President Zuma has called upon all South Africans to demonstrate their love and appreciation for ailing former President Nelson Mandela by making this year’s Mandela Day the biggest ever.  He urged the nation to start preparing now for July 18, the day that Mandela is due to turn 95.   Zuma encouraged South Africans to […]

South Africa’s beloved  former President Nelson Mandela is in critical condition tonight in hospital in Pretoria. President Jacob Zuma announced tonight that “the doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable. He is in good hands.” President Zuma visited Mandela, known more […]

Former Capetonian Stelio Savante is making history in a lead role filmed in Equatorial Guinea. This is the first feature film to ever be shot in the small African country that’s usually more famous for its despotic regime than its movie-making industry.  Savante, one of South Africa’s top acting exports, stars in “Where the Road […]

Africa has the youngest population in the world, yet they are mostly unemployed or underemployed, even those who are educated. This, experts believe, is because their skills do not equip them for the modern jobs market, where information communication technology (ICT) skills are in high demand. According to African Economic Outlook’s 2012 report there are almost 200-million […]

Cape Town was transformed into Winter Wonderland yesterday with a massive hail storm that left the CBD looking like it had been covered in a white carpet of snow. Before the last drop of hail had fallen, locals were already sharing photos of the magical scene on Facebook. South African cartoonist Jerm seemed to have […]

  Africa’s time is now. In academic studies, institutional reports, business journals and the mass media a new story about Africa is emerging: one of growth, progress, peace, potential and profitability. Never in the half-century since it won independence from the colonial powers has Africa been in such good shape. Its economy is flourishing. Most […]

In typical Zululander style, the locals didn’t let a little flood stop them having fun this weekend. Legendary jet ski champion Dustin Motzouris took to the streets of Empangeni and thrilled the town with his daring manoeuvres.  With the police buzzing him with their sirens (but perhaps secretly impressed…and stumped on how to catch him), […]

The Cape Town-based Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) has won a prestigious global accolade for its work, a welcome nod of approval for those working to help reduce infections of the lung disease among children in South Africa and the rest of the developing world. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis report of 2012, […]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on each one of us in the international community to pledge an end to child marriage. In a heartfelt video, the Archbishop and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, deliver their message of hope for millions of girls all over the world who are being married off before the age […]

In memory of Neil Armstrong, who passed away earlier this week, the American flags at all US government facilities in South Africa are being flown at half-staff  today. The American astronaut became iconic for being the first man to walk on the moon. He commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July […]

Come January 2013, tourists and locals in Johannesburg will get a chance to see the city in a way they have never done before. Bright red, open-topped buses will ferry passengers through an experience of the everyday sights and sounds, cultures and heritage of the city as part of a new tour operation by a […]

From an email doing the rounds! Check out the snow on the N1 between Laingsburg and Beaufort West last week…

Another brilliantly blue day in Cannes. Just been ensconced in the divine red velvety Grand Theatre Lumiere. That’s where all the BIG movies are shown. When you see the movie stars in Cannes walking up the red carpet…that’s where they’re going – the Grand Theatre Lumiere, the heart of the Cannes Film Festival. Every morning at […]

England’s Princess Royal Anne is enjoyed a quick three-day trip to South Africa as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. The Princess was met at OR Tambo House in Pretoria today by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe (because President Zuma was […]

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco presented Novak Đoković with the Vermillion Medal for Physical Education and Sports in the Mediterranean principality today. They were joined by the Prince’s South African wife, Princess Charlene. The awarding of this medal was established in 1939 to honour those who achieve outstanding performance in a continuous and exemplary […]

As the world’s media scrambles incredulously to report on the upcoming wedding of South African president Jacob Zuma to his fourth wife, his press office has released the following statement setting the record straight on the state funding of his wive’s lifestyles. The Presidency has received enquiries from media houses relating to the pending wedding […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 13, 2012/ — Kofi Annan, Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) (http://www.agra-alliance.org), announced today the appointment of a renowned African business leader from Kenya, Ms Jane Karuku, as the new president of the organization. Ms Karuku was selected after an exhaustive international search process. She joins AGRA from Telkom […]

The life of Nelson Mandela is now freely accessible to the global public, as his Digital Archive Project, containing thousands of documents, photographs and videos, is now live on the internet. Google, the internet and software corporation, through its partnership with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) set up the digital exhibition. With a […]

Congratulations to Charlize Theron. The Oscar-winning South African has become a new mom! [Update – view Charlize Theron and baby Jackson pics] Charlize has adopted a beautiful baby boy called Jackson. He’s of African American descent and was born in the USA. In a statement, published by US Weekly, a representative for Charlize said: “She […]

Hot South African model Candice Swanepoel has beaten out her fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels to appear on the cover of the company’s 2012 Swim catalogue. The theme for the catalogue is a perfect fit for Candice. With a nod to Cindi Lauper’s 80’s anthem, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the 2012 catalogue is called “Girls […]

Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio are poised to jet into Durban for the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in three weeks time. They’ll be joined at the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) by a glittering assortment of other celebrities including movie star and fomer Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former US vice-president and active environmental […]

South African veteran sports photographer Wessel Oosthuizen has been honoured at an exhibition in New Zealand, where his image was rated second out of 120 submissions. Oosthuizen’s photo was part of the Union: The Heart of Rugby exhibition at Auckland City Hall, which took place during the recent Rugby World Cup. The display was viewed by […]

President Zuma has urged the international business community to “look towards Africa and invest in employment-creating growth”.  Zuma was addressing international businessmen, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, during his trip to the G-20 Summit in Cannes, South of France. South Africa is the only country from the African continent in the G-20 (Group of Twenty), […]

Jislaaik. It was close. But we won today! South Africa played Wales in their opening match at the World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand…and just won by 17 to 16. The match started well. Within 4 minutes Francois Steyn had scored a conversion and Morne Steyn converted. 7-0 to the world champions in less than […]

President Jacob Zuma will visit Former President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu this afternoon, to wish him well on his 93rd birthday. President Zuma will give Madiba an architect’s impression of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge that will be constructed across the Mbashe River between Ndondolo Village in the Mbashe Local Municipality and […]