Kevin Costner Is Hunting for Sunken Treasure

Kevin Costner couldn’t care less about all the bad press dragging his name through the sand. That Hollywood Reporter story about the actor fighting Wes Bentley on the set of Yellowstone? The lawsuits? The reports that he can’t find funding to...

Shuffle Demons: They Are for Real... Really

On the Shuffle Demons' Are You Really Real (Alma Records 2025), the uncategorizable Toronto band knits together traditional jazz, modern funk playfulness, blues, rap and the sensuality of Prince. For an ensemble that has been a going concern for...

Tzu Chi Foundation and SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies to Host Conference on Buddhist Environmentalism in London

The SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies in London will host a two-day public conference on Buddhist environmentalism titled “From Green Living to Buddhist Environmentalism: Exploring Buddhist Texts, Rituals, and Practices for a Sustainable Future.”...

South Africa among the world’s top 5 luxury travel destinations

La Residence, Franschhoek afternoon tea. TOURISM NEWS - South Africa has been ranked among the world’s top five luxury travel destinations in the inaugural Roxstar Luxury Travel Trends Report 2025. The analysis, based on Roxstar bookings between...

Finding culture and community through dance at the 2025 Lyon Dance Biennale

There’s an intensity to festivals, a spillover effect where one event leads to another as if the whole town were participating in one long, articulated show. It’s not just the proximity of multiple works in space and time. It’s the conversations,...

Kempton Park martial artists win big at African Championship

Students from New Generation SA Tang Soo Do in Kempton Park made their club proud by winning nine medals at the Region 14 Championship held in Centurion from October 3 to 5. The event, which featured 160 athletes, marked the 24th African Tang Soo...

Madagascar’s ruling regime falls amid Gen Z-led protests

New Delhi, Oct 15: Madagascar’s fragile democracy has once again been toppled. After weeks of street protests led by the country’s frustrated young generation, an elite military unit announced it had seized power from President Andry Rajoelina,...

Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy

Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy Eight years on, northern Mozambique’s terrorist threat remains acute despite the deployment of thousands of local and foreign troops. Cabo Delgado’s armed insurgency marked its eighth...

Guitar Sangoma: Sylent Nqo strums Zimbabwe's soul into Africa's soundtrack

Zimbabwe’s Sylent Nqo is quietly carving out a space of his own one built on rhythm, emotion, and spiritual connection. Known as “The Guitar Sangoma”, a nod to the healing, almost spiritual nature of his performances, Sylent is redefining...

Globe40 2025/26 Stage 2 Start

by Sirius Events 2 Oct 11:43 PDT 2 October 2025 On the way to Reunion Island, after leaving Cape Verde at 2:00 p.m. in magnificent conditions, it is difficult for the GLOBE40 competitors not to compare this stage with the famous trail race on the...

Bill Maher says there’s a genocide against Christians in Nigeria. Is he right?

“If you don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria, your media sources suck! You are in a bubble.” I first saw the clip of Bill Maher berating the world’s media over Nigeria a few hours after it was broadcast on his late-night talk show. It has been...

MTN MoMo’s Expansion Tests the Limits of Africa’s Mobile Money Map

MTN’s mobile money operation has shifted from a domestic add-on to a continental engine. Its footprint now links markets where banks still have shallow reach and informal cash systems persist. The bigger story is how MoMo’s growth collides with...

'Give credit' - Former African POTY gushes over Onyeka's stunning volley against Benin

Frank Onyeka ensured the Super Eagles booked their place in the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers continental playoffs, set to take place in Morocco from November 13 to 16, with a sensational 90th minute strike in their 4-0 rout of the Republic of...

Eni Greenlights $7B Coral North FLNG Project

In a statement sent to Rigzone recently, Eni announced that it and its partners CNPC, ENH, Kogas, and XRG have reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) to develop the Coral North FLNG project, which is located offshore Cabo Delgado, north of...

South Africa: Capitec drives smarter, fee-free international travel boom

With zero international transaction fees, Capitec is transforming the way South Africans travel. Between March and August 2025, clients made 1.9 million international card payments worth R1bn — a 24% year-on-year increase. Source: Reuters. These...

FIFA confirms neutral venues for Africa World Cup qualifiers

Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso match will be played in Liberia. Comoros Islands and Madagascar clash will be played in Ivory Coast. Niger vs Congo fixture will be played in Burkina Faso. Somalia and Mozambique match will be played in Algeria....

ECN gives ballot printing tender to SA company again

Allexer Namundjembo The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will again pay a South African company, Uniprint Global, N$4.9 million to print ballot papers for the upcoming regional and local authorities elections. This comes after no local...

SA sweeps medals at Korean martial arts championship

South Africa’s martial artists stood tall as the 24th African Tang Soo Do Championship brought them together with top competitors from Botswana, Mozambique, and Seychelles. From October 3 to 5, the Beaulieu Sports and Wellness Centre, in Kyalami,...

SA responds to a photo of actress Phuti Khomo's 'dramatic' attire at dad's funeral

Entangled actress Phuti Khomo recently had Mzansi talking over her outfit at her dad's funeral service Khomo and her loved ones buried her father, Jabu Senior Khomo, in Mamelodi, Gauteng province over the weekend South Africans and fans of the...

JICA upset over end of Africa hometown project

The head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency was disappointed that misunderstanding and rumors spread on social media resulted in the scrapping of the agency's planned "hometown" African development project last month, he said in a...