The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

By Carien du Plessis

More and more holy grail Les Paul Standards are surfacing in recent years, but this exceptional specimen remains a thoroughbred unicorn by anyone's reckoning

The Great White shark came right up to the shark cage, in the 32-foot deep water, next to Klein Brak Beach, in South Africa

To some of his former students, Professor Barry Dwolatzky was the “Grand Geek” – a name of which he was very proud. But Barry, who passed away in Johannesburg, South Africa on 16 May 2023, was much more than a computer geek. He was also a leader and a visionary…

They include a rosé version of the Cambalala South African Sauvignon Blanc shoppers clamoured to get their hands on

The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are expected to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc in Cape Town on Thursday

ICC warrant for Russian president’s arrest issued in March over alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The Reds defeated the Stormers in South Africa to claim their first trophy in 12 years by winning the United Rugby Championship

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed into law a change to the country’s electoral act to allow individuals to contest national and provincial elections independently of political parties. The change follows a June 2020 constitutional court judgment that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional because it didn’t allow independent candidates.

Alan Madden has been jailed following a Counter Terrorism Police investigation

Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa.