Popular baby names in South Africa
A report revealed by Statistics South Africa has unveiled the most popular names for babies in the country for last year. Overall, the names that have made it into the top 10 list have a positive meaning. Stats SA also reported that slightly more male babies were born in the last two decades.
South Africa’s population
South Africa is a nation of diversity, with over 50-million people and a wide
variety
of cultures, languages and religious beliefs. Find out about our population groups,
their distribution across the country's nine provinces, and more.
South Africans among Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 young entrepreneurs
The influential Forbes Africa business magazine unveiled its annual 30 Under 30 young African entrepreneurs on 1 June 2017. The list features up-and-coming small...
Dr Ncumisa Jilata: Africa’s youngest neurosurgeon
At the age of 29, Mthatha-born Dr Ncumisa Jilata has become Africa's youngest neurosurgeon following her Fellowship graduation in Durban on 18 May 2017....
Meet Miss South Africa 2017: Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
The 21 year-old business management student Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned Miss South Africa 2017 at a ceremony at Sun City on 26 March...
It is not easy to own a gun in South Africa
At the heart of the Firearms Control Act is the protection of the constitutional right to life and bodily integrity. This means that getting a licence to own a gun is an arduous undertaking; it is not given lightly. But it's a process gun enthusiasts like Oscar Pistorius are willing to go through, more than once.
Project Dignity offers girls support and female health education
A very real, critical – but overlooked – problem led one KwaZulu-Natal mother to design an award-winning out of the box solution. Project Dignity supplies Subz packs to rural and poor schoolgirls across the country, along with an innovative education solution. The project is so successful, it is being expanded to other African countries.
South African actor lands roles in two US series
South African television and film star Neil Sandilands (7de Laan, Die Ballade
van Robbie de Wee) will appear in two American television series in 2016, following in
the footsteps of other South African Hollywood success stories such as Charlize Theron and Terry
Pheto.
Remembering Lundi, South African gospel star, 1979-2017
Gospel singer Lundi Tyamara has died at the age of 38. Fans, friends and family have paid tribute to one of South Africa's most...
South African matric is accepted at Harvard University
A 2016 matric learner from Durban’s Westville Boys’ High School who earned seven distinctions in his final exams last year has been accepted to...
