Cape Town project offers hope for homeless… By Ashraf Hendricks Chantal Sampson was homeless in Cape Town. Now, as part of Streetscapes, she helps others get off the streets. Streetscapes creates work for homeless people such as street cleaning and garden services. WATCH From on the streets to helping people get off the streets Published […]

Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, EFF MP, will appear in court today facing charges for the alleged assault of the SAPS Colonel Johannes Venter. AfriForum’s legal representative has obtained a watching brief in this case and will attend the court proceedings. The state’s two eyewitnesses will be questioned during the court […]

JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security in the City of Cape Town has shared a video of a smash ‘n grab, showing how technology and an increase in personnel is helping the City crack down on crime. The video has been going viral on social media, including WhatsApp, in South Africa. Smith […]

Proudly South African expat Hayley Reichert is gatvol. Below is her passionate letter to all South Africans, revealing alleged incompetency she has witnessed within SA’s foreign affairs department, DIRCO, whilst trying to aid South Africans in escaping Russia’s attack on Ukraine.  Dear fellow South Africans, Our government does not care about us, and they care […]

Cameron Lombard, who made his debut as Strictly Come Dancing’s youngest ever pro dancer last year, has filmed a rousing new video, Peace Don’t Go, in support of peace for the people of Ukraine. Filmed in the township of Siqalo, in Cape Town – illuminated with bright flares of yellow and blue – Cameron leads […]

At least 71 rhino have been poached this year alone in Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife parks, putting KZN on the road to the species facing extinction in the region within the next five years! This shocking revelation – allegedly by sources within the organisation – has prompted the Democratic Alliance (DA) to submit a Public Access […]

South Africa’s hospitality association has welcomed last night’s lifting of the State of Disaster – after 750 days – BUT has re-issued its call for the urgent removal of the PCR test requirement for unvaccinated children between the age of five and 12-years-old… which FEDHASA says is damaging tourism. Fedhasa said it’s “delighted” by the […]

Cape Town’s popularity continues to attract an increasing number of tourists to South Africa with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today announcing it is increasing its flight schedule between Cape Town and Amsterdam. The airline said in a statement on Tuesday that the schedule increase is a result of a greater demand for flights between Amsterdam […]

Air Belgium has announced plans to operate seasonal flights to South Africa starting in September 2022, with up to three flights each week flying simultaneously to Cape Town and Johannesburg. The Johannesburg and Cape Town routes are currently the airline’s only continental Africa flights. Brussels has historically been CPT’s second largest unserved market and the […]

South Africa’s national state of disaster is to finally end. In a #FamilyMeeting on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the State of Disaster – which was put in place over two years ago in response to Covid-19 – will end tonight (4 April) at midnight SA time. Read the president’s full speech below. The […]

A 17-year-old South African schoolgirl has sprinted into the record books, becoming the world’s fastest under-18 female over 100m and 200m, according to the University of Pretoria. Her name is Viwe Jingqi, and soon she’ll be a household name. UPDATE: DON’T MISS CARTE BLANCHE’s focus on Viwe on Sunday 8 May 2022 on DStv Now […]

South African DJ Black Coffee has won his first ever Grammy. Taking to Twitter, after his big win on Sunday night at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Black Coffee announced simply: “Grammy Award winning artist ???” The 46-year-old DJ introduced the audience to his eldest son, Esona Maphumulo, (“my firstborn son”), who was on stage […]

The South African government has welcomed Moody’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long term foreign and local currency debt ratings at ‘Ba2’ and revise the outlook to stable from negative. The National Treasury on Friday said according to Moody’s, the key driver behind the decision to change the outlook to stable is the improved fiscal […]

Operating hours at Home Affairs offices will extend to 18:30 this evening, after the department’s systems went offline nationwide on Friday. “The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform members of the public that services at the department have been restored. The department and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) have been able to fix […]

South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza says the SA government has reached an agreement with Maputo that will see South Africa getting a supply of gas from Mozambique. “Discussions between our Minister here of Mineral Resources [and Energy] and Mozambique are quite advanced in terms of gas that we should transport from Mozambique to the […]

A Carte Blanche crew from South Africa has been extracted from Odesa, in Ukraine, after the port city was hit by several Russian missiles and/or rockets early Sunday morning. Carte Blanche confirmed that the show’s producer, Anina Peens, was in Odesa at the time. Along with footage of the sky being lit up by explosions, […]

A month ago, Ashley Oosthuizen from George, South Africa, turned 23…. celebrating her birthday for the second year running in a Thai prison, for a crime she allegedly had nothing to do with. According to people who worked with her, she was given a life sentence after being made to sign her name on a […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa “stared into the heart of darkness” during the height of the July 2021 unrest. The President was giving his opening statement at the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 unrest that unfolded in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces (after protests, sparked by the […]

Tom Cruise – who is currently scouting for Mission Impossible locations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – is to be honoured at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival next month for his lifetime achievements. The 59-year-old Hollywood star will be in attendance at the famous film festival in the south of France on May 18, 2022, for […]

Cape Town, South Africa, has become the second city on the African continent to welcome the luxurious 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. (United Airlines has been flying its Dreamliner plane from New York to Johannesburg since June last year.) The introduction of luxurious Dreamliner aircraft flights between Cape Town and Istanbul began today, 1 April 2022. Cape […]

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality says the project is in line with its plan to change illegal dumping sites into parks and outdoor gyms. By Thamsanqa Mbovane. Two unemployed women from KwaNobuhle township in Kariega spent a month transforming vacant land littered with piles of rubbish into a neat netball field for young girls from the community. […]

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled a proposal that will see the fuel levy being reduced by R1.50 cents per litre. Making a statement to a sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, Godongwana said the temporary fuel levy cut will come into effect on Wednesday next week, and will remain in effect until the […]

Owner wanted a wooden deck to provide people with “an area to sunbathe without getting covered in sea sand”… By Liezl Human.   After photos circulated that construction was taking place at the Kalk Bay Tidal Pools that surround the landmark Brass Bell restaurant, the City of Cape Town and the National Department of Forestry, […]

‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in the UK is set to sign its youngest ever partnered professional dancer – none other than 21-year-old South African dancer Cameron Lombard! Bosses on the hit BBC dance show are lining up Cameron to replace Aljaz Skorjanec, who announced that he was leaving the programme earlier this week. Cameron joined the Strictly […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Sehlahle Fannie Masemola (58) as the new National Police Commissioner. Masemola carries the baton from General Khehla Sitole, who vacated the position on Thursday after reaching mutual consent with the President in February. Making the announcement during an address to the nation on Thursday, President Ramaphosa said he believes Masemola […]