The beautiful coastal town of Hermanus in the Western Cape, South Africa, has been hit by illegal land invasions, property destruction and xenophobic attacks, which started yesterday and are currently ongoing in Zwelihle and the industrial area of the town. See photos and videos below. So far there has been destruction at a public library, police […]

Showing humour in the face of adversity isn’t restricted to South Africans, check out this hilarious video by Australia’s TripleJ radio station – ‘We Cheat at Cricket’. The video by Ben and Liam makes fun of the Land Down Under’s national cricket team, which were caught cheating – tampering with the ball – during a […]

The coastal city of Port Elizabeth is already famous as South Africa’s Friendly City… but there’s one special guy who’s adding an extra smile to everyone’s day – a singer called Wessel who busks along the beachfront. Last Sunday he was filmed singing Lionel Richie’s ‘Easy Like Sunday Morning’, and this weekend the video was […]

In his latest update to fans on the investigation into ball-tampering in Cape Town, Cricket Australia’s CEO James Sutherland has sent a personal email informing them that the organisation’s Head of Integrity will arrive in South Africa shortly, and that he himself will travel to SA this evening, arriving Tuesday morning local time. Sutherland said […]

Congratulations to South Africa’s Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky – and Andy Watts – for winning two major awards at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards in London! At a gala dinner at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel on 22 March 2018, Bain’s was awarded 2018 World’s Best Grain Whisky… and the company’s Founder Distiller, Andy Watts, was […]

Morne Morkel came agonisingly close to his first ever 10-wicket haul as he spearheaded the Proteas to their second successive four-day victory over Australia at Newlands on Sunday, giving South Africa a 2-1 lead in what’s been a rather controversial Test series so far. He took 5/23, including two wickets off successive balls, to go […]

Just like South Africans, when the going gets tough – Australians turn to humour. After the cheating incident at the Australia vs South Africa cricket match at Newlands in Cape Town yesterday, the jokes have come flying in faster than an Aussie cricket ball that’s been tampered with! https://www.facebook.com/uncensoredSA/posts/707915292665551 Jokes aside, Australians have come down […]

Australian cricketers Cameron Bancroft and Captain Steve Smith faced the press at Newlands in South Africa to discuss – and admit – to ball tampering during the third Test against the Proteas on Saturday 24 March 2018. There was no ways they could deny it! Watch this: https://twitter.com/nealcol/status/977572331500556288 Now watch below as the Australian sportsmen […]

American Oscar-winner and singer Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotionally-charged rendition of Bob Dylan‘s “The Times They Are A-Changing” at an anti-gun violence march in Washington DC on Saturday. Her performance, with a church choir, was made all the more powerful by her tragic personal connection with gun violence – in 2008, Jennifer lost her mother, […]

American vlogger Joel Patrick has responded to the backlash against his anti-racism video about South Africa. (Watch below.) On 15 March, Joel posted a video about South Africa in which he says racism from any side is wrong and calls out the black community for being silent on what has been happening. While South Africa […]

The African National Congress (ANC) has welcomed the decision by Moody’s Investor Research Services to confirm South Africa’s credit rating at investment grade and to change SA’s outlook from negative to stable. “This decision affirms the work of the ANC-led government, together with our social partners, to implement measures aimed at recovery of the South […]

Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) are currently recruiting firefighters, drivers, event managers, fund raisers and critical support personnel… so if you always read the headlines about fires in the Western Cape of South Africa, and wish you could be part of the solution, now’s your chance. Western Cape photographer, Justin Sullivan, who has been in the […]

Former Zimbabwe First Lady, Grace Mugabe, is allegedly under investigation for running an ivory poaching syndicate, which also smuggled gold and diamonds out of Zimbabwe, according to the UK’s Telegraph. In an exclusive interview with Australian photo-journalist Adrian Steirn (whom many will remember for his incredible series of photos of the Pangolin Men, and of […]

The head of the Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC), Dr Elias Sithole, says the PDMC remains on high alert amid the heavy downpours. Johannesburg and Pretoria experienced heavy rains that resulted in trees falling, homes becoming submerged, cemetry headstones collapsing and a car being ‘swallowed’ by a large sinkhole in front of the dump […]

After two more farm attacks, including one murder, in the past 48 hours in South Africa, DA Limpopo Provincial Leader Jacques Smalle will write to the Provincial Police Commissioner, Luitenant General Nneke Ledwaba, reiterating the opposition party’s repeated call to capacitate rural safety within the South African Police Service (SAPS) with adequate manpower and resources. “This […]

A “safe space” for homeless people at the Culemborg bridge in the Cape Town city centre should be operational in May 2018, according to JP Smith, Mayco Member for Safety and Security, and Social Services. The space was initially scheduled to open in February but “a temporary land use departure had to be secured” said […]

Once again this Sunday’s episode of Carte Blanche is packed with all the latest hot topics in South Africa. South Africans abroad can watch the show (and many more TV shows and movies) by subscribing to Showmax International, where this episode will be available to stream from Tuesday 27 March 2018. Life After Esidimeni The families of the […]

Check out this lekker new ad in New Zealand that features a ‘mighty South Africa burger’… with an Afrikaans-speaking guy presenting the burger that boasts BBQ sauce and an option for two flame grilled patties. Watch below. The burgers are part of a special Burger King promotion at the moment with customers able to enjoy […]

The two beautiful Friesian horses – a Mare and a Gelding – which were allegedly stolen from Shongweni Valley have been found, thanks to all the good people of South Africa  who shared owner David Armstrong’s message on social media.   David said yesterday that they’d been stolen, with a “slim” but “unlikely” chance they’d […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Warning for heavy rainfall over large parts of South Africa over the following 24 hours (with Cape Town unfortunately excluded). SAWS said the rainfall which has already been falling steadily in many parts could lead to localised flooding in eastern parts of the Free State, places […]

Travel to South Africa is set to start becoming easier for tourists within a year! The first phase of a new e-visa system will be piloted by 31 March 2019, according to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The DA, which has campaigned for the introduction of electronic visas to make it easier for tourists […]

The father of Michael Komape, the child who drowned in a pit toilet at the age of five while at school, is determined to “fix” the poor condition of schools in Limpopo. James Komape has started with school libraries. “This is something that I am doing not only to help the children, but I am […]

Residents of Mzondi Informal Settlement in Ivory Park, East of Johannesburg, have raised over R67,000 through crowd funding for materials to build 30 toilets in their community. Last week, GroundUp reported that the community had one week to reach their dream goal of R60,000, but no one had donated at the time of publication. Within […]

The DA said it is horrified to learn of another farm attack in the Free State, South Africa, that resulted in the brutal loss of life of the farm manager at the Brandenburg Farm, in the Ladybrand district. Upon returning home from running errands in town, Tankiso Pharoe (40) and his wife were attacked by […]

Today, 21 March 2018, South Africa observes Human Rights Day under the theme: “100 Years of Nelson Mandela: Promoting and deepening a human rights culture across society”. But it is not just any holiday. Every year on this day South Africans remember the tragic events of 1960 that saw 69 South Africans brutally murdered and […]