In response, singer and pageant queen Anita Bryant leveraged her famous face and voice to launch Save Our Children, an anti-gay campaign that aimed to repeal the anti-discriminatory ordinance.

Joel Pollak, the frontrunner to become the United States Ambassador to South Africa, said a planned Sandton Drive name change would result in the closure of the Consulate in Johannesburg.

Renowned chef Luke Dale-Roberts has passed ownership of his Johannesburg restaurant, The Shortmarket Club, to hospitality entrepreneur Heinz Rynners, marking a new chapter for both. Rynners plans to ...

Anita Dobson has dropped a major health update about her famous husband Brian May suffered a stroke in September and was left unable to use his arm. The EastEnders alum, 75, and the legendary ...

Johannesburg residents across 50 suburbs will experience a complete water shutdown on Monday as Johannesburg Water conducts critical infrastructure maintenance at the Hector Norris Pump Station.

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Harriet Walter highly recommends tying the knot in later life, as she said she has "the best time" in her marriage to actor Guy Paul. The Killing Eve star, 74, married Paul, 75, in 2011 when they were ...

The footage of the Johannesburg man pouring beer into a fish’s mouth has since been removed. In the 20-second clip, the man whose name is known to Independent Media laughs, tells the person taki ...

Anita Dobson has given an update on husband Sir Brian May’s stroke recovery (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images) The Queen legend, 77, was rushed to hospital amid his medical emergency ...

Pavlo founded Prisonology, an expert network firm of retired Bureau of Prisons professionals, to work with defendants and criminal defense lawyers on federal prison issues after time in federal ...

City Power is confronting an unprecedented crisis, with over 2 900 service calls logged within 24 hours, as widespread outages affect numerous areas across Johannesburg. On Friday morning, ...

Hundreds of evacuees and volunteers on Saturday descended on the parking lot at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, where a grassroots donation center was set up a few miles south of the Eaton Fire.