With a strike by pilots at Lufthansa today (Friday 2 September), hundreds of the German airline’s flights have been cancelled affecting an estimated 130,000 passengers, including those from South Africa. Passenger Liane Dickson was due to fly to Amsterdam from Johannesburg via Frankfurt, but the second leg of her flight was cancelled before she left […]

US President Joe Biden will welcome South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, USA, on Friday 16 September. In a statement issued by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, she said: “The leaders, building on their productive call in April and the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue in August, will discuss opportunities […]

The South African Cabinet has approved the replacement of the current Driving Licence Card to a one with more secure design features. As announced by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula earlier this year, the current card will be phased out over a five-year period, with the government also looking at extending the renewal period of the […]

The ANC Parliamentary Caucus has issued the following statement on the “matter of an outstanding follow-up and supplementary questions to the President arising from Question time on 30 August 2022”. The ANC Caucus says it is not surprised by the “factually misleading statements” made on social media platforms by the leader of the United Democratic […]

EAST LONDON, South Africa (Reuters) – Twenty one young people who died in a tavern tragedy in June were suffocated, five parents said on Thursday, relaying to reporters what health department officials told them was the conclusion of an official probe. The youths — the youngest of whom was a 13-year-old girl — died in […]

South African model and actress Charlbi Dean Kriek‘s brother, Alex Jacobs, has told Rolling Stone magazine that his sister’s sudden death in New York on Monday was likely caused by an alleged “viral infection in her lungs” and had nothing to do with Covid vaccines, as has been claimed by anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists. The anti-vaxxers’ […]

The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast. By Tania Broughton. The High Court has ruled that the exploration rights granted to Impact Africa and Shell along the Wild Coast were unlawful. The judges said there was “no meaningful consultation” with interested and affected parties prior to the award […]

Pieter Coetze picked up at the Fina World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru where he had left off at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 18-year-old South African stormed to a new Championship record in the first heat of the men’s 100m backstroke, a race that coupled as a semi-final. The teenager dipped under […]

A German family on a dream holiday in Namibia were tragically all killed, along with their pilot, when their light aircraft plunged nose-first into a river… just moments after take-off. UPDATE 23 May 2023: Details emerge about why plane crashed in Namibia killing German family and South African pilot. Father-of-two Thomas Rings, 59, wife Dr […]

What looks like a dilapidated bus standing in the school yard of Sindawonye Primary School, next to the R75 in Coega, Eastern Cape, is in fact used as a classroom. The school has 79 learners from grade R to 6, too many grades and learners to teach properly in its two small classrooms, which are […]

A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province – which borders Zimbabwe – berating a Zimbabwean woman who was seeking healthcare. Responses have been divided. Some have called for Phophi Ramathuba to step down on the grounds that verbally abusing a patient […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s outright refusal to answer a question around the Phala Phala debacle posed to him in today’s sitting of the National Assembly, is indistinguishable from the horror South Africans witnessed in the Zuma era where both the Presidency and the Speaker broke parliament to shield a sitting president from accountability… writes JOHN STEENHUISEN, […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday, aged 91. He will be buried besides his beloved wife Raisa who died in 1999. Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as […]

South African super model and actress Charlbi Dean Kriek has tragically passed away at the age of 32. According to friends on social media, she passed away suddenly last night (29 August). No cause of death has yet been disclosed, although Rolling Stone magazine said it was an “unexpected sudden illness”, and that she died […]

An Alberton mom has won a significant court battle against her medical aid scheme forcing it to pay for an expensive drug that her three-year-old son needs to treat a rare inherited genetic disorder. A mother desperate to save her son has secured an interim order forcing Medihelp Medical Scheme to pay for an expensive […]

JOHANNESBURG – This week, South Africans fell in love with Joseph Kagiso Ndlovu after his Comrades proposal went viral. Ndlovu pulled out a sign which read, “Prudence, will you marry me? Run 90k for you”, as he finished the marathon – and had the whole country talking. In an interview on Jacaranda FM’s Breakfast With […]

Talented young utility back Canan Moodie will make his Springbok debut against Australia in Sydney in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on Saturday as injuries and the desire to try a few new player combinations saw head coach Jacques Nienaber include eight new players in the starting team. Handre Pollard, Lukhanyo Am and Pieter-Steph du […]

The first eyewitness to a fire in a nursery that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were using for son Archie during a royal visit to South Africa has come forward to confirm the story. The unnamed security source was reported by The Citizen newspaper to be close to the Duchess of Sussex and was attached to […]

British movie star Idris Elba says he not only wants to make more films in Africa, but wants to help develop the film industry on the continent. The 49-year-old actor stars in the new movie ‘Beast’, which has been entirely shot in South Africa, and revealed that he wants to pave the way for more major […]

Skukuza Golf Club is making news abroad after golfers at the “world’s wildest course” had to stop play until a “hazard” was cleared away from the third hole. The hazard included two angry lions, 20 hungry hyenas and an unfortunate giraffe. WATCH Videos below. Early birds about to tee-off at the Skukuza Golf Club in […]

Global superstar Sting will be heading to South Africa in February 2023 to perform a special My Songs concert in Cape Town and Pretoria, it has been confirmed. Tickets go on sale this Friday, 2 September, at 9am. Sting’s My Songs concert is touted as an exuberant and dynamic show featuring his most beloved songs, […]

The Department of Employment and Labour has called on domestic workers, who continue to be paid below the national minimum wage (NMW), to report such violations to the department. The department’s Deputy Director: Advocacy and Stakeholder Relations, Caroline Kwetepane, said three years since the introduction of the NMW, some employers are still exploiting and violating […]

South African professional golfer Paula Reto on Sunday (28 August) won the CP Women’s Open in Canada, her first LPGA Tour win! The 32-year-old, who has scooped $352,500 in prize money, began the tournament on Thursday in the lead – accomplishing a course-record of 9-under 62 in that first round -before dropping to second and […]

South Africa’s Louis Meintjes made a dream come true today (Sunday 28 August) – winning stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana race in Spain, the biggest victory in his career so far. Speaking after his big win, Louis said he still needed time to let the victory set in, but revealed: “I’ve never been […]

A former security guard from Mahikeng in South Africa’s North West province – Tete Morena Dijana – has won the 95th Comrades Marathon in KZN today, Sunday 28 August 2022. It was an incredible day for thousands of competitors and viewers, including over 2,000 international runners who travelled to South Africa to take part in […]