Now’s your chance to take a trip to a beautiful South African park. The South African National Parks (SANParks) is offering a 40% discount on new online bookings for stays between (and including) Wednesday, 12 May to Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at a selection of parks and camps. SANParks says: “#LiveYourWild” The discount is available […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) CEO Fundisile Mketeni has decided to take “special leave” after charges of assault and sexual assault were laid against him on Friday at the Skukuza Police Station, Kruger National Park. UPDATE (2 June 2022): SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni fired after GBV findings According to Mketeni’s accuser, he tried to touch […]

South Africans around the world, and kind strangers, have rallied to help the family of a young SA Civil Engineering student who tragically died whilst studying abroad in Qingdao, China. On the 30th of April 2021, Kgothatso Mdunana (24) allegedly fell to her death from the window of her friend’s apartment, on the 13th floor […]

While South Africa’s minibus taxi industry is demanding government subsidies, it has emerged that the entire industry pays only R5-million in taxes. The Minister of Finance revealed, during a reply to a DA Parliamentary question, that only approximately R5 million in tax is collected from the entire minibus taxi industry in South Africa. In response, […]

A 31-year-old mother of twins, who were joined at the head, is over the moon after her babies were separated at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) in Cape Town, South Africa. “I am overjoyed! I wasn’t expecting to leave here holding my children one in each arm,” said the elated mom, Ntombikayise Tyhalisi. […]

The ‘voice’ of a hadeda never sounded so good! Take a listen below to a new track created by vibrant South African musician Thozi. It’s called the Hadeda Song (AmaPiano)… and people are actually begging for him to make it longer! The song was so popular on Tik Tok, that 26-year-old Thozi (Thozi Thozamile Allan […]

The DA yesterday presented its arguments to the High Court on behalf of thousands of South Africans who have lost their citizenship without their knowledge. Home Affairs claims this loss of citizenship is being done by personal choice, but in fact many South Africans – unaware of the stipulation that they have to apply for […]

The Springboks will make their much-anticipated return to international action in July when the world champions host Georgia in a historic two-match series, which is part of a bumper World Rugby midyear Test schedule. The series mark the first time Georgia will tour South Africa, while the two Tests are also the first time the […]

Funding was awarded just weeks after the company was registered, and after the event took place. By Raymond Joseph… The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) awarded a half-a-million rand grant to a brand new nonprofit company just two weeks after it was registered, to help pay for a music extravaganza staged by acclaimed South African singer, […]

South Africa has recorded 1 778 new COVID-19 cases with the cumulative number of cases identified standing at 1 596 595. In a statement released on Sunday, Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the number of tests conducted to date is 10 887 709. Of these, 26 098 tests were conducted since the last […]

A police constable in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is being heralded for breaking barriers and proving the might of a woman. Constable Thulile Gwala is employed as an artisan, and the first female mechanic, at Eshowe Mechanical Services where she knows her way around motor vehicles… and is quite literally putting a spanner in the works! […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African pharmacist Clicks said on Monday it plans to acquire 25 in-store pharmacies, their drug stocks and staff from retailer Pick N Pay. In a joint statement the companies said the sale, subject to regulatory approvals, would not have a material impact on the earnings or financial position of either of […]

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who was born and brought up in South Africa, showed his humorous – and human – side last night in the US, in a hotly anticipated appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL). Many American viewers said they stayed up late just to watch the SpaceX and Tesla co-founder on the comedy […]

Carte Blanche first broadcast the Cooke Report exposé on canned lion hunting in 1997. Two decades later, the captive lion industry has expanded in scope and brutality – cubs are removed from their mothers, hand-reared, petted, then bred for the bullet or their bones. But these practices began to damage Brand SA… By 2019, the […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India, and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country. The four positive cases were detected in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, and all […]

The famous Drakensberg Boys Choir has produced this beautiful song – Cover Me In Sunshine’ as a tribute to all the magnificent moms on Mother’s Day in South Africa, and some other parts of the world. Watch below as each of the choir members is featured in a special photo collage with their precious moms. […]

Despite reports of chaos, sounds of gunshots and the South African Police Service being called, there appears to be an over-riding sense of celebration and unity amongst the Zulu nation after Prince Misuzulu Zulu (46) was last night announced as the successor to the late Zulu King, King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu (72), who passed […]

South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) have committed to continue working together towards strengthening the global international health system. South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, met with Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK, Dominic Raab on Thursday. The two leaders co-chaired the 12th Session […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The secretary general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), who has been suspended by the party over corruption charges, told the SABC on Friday “I am not going anywhere” and said he was being treated unfairly. The ANC suspended Ace Magashule this week in line with tougher rules for members […]

(Reuters) – Kenya began its first national wildlife census on Friday, aiming to aid conservation and identify threats to its vast but threatened wildlife populations. The census will run until July, with rangers, researchers and community members counting animals on land and from helicopters. It will focus on counting rare species such as the pangolin, […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A pair of boxing gloves worn by Nelson Mandela at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa lie under a thick layer of dust in a darkened room, the silence broken only by the thud of moths nose-diving onto the glass display case. The gloves were once one of the […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says a proposal by South Africa at the World Trade Organisation to waiver specific Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) obligations related to the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines is now supported by over 100 countries. Responding to oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday, the President said: “We want to […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says it welcomes the swift response by SAPS and the arrest of the assailant who allegedly assaulted DA Gauteng Provincial Leader, Solly Msimanga earlier today. In a video on social media (watch below), Msimanga can be seen bleeding from the mouth and head, while being accused by the assailant […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the support of United States President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris for a temporary and targeted waiver of intellectual property protections that apply to COVID-19 vaccines. The United States government on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that calls for extraordinary measures. The United […]

We South Africans may be super proud of the ‘Faf speedo’, which Faf de Klerk made famous during the Rugby World Cup, but it turns out not everyone in the world understands it! A young South African, proudly posing in his Faf speedo in a park in Croatia, was fined on Sunday for “public indecency”! Whilst […]