What is the exhibition about? The exhibition South African Moments captures the vitality of life in contemporary South Africa. Erina’s vivid and colourful paintings depict sunny South Africa and its rainbow nation, drawing inspiration from the beauty of the natural world and people, especially women. This exhibition captures everyday life moments,...
Essay writing competitions are contests where entrants submit their written work to a panel of judges in the hopes of winning a prize. They are held all over the world and many even date back hundreds of years. Thankfully, the wonders of modern technology have made the entry process a...
If you are heading for your 18th birthday and you think you will soon be able to have a legal beer, think again. The South African government is out to spoil your fun.
Surprisingly, there are many cars in South Africa that do not have airbags.
Parents should be at the front and centre of efforts to turn South Africa’s failing schools around.
South Africa has well and truly moved on from the Apartheid regime of the latter half of the 20th century. The country’s new burgeoning democracy has seen increased productivity and revenues from the principle sectors for growth in their economy. With a long history of economic reliance on the traditional...
The real divide in South African education is not between independent and public schools, but between good and bad ones.
There's no doubt about it, South Africans love their mobile phones with reports showing that mobile data usage and smartphone adoption are on the rise within South Africa, with 35% of South Africans preferring to access their social media sites using their mobile browser. Of those surveyed a third of...
Online gamers are often influenced more by the general theme a game sits within rather than the title of it. Games with somewhat of a fighting or battle-inspired edge would attract one demographic of gamers, while racing and animal-related fun might be the preference of more and gambling others. Guns,...
Back in the day, you’d watch a movie that was based on a movie - and judge one versus the other accordingly. Often, the entertainment aspect of the film would triumph over the intrigue of the page-turner, but in other cases the paperback would beat the movie easily in terms...
Cape Town is starting to fight against potential future drought shocks despite climatic uncertainty through the delivery of treated desalinated water into the supply system from the temporary desalination plant in Strandfontein.
South Africa’s infant mortality rate is at its lowest in almost two decades, having fallen by 32% between 2002 and 2017.
If your pension plan is looked ragged, your savings are sitting accumulating next to nothing and your shares portfolio hasn’t produced any kind of yield in years, then you can at least take comfort in the fact that you are not alone. Investing is not as straightforward a concept as...
The Boere-mafia’s main makker, Koos Bekker of Naspers and his DStv minions are all but kakking in their Broederbond church panties as the dawn of satellite TV is starting to approach in Africa.
Writing is not like any other task; it is the kind of activities whose engine is pure passion. One could still write without having to be passionate about writing per se, but the quality of the composed work will definitely differ from the one that has been crafted with love...
FORD (short for ‘Found On Rubbish Dump’?) will stop the production of its Ford Focus in America this month and the Ford Fiesta next year - but not in South Africa because Saffas seem to love their Fords.
We live in a world where we are taught to be suspicious of ‘miracle wands’ in skincare that cost the earth and do nothing, so when we decided to try the LUNA mini 2, we did so with an open mind. It is beautifully designed – and Swedish – and...
If you are rich and still travel on the so-called “Green Mamba” South African passport, there is hope for you. You can set your sights on Cyprus and Portugal and get EU Citizenship pretty within four to six months.
Now here is something an Economic Freedom Fighter like Julius Malema would love - the Robiin Hood Index*! In layman words, the Robin Hood Index is the proportion of money needed to be transferred from the rich to the poor to achieve equality (in a country). The bad news, for...
Ever seen ’n guy with a lighter and a tape measure outside of a public building? Well, if you do, you can safely assume it’s a smoker.
While SA’s new president begs for investments overseas, his exploration without compensation policy is a massive hurdle he created himself.
What do you like the most about the Tesla founder? Is it his ability to persevere against all odds? Or is it his intent to bring in new innovations - innovations others can only dream of? There is a lot to love about this man and we will only take...
You may have often come across mails offering unlimited bonus cashbacks and other rewards if you apply for a particular credit card. We often take a quick glance at it and delete it from the inbox. However, if you look through the webpage of any particular card, you will find...
Relations between South Africans of different races are positive, with an overwhelming majority believing that ‘the different races need each other for progress and there should be equal opportunities for all’.
Variety Where you find a thriving city, great universities, and a place where people want to live and study in, you’ll find students. Whether people come to Liverpool to study from another part of the UK or if they are from overseas, the city isn’t short of attracting talented students...
Polony from the Enterprise factory in Polokwane, Limpopo, has been fingered as the culprit behind the Listeriosis outbreak in the country.
When it comes to sports betting and rugby betting, it’s the major tournaments such as the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup that serve as the predominant platforms for the rugby punters everywhere. Apart from the rugby union, a great amount of hunting activity also happens...
Want to live longer and maintain a healthier lifestyle? Then its time to pack your bags and move far away from South Africa, to the likes of Norway, Switzerland and Australia - immigration regulations permitting.
If you thought a ‘sokkie’ was something to keep your one foot warm, think again. It’s a dance party and AfriForum wants the students at Stellenbosch University to dance in in Afrikaans.
The daily running cost of South Africa is $333.5 million (approximately R3.98 billion). The country’s richest man, Johann Rupert, would not be able to keep the country running for one month before he is completely bankrupt - and presumably the country as well.
Teaching is one of the noblest professions since the beginning of time. Teachers are the curators of knowledge and the caretakers of the transfer of the same. Without teachers, engineers wouldn’t be able to get as far as sending a massive space station into orbit, nor would scientists have been...
