ADELAIDE – South Africa’s cricket captain Faf du Plessis wrote another chapter in his Adelaide Oval romance when he struck an invaluable unbeaten century – the sixth of his career – on the opening day of the Proteas historic first experience of day/night Test cricket on Thursday. Following his being charged for ball tampering on […]

The Department of Water and Sanitation says all dams and systems have benefitted from the good rains over the past week, and “a number of dams are above 100%”… although that happy news doesn’t apply to all, judging by the Department’s own stats. The Vaal Dam is thankfully rising, but some dams – particularly in the Western […]

One of the biggest dilemmas about living overseas, especially at Christmas time, is how to send gifts back home to loved ones. A South African living in the UK recently sent a parcel to family in South Africa. She used a popular online service in the UK, which allows customers to choose the cheapest courier. It […]

Hey Boet, it’s me again. It was lekker to see you on TV the other night, but eish, you gave me a helluva skrik! (Skrik is a sharp Afrikaans word which suggests that someone may need to change their underpants). One moment I’m watching you talking to a mob of your red & brown Freedom […]

South Africans have expressed their grief and sadness as Gauteng police confirmed that a body of a toddler was found upstream in Jukskei River on Tuesday. The body of the little child was found by construction workers, who were rebuilding a damaged wall at a home in Buccleuch, north of Johannesburg, near the river. Police […]

We prayed from the safe, secure comfort of our little world (in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) where nothing bad was possible… writes CHARMAIN NAIDOO. My parents have been much on my mind this week. It’s not unusual, at this time of the year, close to Christmas and even closer to my birthday, for me to sink […]

South Africans in Saudi Arabia are celebrating the long-awaited opening of Nando’s fast food restaurant in Riyadh. Yes, the “legend has landed in the Kingdom” (in the words of Nando’s). Sibongile Mdunge from Joburg, who has lived in Riyadh for a couple of years working for University Hospital, told SAPeople that the restaurant “Finally Opened” on […]

Headlines in South African media of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe having announced his retirement appear to be exaggerated. The 92-year-old did talk about retirement this weekend, and hinted that he one day would retire “properly”, but he did not declare any retirement date. Reports of his so-called retirement, and even his death, frequently make headlines. And […]

Every year so many matric students head to the coast, just like American students head to Florida, to get incredibly drunk, behave wildly and probably do things they’ll regret. But for those students who prefer to do things their own way and make their mark, they’re being offered an alternative that’s even wilder… and that […]

I just got stopped by a traffic cop on the way back from a round to the Pick ‘n Pay and the bottle store. He jumped out from behind a Stop Street (at which I did not stop) causing me to slow down from an over-the-speed-limit-speed and waved me down, causing me to break suddenly, revealing […]

Johannesburg is 130 years old this year. What started off as a tented village on the dusty Highveld is now a huge city with a population of about five million. Everyone knows that ‘Johannesburg’ is synonymous with gold, and is also known as ‘the City of Gold’ and ‘Egoli’. On this 130th anniversary of its […]

Springbok fan Princess Charlene announced this weekend in London that Monaco will play host to the World Rugby Awards for a minimum of two years, beginning next year (2017). The royal mother of twins, who was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, was in the UK for a weekend of rugby – from watching the famous […]

Check out these gorgeous adverts for Chanel – filmed for the luxury French perfume house in South Africa’s Hermanus, Cederberg and Steenbras Dam. To advertise their Allure Homme Sport cologne for men, Chanel chose the South African outdoors, teaming up with Brazilian Olympic diver Hugo Parisi, American actor Luke Timothy Grimes (American Sniper and Fifty […]

Seabelo Senatla, referee Rasta Rasivhenge and Jean de Villiers made South Africa proud winning honours in various categories at the prestigious World Rugby Awards in London on Sunday night. Seabelo Senatla became the third South African to be crowned the World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year, when he edged out Fiji’s Osea Kolinisau and […]

It’s fire season again in South Africa with Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) warning residents and tourists to Greater Cape Town that the forecast for tomorrow is in the ‘Very Dangerous’ range. After a tough 2015/2016 season, photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN has created a photographic tribute to the teams that keep us safe… “I would like to take […]

There’s something up with the employees at South African Airways (SAA). While one South African passenger was left fuming after the treatment she received from SAA staff, it’s been revealed that several SAA staff members don’t actually exist at all! SAA Chairperson Dudu Myeni admitted to a parliamentary committee Wednesday that the airline has uncovered employees […]

East London photographer MIKE GEYER captured these photos of the rough ocean seas as waves pounded the rocks and shore in the eastern cape, South Africa… providing an ideal playground for kite surfers (watch video at bottom of page). “Yesterday the power of the sea after the super moon – which we did not get to […]

The author of ‘Bridge Over Blood River: The Rise and Fall of the Afrikaners’, Kajsa Norman, will be in conversation with John Battersby at an event in Trafalgar Square, London on Thursday evening, 19 November 2016. The book suggests that 20 years after the fall of apartheid in South Africa, the white Afrikaner minority “fears […]

A Cape Town time-lapse artist has captured some breathtaking footage around South Africa from township scenes to larni shopping centres, cool spots and hot spots, starry skies to ocean vistas from Cape Town to Durban and up to Joburg. Watch below. Namibian-born Rory Allen has released A Lapse In Time: Volume III, an awe-inducing compilation […]

Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination city in Africa for the fourth year, according to the 2016 Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index. The city is expected to welcome 3.6 million international overnight visitors in 2016, a 6.2% increase on last year’s 3.39 million visitors. Cairo in Egypt is the second most visited […]

According to South Africa’s Suzelle DIY, these are the top fun things to do in Sydney, Australia: Drink coffee. Everywhere you go you’ll find good coffee because it’s “coffee culture”. Eats bananas. They love their bananas and you’ll get lots of banana bread. Exercise. You have to keep up with the people in Sydney, in […]

Visitors to Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront were treated over the past few days to an extremely rare sighting of a Dwarf Sperm whale – the smallest whale species in the world. V&A visitors often spot marine animals like Cape fur seals frolicking in its harbour, but this was extra special as Dwarf Sperm whales are […]

State Security Minister David Mahlobo has dismissed allegations linking him to an alleged rhino horn trafficker. An Al Jazeera documentary, The Poacher’s Pipeline, implicated the Minister, alleging that he has close ties with the illegal rhino horn trader. The Minister said in a statement that the basis of this connection was said to be his visits […]

South Africa was named the winner of the annual Outsourcing Destination of the Year title at the annual Global Sourcing Association (GSA) awards ceremony in the UK last night. South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies hailed the win of the prestigious Global Sourcing Association (GSA) award, saying: “This award cements South Africa’s investment position and further presents a […]

LONDON – The Springboks were visited by Royalty on Friday when Princess Charlene of Monaco dropped in on the Captains Run at Twickenham, to wish them well for their match against England on Saturday afternoon at the London venue. The former South African Olympic swimmer met with the team and exchanged gifts. She’ll return home with two […]