Diplomatic blows between Rwanda and South Africa after attempted assassination

In an apparent culmination of a long standing diplomatic furore between South Africa and Rwanda, the two countries have expelled each other’s diplomats. This came to a head on Friday when Kigali asked six... Read more »

University of Cape Town’s Global Ranking Drops

The global ranking of Africa’s top university, the University of Cape Town (UCT), has dropped two times in a row over the past two years. According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Ra... Read more »

Political Parties Target Mining Community of Marikana

Barely four months after Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters painted the town of Marikana red, the African National Congress decided to do the same with its own colours. In October 2013, the EFF took a ... Read more »

Boxing’s Battle of the Bantams Under the Cape Sun

Main Attraction Helebe v Ngema II: Toto “Gupta plane” Helebe is due to defend his South African Bantamweight title against Cebo “Homicide” Ngema. The fight takes place on Friday, 28 February 2014, in th... Read more »

Boxing’s Hope Floyd Mayweather Too Busy to Revive South African Boxing

In the past few weeks the South African Boxing fraternity was excited about the visit of no. 1 Pound for Pound boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. The visit was supposed to be a gesture of goodwill to help sa... Read more »

Zuma Congratulates Matriculants of 2013

Congratulations were offered by President Jacob Zuma to the matric class of 2013 and those learners who sat through last year’s National Senior Certificate examinations. The president placed emphasis on t... Read more »

Millions Around the World Watch as Nelson Mandela is Laid to Rest

The former president of South Africa and internationally acclaimed politician, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest at a funeral at his family homestead in Qunu on Sunday. Millions in South Africa and the rest of th... Read more »

Last Chance for South Africans to Pay Their Respects to Mandela at Union Buildings in Pretoria

  For the last time on Friday, members of the public will be able to view the body of the first democratically elected president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. He lies in state in the area tha... Read more »

Sign Interpreter at Mandela Memorial Not Qualified

The presidency has yet to respond to statements that the sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela Memorial may not have been adequately qualified. In fact, according to media reports, Sign Language Educa... Read more »

What a week in South African Boxing it was

Many South African Boxers were competing all over the world last week. We had 4 Boxers fighting international fights while there were those that were busy with elimination bouts. Unfortunately this action was m... Read more »