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South Africa
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Five SA Companies Feature In Forbes ‘World’s Best Employers 2020’ List
27 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to compile a list of the 750 best employers in the world, which includes five from South Africa.
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Warnings Over Second ‘Hard’ Lockdown Grow Louder
27 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week, murmurs of a second ‘hard’ lockdown flared up, and over the past few days, some prominent voices have grown louder.
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Jozi Car Guards Dish Out Swift Lesson To Getaway Driver [Video]
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If alleged armed robbers at Midrand Centre in Jozi thought leaving the crime scene was going to be the easy part, they had another thing coming.
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How To Knock Some Cash Off Your Next Apple Purchase
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the latest Apple goodies are rolled out, there’s no harm in boxing smart to ensure you’re paying the best possible price.
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Alleged ‘Table Mountain Killer’ Outlines His Defence [Video]
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The alleged ‘Table Mountain killer’, Blessing Bveni, is back in court, facing charges that include murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
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Western Cape Beach Pad Makes Condé Nast Traveler Top 10 Resorts
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Condé Nast has consulted their readers to find the top 50 resorts (or lodges) in the world, with South Africa scoring seven spots, including one in the top 10.
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Bo-Kaap Rocked By Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Community Leaders [Video]
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Community members have reacted with shock and anger to allegations of sexual abuse levelled at two elderly Bo-Kaap brothers, who were recognised as “well-respected” leaders.
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Most Valuable Brands: Woolworths Scrapes Into Africa’s Top 10 List
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa dominated in this year’s Brand Finance Africa 150 list, which measures the top brands on the continent.
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You Have A New Miss South Africa [Videos]
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
As of Saturday, Sasha-Lee Laurel Olivier’s reign is officially over, as we welcome a new Miss South Africa.
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Trouble At The Vineyard Hotel In Newlands
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of Cape Town’s most well-known hotels is being taken to court over alleged outstanding debts, with conflicting takes on how it got to this point.
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Katlego Maboe’s Cheating Exposed On Twitter [Video]
23 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may recognise Katlego from his role in the OUTsurance ads, or as one of the presenters on SABC3’s ‘Expresso Morning Show’. Now he’s in the news for all of the wrong reasons.
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Jozi Lunch Ruined By Armed Robbers [Video]
23 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Robbers jumped the railing at a popular Jozi restaurant and robbed customers at gunpoint, before making off with cellphones and luxury watches.
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RE/MAX’s Most Expensive Cape Town House Is R150 Million – Check It Out [Video]
23 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
They say money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a R150 million mansion with a cracking view of the city.
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Here’s Mmusi Maimane’s ‘Open Letter To White South Africans’
23 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In October last year, Mmusi Maimane resigned from his position as leader of the DA. He’s since founded the ONE South Africa Movement, and has a message for white South Africans.
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How Worried Should We Be About Another Lockdown?
22 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has spoken about a resurgence, and public health experts about a ‘second wave’.
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Jeroboams And Balthazars – The Idiot’s Guide To Big Wine Bottle Sizes
22 Oct 2020 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I have taken it upon myself to learn the different wine bottle size names, and then to deliver it here, for general knowledge hunters and posterity.
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Not Ideal – SA Pupil Takes The Wheel As Bus Driver Drinks Beer [Video]
22 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not ideal is a really polite way of putting things, with a bus driver suspended after footage showed him endangering the lives of pupils in the Eastern Cape.
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SA Could Be Looking At A Complete Public Smoking Ban
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A draft bill that would further regulate the consumption of nicotine products, including a 100% ban on smoking in public places, will be put before Ramaphosa’s cabinet for approval.
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Feast Your Eyes On This R42 Million Mansion In Constantia
21 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you win this Friday’s PowerBall jackpot, you’ll have just about enough spare change to make this Constantia Upper home yours.
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Disinfecting Machines, Electro-Mist, And Invisible Sanitiser: Cape Hotel Going All Out To Survive
21 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
International visitors may soon be trickling in, and hotels are pulling out all the stops to make sure they give themselves the best chance of survival.
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The Rankings Are Out – SA’s Top Five Universities
21 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
US News and World Report has published the world university rankings for 2021, if you’re keen to see whether or not you have bragging rights.
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SABC’s Latest TV Licence Ploy Involving Netflix Is An Absolute Joke
21 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
SABC wants to broaden the scope of the existing TV licence to include payment from people who don’t consume any of their content.
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Spare A Thought For SA’s Cash-In-Transit Security Officers [Video]
20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re behind the wheel of one of these vans, there is a massive target on your back, and that takes an emotional toll on a person.
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That Sea Point Rates Boycott Isn’t Exactly Going To Plan
20 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Now that both sides have laid their cards on the table, the showdown is officially on between boycotting Sea Point residents and the City of Cape Town.
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Eskom, Deloitte, Guptas: How Ramaphosa Plans To Claw Back The Billions [Video]
20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hermione Cronje, who runs the Investigative Directorate (ID) in the NPA, says she finally has the tools she needs to start cleaning house.
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Looks Like The V&A Waterfront Is Slowly Starting To Rebound
20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During the lockdown, foot traffic through the V&A Waterfront plummeted, but there are now signs that things are slowly picking up.
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Jarring Look At Cape Gangs’ School Recruitment Tactics
20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Terrible Josters may have been dealt a blow recently, with six members sentenced to life in prison, but gangs are hard at work to ensure that new blood is recruited.
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Tourists From Updated ‘High-Risk Countries’ List Cannot Travel To SA
20 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa has revised the number of countries allowed to visit, with more than half removed from the ‘high-risk’ category.
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What To Expect From Medical Aid Price Hikes In 2021
19 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It looks like we could be dealing with some significant premium hikes with regards to medical aid next year.
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No Surprises With 2020’s South African Word Of The Year
19 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Like many, I cannot wait to see the back of this year, for reasons nicely summed up by 2020’s South African Word of the Year.
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