Following a solid downpour of rain, one of the small dams on the Sabie River – in South Africa’s Kruger National Park – burst Saturday night, leading to one bridge being washed away and the Lower Sabie low water bridge flooding on Sunday morning! Jacqueline Abington was on the S30 (Salitjie Road) when the dam burst. She described it as […]

Famed French boulangerie and patisserie Paul has officially opened its first branch in South Africa today. Most South Africans who’ve travelled will be aware of the chain which has outlets at many airports around the world and is present in over 35 countries. South Africa’s first branch opened its doors in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on […]

Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir led a lethal bowling display by the Proteas that laid the foundation for a fine, 3-2 series win over New Zealand with a six-wicket triumph in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) Auckland on Saturday. In what has been a see-saw sequence of matches, South Africa gave the host little chance […]

South Africans in Gauteng and the Free State prayed for rain… and it bucketed down. Next, they are being called on to pray for the nation… for peace and an end to crime. The National Day of Prayer is being organised by ‘Oom‘ (Uncle) Angus Buchan, who is wildly popular amongst the Christian community in […]

South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced today that it will cut back on overseas representation. In a statement on SARugby’s official website, it said only overseas-based Springboks with more than 30 Test caps will be eligible for selection in future, following a decision by the Executive Council of SA Rugby in Cape Town on Friday. […]

CAPE TOWN – The South African Police Service (SAPS) says contact crimes have gone down by 1.9% across the country between April and December 2016. There were apparently 10 less murders during the reported period compared to the previous year, and 6% less sexual offences… BUT unfortunately aggravated robberies – like carjacking and robbery – went […]

Megan Richards worked as a volunteer at Fundimvelo Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage for a year – from April 2015 to April 2016 – and in that time she cared for both the rhino orphans, Impi and Gugu, who were lost through the horrific and tragic poaching attack that happened early last week. It is Megan who set up […]

The Western Cape government could be the first to build a water desalination plant as the province finds itself in the midst of a crippling drought. Many residents have taken to social media over the past few months to call for a desalination plant… but it would come at a high cost. Desalination is a process […]

ST LUCIA, KWAZULU-NATAL – On Tuesday I rescued a leatherback turtle hatchling! First one I’ve ever seen – and in broad daylight at St Lucia’s Estuary beach in South Africa… writes DEBBIE MARSHALL COOPER. We received a call Tuesday morning that the turtles were seen on the beach, so I shot off – but was already too […]

ER24 Emergency Medical Services, the fire department, police and other services worked Thursday afternoon and evening to free a man who had been trapped in a trench at a residential property in Kloof, Durban, since 14h00. (Updated 21h00.) ER24 reported that when its paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the 30 year old man trapped from his shoulders […]

A section of the roof of the fifth floor at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, collapsed on Thursday. (Updated: 23h00) In an update at 16h30, Nane Radebe, Joburg’s Emergency Medical Services spokesperson, tweeted that the Urban Search and Rescue Team were still trying to locate two people trapped in the rubble. Jack Bloom, Gauteng Shadow […]

Alberton, south of Johannesburg in South Africa, was hit by heavy rain and a flash flood on Thursday, and there was major flooding at Gillooly’s Interchange in Joburg, Gauteng, resulting in road closures to retrieve stranded vehicles. Gauteng Weather issued an alert at around 14h45 on Thursday afternoon. Johan Smit captured dramatic footage on video (scroll […]

South African actress and former Oscar winner, Charlize Theron, looked stunning at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, USA, on Sunday night… but her beautiful gold lamé Christian Dior gown was apparently deemed not ‘decent’ enough for Iranian TV censors. In a very bad effort at ‘photoshopping’, the Iranian Labour News Agency appears to have drawn a digital […]

While the South African Police Services (SAPS) has secured quick arrests in the high profile ‘farm murder’ cases that rocked South Africa last month, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has reiterated its call today for Rural Safety Units to be re-implemented, following an attack on a home for intellectually disabled people in Balfour… the same rural area where […]

Dirk Grobler, who specialises in aerial photography and contour mapping, captured this wonderful sight of the Vaal Dam in South Africa today, 1 March 2017. Dirk said: “With the dam at 103 %, 1 sluice gate and some river valves were opened. What a joyous view after the years of drought.” Dirk also posted the […]

CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape tourism sector has experienced one of its best summer seasons, with international visitor arrivals up 29.8 percent! Briefing the Western Cape standing committee on Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture on seasonal tourism statistics for the province, Wesgro, the province’s official tourism and investment promotion agency, said the December period was a bumper season […]

KFM Breakfast has done a FANTASTIC ‘America First, South Africa Second’ video… the latest in the ‘world series’ backlash to President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech when he went on (and on) about ‘America First’. Although, as pointed out by some, South Africa is a little late to the party – the first video (from The […]

Traffic in and around Pretoria, South Africa, ground to a virtual halt this morning as truck drivers made their way to Marabastad, ahead of a protest march to the Union Buildings. The truckers, reportedly contracted to Eskom to carry coal, are protesting against the implementation of renewable energy projects and requesting it be slowed down. Eskom […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, the launch company announced on Monday. The launch of the first privately funded tourist flight beyond the orbit […]

Modder En Bloed won the prestigious Audience Choice Award – Best Feature Drama – at the annual Sedona International Film Festival in Phoenix, USA, this weekend. (Please scroll down for videos & Afrikaans version.) Writer, director and producer Sean Else was in Sedona to accept the award and hailed it as a tremendous team effort […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah is clearly laughing all the way to the bank since he moved to the United States and took over as The Daily Show host. The Wall Street Journal has revealed that Trevor has bought himself a R130-million ($10-million) penthouse in Manhattan, New York. The stellar apartment is in Stella Tower, where the […]

In a statement yesterday, the City of Cape Town said dam levels have dropped to 33%, which is 1,5% down from a week ago. With the last 10% of a dam’s water mostly not being useable, dam levels are effectively at 23%. The City reported that consumption is at 837 million litres of collective use […]

On Monday morning, at 5.30 am, the Vaal Dam in South Africa reached 100% capacity, according to the Department of Water and Sanitation. Dirk Grobler captured this drone footage of the dam, at its fullest in six years. “This video shows the dam at capacity and compares clips from previous videos in the series. 30 […]

South African Environmental Minister Edna Molewa has (finally!) released the 2016 Rhino Poaching Statistics; and outlined the government’s progress in the war against poaching. She chose to release a statement rather than hold a media conference (the last one being in May 2016). The Minister said she was pleased to report that the multi-sector ‘Integrated Strategic […]

The Executive Council of SA Rugby on Monday reaffirmed its support for Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, as it announced the coaching and management structure for eight national teams, involving 46 individuals. Former Springbok Franco Smith was confirmed as a new member of the Springbok coaching team among a number of adjustments. A major new defensive […]