JOHANNESBURG – As we all now know, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is forging ahead with plans to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement late on Tuesday in a televised address to the nation, underscoring the political significance of the move. The […]

A year ago, Capetonian mom and author Vanessa Raphaely was parenting two extremely “teenagery” teens and a tween, feeling as if she was “both the most useless and also the most lonely parent on the planet”. Being useless or lonely is not how one would normally describe Vanessa. She’s a talented powerhouse – former Content […]

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement last night that the African National Congress (ANC) will support a proposed amendment to the Constitution – allowing for land expropriation without compensation – the South African Rand has fallen. The Rand was trading at 13.3525 on Wednesday at 07h12 local time, 0.58% weaker than at close on Tuesday. Government […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it has implemented controlled electricity cuts – known as load shedding in SA – after the company’s power supply was affected by labour unrest, by workers who are demanding higher wages. “Stage 1 rotational loadshedding implemented this evening,” Eskom said on its Twitter account. Eskom […]

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced the unemployment statistics of the second quarter, revealing that South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased to 27.2%…with the Free State being the hardest hit with an unemployment rate now of 34.4%. In the first quarter of this year the unemployment did not change – it was 26.6%. Stats […]

Eskom has announced that the risk of Stage 1 rotational loadshedding remains “high” this evening… due to industrial action. However, South Africa’s national power supplier has promised that it “will only be implemented if absolutely necessary”. If there is loadshedding – of which there is a “high probability” – it will be between 17h00 and […]

The situation at the Vaal River – which provides a major source of water for Gauteng – has reached crisis levels as raw sewage continues to spill onto land and into the river, posing a threat to the drinking water of 45% of Gauteng’s population. According to an expose by Carte Blanche, streets in the […]

Say what you want about Helen Zille, but here is a reminder that you can’t say what you want about Helen Zille, at least not on a public platform… writes Gus Silber. Well, you can, constitutionally speaking, but it may come at a price, the bill, in this case, being R93,218.09, plus interest. That’s the […]

The South Gauteng High Court today found that the SA government’s decision to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity should be set aside… paving the way for Mrs Mugabe to be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a South African model in Johannesburg last year. The earlier decision to grant former President Robert Mugabe’s wife immunity had been […]

JOHANNESBURG  – Holiday and business commuters in Gauteng have been affected Monday as workers at South Africa’s high-speed Gautrain went on strike over pay. Services to capital city Pretoria, commercial hug Johannesburg, and to the country’s main airport – OR Tambo International – have all been impacted, with major delays expected. The Bombela Operating Company, […]

The voting polls in Zimbabwe are now officially opened for voters. This is a historic moment for the Zimbabwean people, who will cast their vote without former President, Robert Mugabe’s name on the ballot paper for the first time in decades. The people have been queuing since early morning in the hope of casting their […]

Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, has broken his silence on Sunday afternoon ahead of the country’s elections on Monday. Mugabe was addressing the media in an off the cuff speech which lasted over an hour, outside his mansion in the capital city, Harare. The former president, who was removed from his position, says he will […]

Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) Leader Julius Malema has lashed out at South African business mogul, Patrice Motsepe. Malema warned that Motsepe is leading another form of state capture. The EFF chief commander was addressing a crowd in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, during the party’s fifth anniversary celebration. Malema said that South Africa is not […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his “heartfelt condolences” on the tragic passing of acclaimed South African cardiologist Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi, who was Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Professor Mayosi died from suicide on Friday, 27 July 2018. He was renowned for heading the research group that discovered the […]

The body of a missing six year-old girl who was abducted last weekend has sadly been found, Mpumalanga police have confirmed. Noluthando Masango was last seen last week on Saturday when the family held a traditional ceremony. Her grandmother Leah Masango told local media the young girl had mysteriously disappeared after all the children had […]

The photos that are pouring in from South Africa and abroad of the historical worldwide event last night – the longest lunar eclipse this century – are heart-stopping! Here are just a few more to enjoy: Lunar eclipse photos from South Africa Johannesburg Durban: From Peter de Groot in Durban: “Composite sequence – Longest total […]

Lions have attacked the sole survivor of the disastrous relocation of 11 black rhino to Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. The relocation was intended to save and protect the rhino, a species whose future is in jeopardy… as poaching syndicates wipe them out to feed an Asian market that mistakenly believes the rhino horn […]

If you missed the lunar eclipse on Friday night – 27 July 2018 – here’s a video, taken by Richard Van Schalkwyk from Wilgeheuwel on the West Rang, Gauteng, South Africa… Richard says: “Colour added. The moon was white. Shot with a Canon T2i (550D) and a 50mm lens. Speed increased by 4000%.” WATCH Lunar […]

The much anticipated blood-red moon dazzled star gazers across much of South Africa and the world on Friday evening, when the earth’s natural satellite moved into the shadow of our planet for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century. From Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to the Middle East, and from the Kremlin to […]

Millions of people will have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse – an event popularly known in the media as a “blood moon” – on Friday July 27. Visible for most of the world including South Africa – only North America and Greenland are expected to miss out – it’s set to be the […]

This week Carte Blanche investigates what’s really behind the mystery facing officials in Durban with regard to the spate of bomb scares. (This episode is available for South Africans abroad to watch from Tuesday 31 July 2018 if you subscribe to Showmax.) Durban Bombs It’s the biggest mystery currently facing officials in Durban – ten explosive […]

A blood moon will appear in the night sky in South Africa, and around much of the world, on Friday night as the moon moves into the shadow of the earth for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century. The total eclipse will last 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, though a partial […]

JOHANNESBURG – Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the issue of a nuclear power deal at a private meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Johannesburg on Thursday, but his host said Pretoria could not sign such a deal for now, Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman said. “Our economy is stagnant, it is not growing at the rate […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa cannot afford large-scale expansion of its nuclear power fleet but would still be open to future nuclear deals with Russia, the ruling party’s Treasurer General said on Thursday shortly before President Vladimir Putin arrived for the BRICS summit. The nuclear project was prioritised by former President Jacob Zuma but new President […]

A video showing a blatant robbery in action in Gauteng, South Africa, is gaining a lot of traction and raising the conversation on how witnesses to a crime should behave. The video was posted by Intelligence Bureau SA on Thursday morning, and shows two men approaching a vehicle on the Grayston Drive Off-Ramp. While the […]