And it’s not just the taxi drivers who are bringing the violence. A viral clip came to light yesterday of South African Police Service (SAPS) officers beating the crap out of a taxi driver who had been pulled from his van.
Adapted from Deon Meyer’s best-selling novel of the same name, the new series promises to take viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the seedy world of Cape Town’s criminal underbelly.
Once again, South Africans get to watch shocking footage of policemen filling up their pockets with cold hard cash.
The cherry on top must have been the jubilant skip over the finish line, but sports officials didn’t seem to share the joy.
It’s no secret that we love Butler’s more than any other pizza place in town, so if you feel the same about Cape Town’s No 1 pizza place, head on over to KFM and give them a vote.
If you were wondering why Cape Town traffic was particularly chaotic yesterday afternoon, it has something to do with Cape Town’s new impounding by-laws and the un-inpoundable taxis.
Last night the sky was adorned with a ‘Sturgeon Moon’ supermoon, which was visible across the world including South Africa. This is just the beginning: we can expect another one on 30 August to end off the month’s sky-show.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found that the truck had tipped right across the freeway, blocking the entire road as drivers tried to make alternative routes. As oranges tumbled from the huge industrial vehicle, passers-by took the moment of chaos to nab fruit.
Attacking the boat five times wasn’t enough for this young upstart of a marine creature; the shark came back again and again, relentlessly bumping Torresson’s boat. Even though bull sharks rarely reach the size of other shark breeds, they are notoriously tough.
The writer seems to believe that, besides the fact that many locals are being driven out by investors buying up properties for Airbnb purposes, the financial reasoning for renting someone’s private home over a hotel has become debatable.
Earlier in the month while playing against the American, Wu was attended to by medics after bowing his head in his chair, with his heart rate measured to be 187.
With South Africa recognising South African Sign Language (SASL) as the twelfth official national language just this month, it’s perfect timing to explore more ways to listen to music and support differently-abled artists.
A fan thought it funny to toss their drink at the star as she was performing in Las Vegas this weekend, but they may have confused her with Adele, and instead of getting free merch, they got a microphone hurled right back at them.
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
The cause of the fight remains unknown despite an investigation, but the leading explanation is that a disagreement with a bouncer quickly escalated – as these things usually do when late-night boozing is involved.
The reality that South Africans are unsafe even in places of worship is a hard pill to swallow – but is switching to a church with a gun-toting pastor the answer?
Scientists have recorded sea temperatures of 37.8°C for two days in a row off the coast of Florida this month, and they are now wondering if this is the hottest seawater ever recorded.
The United States Congress has finally held a public hearing into claims that the government was concealing a longstanding programme that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
Ageism is of course not cool, but are people being discriminatory if they expect their elected officials to tell them about the policies that affect their lives without glitching like a bad dial-up connection?
A cyclist got away within an inch of his life when a construction crane caught on fire and smashed into a building in Manhattan, sending debris into the streets below.
Director Alejandro Monteverde started shooting ‘Sound Of Freedom’ as a way to bring attention to the dark world of child sex trafficking, which inadvertently made a bunch of QAnon conspiracy crazies latch on for dear life.
Large parts of Europe resembles a post-apocalyptic movie as recent footage shows fires lapping at Italy’s Palermo’s international airport while two pilots were killed when their firefighting aeroplane lost control and crashed.
Schoenmaker finished behind gold medallist Ruta Meilutyte from Lithuania, while American Lydia Jacoby rounded up the podium with a bronze.
The fact that they were braaiing means it’s likely a South African vessel, but with dodgy Russian ships loading and offloading something in the night, and the SA Armed Forces apparently not being able to keep a canteen running, we can be forgiven for being curious.
If you shoot the driver, who’s going to drive the taxi?
TikTok for people who can read? Why not. The video streaming app that brought us the bottle-flip says it will offer text-only posts as competition between social media giants heats up.
Overall, it was revealed that the ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ double feature resulted in the fourth-biggest box office weekend in cinematic history. But there is only one clear winner.
When Timothy Shaddock quit his corporate job and moved to Mexico to pursue his dream of sailing solo across the ocean, he probably didn’t quite realise what the big blue had in store for him.
Many South Africans have immigrated to Australia in the last few decades, be it to avoid load shedding, crime, or any of the myriad of issues we are dealing with. Few of them were however prepared for the wildlife freakshow that awaited them down under, something the eager immigration consultants never talk about.
The ‘American Horror Story’ franchise is known for its beautiful visuals, as well as creepy ambiance, and the freshly released trailer for season 12 seems to indicate we are in for more stunning terror.