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Here is something South Africans of all races all over the planet can support as one nation.Trade union Solidarity announced it will intensify its campaign against 'race-firmative' action.

Finding scapegoats to save the backsides of the royalty in charge of bugger-ups is as old as history itself. No surprises then that four members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) were charged before a military court on charges relating to the landing of a private aircraft at the...

Stellenbosch wine farm Kleine Zalze won a string of awards at this year's Michelangelo International Wine Awards.

The following email has been going around the e-world for a short while, but the – rather shocking - stats cannot seem to be verified. Does anybody know?

So affirmative action is even going belly up in the city named after Nelson Mandela.

It's high time this senseless visa stupidity between the UK and SA gets stopped. So it's encouraging to hear that the two countries held talks about this earlier this week.

So much for the reputation of church-going South African doctors in the UK... 

A written ministerial statement was laid in the Pommie parliament outlining a number of changes to immigration rules. 

Felix, the feel-good South African family film, has been selected for the 57th BFI 2013 London Film Festival.

One would have thought losing the fight against corruption would let the new SA government try and focus on getting at least one thing right in 20 years, but this seems to be an interesting way of loading more failures onto your fork. 

Us Saffas here in the UK sure like to travel – any news about Heathrow improving its service is good news for us. 

Big Tata is watching... Or in this case, trying to watch.

Maybe it's just us but we cannot see why people complained about this advert being racist? 

The DA and nine other applicants filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to allow South Africans living abroad to register and vote overseas. Although this matter of overseas voters has already been ruled on in the Constitutional Court, the DA seeks to take it a step further by...

This might sound like Amy Winehouse's popular 2006 hit song, but it's not. 'Back to Black' seems to be the ANC's 2014 election campaign.

Most South African pupils say they want to lean a 3rd language and support government proposals to extend the school day to be able to do that.

We do know that us expat Saffas - as the braaimasters of the northern hemisphere – have the tendency to knock our cholesterol levels into the stratosphere with fatty lamb chops and boerewors. But fear not – just head to Heathrow if you feel your heart is not going to...

Tell us something we don't know already Jamie! Jamie Oliver says all of his restaurants would close immediately if it were not for immigrant workers who are prepared to work long hours.

Almost two thirds of young South Africans believe legalising drugs would not reduce gang violence.

Pay up upfront if you want the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to give you premium service. 

South Africans are spending money at levels that seemed impossible only a year ago, the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) shows. 

Affirmative action (AA) as it is currently implemented was not what was intended with the agreement reached in 1994. 

The majority of young South Africans feel that it is acceptable for parents to smack their children at times.

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's murder case has been transferred to the High Court in Pretoria to start on March 3 next year. 

The website 'SA – The Good News' proudly posted a story about the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB) being ranked 59th in The Economist's list of executive MBA programmes for 2013. Is this good news? 

The South African Air Force's (SAAF) operating budget has been stripped to the bone and the 26 Gripen fighter jets and the 30 Agusta 109 helicopter have effectively been grounded. However, there seems to be no shortage of funds for VIP flights provided by the SAAF, saysDavid Maynier, South Africa's...

Shame. This guy needs all the blessings he can get. So let's forgive old Juju if he's run off to some controversial prophet in Nigeria to find out where he is supposed to be going in life. 

It would be better to travel to South Africa to see the real thing. And best of all, our lions bite, they don't bark.