American rapper Joyner Lucas has released a brutal but bridge-building video about racism that is creating waves around the world, and has already been viewed more than 2.2 million times in less than two days. South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah – who currently lives in the USA and hosts the Daily Show – […]

Watch the first interview with Britain’s Prince Harry and America’s Meghan Markle since the couple announced their engagement today, Monday 27 November 2017… The interview was filmed this afternoon at Kensington Palace, and in it they reveal he did get on one knee, and it was when they were alone at the cottage at Kensington […]

Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle posed for photographers at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden on Monday afternoon, to “mark the happy news” of their engagement. The royal prince and the American television star (Rachel Zane in ‘Suits’) are set to get married in Spring 2018. They were engaged earlier this month in London, but […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in Spring 2018, it has been announced by his father Prince Charles. An official photograph, announcing their engagement will be taken this afternoon. The couple has been dating for a year, and reportedly got engaged earlier this month in England. Prince Harry (33) and Markle (36) are set […]

Notorious American murderer Charles Manson has died at the age of 83. He allegedly died of natural causes, in a Californian hospital, on Sunday just after 20h00. Manson’s prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi described Manson as “an evil, sophisticated con man with twisted and warped moral values.” He was alleged to be the mastermind behind the horrific […]

A lone gunman is reported to have shot and killed over 20 people in a church near San Antonio in Texas, USA. Preliminary reports say 26 people have died and at least 20 have been injured. The Wilson County Sheriff said the man, dressed in black, started firing as he walked up to and entered […]

An attack by a 29-year-old suspect in New York has left at least eight people dead and 12 injured. The man, who drove a truck onto a cycling path and mowed down pedestrians and cyclists for several blocks before hitting a school bus and coming to a stop, was shot at by police and has […]

South Africans have been sharing an American video that’s gone viral and attracted the attention of international celebrities like talk show hosts James Corden and Ellen de Generes, and actor Ashton Kuchter. The video depicts the ‘privilege walk’, a technique used around the world to teach students and others about the advantages some of us […]

Watch this awesome video, which has gone viral, of a six-year-old ‘genius’ boy becoming a pilot for the day. Not only did it make his own dream come true… but it’s inspiring children around the world, including in South Africa, to follow their dreams. The little boy – Adam Mohammad Amer – captured the world’s […]

The Eiffel Tower in Paris dimmed its lights on Monday night (watch below) to mourn the death of over 300 people in Somalia’s twin bomb explosions on Saturday, the country’s deadliest attack in over a decade. More than 500 people were wounded in the truck bombings in Mogadishu. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility although the […]

Legendary singer Tom Petty has passed away at the age of 66. According to reports he was found in “full cardiac arrest” – unconscious and not breathing – at his home in Malibu. He was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ longtime manager, Tony Dimitriades, confirmed the rock musician’s death […]

At least 59 people were killed on Sunday night in Las Vegas at a country music concert, after a “lone wolf” gunman opened fire on the crowd… making this the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. (This version updated at 15h10 SA Time.) The fatalities at the Route 91 Harvest Festival included two off-duty policemen, […]

LOS ANGELES – Veep actress (and Elaine from Seinfeld), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. But in that moment, the one most women dread, she proved just how awesome she is by immediately thinking of others and using the opportunity to call for universal health care for all. The […]

Playboy magazine announced in a tweet on Wednesday (USA time) that “American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef.” On the Playboy website they have today replaced their site with a large photo of Hefner, carrying his quote: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” Playboy […]

Watch below in a scene that Australia’s media are calling the most heartbreaking footy grand final defeat of the year. West Wallsend were playing rugby union against Cardiff in a Newcastle women’s rugby league match, in New South Wales. Wallsend was so close to winning the premiership with a 6-4 lead when the final whistle […]

American President Donald Trump fired a few verbal missiles at North Korea, Iran and Venezuela on Tuesday, at his first United Nations General Assembly address in New York… but it was the guys from Zimbabwe who looked the most unimpressed! Watch video below. Trump said North Korea’s Kim Jong – whom he called ‘Rocket Man’ […]

Football mad Kai Rigby, from Birmingham in England, has travelled to over 120 countries (and watched football in over 30 of them)… and picked up accents! Watch him below as he nails almost every accent… except perhaps the South African (according to South Africans watching), although he does a pretty good Nelson Mandela voice. As […]

Hurricane Irma has regained strength to a Category 4 Storm, and is on course to make landfall on the United States mainland at around 07h00 Sunday morning. Winds of over 120km/hour were recorded late Saturday night in the Florida Keys as the storm uprooted palm trees and whipped up a tornado in a Fort Lauderdale […]

The United States National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for South Florida and the Florida Keys, as the possibility of Irma making a “major impact” on Florida has increased. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered. The Category 5 storm (the highest level a storm can have) is hurtling towards the US mainland, […]

Hurricane Irma is barrelling towards the United States coastline, causing considerable damage over the Caribbean islands along the way. Residents in Florida’s Key West area – where many South African expats live – have been ordered to evacuate as the monster storm is expected to make landfall on the mainland by the weekend. The French […]

Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton – otherwise known as their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – have said in a statement that they are “very pleased” to announce that they are expecting their third child! In the press statement, issued by Kensington Palace, they revealed that the Queen and members […]

Houston, Texas, has experienced “catastrophic flooding” like nothing seen before. Officials said Hurricane Harvey caused “landmark” flooding over the weekend which will be felt for years, and warned that more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days. So far at least 8 fatalities have been confirmed; and over 30,000 people are expected to have […]

Yikes, as if humans needed more reminders that using one’s phone whilst driving any vehicle is NOT a good idea – here’s one more. A man in Beihai City in China plunged into a 2-metre deep sinkhole…  because he was too busy looking at his smart phone to notice the ground had opened up in […]

A major storm hit New Zealand’s South Island last night, causing massive flooding and resulting in three states of emergency being declared – in Christchurch, Timaru and Otago. According to reports, Dunedin (with a population of 120,000) is only accessible by air after roads were blocked by landslips. It’s a similar case with smaller communities […]

Americans gathered around the country to celebrate Independence Day on this 4th of July, with crowds heading to the beach in scenes we’re usually more used to seeing in Durban, Rio de Janeiro, Bondi and Brighton… rather than New York! Parades were held around the country, including in Washington DC where there was also a […]