Award-winning photojournalist, writer and professional wildlife guide Neil Aldridge has been named the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014

As part of a campaign by SA Tourism UK, four friends from the UK won a trip to South Africa in April 2014. Here’s a look at their best experiences around the country

Afrika Eye – the South West’s biggest celebration of African films and culture – returns to Bristol’s Watershed in November with an extended programme offering the best new feature and documentary films, director talks, debates, world music, talent awards and a marketplace selling authentic African goods and foods.

Are you bold and outspoken like Malema, an idealist like Ramphele perhaps… or you might see yourself as the Empress of the Westen Cape Herself, Helen Zille. Take our quiz and find out which local politician suits your personality.

Set in the small town of Vryheid, in northern Kwazulu-Natal, season four of ‘African Identities: Shades of Belonging’ features 12 participants from diverse generational and racial backgrounds sharing their personal experiences of living in South Africa, 20 years into democracy

With the festive season just around the corner, Starfish have got some great ideas to keep you warm as you wave goodbye to summer

South African Swindon resident TM Patel has written an autobiographical novel ‘The Immigrant: Stargazer’ which is dedicated to, and written for, the people of South Africa.

Following on from their sold-out London shows at Birthdays and Tram & Social in June, the Billboard record-breaking Kongos return with a headline show at the capital’s Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on October 23rd and a full European arena tour, including London’s O2, as main support to One Republic.

Back for one night only this week, eVoid are set to rock The Half Moon Putney

Do you give your life abroad the big thumbs up? Take the expat survey 2014

Dublin, Ireland: African Woman of the Year (2012), Justina Mutale has launched a report on “PATHWAYS TO POWER: Creating Sustainable Change for Adolescent Girls” to mark the United Nations International Day of the Girl.

New research by the UCT Unilever Institute shows that more and more South Africans are creating their own livelihoods rather than holding out for a job.

The Native Soul team are flying DJ/Producer “Culoe De Song” in from South Africa to headline at one of London’s most talked about venues — Brixton Jamm

Winner of the Green Award at Sheffield Doc Fest, Best S. African Film at Encounters International Film Festival, and officially selected for the Durban International Film Festival, ‘Unearthed’ will now screen in London

A ground breaking season of South African films that will screen in cinemas across the UK

Anthea Moys is a Johannesburg-based public realm intervention artist – she creates performances and events that take place in public and which make people think twice about their everyday environment. We caught up with her in the UK, where is she touring as part of the Afrovibes UK Festival.

Following global trends, London’s 250 new trains will be designed to be capable of fully automatic operation although they will have an operator on board when they launch

Cape Town’s award-winning and annual comedy festival comes to London for three nights only from the 23-25 October

Next Tuesday at the Hoxton Arches, a Zimbabwean (Gordon Glyn-Jones), a South African, (Christiaan Nagel) an English artist living in Cape Town (Oliver Barnett), will join eleven other UK artists for a group show called Human Nature a celebration of emerging and cutting edge environmental art.

SA’s Chloe Thwala has made it through to the second round of The X Factor UK after her performance on Sunday 31 August.

‘A President in Waiting …’, a new play by Cambridge Creative Master’s student Jan Moran Neil, is set to hit Cape Town theatres this summer

A Temporary Passport was initially issued as an interim travel document due to longer turn-around times taken to issue a Permanent Tourist Passport valid for ten years.

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu, says the sacrifices made by the women of 1956 paved the way to a free and democratic South Africa.

South Africa has no confirmed cases of Ebola and its climatic conditions do not favour the outbreak of the disease, experts have stressed. However, South Africa is taking all precautions against Ebola, including thermal scanners at both OR Tambo International and Lanseria airports , which are able to detect travellers with raised temperatures.

Soundscapes of South Africa is a musical journey that celebrates our country’s diverse cultural heritage, its natural beauty and its story of political liberation. Upcoming London performances at the International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston and Camden Fringe Festival