Irish pop singer Ronan Keating has teamed up with Kiwi child actor Julian Dennison to deliver one of this season’s finest summer-related Christmas carols! The carol – Summer Wonderland – is a brilliantly disguised advert for Air New Zealand. The airline said: “Finally a festive tune we can get behind here in the Southern Hemisphere, […]

It’s not South African but this has to be one of the best Christmas carol videos this year. Popular British television presenter James Corden sings ‘All I Want for Christmas’ with a number of famous musicians (who are popular in SA) in his latest Carpool Karaoke… Watch All I Want for Christmas Carpool Karaoke Please click […]

To get us in the festive mood, here are four South African Christmas songs to sing along to, including one from South African expats living in London and another celebrating all that makes a summer Christmas in SA special… 12 Days of Christmas – a South African style carol South Africans singing ‘Silent Night’ (some in […]

Suzelle DIY’s latest video has some top tips and tricks for going to the beach. South Africa’s do-it-yourself Goddess includes beach hacks like how to put an umbrella up so it stays up, how to make a head rest, a table for your drinks, a no sand zone, how to keep cool and how to […]

“Love Thy Neighbour… But Don’t Get Caught!” is the catch phrase behind a brilliant new South African movie, ‘Keeping Up with The Kandasamys’. Shanti Naidoo and Jennifer Kandasamy are matriarchal rivals of neighbouring families in the South African film, whose young adult children become romantically involved. And the last thing these two Chatsworth mothers need […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah visited the White House, Washington, to interview the outgoing President of the USA, President Barack Obama. Trevor said: “I look up to you because we share a lot in common – we both have parents who are black and white; both half African; [you’re from] south side of Chicago, [I’m from] […]

An accident in South Africa involving an offshore supply vessel – Go Regulus (in orange) – and what appears to be a fishing trawler (in blue) has been caught on video and shared on social media. Mike Schuler, who uploaded the video, said the accident reportedly occurred at the Sturrock Dry Dock in Cape Town on […]

If provinces were people, who would be the best in the country? Would it be the ‘know it all’ Western Cape or laid back Limpopo, straight to the point Gauteng or the Free State who nobody can understand? South African student, photographer and YouTuber Sibu Mpanza (21) poses this question in his latest video, which […]

Following the awesome Mini Cape Town drone video, LUKE BELL and friend HLONI COLEMAN have made a second in the series: Mini South Africa… and it’s one of the best videos showcasing SA that you’ll ever see. It covers everything from major towns around the country to townships, from safaris to the sea, andfrom rugby stadiums to […]

A large pride of lions brought traffic to a halt in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, after they’d hunted and killed a buffalo. The lions then settled in for a long lunch… right in the middle of the road. The incident occurred near Satara Rest Camp in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park and took place in […]

Hey South Africa – “Black and white. Young and old. Right now’s the time to break the mould!” That’s the message from South African YouTube creator Daniel Rademeyer, calling on South Africans to love more. Check out his video below, an entry into the finals of a local YouTube competition, in which he’s gathered South […]

Springbok legend Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira gets hands on with South African YouTube sensation Dingo as they wrestle the largest reticulated python currently being kept in Africa. “These snakes are the longest in the world and have the most painful bite of any python,” says Graham ‘Dingo’ Dinkelman (36), a father of three. Dingo’s a self-taught animal […]

It was SO hot today in Gauteng that even the ostriches took to the water. Although the big winged birds can’t fly, they can swim… but it’s a rare and special occurrence. RIA VILJOEN caught the magical scene at Moreleta Nature Reserve as the ostriches – and their chicks – took a dip to cool […]

A new video documentary exposes the sewage crisis in Cape Town’s beautiful ocean, which is increasing as the population grows. (Watch below.) Every day, millions of litres of untreated waste-water is being discharged from the famous and fabulous Camps Bay region into South Africa’s marine reserve… Well known local marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon first brought the […]

The ‘Afrikaans Vertaal Grappie’ joke is old but it’s classic. This video was uploaded in 2013. The original joke was first posted on the internet in 2007, but even then it had been around for donkeys’ years! This week it’s been going viral again. It’s what happens when you try to translate directly from one […]

Popular French songstress Jain has released ‘Makeba’, a song that honours the late South African singer and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba… aka Mama Africa – and showcases SA and South Africans in a brilliantly creative visual production. Watch children dance and Joburg’s buildings go up… and down. The 24-year-old singer-songerwriter, born Jeanne Galice, says: “Miriam […]

If Cape Town could take its own selfie – this would be it. The ultimate selfie… taken with a drone. In fact it’s a series of selfies taken from different fabulous locations around Cape Town. The video was filmed by photographers, students and friends Luke Bell and Hloniphizwe Coleman; and features lots of well known faces from the local […]

A twenty-seven year old entrant in a South African YouTube-related competition has realised during the qualifying rounds, that there is something more important than winning this comp. – being part of a movement to create more love in South Africa. Pretoria-based Daniel Rademeyer (27) describes himself as “a musician, business owner, creative, videographer and photographer that Loves […]

When that super pod of humpback whales cruised into Cape Town this weekend, THOMAS PRYOR grabbed his surf ski and headed out for an unforgettable experience paddling with the whales. Here’s his story… Sunday Brunch Buffet with Whales in the Western Cape… by Thomas Pryor I had managed to see the whales off Sea Point on Saturday. I was with […]

Controversial TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has poked fun at South Africa’s controversial president in his new show, The Grand Tour (watch the full episode below). During the filming of the Joburg-based Episode 2, Clarkson delighted the local crowd with references to President Jacob Zuma’s well-documented difficulty with saying long numbers (“listen properly now”) and his […]

A large pod of migrating humpback whales were captured beautifully on a 4K drone video yesterday by videographer, vlogger and drone enthusiast KIERAN DONNELLY. Kieran caught the pod on film as they migrated south past Cape Town. He says there were at least 60 whales. “Shot this UNREAL video of a pod of humpbacks yesterday,” […]

A highly venomous Snouted Cobra has been on the loose in an apartment block in Lynnwood Glen in Pretoria since Thursday. Residents were advised to keep their toilet lids and bathroom doors closed to prevent it from entering into other areas of the flats. Snake handler Barry Greenshields, who identified the snake on Thursday, said he has never […]

A South African welding inspector, Wikus Ceronie, got the fright of his life yesterday morning when an angry hippo attacked his car while crossing the Kruger National Park border. Wikus was crossing the Jozini Dam, on his way back to South Africa from his first time ever working in Mozambique. He was cruising merrily along in his […]

South Africans have embraced the Black Friday tradition with the same enthusiasm as they’ve grabbed many other American traditions… queuing for hours since before dawn, fighting, laughing, grabbing bargains and tussling over toilet rolls!   Below are scenes from around the country where a riot apparently broke out over toilet rolls in a Roodepoort supermarket, while […]

Two Capetonian friends have created a drone video of Cape Town which makes the beautiful Western Cape city and beaches look like a miniature model. It’s spectacular! Watch below. Luke Bell, whose drone video of Cape Town – titled “The Most Beautiful City on Earth” – was featured on The Australian earlier this year, teamed up […]