Over 900 people in an informal settlement in Clare Estate, Durban in South Africa, were left homeless after a fire on Sunday. According to Thapelo Mohapi of Abahlali Basemjondolo, a two-year-old died in the blaze in the shack where the fire is believed to have started. The parents were admitted to King Dinuzulu Hospital and […]

South African actress Lara Lipschitz has won the award for Best Actress at the New York City Web Fest, which was held over the weekend in the USA. “I’m bringing that trophy home!” Lara wrote excitedly on her public facebook page. Lara entered with her series ‘Chin Up’ (watch a couple of episodes below), a […]

  Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane, will visit the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday morning to view President Jacob Zuma’s declaration of interests since he took office in 2009. This comes after the DA say President Zuma “failed to answer an urgent question” last week in the National Assembly as to whether he […]

Worth thousands each on the black market, the pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world… and is now teetering on the brink of extinction, with South Africa being at the centre of the tragedy. “Across Africa, over a million have been removed from the wild over the last decade and South Africa is […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma hit back at opposition MPs yesterday, during the National Council of Provinces, for not listening to the ANC report on everything it has achieved… and instead raising issues from books. He was referring to, amongst several others, Jacques Pauw’s best-selling expose “The President’s Keepers” which the State Security Agency (SSA) […]

Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic held its sixth event in its ‘Business is an Adventure’ series… in South Africa today. The series uncovers secrets on how business leaders, entrepreneurs and influencers make the adventure of business epic. Watch below as Branson was joined for a panel discussion, alongside social media icon and YouTube sensation Caspar Lee (who recently […]

The devastation caused by the Gordon’s Bay Fire in South Africa, which engulfed the area earlier this week, has fanned the community spirit in the area. With strong winds feeding it, the fire raged through the region burning down at least four houses, two sub-stations, a vegan deli and restaurant and an entire horse farm […]

Following Public Enterprises Deputy Minister Ben Martins rebuttal of a testimony by Eskom’s suspended company Secretary and legal services head Suzanne Daniels that he attended a tea party that was also attended by, among others, members of the Gupta family… Daniels has said she stands by her testimony. Deputy Minister Martins briefed the media at […]

The launch of ‘The President’s Keepers‘ at Hyde Park on Wednesday evening began with protesters outside (protesting for media freedom under the threat of the book being banned)… and ended with a power outage! Photos by Andrea Ben. Author Jacques Pauw took centre stage at the Hyde Park shopping centre, with crowds packed to the […]

By Friday 17 November, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will have signed a contract with the SA Post Office (SAPO) for the payment of over 17 million grants. This “hybrid model” will include SASSA, SAPO, Home Affairs and the State Security Agency. Jeff Radebe, minister in the Presidency and chairperson of the Interministerial […]

  The DA will request an investigation after media reports today revealed that on the last day of the 2015/16 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) paid Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) over R52 million for a contract for 169 torches. The Democratic Alliance (DA) said this “amounts to an astonishingly exorbitant R300,000 per […]

CAPE TOWN – A young child in South Africa who had been critically injured in a car accident, tragically passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning whilst being transported to hospital… because of the delay caused when the ambulance he was in, was held up by gunmen and robbed. The eight-year-old was being […]

Over the last 20 years Johannesburg has become an intense wholesale and retail centre for local hawkers and for traders from all over sub-Saharan Africa. Billions of rands worth of fast fashion is sold annually in the traditional central business district and in 20 large Chinese shopping malls west of the inner city. It is […]

Thick smoke is billowing above Gordon’s Bay and blanketing Cape Town, from the Southern Suburbs to the CBD, caused by the Sir Lowry’s Pass Fire, near Somerset West. Update: the fires are spreading fast, with winds of over 70km per hour, and fire has jumped the firebreak and started burning houses on the mountainside. Four […]

A convoy of 30 trucks, carrying 1,500 bales of feed, set off on Tuesday morning from Mpumalanga to the drought-stricken Western Cape, thanks to the incredibly kind donation of farmer Jannie Neuhoff… showing how farmers still care for one another amidst difficult economic times. Neuhoff, of Neuhoff Farms in Delmas, has donated approximately R500,000 worth […]

Lord Peter Hain tabled a series of allegations in the UK’s House of Lords relating to the possible role of British banks in alleged money laundering and illicit financial transactions centred around South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family. The Conversation Africa’s Charles Leonard asked him to explain why he took the step. […]

South African expats in the UK gathered outside the South African High Commission on Saturday, 04 November 2017, for a peaceful protest to raise awareness and show support for those affected by farm attacks. Not even the pouring rain could dampen the spirits of those who trekked to Trafalgar Square in London to protest and […]

The African National Congress (ANC) is not impressed with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement yesterday of his preferred team, should he be elected as the new ANC leader next month, at the 54th National Conference in South Africa. Yesterday, Ramaphosa broke with ANC tradition to reveal his top six, at a campaign rally in Limpopo. […]

A mother in the UK, who is believed to originally be from Vereeniging in South Africa, has revealed that her son Noah died from Rickets, a childhood disease mainly caused by Vitamin D deficiency. Beverley Thahane, who now lives in Shropshire in England, expressed her shock at the diagnosis during an interview with the BBC: […]

A lone gunman is reported to have shot and killed over 20 people in a church near San Antonio in Texas, USA. Preliminary reports say 26 people have died and at least 20 have been injured. The Wilson County Sheriff said the man, dressed in black, started firing as he walked up to and entered […]

Last week South African expat, Heather Rodd-Young, was so moved by the plight of those living on farms in South Africa – from farmers to farm workers – that she responded to a request by many social media commenters to set up a fundraising effort to help those back home. The beneficiaries will be the […]

South African author Jacques Pauw has posted a message Sunday on what people should do who have downloaded illegal PDF copies of his explosive new book about President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, “The President’s Keepers”. He writes: “I have been inundated with requests from people who want to pay me for the free PDF […]

Editor Jacques Pauw and the publishers of his new book ‘The President’s Keepers‘, have asked readers to please not download the pirated, hacked copy of the book currently being shared on social media. NM Publishers said it understands that many South Africans are doing this “innocently”, believing it to be a protest against the State […]

New leader of the Southern Kalahari Bushmen, #Xuu N!ai Petrus, turned 73 today. #Xuu N!ai Petrus was elected leader of the Southern Kalahari Bushmen – aka #Khomani San – on 30 September 2017, taking over the reign from the late Leader Dawid Kruiper who died in 2012. #Xuu N!ai Petrus was instrumental in the successful land […]

Not even the rain could dampen the spirits of South Africans in London who gathered today in a peaceful protest to raise awareness about the murders in SA, particularly those of farmers and farmworkers. Well known South African expat Hayley Reichert, who helped arrange the event in Trafalgar Square, outside the South African High Commission, […]