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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon in London on August 4 1900, was to etch her name on the hearts of the nation as the longest-lived and well-loved Royal.
Australia's seasoned off-spinner, Nathan Lyon, has expressed his excitement ahead of the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa, highlighting the fierce competition ...
Trump claims his tariffs are bringing in $2 billion a day - the actual figure is just a fraction of that Volkswagen suspends car production in South Africa Drama at Cape Town airport as British ...
Kane Gregory Robin Swift, 35, is alleged to have stabbed his brother Raymond Drechsler in the stomach at an Elizabeth Park address on Tuesday. Mr Swift entered a red Ford SUV after the alleged ...
Speaking at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s bargaining conference, Mantashe argued that demand for the ferroalloys produced from both minerals was poised to rise ...
He was the second son of King George V who was never supposed to be crowned King, so when Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI), wed the Hon Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923 ...
With one exception. The Trump administration has thrown open the doors to white Afrikaners from South Africa, establishing a program called “Mission South Africa” to help them come to the ...
The controversial song, featuring the lyrics "kill the Boer" and "shoot the Boer"—Boer being a term for a white farmer—has long been a source of contention in South Africa. Its use has ...
But Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, later the Queen Mother, had a more down-to-earth side too. She loved pastel colours, horseracing and 'drinky-poos', a term for the lethal concoction of ...
The 76-year-old sovereign was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in February 2024, less than 18 months after becoming the king upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. He had ...
South Africa should expect an increase in extortion mafias as they thrive amid weak laws to fight organised crime. This is according to criminology professor Dr Nirmala Gopal from the University ...