Five luxury properties connected to misappropriated Lottery grants have been frozen by the Asset Forfeiture Unit. By Raymond Joseph A luxurious mountainside mansion with sweeping views of Simon’s Town and False Bay, owned by a trust controlled by dodgy Pretoria lawyer Lesley Ramulifho, was described as “five-star” when it was put up for auction a few […]

An escaped tiger in Gauteng, South Africa – which has attacked and wounded a man in his 30s, and killed a dog – is still on the loose. However a footprint has been found and hopes are high that the tiger, named Sheebah, will be safely caught. Several other animals have reportedly also fallen victim […]

Three Huey helicopters, a spotter plane, and fire fighting crews have been dispatched this afternoon to fight a fire that has broken out along one of South Africa’s iconic scenic roads – Boyes Drive – in the direction of Lakeside. SANParks – Table Mountain National Park – issued an alert saying: “?Boyes Drive Fire? Table […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his travel plans to Davos, Switzerland, in order to deal with the current load-shedding crisis in South Africa. Although South Africans have been to this rodeo before – when the president cut short his UK trip and cancelled the New York leg to return home last year to address the […]

South African teams have excelled at this year’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, with two South African teams finishing in the Top 5, and three South African-built Toyota vehicles racing into the Top 5 slots, including the number one spot! Plus South African expat Michael Docherty finished as top Rookie and third in Rally 2, […]

R300,000 in compensation awarded to senior police officer. By Tania Broughton. The South African Police Service (SAPS) must pay R300,000 in compensation and apologise to an officer falsely accused of racism. SAPS management had “dismally failed” to put an end to the year-long “racial harassment” of Lt Col Annemarie Oosthuizen, the Johannesburg Labour Court found. […]

Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures. By Steve Kretzmann Sewage spills have caused the official temporary closure of beaches and tidal pools in Cape Town this holiday season. The City blames loadshedding for the sewage spills. Dalebrook tidal pool in Kalk Bay may currently be polluted because of an extremely low tide but […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show today, Sunday 15 January in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 17 January if you’re abroad. The Art of Neglect It was a flagrant heist: a man walks into a prestigious […]

South African boxing legend Gerrie Coetzee has passed away at the age of 67, from lung cancer. Almost 40 years ago, Coetzee became the World Boxing Association (WBA) World Heavyweight Champion in 1983, after he knocked out American boxer Michael Dokes in the tenth round of their title fight. Nicknamed the ‘Boksburg Bomber’, Coetzee reportedly […]

The decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to increase electricity tariffs by 18.65%, despite consumers spending over 120 days in darkness in 2022, with indefinite stage 6 loadshedding already in 2023, is official sanctioned daylight robbery against consumers… writes Ghaleb Cachalia MP – DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises. It is […]

A 31-year-old female Constable has become the first woman in South Africa to complete the SA Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force (STF) Selection Training Programme in the history of the organisation. While SAPS can’t name the constable for security reasons, they said she has 11 years’ service and is regarded as “the only female […]

JUST IN: Nersa has approved 18.65% Eskom tariff increase. (See video below.) I have written to President Ramaphosa to request an urgent meeting about Eskom and the growing power crisis, which now has South Africa on stage 6 until further notice… writes DA Leader, John Steenhuisen. I want to hear from him first-hand why his government […]

The tragic murder on Sunday of 28-year-old Ficksburg farmer Evan Felix Sorour must be treated as a farm attack, says the DA, with the SA Police carrying out a thorough investigation into the “senseless” killing to ensure justice for the deceased and his family. The Ficksburg police have arrested the alleged murder suspect, a neighbouring […]

It was bad enough yesterday when Eskom announced that it would be implementing Stage 6 on a nightly basis “until further notice”… but this afternoon, South Africa’s power utility went a step further and announced that now Stage 6 loadshedding is being implemented “continuously until further notice”. The devastating planned power cuts are impacting not […]

South African born and raised entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has officially broken the Guinness World Record, for the “largest loss of personal fortune” in history! Guinness World Record says: “He has lost approximately $182 billion since November 2021, as estimated by Forbes, although other sources suggest that it could actually be closer to $200 billion. “Although […]

The Pongola Lake in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, has erupted into an elephant poaching ‘slaughterhouse’, says the DA, as it calls again for national intervention. Heinz de Boer – DA KZN Spokesperson on EDTEA – said in a statement on Wednesday: “Armed groups of poachers have now completely laid siege to the eastern shores of […]

Cape Town International Airport recorded a spectacular recovery in passenger numbers during the peak season month of December 2022 when compared to pre-pandemic numbers. Preliminary stats from Airports Company SA (ACSA) show that: Cape Town International Airport recorded 266 656 international 2-way passenger numbers for December 2022, resulting in a spectacular 95% recovery when compared […]

The DA notes the expressed intention of the governing party to move Eskom away from Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Energy… writes Ghaleb Cachalia MP – DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises The DA is implacably against this move and will fight it, tooth and nail, with all the levers at our disposal. We share […]

Eskom suddenly announced on Tuesday night that loadshedding was to be escalated to Stage 6 during the night, starting at 21h00 and lasting until 05h00 on Wednesday morning. But then the really bad news followed. “Stage 6 nightly loadshedding will then be implemented at 16:00 – 05:00 until further notice,” said Eskom. The power utility […]

Gullible and desperate South Africans are falling prey to sophisticated international scammers. By Anton van Zyl. Gollong Investments, a Ponzi scheme GroundUp exposed in November, has collapsed. But a new scheme, New Energy International, has emerged and it appears to be very similar. According to a report by Surfshark, South Africa ranks sixth in the […]

South Africa’s Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says for now, the SA government will not impose any internal restrictions as a result of the emergence of a newly found sub-variant of the COVID-19 virus. The first instance of the XBB.1.5 sub-variant was detected in South Africa in December and reported earlier this month. Phaahla explained […]

A brief but shocking video has surfaced that appears to show South African soldiers involved in war crimes in Mozambique. The footage was reportedly filmed in November. The SANDF (South African National Defence Force) says an investigation is underway. SANDF Communications Officer, Brigadier General Andries Mahapa says the video “depicts the SANDF and other unknown […]

The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Tuesday that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be joining the WEF Annual Meeting in Switzerland. The meeting is scheduled to take place from 16 to 20 January in Davos. The WEF describes itself as “the international organization for public private cooperation”. This year’s theme is: “Cooperation in […]

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy is expected to visit the South African Antarctic Programme’s Research Station, known as SANAE IV, in Queen Maud Land. In a statement, the department explained that South Africa has had a presence in the Antarctic since 1960 and has contributed to scientific knowledge in the area and […]

Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says acts of racism are a blight on the South African tourism sector. Her comments come after a video emerged on social media in December wherein two teenage black boys were attacked and assaulted by a group of white adults at a swimming pool at Maselspoort Resort, just outside Bloemfontein, on […]