A BBC documentary – ‘Saving Jesus’ – which aired on Monday, highlights the struggle so many South Africans have with a drug cocktail called nyaope, otherwise known as whoonga or wunga. The heroin-based drug is destroying young lives in SA’s townships, says the BBC. Sometimes killing them. The drug is often mixed with antiretroviral medication or […]

LOS ANGELES – Superhero film “Black Panther” – which features three South African actors and a vibrant celebration of African culture, including the Xhosa language – won the TOP Screen Actors Guild award on Sunday, boosting its stature ahead of next month’s Oscars ceremony. “Black Panther” from Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios was named best […]

The top management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) thanked the police for their bravery and for going above and beyond the call of duty during the National Police Day celebrations on Sunday. Amongst those are two outstanding officers from Gauteng who were awarded top honours in the SAPS National Excellence Awards on Friday. […]

South Africa’s government would like to see South African Airways debt restructured as soon as possible, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande told Reuters on Monday. Late last year a consortium of local and international investors reportedly proposed a R21-billion private loan to South African Airways (SAA)… on condition that the consortium receives a 51% equity share […]

The death toll has climbed to 27 in the twin explosions at a church in the conflict-plagued Sulu province of the southern Philippines on Sunday, the local police said. Police Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares, Philippine National Police (PNP) director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), told local media that so far his office […]

Gratitude and praise has poured in for Cape Town’s firefighters who spent last night risking their own lives to protect those of local residents, as fire blazed on both sides of South Africa’s iconic Lion’s Head in the Western Cape. https://www.facebook.com/wofire/photos/a.938498356220802/2420209334716356/ Those who watched through their windows, and through the smoke, spoke of the firefighters’ […]

An out of control fire is heading down the mountain towards Sea Point, according to witnesses in the Western Cape, South Africa. However Table Mountain National Park’s Philip Prins confirmed although the fire is ongoing and not contained, there is no immediate threat to infrastructure. In a video post a few minutes ago he said […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader, Mmusi Maimane, will tomorrow announce a set of immediate interventions the DA will pursue in order, it says, to resolve the current crisis occurring in Zimbabwe… because, they say, so far South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government have failed to show leadership and intervene in what has now become […]

A 19-year-old teenager was tragically killed by lightning in Gauteng, South Africa, on Saturday late afternoon. A younger teen, who was reportedly sitting beside him under a tree, was also struck and is recovering in hospital. According to NSRI Gauteng Station Commander, Gerhard Potgieter, the tragic incident occurred yesterday at around 17h00 during a National […]

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been suspended for four matches for breaching the anti-racism code in Tuesday’s second one-day international against South Africa, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. Sarfraz’s on-field taunt in Urdu was caught by stump microphones but he denied that they were aimed at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo, or […]

South Africa’s war on corruption is picking up speed. But will anyone go to jail? South Africa’s latest pursuit of truth has gone up a gear as it enters a new phase in which the stakes are raised for all the protagonists. After a slow start last year, a judicial commission of inquiry into state […]

It’s dawn. I’m in a reflective mood. So many thoughts & emotions to consider. I’m not a night owl, although the moon has held me captive on many occasions. It’s still up there. Far away. But this is the sun’s turn to rise. The light is still soft. It’s bathing our garden in gentle pastel […]

South African singer Jeremy Olivier yesterday surprised an amazing Western Cape man, who sells the Big Issue, with an incredible gift – his eight-seater Nissan van! It’s been a dream of the 2016 The Voice SA contestant and his wife Nicole’s for five years, ever since they first met Bongani… who usually works at the King […]

STOCKHOLM/FRANKFURT/JOHANNESBURG – South African media and e-commerce Naspers said it was in talks to increase its stake in Avito, confirming a Reuters report that the group was close to taking control of Russia’s largest classified advertising platform. “We can confirm that we are currently engaged in a process to potentially increase our stake in Avito,” […]

There’s a team of kind humans in South Africa who are currently taking on a mammoth task to help save hundreds of dehydrated and starving baby Flamingo chicks. The newborns are being stranded… abandoned by their parents as the dam water in the once magnificent Kamfers Dam has all but dried up. The dam, just […]

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is ready to receive millions of South Africans who will at the weekend take to voting stations to register or confirm their details as the commission prepares for the national and provincial elections later this year. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said 22 925 voting stations […]

I watched with great interest, the video that was released by President Ramaphosa yesterday, encouraging South Africans around the world to register and vote in the 2019 South African National Elections and be “part of this effort”… writes DA Abroad Leader Francine Higham. While I am glad to see that some effort is being made […]

Zimbabwe’s army claimed on Thursday that soldiers accused of beating residents in townships following protests over fuel price hikes were impostors who tarnished the name of the military. Security forces have been cracking down on violent demonstrations that erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa decreed a sharp increase in the price of fuel. Rights […]

More than half of South Africa’s farmers are suffering depression and anxiety as SA’s farms lost R7 billion ($510 million) in potential revenue and 31,000 jobs were cut since January 2018 because of the severe drought ravaging parts of South Africa, according to a survey of farmers. The figures were released by Agri SA on […]

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared Zimbabwe’s internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero on Thursday, granting him a status following his death yesterday this is normally reserved for ruling party elites and independence veterans only. Mtukudzi (66) – affectionately known as “Tuku” – died at a local clinic on Wednesday from diabetes, ending […]

The world’s largest private rhino owner, John Hume has issued an urgent appeal through the Rhinos of Buffalo Dream Ranch facebook page for help, as his rhino – which make up 10% of the world’s remaining white rhinos! – face starvation due to the drought that has gripped the North West province in South Africa. […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Eskom could be split into three separate firms under proposals from experts President Cyril Ramaphosa has hired to help revive the ailing state power company, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reforming Eskom is vital to get South Africa’s economy firing on all cylinders. Eskom supplies more than 90 […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged all South African citizens living abroad to register to vote in the National Elections later this year. In a video broadcast on Wednesday, he announced a special weekend that has been set aside for SA expats to register. (Watch below.) The special weekend for voters abroad to register is Friday […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African prosecutors on Thursday provisionally withdrew corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma. Duduzane Zuma faced charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit corruption related to his dealings with the Guptas, particularly that he played a role in a bribe that was alleged to have been offered […]

A massive but simple telescope is being made from wire mesh, PVC and telephone poles. A new telescope that is being constructed in the Karoo will have one aim: to look at the cosmic dawn and find the first ever signals of the birth of the first stars in the universe. Nobody has yet detected […]