His trip to a debut Olympics delayed by a typhoon this week, South Africa’s sole badminton player will be looking for his own hurricane-sized upset next week. Based in Shenzhen, China, Maliekal finally arrived here on Wednesday afternoon after being set to leave Hong Kong on Monday afternoon. ‘There was a typhoon warning so I […]

A day in the life of a ranger’s dog involves jumping into helicopters, tracking poachers in the national parks or searching for illegal firearms or rhino horn potentially hidden in vehicles entering or leaving the park. Ranger’s dogs are often the first responders to incidences of suspected poaching. The CSIR assisted the South African National […]

Watch South African comedian Trevor Noah let rip on his opinion of Donald Trump’s latest political antics, accusing the Republican presidential nominee of trying to grab the spotlight again “and this time, not for tanning purposes”. After Donald Trump denied any involvement in a Democratic National Convention (DNC) hacking scandal, the billionaire called on Russia to […]

Many undergraduates in Nigerian universities dabble in internet fraud. Nicknamed “yahoo-yahoo” after the international web portal and search engine, this perfidy has become a way of life for the young con-artists. Many of these fraudsters – dubbed “yahoo-boys” – have become filthy rich. Some have been caught by the law. In April 2012, Olasaidi Dare, […]

A 16-year-old South African teenager could hold the solution to the country’s water woes… using just orange and avocado peels! Kiara Nirghin, who is from Johannesburg, has won the Google Science Fair Community Impact Award in the Africa/Middle East region with her entry, “No More Thirsty Crops”. She is also one of the 16 global […]

When Durban resident Richard McLennan posted a message to Coca-Cola on Facebook yesterday, he couldn’t have expected a better response. Following the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal this week – which caused debris from the ocean to be washed ashore, including many plastic coke bottles – Richard reached out to the soft drink company through social media. […]

Congratulatory messages have poured in from around the country for South African National Cricket Team fast bowler Kagiso Rabada after he scooped a record-breaking six awards at the glittering Cricket South Africa (CSA) Awards in Sandton last night. Rabada won the SA Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year, SA Players’ Player […]

Hailing from Empangeni in the heart of Zululand, David “Qadasi” Jenkins and Maqhinga Radebe are an acoustic duo on a quest to revive the powerful sounds of traditional Maskandi music… and their awesome Bakkie Jam, already viewed by thousands on social media, is helping them achieve that goal. (Watch below.) Both SAMA and SATMA Award nominees […]

Given the weight people place on crime as an indicator of national health in South Africa, there is an urgent need for demystification around crime trends. A lot of people think that violent crime in South Africa began rising in 1994 and has continued to rise since then. They are wrong. Our new book, which […]

JOHANNESBURG – Facebook Connectivity Lab has announced its first full-scale test flight of Aquila – a high-altitude unmanned aircraft – that should bring affordable internet to remote locations in Facebook’s efforts  to bring internet connectivity to the four billion people around the world who are not yet online. Their goal? To contribute to prosperity, progress and development around the globe. The test […]

Government has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of South Africans who have been nominated by their parties as candidates for the 2016 Municipal Elections. “These crimes, ahead of the elections, fly in the face of the democratic principles South Africa has entrenched in our vibrant, multi-party democracy since 1994,” said the Inter-Ministerial Committee […]

A couple visiting the Kruger National Park in South Africa filmed a rare sighting of a pride of lions – including an endangered white lion – trying to hunt a porcupine. Retired Beryl Salottolo told Nadav Ossendryver from Latest Sightings that she and her husband, Gules, set out early one morning from their camp at Satara […]

The news of the passing of South African rally driver Gugu Zulu, whilst attempting to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, remains devastating news for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. In a media release today, the Foundation said: “We are trying hard to come to terms with his passing. Our thoughts are with Gugu’s family, his wife Letshego and […]

In Evita’s latest episode, she asks “Does every dark Hlaudi have a silver lining?”… referring to the SABC’s COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Leading up to the 2016 South African Municipal Elections and the 20th year celebration of her theatre in Darling, Evita se Perron, Tannie Evita has committed herself to broadcasting a Sunday recap of the week’s […]

Prize-winning author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi has revealed he has learnt that listening is important and reading is essential. These are just some of the lessons the South African has gained on his journey as a writer. As reported by SAPeople.com, Mqombothi won the 17th annual Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story Memories We Lost earlier […]

A video of an angry elephant charging and flipping over a car in a Mozambique game reserve has gone viral… for the second time in three years! Thanks to the video being posted earlier this month on Facebook, it has had a resurgence and been reported in South African and international media outlets as if […]

The founder of Steve Jobs Schools (SJS) – Dutch market researcher and entrepreneur Maurice de Hond – wants to use the creative philosophies that have made Apple one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world, to revolutionise the traditional method of classroom teaching… through embracing technology to give students the freedom to […]

A chance late night call from a blind Vosloorus woman to Talk Radio 702 resonated with a man in Wales, who decided to make her life a little better. With the connivance of a 702-call screener, contact was made. Emails went back and forth for the next six months until he and she met at […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. Continued… In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world in their own unique way through politics, culture, business, sport and […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. Continued… In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world in their own unique way through politics, culture, business, sport and […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world, in their own way through politics, culture, business, sport and public service. […]

Forty years ago South African youth influenced the way today’s young South Africans wield their own historical impact on the country. In this series of profiles, we highlight 40 South Africans born since 1976 who have changed South Africa, or even the world in their own unique way through politics, culture, business, sport and public […]

According to the Kruger National Park, the young teenager who was attacked by a hyena in their Crocodile Bridge Camp is “making remarkable progress”. However there are reports that he has lost one of his eyes. Erco (Boela) Janse van Rensburg – from Centurion, Pretoria, was camping with his parents, Erno and Cashandra, and his […]

The City of Tshwane has received international recognition this week in Liverpool, England, winning the World Wi-Fi Day Award for Most Innovative City or Government Program to bridge the Digital Divide. An award in this category recognizes cities, governments and organizations that develop local and national plans to bridge the digital divide. The Tshwane Free […]

On the anniversary of the death of a lion in Zimbabwe, which was known to researchers as ‘Cecil’, Four Paws organisation has taken stock of the trophy hunting situation. One year ago, on 1 July 2015, “Cecil” the Lion was killed by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe. The circumstances surrounding his death exposed the excesses […]