JOHANNESBURG – Springboks captain Siya Kolisi carries not only the weight of an expectant nation as he leads South Africa into the Rugby World Cup in Japan but also the hopes of millions of youngsters who dream of using sport to break the cycle of poverty. Kolisi was last year named South Africa’s first black […]

BIARRITZ – A White House correspondent for the Associated Press news agency failed to recognize President Cyril Ramaphosa while he was having a chat with several leaders at the G7 summit – calling him “one unidentified leader” – and social media immediately came down on her. Ramaphosa, who had been invited to the G7 summit […]

The names of the 31 Springboks who will carry the hopes and dreams of around 60 million South Africans with them onto the field in Japan next month, for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019, were announced today. (See full Springbok team at bottom of page.) The Springbok squad was unveiled by various broadcasters around […]

Conspiracy theories have arisen in South Africa following the reported death of Bosasa boss Gavin Watson in what appeared to be a horrific car accident early on Monday morning, near Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Some question the ‘suspicious’ nature of the accident – the apparent speed the vehicle was travelling in around a […]

Acting President David Mabuza has, on behalf of government and the people of South Africa, conveyed his deepest condolences following the sad passing of Umkhonto we Sizwe veteran and pioneer businesswoman, Dr Thandi Cynthia Ndlovu. Dr Ndlovu passed away on Saturday in a car accident involving two vehicles which claimed at least two other lives. […]

The chief of a company repeatedly implicated in corruption allegations at the state capture inquiry died in a horrific car accident near O.R. Tambo International Airport, it has been reported. The Germiston mortuary confirmed that the body of 71-year-old Gavin Watson, chief of Bosasa, had been brought in early on Monday, according to News24 and […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africans could start withholding their tax payments due to years of corruption which might force the country to seek an international bailout, the chief of the revenue service said on Monday. South Africa has seen revenue collection fall sharply since 2015 due to weak economic growth and maladministration, leading President Cyril Ramaphosa […]

At least 75 officials working at motor vehicle licensing centres around South Africa have been singled out for fraud and corruption in the last two years, and eight were arrested on Friday in Standerton after helping falsify documents for 87 trucks, according to the National Traffic Police. The NTP, also known as the Road Traffic […]

DAR ES SALAAM/JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft, leased by Tanzania’s national flag carrier, following a court application by a retired farmer who is owed compensation by the Tanzanian government, the farmer’s lawyer said. The plane had been scheduled to fly from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, […]

Congratulations to Team SA at the 12th African Games in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco who’ve scooped a total 51 medals. Here’s the list of SA winners so far below. Team SA’s swimmers did their job in the first week of the African Games in Casablanca (with the South African anthem becoming very familiar to spectators!) […]

BRASILIA – Six states in Brazil’s Amazon region requested military help on Saturday to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of the Amazon’s central role in combating global warming. The Amazon Rainforest – aka the “planet’s lungs” – produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. (Watch CNN’s video […]

Every now and again I ask my pal Alan Knott-Craig to apply his fertile mind to reasons why fellow SA-optimists shouldn’t be sent to the booby-hatch… writes BizNews founder Alec Hogg. He responded today with some practical reasons why those of us in this tiny camp should be committed, in a positive way of course. […]

South African business coach and serial entrepreneur Andrew William Smith posted a video last Saturday posing the question which he says is on everyone’s lips lately: Is it time to leave South Africa? His 14-minute video has gained momentum during the week, attracting over 138,000 views. Yesterday Smith revealed that in the past few days […]

There are quite a few language barriers in Morocco for those who don’t speak French and Arabic but, at the Mohamed V Olympic Pool in Casablanca, the spectators are becoming familiar with South Africa’s national anthem, writes GARY LEMKE. On Friday night Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika blared out another five times as Team SA picked up […]

JOHANNESBURG – The legal separation of South African state power firm Eskom into three business units could take four years in total, the company said in an internal presentation seen by Reuters. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to split Eskom into different units for generation, transmission and distribution earlier this year, as part of […]

A restaurant in South Africa’s Khayelitsha township in Cape Town – 4Roomed The Restaurant – and Le Wine Chambre in Johanneburg have been named as two of the world’s best restaurants of 2019. The list was compiled for the first time ever in a partnership between two prestigious global magazines – Food & Wine and […]

BRASILIA – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he may mobilize the army to help combat fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest, as international condemnation and pressure mounted for tough action to quell the unfolding crisis. Having first dismissed the fires as natural, then blaming non-governmental organizations without evidence for lighting them, Bolsonaro struck […]

South Africa’s proposed switch to universal health coverage – known as the National Health Insurance (NHI) program – will be managed in a fiscally responsible way, a senior presidential aide told Reuters, forecasting the landmark reform would cost the state $2.2 billion per year by 2025/26. Meanwhile President Cyril Ramaphosa stressed in the National Assembly […]

The South African Finance Ministry has warned the public against a scam doing the rounds, in which claims are made that Deputy Minister David Masondo will offer people funding for their business. The scammers are on various platforms purporting to be the Deputy Minister. “The Deputy Minister of Finance would like to alert the public […]

Team SA were in action across two codes at the African Games in Rabat and Casablanca on Thursday – swimming and table tennis. South Africa started the day with 14 medals but had claimed another 13 in the pool in Casablanca by the end of the day to climb to a total of 27. It […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa should discuss using worker pension funds to finance development and infrastructure projects, a proposal that has the backing of the country’s largest labour federation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. In its 2019 poll manifesto ahead of the May general election, the African National Congress (ANC) mentioned investigating prescribed assets […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is likely to absorb extra financial support for the struggling power utility Eskom with new revenue and expenditure measures in the next mid-year budget review, with departmental budget cuts an option, ratings agency Moody’s said on Thursday. “In any event, Moody’s sees the government’s room to maneuver as extremely constrained,” Moody’s […]

The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today agreed to protect giraffes for the first time by listing the species on Appendix II, which will now regulate international trade in giraffe parts (which occurs in South Africa), such as hides, bones and meat. Today’s decision now […]

The African National Congress in Johannesburg has failed – again – to unseat the popular Democratic Alliance mayor, Herman Mashaba, withdrawing its motion of no confidence at the eleventh hour. “It seems the ANC in Joburg had no confidence in their own motion of no confidence…,” Mashaba said afterwards. As late as yesterday the ANC […]

Three people were arrested after a lion cub was found in their possession in a home in Athlone, Cape Town, the South African Police Services said in a statement today. Detectives from the Organised Crime Investigations unit followed up on information about a cub that was being transported from Thabazimbi, in Limpopo, to the Western […]