Sani Mountain Lodge in Sani Pass, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, received its first snowfall today… and it all began with a rainbow. The resort – which is situated on the border between SA and Lesotho, and boasts the Highest Pub in Africa – posted a few photos of the rainbow on Thursday morning, saying: “Today we […]

Almost R1 million was allegedly spent on foreign travel trips for the wife of former South African Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba… according to DA Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier. Maynier said in a press statement Thursday morning that while Gigaba was responsible for the implementation of cost containment measures in SA, and should have […]

The court has found Sandile Mantsoe guilty of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend, Karabo Mokoena. The shocking murder made headlines last year and raised awareness about abuse of women in South Africa. The convicted murderer was accused of burning Mokoena’s body beyond recognition, and dumping it in the veld in Lyndhurst. Mantsoe claimed that Mokoena committed […]

Help is sought in finding a missing 13-month-old child and his carer, who went missing in Alberton, South Africa, on Wednesday morning, 2 May 2018… in what is suspected to be a kidnapping incident. UPDATE 5 May 2018: Kidnapped child Eden Laird has been found unharmed in Brackendowns, South Africa. Suspects arrested. According to the […]

The City of Cape Town is making aid worth almost half a million available to seven organisations that will be taking part in the winter readiness campaign for street people this year. The City’ s Social Development Directorate is providing the R450,000 financial aid to approved organisations, including the provision of an additional 115 bed […]

The South African football Club, Orlando Pirates has released a heartfelt tribute to one of their former midfielders, Bheka Phakathi. Phakathi died in a fatal car accident on Sunday Morning. Kick Off reports that the 43-year-old was on his way to training at ABC Motsepe League club Umvoti; a team he had coached to league […]

South Africans have been shocked by a distressing video circulated on social media of a Game Reserve owner, Mike Hodge, being mauled by one of his lions. Hodge, the British owner of a private park near Thabazimbi in Limpopo, has fortunately survived the attack and is now hospitalised. South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Lieutenant […]

American musician Kanye West has stirred up new controversy by suggesting that slaves in the USA were enslaved by choice. In an interview with a TMZ reporter, Kanye said: “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice! “Like, you was there for 400 years, and it’s all […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah says he has “officially fired” Michelle Wolf, the controversial comedian who had US politicians not laughing in the aisles at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last weekend. Using President Donald Trump’s catchphrase, from Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV days, Noah said: “You’re Fired!” But it was tongue-in-cheek. Wolf had […]

South African Police Service (SAPS) officers have reached into their hearts and wallets to make a dream come true for a young 21-year-old cancer victim from Helenvale. The youngster – who matriculated from Chapman High School – has always dreamed of attending his matric farewell… When SAPS Gelvandale heard of his plight and financial situation, […]

Rupak Hattikudur moved to South Africa from India three years ago. In that time he has taken beautiful photographs of South Africa’s wildlife in the bush… BUT yesterday he witnessed the other side of what’s happening in the bush to our wildlife. The tragedy of poaching. This is his story… My mother and I woke […]

Government will next week brief the media on developments around the centenary of South Africa’s founding President Nelson Mandela. The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), appointed to manage the centenary, is scheduled to brief the nation on plans around the centenary on Tuesday. The year 2018 marks 100 years since the birth of Madiba and is commemorated […]

The South African entertainment industry is mourning the death of three stars who died in a fatal car crash accident in Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape, over the weekend. The accident claimed the lives of five people, including the SA personalities: YoTV star and TV producer Akhumzi Jezile, Queen Mzansi actor Thoba Mseleni and former […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says 54 people have been arrested in connection with violent protests – in which 18 trucks were torched – on the N3 freeway near the Mooi River Toll Plaza, in KwaZulu-Natal, last night. The KZN Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Bheki Langa, said he “strongly condemned” the unlawful protest […]

Two South African women – Makoma Lekalakala and Liziwe Mcdaid – have won the most prestigious environmental award in the world… for taking on the State, and stopping a proposed nuclear deal in its tracks. The winners of the international Goldman Prize were announced on 23 April 2018. Tonight, current affairs programme Carte Blanche will profile […]

As if ‘lion farming’ wasn’t bad enough, Captured in Africa (CIA) Foundation has revealed that there is allegedly an active lion processing plant in South Africa… where lions are killed in order to obtain their bones for export. The demand for lion bones from the Asian market has increased over the past few years as […]

Thanks to a concerted effort by caring South Africans – both those who donated and those who collaborated in the field – a baby rhino… lost and alone in the wild, was tracked down and saved yesterday from certain death. The call for urgent donations to help search for the baby rhino went out yesterday […]

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking Nosunset Tshemese tries to remove water from her shack. All photos: Vincent Lali Cape Town desperately needs rain, and the past week’s downpours have helped alleviate the nearly four-year drought. But for people living in informal settlements, rain often means flooding. Vincent Lali visited VT Section […]

This Sunday’s Carte Blanche investigates what’s going on behind a kidnapping spree that has gripped the South African Muslim Indian community. This week’s episode is packed with this story and more… available to South Africans abroad from Tuesday 01 May 2018 if you subscribe to Showmax. Kidnapping Spree in South Africa Kidnapping wealthy business owners is […]

Nineteen lions were allegedly shot last week in South Africa, and another 80 could soon be killed in the Free State. All apparently for the lion bone trade. The news was broken yesterday by Blood Lions, a campaign that aims to bring an end to canned hunting and the exploitative breeding of lions and other […]

The DA’s Dianne Kohler Barnard delivered a hard-hitting statement in the South African National Assembly on Tuesday, addressing the crisis of murders in the country – 52 per day… and specifically the ‘special type of murders’ that occur in rural areas. As she pointed out – with horrific and tragic examples – the brutal and […]

The South African government has approved two immediate interventions to restore order and stability in communities of the North West province. One of the interventions includes a task team of Ministers, which will be dispatched to visit the North West to establish the facts on the ground. The task team comprises the Ministers of Planning, […]

Captured in Africa (CIA) Foundation has issued an appeal for assistance to locate and track a baby rhino calf a few hours outside of Johannesburg. The non-profit organisation, in partnership with a K9 anti-poaching and security unit called PitTrack, has a new initiative called K9s for Big Cats… which primarily tracks, locates and relocates missing, escaped […]

Heavy rainfall in the past month (and even some good rain over Cape Town last night) has brought relief in most parts of South Africa, according to the Department of Water and Sanitation. In its weekly report yesterday, the Department said that the average dam levels have increased from 80.6% last week to 81.8% this […]

Now this is unbeatable South African service! SA expat Kate Whalley-Hands experienced a unique and truly South African moment on board an international flight  this week, as she headed home. In a post on facebook Wednesday evening, Kate – who lives in Canada according to her facebook page – shared these glorious photos of South […]