JOHANNESBURG – Hackers have shut down the cyber network of Johannesburg City Council, targeting computers of local government employees in South Africa’s economic hub, city officials said on Friday. The hackers allegedly demanded ransom in the form of bitcoins in exchange for reactivating internet and email links to the city’s billing systems, local media reported. […]

Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape has become the first town in Africa to get an eco-friendly road that uses recycled plastic in its construction that would have otherwise landed up in the ocean or landfill. The Jeffreys Bay road, the first phase of the project, is a 300-metre stretch that contains plastic particles guaranteed […]

Light snow may fall on the high-peaks in the Western Cape, as well as on the high-ground around Sutherland and on the Swartberg range from late Sunday night, according to Snow Report SA. The high-peaks of the Boland range near Wellington, Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch may see up 9cm of snow from Sunday night. Light […]

After Nadeema Newman’s 26-year-old daughter, Sadiqah, was murdered in cold blood just two months ago, shot eight times as she walked near her home in Cape Town, Nadeema thought she would never trust again. But thanks in no small part to some special people from Facebook page SA Women Fight Back, Nadeema’s load has been […]

South African actor Andile Gumbi has passed away at the age of 36 after suffering a massive heart attack last week in Israel where he was performing in Daniel The Musical. His wife reportedly flew to Israel to be with him as he recovered in hospital, but unfortunately he did not make it. Daniel the […]

The politicians who run South Africa’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), have probably never heard of “imposter syndrome”. If they had, they might have a better grasp of the problems which confront their party – and its first black leader might not have been forced to resign. “Imposter syndrome” is a state of mind […]

SABRIC, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, confirmed today that as of Wednesday, 23 October 2019, the banking industry has been hit by a wave of ransom-driven Distributed Denial of Service attacks, targeting various public-facing services across multiple banks. These attacks started with a ransom note which was delivered via email to both unattended as […]

Brave South African Radius Masukume – who risked his own life to help rescue a woman who was being raped in Cape Town earlier this month – has been nominated for an SA Men of the Year Award. As reported by SAPeople, Masukume was stabbed multiple times as he intervened to save a 45-year-old woman […]

Springboks winger Cheslin Kolbe will miss the Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales because of an ankle injury, coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday. (See the full Springboks team for the semi-final match at the bottom of the page.) Kolbe, one of the standout players of the tournament, missed South Africa’s pool match against Canada with an […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says a typical “winter” series of cold fronts, with possible flooding, will be visiting  the Western Cape over the “spring” weekend bringing “good amounts of rain”… while most of north-eastern South Africa will continue suffering under persistent heat wave conditions with parts of KZN expecting temperatures in the 40s […]

Southern Cape police in South Africa have sadly confirmed that they have recovered the body of a small child in Herolds Bay on the Garden Route, where mother Heidi Scheepers and her two children – Hugo and Cozette – went missing. The body, believed to be that of two-year-old Hugo, was found floating – still […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the recently retired Constitutional Court Justice, Edwin Cameron, as the Inspecting Judge of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services. The appointment is for a three-year term with effect from 1 January 2020. The President has also – in terms of Section 86(1)(b) – reappointed the current Inspecting Judge, Justice Johann […]

South Africa’s state-run airports management company said on Thursday it had suspended Zimbabwe’s debt-strapped national airline from using the country’s airports over unpaid landing and parking fees. Air Zimbabwe owes foreign and domestic creditors more than $300 million. The Zimabwe government put the airline under administration last year and later invited bids from potential investors […]

Mossel Bay Municipality says it is proud to announce that the greater Mossel Bay boasts 5 Blue Flag beaches for the 2019/2020 summer season. Mossel Bay Municipality is the only municipality in the Garden Route that received Blue Flag Beach Awards this year. Also, the prestigious Glentana Beach, which was a Blue Flag pilot project […]

Animal Rights campaigners have expressed outrage and “heartbreak” at the news that today more than 30 wild-caught baby elephants – held captive for nearly a year in Hwange National Park – have been flown out of Zimbabwe, via Victoria Falls Airport, to Chinese zoos. Army trucks allegedly moved in despite campaigners’ legal effort. Humane Society […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) John Steenhuisen is no longer Chief Whip as of today, and Interim Parliamentary Leader of the DA has been announced as Annelie Lotriet, following the resignation of Mmusi Maine from the DA, and as a Member of Parliament in South Africa. Lotriet made the announcement following a sitting of the DA’s Parliamentary […]

JOHANNESBURG – Forty of the 46 airplanes grounded this week – owing to faults found at the maintenance unit of state-owned South African Airways (SAA) – have been returned to service, the head of South Africa’s aviation regulator said on Thursday. The faults found at SAA Technical have focused attention on the crisis at SAA, […]

The former leader of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane, gave up his seat in parliament on Thursday after quitting the national leadership and plunging the traditionally white liberal party into crisis. Race and class remain highly divisive issues in South Africa, where the ruling African National Congress has been in power since […]

After Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane resigned yesterday as head of South Africa’s main opposition party, he has today announced his resignation from the DA party and from Parliament. Maimane announced his resignation as leader of the party on Wednesday after four years at the helm, citing difficulties making the traditionally white liberal party […]

GABORONE – More than 100 elephants have died in Botswana in the past two months partly because of a suspected anthrax outbreak, the government said on Tuesday. “Preliminary investigations suggest the elephants are dying from anthrax whilst some died from drought effects,” a Department of Wildlife and National Parks statement said. “Due to the severe […]

CAPE TOWN – There is no quick fix for South Africa’s ailing Test team in the wake of their demoralising series whitewash in India, captain Faf du Plessis said, as retirements, defections abroad and an under-performing domestic scene drag them into mediocrity. South Africa were thrashed in all three matches and look a shadow of […]

South African Police have recovered gold, vehicle registration plates and cash following an armed robbery at Ergo DRD gold mine in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, which resulted in the death of the chief security officer, Bart Coetzee, who was fatally wounded in a shoot-out with the suspects. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement […]

SOCHI/MOSCOW – Russia landed two nuclear-capable bombers in South Africa on a training mission on Wednesday, a flight apparently timed to coincide with President Vladimir Putin’s opening of a flagship Russia-Africa summit designed to increase Russian influence. The two Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers touched down at Waterkloof air force base in Tshwane on Wednesday, the […]

I am a pastor who is very involved at Grantleigh… writes Jason Currie. I believe it’s important to state this, as part of me feels it would be better to lay low as the bullets fly. But Grantleigh is a school I have come to love. I have been involved in the school through assemblies, […]

The matric learner at the centre of the ‘demonic’ artwork debacle at a Curro Grantleigh school near Richard’s Bay in South Africa has issued a statement in response to the social media outrage over his artwork, in which God was replaced by a Ronald McDonald clown, and torn pages from a Bible were used. The […]