JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that the South African government should clearly articulate its land reform plans in order to lift uncertainty weighing on investor sentiment. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has said it plans to redistribute land without compensation to address racial inequalities that persist more than two […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Crews on South Africa’s armoured vans staged a national protest on Tuesday to demand the right to bear arms and kill assailants following a spate of deadly robberies in a country with a reputation for violent crime. The vans blocked streets in downtown Johannesburg and other cities while workers affiliated with the […]

The South African Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane says Western Cape minister, Helen Zille was insensitive in her colonialism tweet last year. Zille had tweeted, whilst waiting to board a plane in Singapore back home to Cape Town: “For those claiming that the legacy of colonialism was only negative, they should look at various aspects of […]

The South African Sibanye-Stillwater mine has Tuesday morning confirmed the death of a fourth miner. One miner is still missing.  The incident took place at the company’s Kloof Ikamva Mine near Westonaria in Johannesburg. Three miners were confirmed dead yesterday. This is after five mine workers were overcome by gas while they were underground. It’s […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steady winter rains over the last week have substantially eased Cape Town’s worst drought in a century, replenishing reservoirs for the western Cape region of South Africa to levels well above last year’s, officials said on Monday. Dam levels have risen to 31.5 percent as of this week compared with just […]

The South African sports community is mourning the loss of leading 23-year-old wrestler KleinJan Combrinck, who died in the early hours of Sunday morning, 10 June 2018, after being involved in a car accident. Combrinck, 23, who was part of Team South Africa at the recent Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, passed away after […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Six months into the job of running loss-making South African Airways, Vuyani Jarana is mapping out a punishing austerity plan. Jarana, who faces the daunting task of turning the flag carrier around, said layoffs and other cuts were unavoidable as he contends with a draining cost-to-income ratio of 108 percent. “SAA cannot […]

According to South African civil rights organisation AfriForum, a petition against the proposed process of expropriation without compensation has been signed by nearly 250,000 members of the public. The organisation says it will be submitting the petition, as well as a memorandum, to Parliament in Cape Town tomorrow morning. “The memorandum contains a summary of […]

South Africa’s rand firmed in early trade on Monday, recovering some of the losses from last week, as the dollar softened ahead of central bank policy meetings and the U.S.-North Korea summit this week. * At 0637 GMT, the rand traded at 13.0125 per dollar, 0.5percent firmer than its close on Friday. * The rand […]

South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), have their eyes set on the Northern Cape and Gauteng province as one of their strategies prior to next year’s general elections. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Saturday, after the meeting of the party’s federal executive in Johannesburg, that the DA aims to gain support in […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African government is concerned by the rand’s plunge to its lowest this year and will step up a “defence mechanism”, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said, but he fell short of calling the currency’s dip a crisis. The rand dropped to 13.2875 against the dollar on Friday, its weakest since Dec. […]

The United States president, Donald Trump has arrived in Singapore on Sunday Morning prior to the summit with North Korean leader  Kim Jong Un. Kim landed a few hours before Trump made his arrival in the city. The aim of the summit is to discuss the nuclear deal with North Korea. The two leaders are […]

In May last year South Africans were blown away by the courage and determination of Xolani Luvuno… who completed the 42.2km annual Wally Hayward marathon in Gauteng on one leg and crutches. Today he completed the Comrades Marathon!!! (Phew, tears!) Xolani lost a leg about eight years ago after suffering bone marrow cancer. Today he […]

In a series of tweets Sunday morning, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has “categorically” denied newspaper reports today that he demanded a R4.5-million “kickback” for a deal made by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). Mkhize described the allegations – which were published by the Sunday Times – as “a ridiculous and malicious […]

Attracting investment to grow the economy, creating jobs and addressing poverty and inequality in South Africa is top of mind as President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in the G7 Leaders’ Summit Outreach in Toronto, Canada. The President arrived in the country on Friday ahead of the two-day session hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “The […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fossils of two amphibians that lived within the Antarctic circle 360 million years ago are forcing scientists to rethink the origins of land vertebrates, including where these pioneers first appeared and the climatic conditions that spawned them. Scientists said on Thursday they have unearthed partial remains of primitive Devonian Period amphibians named […]

A suspected stowaway from Tanzania was rescued yesterday on the bulk carrier M1 Harmony by the NSRI in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The man, who is believed to be 32-years-old, had allegedly injured himself while trying to escape from the ship’s crew after they discovered him. According to NSRI PE duty coxswain Kevin Warren, the […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Elite South African police unit, the Hawks, raided offices of India’s Bank of Baroda on Friday and seized documents as part of an investigation into state corruption under former president Jacob Zuma, a police spokesman said. Bank of Baroda, which is winding down its operations in South Africa, was thrust into the […]

(Reuters) – U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, killed himself in a French hotel room, CNN said on Friday, in the second high-profile suicide of a U.S. celebrity this week. He was 61. Bourdain, whose career catapulted him from cooking at New York’s top restaurants to dining in […]

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, appeared at the Durban High Court on Friday for the second time on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s. Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering relating to the deal […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa told congregants at the centenary celebrations of the Afrikanerbond that land needs to be shared in order to reduce poverty and unlock its economic value to benefit all South Africans. The President on Thursday night said the Afrikanerbond should not see the acceleration of land reform as a threat but as an […]

There’s a message currently being shared from a “gatvol” South African, summing up how he (or she) sees the current state of play: The message, from an unnamed South African living in the country, begins: “I loathe to have to share the realities of life here in good ol’ S of A, and always choose […]

South African convicted axe murderer Henri van Breda, who was found guilty of murdering three members of his family, has been sentenced to life in prison. Van Breda, was found guilty on 22 May of murdering his parents Martin and Teresa, and older brother Rudi – in a brutal axe attack at the family’s luxury […]

It may come as a surprise to many in South Africa… but South African Airways (SAA) has been named as one of the Top 10 Airlines in the World, according to an international survey. In fact SAA made it into the Top 5. It clearly wasn’t being measured for financial performance – SAA’s “horror show” […]

The African National Congress (ANC) has issued a statement saying it rejects Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) Chief Whip Floyd Shivambu’s “racist and narrow nationalist diatribe with the deepest contempt it deserves”. This statement goes a step further than an earlier one from the ANC Chief Whip, which had said Shivambu’s comment about National Treasury Official […]