Mduduzi Manana, whose lunch-during-lockdown Instagram post led to the temporary removal of a cabinet minister yesterday, is again in the spotlight after a video surfaced showing him wandering around a luxurious house, sometimes in a Versace robe, posing with perfumes and racks of shoes as he is attended to by a butler and a maid. […]

Tennis legend Roger Federer took to Facebook late Monday night to post this video recapturing the incredible Match in Africa, which broke a world record for audience attendance, at the stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on 7 Feb 2020. The Swiss tennis player said: “Epic recap from last week’s journey to Cape Town!? @trevornoah […]

The assault case against former South African Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana has been withdrawn. Just three weeks into her job, Manana’s domestic worker – named as Christine Wiro in local reports – laid charges against her employer on Sunday night at the Douglasdale police station. She claims that Manana had tried to push […]

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is meeting Monday with officials from the Embassy of the United States of America in Pretoria, following the recent disturbing comments attributed to President Donald Trump. DIRCO said it will provide an opportunity to the Charges de Affaires (the second in charge) to explain the statement by […]

American President Donald Trump has responded to public opinion, and says he is putting his controversial decision – to lift the ban on bringing elephant trophies into the United States – on hold for now. Earlier this week it was announced by Trump’s Administration that it was reversing the policy which had been made in […]

It seems inventing new words comes naturally to Presidents. Not to be outdone by American President Donald Trump’s “Nambia” and “Covfefe“, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma came up with his own new word on Thursday – “Meando’s”. Watch below. While answering DA Leader Mmusi Maimane – and twisting Maimane’s words – Zuma joked that “you […]

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has resigned and apologised to South Africans, particularly women, following the recent incident of assault he was in involved in, in which he beat up a woman at a club in Gauteng, which is before the court. The former Deputy Minister handed his resignation and […]

A dream came true Sunday for Wayde van Niekerk – and his country – as he made his Olympic goal true… to win gold in the Men’s 400m in Rio, Brazil. The South African athlete also broke Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old record to record a phenomenal world record of 43.03 sec! Twenty-four-year-old Van Niekerk ran the race in […]

PRETORIA – Eight policemen each received a 15-year jail sentence on Wednesday for the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged behind a police van, according to news reports. The death of Mido Macia in February 2013 was caught on a mobile phone camera which showed him being manhandled, handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged […]

Johannesburg-based musical comedian Deep Fried Man (real name Daniel Friedman) has certainly jumped from the frying pan into the fire with his latest YouTube video. In a message on Facebook a couple of days ago, the 34-year-old wrote: “Capetonians! This one’s for you. Some people have been asking when I would put my Cape Town Song […]

This week the South African jokes have been flying on social media, centred around the President’s fumbling of numbers, Springbok rugby players meeting the Queen, and the forthcoming Rugby World Cup (RWC) quarter finals between SA and Wales on Saturday. Here’s a selection… 1. That number blunder A video went viral of President Zuma fumbling over […]

South Africans are going bokke for their #Bokke tonight after the Springboks’ spectacular win in the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Pool B match at Olympic Stadium in London. South Africa thrashed the USA 64-0. (Watch highlights above or below.) To be fair the USA team played with heart and performed well in the first half, managing to […]