Animal protection groups have joined forces to persuade Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa to move a 39-year old female elephant called Lammie – who is living a lonely, sad existence since her mate died in September – to a sanctuary. The groups are the Humane Society International / Africa, the EMS Foundation and the Elephant […]

This may be an old video but unfortunately it’s timeless when it comes to load shedding! In this stand-up comedy routine, South African comedian Trevor Noah perfectly captures the frustration in calling City Power to get some answers on just when the electricity will be turned back ON! WATCH Trevor Noah on Load Shedding in […]

A video of a crowd behaving badly, throwing food and bottles at a stage, has been going viral in South Africa over the past three days with outrageous claims about it showing an ANC dinner party where guests were not happy with the food… to it being a wedding in East London where the the […]

Johnny Clegg is a legend for South Africans – embodying the fighting spirit and vision required to create a better future for all. Inspiring each and everyone of us. To thank him for all that he has done, and continues to do, for music and for South Africa, over 50 of the country’s most popular […]

CPS Security in South Africa have been commended by social media users for not giving up in the pursuit of armed wannabe car hijackers. A video uploaded to Youtube by CPS, from their dashboard camera, shows how dangerous the encounter was – with the suspects shooting from their car – and how scary it must […]

Paternal care – where fathers care for their children – is rare among mammals (that is, animals which give birth to live young). Scientists have identified more than 6,000 mammal species, but paternal care only occurs in 5 to 10% of them. Humans fall into that category, along with species like mice and lions. There […]

South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah has posted a wonderfully moving – and funny – interview with his 91-year-old grandmother, whom he visited during his recent trip back to South Africa to host the Global Citizen festival. Trevor and his grandmother – Nomalizo Frances Noah – talk about his childhood (when he was white), life […]

Eish! Watch all the way to the end… as an elephant strolls through a safari camp and gets VERY close up to a tourist, named Trevor, sitting on a chair in his shorts… with his hands up, as if to prove to the elephant he had nothing  to hide! As the old saying goes: only […]

WATCH the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 Performances live below… coming straight from South Africa, and being broadcast across the country, the continent of Africa and over 160 countries around the world! Artists will include: Beyoncé & JAY-Z, Cassper Nyovest, D’banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, Kacey Musgraves, Femi Kuti, Pharrell Williams & Chris Martin, Sho […]

Amidst the horror stories of ruthless rhino poachers or elephant hunters, and the carnage they leave behind, it’s wonderful to be reminded about how many good people there are in South Africa who will never give up saving the country’s wildlife. On Sunday two survivors of rhino poaching will be released back into the wild, […]

Democratic Alliance Chief Whip John Steenhuisen today responded to claims that he should not be the DA’s Chief Whip in Parliament without a university degree. Steenhuisen delivered another epic speech, although he was interrupted several times (at one point saying “this is harassment, come on”). Watch below. Here’s a full transcript of John Steenhuisen’s speech […]

As ‘they’ say, Nando’s has done it again – with an advert as hot as their chicken peri peri… poking fun at South African society and highlighting an important issue, but with humour. The issue in this case is the South African tendency to group people who are different to them as “you people”… resulting […]

A brave – and petrified – woman in South Africa refused to be a victim of an attempted armed robbery in Cape Town yesterday. The unnamed female driver took matters into her own hands, reversing away from the perpetrators and crashing into three other cars as she made her successful escape. According to 1Second Facebook page, […]

A video has been going viral on South African social media, sadly showing a mother using her three children to steal a handbag from a customer at a Steers restaurant in Paarl in the Western Cape. The family hover near a table with the mother either on the phone or pretending to be on the […]

After reading South African comedian Trevor Noah’s best-selling memoir ‘Born a Crime’,  many people were left with more questions than answers… like “what happened to Teddy?” Teddy was Trevor’s best friend in primary school. During childhood they would shoplift together… until they were bust one day. They ran like the wind but Teddy was caught. […]

While Black Friday’s shopping bonanza was enjoyed fairly calmly – and in good spirits – by thousands of South Africans across the country… there were a couple of mishaps, like the door that was broken down by eager shoppers at the Game store in Empangeni. Watch below. Crowds gathered at the 90 Game outlets around […]

South African videographer Richard van Schalkwyk is on a mission to get English musician Ed Sheeran to view this video of Rosina Kaseke singing a Zulu version of Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’… Van Schalkwyk would love to see Kaseke join Sheeran on stage during his tour to South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town) in March next year. […]

Disney has released the first trailer for the much-anticipated live-action adaptation of The Lion King. Disney tweeted the trailer just over ten hours ago, on the eve of Black Friday, with a short tweet announcing the release date: July 19, 2019. At the same time it aired the advert during the NFL’s annual Thanksgiving primetime […]

There’s a post on Facebook that’s going viral… with a story so amazing that it’s hard to believe it’s true… but for once, this story is! Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler were on opposite sides during the Second World War. Their paths crossed on 20 December 1943 and one of them should have been killed… but […]

A recent online video took what seemed like an inspirational moment viral. The video, shot by Dmitry Kedrov using a drone, shows a baby bear climbing up and falling down the side of a mountain near Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk. After repeated efforts, the cub finally reaches the top, joining his mother and winning the […]

Comedian Trevor Noah reveals exactly what it’s like to be a South African expat in the US in his new show – learning a whole new way of pronouncing words you thought you knew (like ‘water’), replacing words like ‘serviette’ with ‘napkin’ and discovering that their favourite food is actually not American, but ironically Mexican […]

South Africans always make the best commercials, and the latest ‘Zero Bucks’ ad from Showmax is one of the classics… going viral with over 330,000 views in just a couple of weeks. One Capetonian viewer Chris Mackerdush wrote on YouTube: “Guys this ad is f..king outstanding. I’m in the ad industry and cynical as a bastard […]

We have fantastic news as Cape Town artist, Jeremy Olivier, has released one of the most Proudly South African albums in a long time AND he is also making dreams come true for one lucky person who loves SA’s beautiful Rainbow Nation as passionately as he does. (See competition details below, or go ahead and […]

A pride of four lions band together to take down an enormous buffalo in the middle of the road, in the Kruger National Park, in South Africa. The video is quite harrowing to watch as the buffalo moans in pain as it is floored. According to Reuters, the video-filmer said: “On my way to Lower Sabie […]

Hope abounds for South Africa’s lions as a new Parliamentary report has called for an end to captive lion breeding in South Africa! The news has been welcomed by local and international conservationists and NGOs, and the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Environment, Phillemon Mapulane, has been praised for his part in getting the […]