Here are the latest hot topics due for broadcast on Carte Blanche this Sunday, and available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 27th February 2018, if they’re a subscriber of Showmax International. Otto van Tonder What’s worse than a bad credit record when you desperately need to secure finance? Getting ripped off by the […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah says he is “in heaven” since signing Hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o to star in and co-produce the movie based on his best-selling book ‘Born a Crime’. The Mexican-Kenyan actress, who is currently starring in Disney / Marvel’s blockbuster ‘Black Panther‘ film, is equally delighted. She tweeted: “When I read @Trevornoah’s […]

Proving that ALL members of the team are important, a group of members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Eastern Cape set out at 06h00 on Wednesday morning to look for missing Search and Rescue dog, Olive. According to SAPS, Olive had gone missing on Sunday evening. The search party – consisting […]

Famous KwaZulu-Natal landmark, Nottingham Road Rail Station, burnt to the ground on Wednesday. Watch video below. Nottingham Road Hotel posted the video on Facebook and said it had been “such a sad day”. The Hotel thanks Nottingham Road South African Police Service (SAPS) for its “swift action” and said “we are blessed that Notties Hotel […]

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba joked about his Candy Crush ‘addiction’ during his 2018 Budget Speech in Parliament on Wednesday… laying to rest any suspicions (or hopes) that the Candy Crush picture last week had been photoshopped! The Minister was photographed playing Candy Crush on Friday evening, during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s maiden State of the Nation […]

KFC restaurants around the UK are remaining closed for the fourth day because of a chicken shortage… caused by the fast food chain dumping its South African distributor, Bidvest, in favour of DHL who have let them down with “teething problems”. To be unable to serve fried chicken is not only embarrassing for the restaurant […]

The ANC government is “making the people of South Africa pay back the money that they [the ANC] have stolen”, claimed Mmusi Maimane after Wednesday Budget Speech was delivered in Parliament by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. The Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader said the 1% increase in VAT and the fuel levy will see the cost […]

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says R6 billion has been allocated towards drought relief and to augment public infrastructure investment. The announcement comes as efforts are underway to declare three provinces (Western Province, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape), and particularly Cape Town, as national disaster areas. On Tuesday, the City of Cape Town announced that Day […]

Government will spend R57 billion on free higher education over the next three years, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday. Tabling the 2018 Budget in Parliament, Minister Gigaba said there was a reallocation in the spending framework. “The largest reallocation of resources towards government’s priorities was on higher education and training, amounting to additional […]

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s Budget Speech has seen him make “difficult decisions” to address a revenue shortfall and to fund free higher education; including a 1% increase in value-added tax which hasn’t been adjusted since 1993. An increase in VAT, fuel levy and a higher estate duty tax are just some of the things South […]

The African National Congress (ANC) put on a united front on Tuesday night as President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted a cocktail function at Tuynhuys in Cape Town to honour his predecessor Jacob Zuma, who resigned as head of state last week. The private event was attended by ministers and deputy ministers. In official pictures issued, both […]

Police top brass have condemned the “cold-blooded attack” of the police officers stationed at the Ngcobo Police Station in Umtata, Eastern Cape, in South Africa. An unknown group of armed suspects entered the police station in the early hours of this morning and without warning, randomly opened fire on the members on duty. Three members […]

COPE’s Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota struck a chord on Monday with his challenge to new President Cyril Ramaphosa to tell South Africa exactly who ‘our people’ are, referring to Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address that land will be returned to ‘our people’. Lekota’s outburst has since gone viral. The Congress of the People leader made […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) rangers and South African Police Service (SAPS) are on high alert following the mugging of a Dutch couple in Wilderness yesterday. ‘We received the news with shock at about 14:30 yesterday and immediately responded by increasing the number of rangers patrolling the Brown Hooded trail’ says Paddy Gordon, Park Manager […]

Great news from Cape Town, as the continued efforts by residents of the Mother City to cut down on water usage have enabled authorities to push back Day Zero – when taps will be turned off – another month from 4 June to 9 July 2018. A “delighted” Mmusi Maimane – Leader of the Democratic […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has compiled a 37-minute farewell video to former President Jacob Zuma, using key footage from his comedy shows over the last few years. Posting a trailer on Twitter, Trevor said: “I don’t care what the people say, he will always be the President of jokes. Farewell Jacob Zuma.” Trevor joked […]

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba will this week table the 2018 Budget in Parliament. The much anticipated budget will be tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Appointed to head National Treasury following former President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle in March 2017, Minister Gigaba is set to deliver the budget in a tough economic environment. It […]

Operations are back to normal at OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni, following the discovery of an unattended bag earlier in the day… which sparked fears of a planted bomb. Speaking to SAnews, Senior Manager Corporate Affairs at the airport Leigh Gunkel-Keuler, said the bag was found near the international arrivals airport terminal. “Upon the discovery of […]

A Bellville family of three – husband, wife and daughter – were attacked during an early morning stroll on Noordhoek Beach in Kommetjie on Saturday morning… but thanks to a ‘miracle’ they survived. Despite reports by NSRI and local media outlets that only the wife was attacked, the husband was too… but thanks to fate […]

The Proteas may not have won on the field today, but they’re winners in our hearts. This week they helped a special young 12-year-old’s dream come true. Thembinkosi ‘Thembi’ Matshimane, who hails from Ga-Rankuwa near Pretoria, was born in 2005 with a severe and rare muscle disorder called arthrogryposis, which causes rigid joints before birth. […]

The reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the Gupta brothers and Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, has risen to at least R1.4-million… and extra cash has been offered to entice the Gupta bodyguards and those already arrested to come forward with information. The Hawks declared Ajay Gupta a “fugitive from justice” on […]

Zelda La Grange, former private secretary to the late President Nelson Mandela, says Mandela would be “incredibly proud” of President Cyril Ramaphosa, and that “we should all walk very tall” from now on. In a post on facebook last night, after the State of the Nation Address (SONA), Zelda said: “We commit with you Mr […]

Here is the Hugh Masekela song that President Cyril Ramaphosa movingly quoted at the end of his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town last night, Friday 16 February 2018. Sadly the iconic South African musician who gave us ‘Send me’ passed away on 23 January 2018, from prostate cancer, less than a month […]

Let us put all the negativity that has dogged our country behind us “because a new dawn is upon us” – was the strong message that newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shared with the nation on Friday night. “Together we are going to make history. We have done it before and we will […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes South Africa can DOUBLE the size of employed people in tourism, and has called on South Africans to welcome tourists with open hearts. Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament in Cape Town on Friday evening, Ramaphosa said tourism sustains 700,000 direct jobs and is performing better than […]