NEW YORK (Reuters) – South African Lloyd Harris reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time on Saturday, with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory over Canadian world number 10 Denis Shapovalov at the U.S. Open. A jubilant Tennis South Africa said: “The dream run continues for Harris in New York! ✌” […]

Louzanne Coetzee applied the finishing touches to Team SA’s campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when she surged to the bronze medal in the women’s marathon (T12) on a cool and overcast morning in the Japanese capital… writes GARY LEMKE in Tokyo. Coetzee (28) had earlier in the Games won the silver medal in the […]

Rodwell Nkomazana’s face was mauled by a hyena near his home, while he was sleeping at a church gathering in Harare, Zimbabwe, in May. The future looked grim, but thanks to the kindness of strangers – from donors and supporters to medical experts in South Africa who’ve worked pro bono – the little boy, who […]

South Africans on social media have been thrilled with the news that Swedish pop group ABBA yesterday announced that they will be dropping Voyage, their ninth album on 5 November. The legendary band – comprised of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – delighted fans on Thursday with the revelation that they […]

South Africa’s Constitutional Court today dismissed the application from the IEC (Electoral Commission) to postpone SA’s local elections… although the date may be changed up to 1 November. In order to allow for registration to reopen, the Constitutional Court declared the proclamation of the current election date, 27 October, by Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs […]

Three rhino poachers were yesterday sentenced to 105 years in prison by the Skukuza Regional Court, for rhino poaching and related offences. The South African National Parks (SANParks) today, 3 September, welcomed the sentencing. The three poachers were arrested in 2017 after killing three rhinos in Marula (southern) section of the Kruger National Park. SANParks […]

Climate activists have mobilised their resistance to the financing of fossil fuels in South Africa by handing over a formal petition to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), ABSA and Investec. The hand-over by 350Africa.org took place yesterday, 2 September. The petition, signed by over 1000 people, calls on these financial institutions to publicly […]

As anticipated, Ntando Mahlangu has done it again – scooping yet another fabulous Gold Medal for South Africa on Friday, 3 Sep, at the Tokyo Paralympics in Japan. Last week Mahlangu won Gold in the long jump AND broke a World Record. Mahlangu won the Men’s 200m (T61) final at the Olympic Stadium. With his […]

At least one registered South African remains in Afghanistan, while 35 have been evacuated, according to the SA Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). This Sunday, SA current affairs show Carte Blanche follows the harrowing escape of one of those 35 South Africans. “Working in security, alongside thousands of westerners and Afghan civilians, South […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced an exciting new venture – a brand new national park in the mountains of the Eastern Cape Grasslands that has potential for adventure and cultural tourism all year round. SANParks said in a statement that the new high-altitude national park is being established just south of the Lesotho […]

The South African government says it is not able to accommodate citizens of Afghanistan seeking refuge in the country. The Middle Eastern country has been facing violence and instability, culminating in a mass exodus of Afghan citizens looking for safer regions to live in, with the United Nations Refugee Agency estimating that at least half […]

South African tennis player Kevin Anderson has unfortunately been knocked out of the US Open in what was a challenging match with Tropical Storm Ida disrupting play. The remnants of Hurricane Ida hit New York City region Wednesday evening with heavy rains that caused massive flooding and halted subway service. And, despite having a retractable […]

South Africa will join central banks in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia to conduct a cross border payments trial, using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to assess if this allows transactions to be settled more cheaply and easily, the banks said on Thursday… writes Alun John. Many governments and central banks around the world are […]

The friend of a Johannesburg woman who was killed last year by her husband, is doing everything she can to help honour her friend’s memory and ensure her two young children are taken care of. Hlengiwe Msimango (30), affectionately known as ‘Pearl’, lost her life on 3 August 2020. Her husband alleges that he mistook […]

Charl du Toit, the gold medallist from Rio 2016, was unable to repeat those heroics five years later as he finished fifth in the final at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, but he played a full part in the fastest race ever run by Paralympic T37 athletes for the men’s 400m… writes GARY LEMKE in Tokyo. […]

Duane Vermeulen is ready to launch back into action in the green and gold for the first time since the Rugby World Cup final in 2019 after making a full recovery from surgery to his ankle, and the experienced Springbok No 8 says he will continue to give his all for his team and country. […]

Two rabies cases have been identified at the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayeitsha, Cape Town. The last report of rabies in the Western Cape was in 1994. On 11 August a community member asked the clinic to collect her pet as she suspected it had a bone stuck in its throat. The dog had been […]

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has told the National Council of Provinces that current scientific reports suggest that vaccination still offers protection against the new COVID-19 variant C.1.2 identified in South Africa. The variant – which has been detected in all provinces in low frequency – is reported to be more transmissible, resistant to neutralisation […]

Sheryl James ensured Team SA’s medals tally kept ticking over when she powered her way to a bronze at a wet Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night, to add final gloss to a day in which Pieter du Preez won the country’s third gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. James, who had narrowly missed out […]

The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) has recognised the “incandescent talent” of South African actress Thuso Mbedu with the coveted TV Breakout Star Award at the annual HCA Awards. Thuso was awarded for her outstanding performance in Amazon Prime’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ (watch trailer below). It’s a performance so award-worthy that billionaire US talk show host […]

Despite the impact of the pandemic, and economic hardship, the majority of South Africans are more optimistic about the future than most folk around the world, according to a recent global survey. The Expo 2020 Dubai survey – conducted with YouGov – tracked global sentiment and hope in a world irrevocably changed by COVID-19. More […]

The Gauteng Health Department has estimated that it will cost about R1.1 billion to fix the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital (CMJH) after the fire on 16 April this year, and is requesting the Solidarity Fund to assist. This information was disclosed at the Gauteng Legislature Health Committee meeting last week. No date has yet been […]

Pieter du Preez has overcome so much in his life that he wasn’t going to be thrown off track for Tokyo Paralympic gold by another competitor swerving in front of him, almost resulting in a race-ruining, or worse, accident… writes GARY LEMKE in Tokyo. As Du Preez thundered down the main straight at the Fuji […]

Uncle blames City’s track record on sanitation in Khayelitsha… By Tariro Washinyira. Two-year-old Imthande Swartbooi drowned after falling into an uncovered manhole in Greenpoint, Khayelitsha, on Sunday. He was found at midday by his mother, Busisiwe Swaartbooi, after she went searching for him. Nkosikhona Swaartbooi, the child’s uncle, who is an activist in the Social […]

Simone and Jarryd Aricksamy’s wedding day started with a miserable morning as rain fell in KZN and temperatures plummeted. But, like others in KwaZulu-Natal, they were soon surprised by a welcome and very rare downpour of SNOW… transforming their afternoon wedding into a white, winter wonderland fairytale. Professional photographer Stuart Dods captured the exquisite photos […]