People complain of poor and rude service and long queues at state clinics in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, while at the Bedford Orthopaedic Hospital patients say they wait weeks for surgery. By Mkhuseli Sizani All five clinics in Mthatha have slow service and long queues. Patients in Bedford Orthopaedic Hospital in Mthatha say they wait weeks […]

“Credited with pulling (South Africa) from the brink of civil war, those who would valorise FW de Klerk argue his political contribution is underappreciated. Others say his hand was forced by shifting global power dynamics.  Whatever his motives as its leader, is it possible to ignore the role he played in a National Party determined […]

A fantastic new coding game created in South Africa, called RANGERS, is introducing learners without computers to coding and at the same time informing them about the challenge of game poaching in Africa. The RANGERS coding game has the same coding complexity as award-winning TANKS, but with a Game Poaching theme. According to Prof Jean […]

Bafana Bafana’s 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign continued in fine form this evening at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. The Sou!th African national football team beat Zimbabwe 1-0. South Africa needed the win to keep themselves ahead of Ghana in order to finish at the top of Group G. Bafana Bafana tweeted: “FULL TIME at […]

Reeva Steenkamp’s parents, Barry and June Steenkamp, are apparently “very emotional” at the prospect of meeting up face-to-face with Oscar Pistorius (34), the man who killed their daughter in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, 2013. As  reported on Monday, Pistorius is eligible for parole, and part of that process includes a successful ‘Victim Offender […]

On 18 March 2006, former President Nelson Mandela delivered this powerful speech on the occasion of the 70th birthday of former President FW de Klerk, who died today. Watch below. In the speech, Mandela said: “FW you and I have shared in some not too unimportant events over the last decade and a half. I […]

Before passing away today, former SA President FW de Klerk filmed a message for all South Africans in which he unequivocally apologised for the pain and suffering caused by apartheid. He said despite apologising on several occasions, that while some believed him, others didn’t. He admitted that in his younger years he defended “separate development” […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he learnt with “great sadness” today of the passing of South Africa’s former Deputy President and former State President Frederik Willem “FW” de Klerk. The Presidency issued a statement saying: “The Former Deputy President passed away earlier today, Thursday, 11 November 2021, after an extended period of illness. He was 85 […]

Barbie, yesterday, announced a collaboration with celebrated SA fashion designer Gert-Johan Coetzee, who has created a new ready to wear South African-inspired collection, and couture dress made specifically to fit the number one fashion doll in the world. The Barbie Loves Gert collection, comprised of 31 looks, celebrates the uniqueness of South Africans. This is […]

With Christmas coming up, you may find yourself inadvertently breaking the law by sending cash, local face creams, biltong or jewellery to friends or family abroad. The South African Post Office (SAPO) has warned customers against posting prohibited items (see list below) overseas as it dramatically delays outgoing mail. The Post Office said there have […]

South Africa’s last white President, FW de Klerk, has passed away at the age of 85. The FW de Klerk Foundation released the following statement on his passing: It is with the deepest sadness that the FW de Klerk Foundation must announce that former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye […]

Suspects have made off with R200-million worth of confiscated cocaine from Hawks’ offices in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Hawks – South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) which targets organised crime and corruption – claims the incident took place sometime between Friday at 16h00 and Monday 07h00, and that their offices were ransacked. The […]

The parents of the Moti brothers – Zia, Alaan, Zayyad and little Zidan – are “overjoyed” by the safe return of their four sons who were abducted 22 days ago, by armed men on their way to school in South Africa. In a message posted to Auto Moti (the family business) in the early hours […]

A 47-year-old Dutch tourist narrowly missed losing his testicles in South Africa, after a cobra bit him whilst he was sitting on the toilet. The snouted cobra (Naja annulifera) bit the man while he was holidaying on a nature reserve in SA. Apparently he spotted the snake at the bottom of the toilet bowl just […]

The Chancellor of the National Orders and Director-General in The Presidency Ms Phindile Baleni today announced the names of those South Africans – and eminent foreign nationals – who will be awarded National Orders by President Cyril Ramaphosa at a ceremony on 18 November 2021. Amongst the names are some who bravely sacrificed their own […]

Medical experts in SA are attempting to get the message out to South Africans that it is beneficial to take the COVID-19 vaccine, as they try to address vaccine hesitancy in the country which has been largely fuelled by social media posts and WhatsApp messages based on misinformation. Adverse side effects are one of the […]

Twenty-five years ago, a Khayelitsha community member saw that his neighbours did not know how to care for their pets. He took a shopping trolly and went door-to-door, feeding dogs and cats and educating people on their pets’ needs. Mr Joe Manchu soon attracted volunteers including many community children. A bath was donated which was […]

Our faulty approach to life sentences is catching up with us. Our prisons are crowded with “lifers”, at great cost to us all. By Edwin Cameron Long prison sentences – especially life sentences – are not the answer to our country’s disturbing problem of violent crime. And wrong policy on this has given us another, […]

The Wife is one of the most hotly anticipated shows in South Africa, with ‘fan anticipation’ being like nothing Showmax has seen before. With the first three episodes dropping tomorrow, here’s what author Dudu Busani-Dube has to say. See the Q&A below. The Johannesburg Review of Books calls Dudu “a publishing phenomenon.” She’s become the […]

Yesterday, Tuesday 9 November, a giant puppet called Little Amal – who was created by a South African company – was centre stage at the Glasgow COP26 talks. After walking thousands of miles across Europe from Turkey, Little Amal reached the COP26 talks to raise awareness of the plight of refugee children on the front […]

Elon Musk hinted on Oct. 31, 2021, perhaps jokingly, that he might be willing to donate US$6 billion of his fortune to pay for hunger relief. But there was a catch: The United Nations would have to prove that it can solve world hunger “right now.” His comments responded to a challenge U.N. World Food […]

There’s light at the end of the tunnel! Eskom has announced it will REDUCE loadshedding to Stage 3 from 05:00 on Wednesday until Friday 05:00. Thereafter Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented as previously communicated until 05:00 on Saturday. In a media briefing on Tuesday (watch below) Eskom Group Chief Executive, André de Ruyter, announced […]

South African soprano Elza van den Heever has been named as a recipient of the 17th Annual Opera News Awards. The 42-year-old will be celebrated, along with two other singers from the US, for her achievement in opera at the Awards Gala on 3 April 2022. Elza – who is based in France and is […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African officials are investigating an alarming rise in seal deaths along the west coast near Cape Town, with malnutrition one potential cause. A Reuters photographer saw scores of seal carcasses on beaches in Cape Town and along the rugged Atlantic Ocean coastline north of the city last week. Several more […]

Shell – multinational oil and gas company – has announced it will start a seismic survey in search of oil or gas deposits from South Africa’s beautiful Morgans Bay to Port St Johns on December 1 at the earliest. The survey will include a vessel operated by Shell Exploration and Production SA’s hirelings, Shearwater GeoServices, […]