A rousing 14-man fightback by the Springboks fell agonizingly short as France ended a run of seven successive defeats by the Boks with a 30-26 (halftime 16-10) victory at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille on Saturday night. The Boks played for 58 minutes with 14 men – after Pieter Steph du Toit was red carded […]

He contracted HIV and was forcibly tattooed while in jail. Now he has been awarded R2-million in damages. By Tania Broughton   A man accused of housebreaking spent two years and one month in prison before charges were withdrawn. While in jail he contracted HIV and he was forcibly tattooed. The man sued the Minister […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of a disabled 12-year-old who was buried without an autopsy or a death certificate. Nondumiso Zondi, who had Cerebral Palsy, died on Saturday in Coffee Farm, KZN, and was immediately buried at his home on Sunday. The […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this weekend. You can watch the show on Sunday 13 November in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 15 November if you’re abroad. South African Cricket: All Choked Up Another year, another debacle for South African cricket. After […]

Immediately following the publication of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Khampepe report – which equated the Afrikaans language with racism and urged its total abolition – the Democratic Alliance (DA) wrote a letter to Het Jan Marias Fonds, which is the founding donor of the university. This fund is divided into two trusts: one of which is […]

The City of Cape Town has become South Africa’s first city to be accredited as a Ramsar Wetland City. The announcement was made at the 14th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, being held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 13 November 2022. The city is […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Kenyans will now be able to enter South Africa visa free for a period of 90 days, following an agreement that was reaching on the ‘thorny issue’ during his official state visit to the African country. During the visit several Memoranda of Understanding and agreements were signed between the […]

The South African Government has expressed sadness and shock at the death of TV and radio personality Pearl Shongwe who passed away in her sleep on Tuesday. In a statement, the SA government sent its condolences to Shongwe’s family, friends and colleagues in the media industry. At the time of her passing, Shongwe was a […]

South Africa’s Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has called for vigilance and caution amid heavy rains experienced in several parts of the country. Her department has also issued safety tips. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a warning for widespread rain, as well as embedded thunderstorms with prospects […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) is increasing surveillance at Kruger National Park (KNP) entry gates as part of the festive season anti-crime prevention. SANParks said in a statement on Thursday that these measures are called for because bofy the recent spike in poaching, especially snaring and poisoning which is indiscriminate and kills any animal that […]

Showmax is launching Season 3 of its biggest show ever – The Wife – this Thursday, Season 3 of SA’s award-winning Best Comedy – Tali’s Joburg Diary – next Friday, and the streaming service’s best crime series yet – Donkerbos – nearer the end of the month. All are available for South Africans abroad (in […]

Ulster Rugby announced today that South Africa’s loosehead prop, Steven Kitshoff, will be joining the Irish club. The club said that after much speculation, the 30-year-old prop “who stormed to success in the 2019 Rugby World Cup as part of the infamous ‘Bomb Squad’, is to officially become one of the Ulster men on a […]

Environmental activists want all exploration stopped. By Liezl Human. Environmental activist organisation The Green Connection is appealing to the presidency and government to ban all offshore oil and gas exploration amidst a sudden rush of applications for exploration rights. Offshore oil and gas applications are currently “expanding and intensifying”, according to Adrian Pole, legal consultant […]

Portugal is seriously considering ending its much coveted ‘Golden Visa’ programme, which has been used by numerous wealthy South Africans to move abroad and gain an EU passport. Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, announced last week at a tech event in Lisbon that the scheme, which has been running for almost 10 years, has fulfilled […]

Ekurhuleni serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi has been found guilty, but sentencing has been postponed until December when it will be handed down in the Pretoria High Court sitting in Palm Ridge, thus ending a nine-year reign of terror in which he raped at least 93 victims. Phakathi was found guilty of 90 counts of rape, […]

South Africa, France and Germany have signed loan agreements for the two European nations to each extend €300 million in concessional financing to South Africa to support the country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on coal through a just transition to cleaner energy sources. In a statement on Wednesday, SA’s National Treasury said the French […]

A high court interdict granted in the Western Cape High Court earlier this year that stopped development of the R4.6-billion River Club development, has been rescinded. This was because it was obtained “through fraud”. Judges Elizabeth Baartman, Hayley Slingers and James Lekhuleni ruled on Tuesday that Tauriq Jenkins, who purported to act on behalf of […]

The United Kingdom has announced a significant increase in its financial support to the poorest African countries that bear the brunt of climate change. Speaking alongside African leaders at COP27 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly confirmed the UK will provide £200 million to the African Development Bank […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told world leaders at the United Nations climate talks that commitments made during climate change negotiations must be honoured. Delivering the country statement on Tuesday, the President said Africa needs to build adaptive capacity, foster resilience and address loss and damage, as agreed at Paris COP 21. The two-day Climate Implementation […]

Tributes have poured in for popular radio and TV personality Pearl Shongwe who has died at the age of 35. Pearl’s family confirmed her passing in a statement, saying: “It is with great sadness that the Shongwe family announces the untimely passing of our beloved daughter, Ntombifuthi Pearl Shongwe. She passed away in her sleep.” […]

This is the bizarre moment a passenger jumped out of his car whilst visiting the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and ran into the bush after becoming scared by a massive elephant nearby! The incident – which caused a lot of laughter in the car behind – took place on Thursday, 3 November. Shannon Melville, 26, was on […]

A Harmony Gold employee tragically lost his life on Monday morning, 7 Novemember 2022, following a “fall of ground” incident at the gold mining company’s Tshepong North mine, near Odendaalsrus, in the Free State, South Africa. “We mourn this loss of life during a period where every effort is made to ensure that our mines […]

Former SA Under-20 flyhalf Manie Libbok has been included on the Springbok bench for Saturday’s Test against France in Marseille as head coach Jacques Nienaber named a team showing five changes and two positional switches from the side that ran out against Ireland last weekend. The second Test on the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour kicks […]

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and NASA today renewed their partnership in lunar exploration with the groundbreaking of a new communications facility that will help the Artemis missions return humans to the Moon. The facility will be in Matjiesfontein, in the Central Karoo, and is Africa‘s first Deep Space Ground Station! The groundbreaking […]

On 3 May 2022, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) reported that convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester had been found dead in his cell at the Mangaung private prison in Bloemfontein. A mattress had been set alight in the cell in which Bester had been isolated. A body was beneath, burned beyond recognition. Six […]