South African MP witnesses car crash during TV interview about roads
Only in South Africa: a public safety official witnesses a car crash as he’s being interviewed about creating safer roads
Sertan started writing for the South African to find his inner African - or so he claims. With his background in journalism Sertan has worked on various documentaries and news channels, and has also contributed features to the Guardian and other publications. He holds a Master's Degree in War Studies but does not believe in the initiation of violence. If that makes him 'pieperig', so be it.
Only in South Africa: a public safety official witnesses a car crash as he’s being interviewed about creating safer roads
Emergency services manage to save eight trapped miners but a further nine bodies were recovered at Harmony’s Doornkop Gold Mine, following a fall of ground incident that caused a fire, as two further, unrelated accidents claimed even more lives.
Controversial ANC loyalist and former Ekurhuleni Police chief Robert McBride inches his way forward to being appointed the head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, as critics fear the divisive nomination will plummet the South African Police Service further into corruption.
A current London exhibition of the late Nelson Mandela’s artwork raises questions on authenticity
Several South Africans have taken it on themselves to put a positive spin on the “NekNominations” trend, as they’ve been garnering attention from international corporations and news organisations.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) denies it came under pressure from its donors to push for the failed merger with Agang SA – but is the same true for Agang?
Details of the late South African President’s last will and testament were made public this week after a year-long inheritance battle among his immediate relatives
Mood between opposition parties Agang SA and the Democratic Alliance sours as their prospective political merger is rejected by Agang leader Dr Mamphela Ramphele, only a week after being named as the DA’s presidential candidate
A visually compelling ad campaign for Guinness, conceived by two South African creatives at a London ad agency, introduces a new level of storytelling to the world of advertising
Zimbabwe welcomes Yuans, Yens and Rupees to its complicated currency market, as trade with Asia intensifies amid an economic downturn
As funds run out to bankroll Zimbabwe’s public school system, Robert Mugabe’s government turns to help from Britain in hope of financial aid to keep one million children in school
A gruesome murder story involving a payment dispute between groups of suspected ivory poachers in rural Zimbabwe highlights the brutal reality of elephant poaching in Africa
Economists are surprised by rate hike as South Africa’s economy struggles to recover
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and wished you could get a nice, generous serving of Oscar Pistorius news right then and there? Well, now you can…
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The former South African President might come back to the National Assembly as an MP – if the ANC let him
In a stunning message this morning the Democratic Alliance announced that its number one seat for the 2014 general elections is reserved for Agang SA leader Dr. Mamphela Ramphele
With the South African general elections nearing and political parties campaigning across the nation, the power of online marketing comes to the forefront once more, as Evita Bezuidenhout demonstrates
Some of the newest innovations in the world are being pushed by South Africans such as Mark Shuttleworth and Elon Musk. Is Mzansi on its way to the forefront of technology?
Terwyl misdaadverslae uit Suid-Afrika toenemend in internasionale nuus verskyn, het ons besluit om ‘n koue blik op die land se mees berugte moordenaars te neem. Waarskuwing: nie vir sensitiewe lesers nie!
In a sign of defiance against his recent arrest Lunga Nono returns to St. George’s Mall in Cape Town to keep strumming his guitar, as an investigation into the case is launched
Despite health risks and widespread complications, one white teenage boy from East London decides to support his Xhosa friend all the way in the controversial rite of passage
The heritage of African Art is celebrated in a new documentary series on the the AFRICA CHANNEL
As South African wines become ever more competitive, a group of small, exclusive wine producers joined together to promote the best of South African grapes in London
Each year, the Templeton Prize celebrates an individual with extraordinary accomplishments in spiritual understanding. This year, the award went to one of the most famous faces of the anti-apartheid struggle, Archbishop Desmond Tutu