“You can all go without me,” little Riley told his family as he was denied boarding his flight to South Africa.

A show of unity has saved the lives of a group of people on a bus in Kenya.

The New Year will see the first biometric testing to establish if the correct people are living in houses supplied to the poor by the South African Government.   

Watch as this guy gets his a** handed to him after allegedly trying to rob a woman he mistakenly thought was defenceless… turns out she was everything but.

South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni has officially lost her battle to reconfigure the airline’s Airbus swap deal, which could have threatened the financial stability of SAA.

The changes in, and selection from, a fire pool of full of Finance Ministers have taken many advisers’ eyes off the ball.

The Rand continues to remain volatile in the face of South Africa’s political crisis, despite making some gains this past week.

Jacob Zuma faces an increasing amount of scrutiny and criticism from international voices.

Let this be a lesson to all y’all who think sexual harassment is a joke…

Ntokozo Qwabe, currently studying at Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, wants the Cecil Rhodes statue at the university removed; which doesn’t exactly sit well with folks there, who’ve branded him a hypocrite for accepting the scholarship.

JOHANNESBURG (In Other News) – The “third force” involved in Nhlanhla Nene’s dismissal may be the ubiquitous power featured in George Lucas’s Star Wars. This is according to former finance Minister Trevor Manuel who believes an “outside hand” was behind the events that unfolded on December 9.

A South African chef working in New Zealand, who was deemed too fat to stay on and then given a reprieve, has now been declined a visa on different grounds. But, he has just one last request for the authorities before he leaves.

FYI: Your favorite movie may be ruined forever…

How do you, as host of one of the planet’s most watched shows, screw up this badly on live television?

A British newspaper has published a strong piece of criticism, written by South African born novelist Justin Cartwright.

South African actress Noma Dumezweni was ushered into a role at the Royal Court Thearte with just a week to prepare, but so far, the reviews have been stunning.

CAPE TOWN (In Other News) – Christmas shoppers across South Africa have greeted the recent interest rate hike in the US with indifference and wonder. Conversations with shoppers in a rush to spend money yielded responses that ranged from surprise to downright confusion.

Three women allegedly involved in the sale of a one year-old girl for just R5 000 will appear in court next Monday to make their bail application… do you think they deserve bail?

Angie Motshekga, in a rare moment of honesty, has admitted that the South African government has lost control of teacher and school principal appointments to the unions.

Not sure what television show this was taken from, but as soon as the toothless oke starts laughing you can’t help but crack up.

On Sunday 27th December, two days after Christmas, Harlequins take on Gloucester Rugby in Big Game 8, at the Home of England Rugby.

(In Other News) – Mega sites Google and Yahoo have been recruited to help remove South African President Zuma from office. The sites will join Facebook and Twitter in a coordinated effort to “click” the president out of government.

Scores of protesters pitched up as part of the National #ZumaMustFall movement reached a climax earlier this morning; here are some scenes from this morning’s Cape Town protests.

Following in the footsteps of President Jacob Zuma’s best efforts to kill off the rand by dismissing two Finance Ministers in less than a week, the value of road users are also being devalued with the news that government has killed off it’s Arrive Alive campaign.

After just 30 minutes of deliberation, a London court has cleared a 46 year-old Saudi millionaire of raping an 18 year-old girl.