for best brandy aged 2-3 years. Van Ryn’s Distillers […]

It’s all happening underwater in Stellenbosch this week as South Africa plays host to the Underwater Hockey World Champs. The round robin action kicks off this morning, with the SA teams looking good after achieving individual team wins against Argentina, Australia, Canada and France during the warm-up games earlier this week. The event, which began on Monday, and sees […]

South African surfer Bianca Buitendag beat six-time World Champion Stephanie Gilmore from Australia today, to secure herself a place in Round 3 of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach in Australia… on what must have been a difficult day for the 22-year-old. It was a year ago today that Bianca’s father, former provincial surfer Colin Buitendag, tragically […]

British Airways will start flying to Cape Town from Gatwick airport later in 2016, adding to the existing daily flights from London’s Heathrow, the airline announced on Thursday. The (northern hemisphere) winter-only flight, which starts in November, will join the two flights a day that already fly to Cape Town from Heathrow. BA also flies twice daily to […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African fashion retailer The Foschini Group said on Thursday it had acquired all the shares in high street chain Whistles for an undisclosed sum. Foschini, which last year bought clothing, footwear and accessories retailer Phase Eight, said in a statement it has acquired Whistles’ 46 stores and online retail business through its […]

PRETORIA – The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department has called on international travellers, who will be visiting South Africa during the Easter holidays, to comply with the country’s import requirements for agricultural and related regulated products. “Compliance will assist our country in preventing and/or minimising the potential risk of introducing alien invasive species, foreign pests and […]

More than half of South Africa’s population is urbanized – as much as 64 percent, in fact – and most of these people are under the age of 40, according to recently released figures. Based on the 2015 City Brand and the Mastercard African Cities Growth indices, South Africa’s five major cities are home to over 15 million residents. Johannesburg, […]

Anyone watching news reports in England, the US or Australia these days might be struck by a growing phenomenon – South African accents. More and more journalists from South Africa are either taking the anchor seat on leading international news programmes or reporting for them from hot spots around the world. Whether it’s on an […]

My best friend died in a field of cosmos one Easter in South Africa. She was thrown from the back of the car in which she was sitting, as it hurtled into a broken-down vehicle ahead of it. She was on her way back to Joburg from the bush, and admiring the flowers seconds before they […]

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia said on Tuesday it will send a team to retrieve a piece of debris found along the southern coast of South Africa to check whether it could belong to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The wreckage, discovered near the town of Mosselbay on Tuesday, could be from an “inlet cowling” of an […]

South African President Jacob Zuma has jetted into Europe, on a day when the continent has again been shocked by terrorist attacks. The Islamic State (IS) group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks, in Brussels today that killed more than 30 people, and injured over 180. A South African teenager, studying in Europe, told SAPeople he and […]

The Gupta family said today in a statement that it welcomes the decision of the ANC to investigate the alleged capture of the state by any business entities. In response to the release of the ‘Statement of the African National Congress following the National Executive Committee meeting held 18-20 March’, the Gupta family said: “The Gupta […]

South Africans have long known how fantastic DJ Black Coffee is…but this weekend the Durbanite got the ultimate ‘cool’ seal of approval – from American star P Diddy, who posted photos and videos of Black Coffee on various social media platforms. The 40-year-old SA house trailblazer – born Nkosinathi Maphumulo – was killing it yesterday from Arcadia Spider […]

The South African Presidency has rejected a story published by Independent Newspapers about an alleged imminent Cabinet reshuffle by the President during the coming week. In the newspaper report it was claimed that President Zuma is planning to remove the following members from Cabinet: Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel, […]

Oakbay Investments – the holding company for the Gupta family’s businesses in South Africa – has vehemently denied allegations claimed by Themba Maseko in today’s Sunday Times newspaper. In the report Maseko, who is former Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) CEO, claims that the South African president, Jacob Zuma, urged him in 2010 to meet […]

Chris Morris restored the dignity of the Proteas pace attack with his first ever four-wicket haul in the shortest format to get South Africa’s ICC World Twenty20 campaign off the ground with a 37-run victory over Afghanistan at Mumbai’s Wankede Stadium on Sunday. After the Proteas had become the first team in the history of […]

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Wits Education Honours graduate Ntandoyenkosi Kunene was crowned Miss South Africa at the beauty pageant held at Carnival City on Saturday night. The 23-year-old hails from Mpumalanga (and was crowned Miss Mpumalanga in 2013). Ntando has said in interviews that being a beauty queen is about more than looks – it’s about inspiring young women and children. […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the ANC to “do the honourable thing” this weekend at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting…and recall South African President Jacob Zuma. In a message today, federal leader of the DA Mmusi Maimane said that “following this week’s explosive revelations by senior ANC members pertaining to President Zuma’s […]

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was on Friday approached by an order of Catholic priests and brothers to conduct a systemic investigation into the involvement of the Gupta family in state affairs and the award of contracts to companies linked to the family. Madonsela’s office also said Friday that following a complaint by the Democratic Alliance, her […]

Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela has confirmed that she was on Friday approached by the Dominican Order to conduct a systemic investigation into the involvement of the Gupta family in state affairs, and the award of contracts to companies linked to the family. According to a press statement on the Public Protector’s website the Dominican […]