From an email doing the rounds. As Durban anticipated the approaching of Cyclone Irina, surfers have had a wild time with the 4.7 metre swell she’s brought in. Check out these photos of the surf around New Pier in the last couple of days.

Engineering whizzkid Siyabulela Lethuxolo Xuza is a young man with a big future. From the early days of experimenting with science in his mother’s kitchen in the poor community of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, to international science and engineering accolades, he is now a role model for South Africa’s aspiring scientists. These days the […]

Ingredients 300 g smoked snoek 200 ml smooth cottage cheese 15 ml tomato sauce 1 small onion finely chopped 1 tbles finely chopped fresh cilantro/coriander freshly ground black pepper Method Remove skin and bones from the snoek. Flake the fish. Mix everything besides snoek in food processor until blended, then add snoek. Mix until just […]

By coupling patience and an eye for detail, a South African student has been selected as one of the finalists for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards’ Student Focus competition. The announcement came earlier in February that Nina Grindlay, a photography student from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, is short-listed amongst ten finalists from nine different countries […]

They’ve been doing the rounds on Facebook. Here’s the Living in South Africa and Living in Jo’burg montages. If you happen to have the Durban, Cape Town etc. ones – please send them to us at admin@sapeople.com  

Submitted by The Past Experiences Team 3rd March 2012- A Taste of Soweto. Unique public transport and walking tour We have an absolutely fantastic tour coming up this weekend, its a great way to experience Soweto and the CBD (like a local) and is also at a budget price. Take a look and booking is […]

From an email doing the rounds: Here’s a classic South African email doing the rounds at the moment. Some pics are distressing, some may offend, and some are just funny…

The film A Million Colours: e’Lollipop II, depicting the lives of child actors Muntu Ndebele and Norman Knox during the years following the success of their iconic 1975 South African box office hit e’Lollipop, will be released locally in April. The two child stars of e’Lollipop, which movingly portrayed the friendship between a white and a black […]

The University of Pretoria is hosting free events for its former students and their partners in various cities in Australia. See below for details (in English and Afrikaans). TuksAlumni-netwerkfunksies in Australië Alumni van die Universiteit van Pretoria (UP) en hul metgeselle word vriendelik uitgenooi na ‘n netwerk-skemerkelkfunksie in een van die volgende stede in Australië […]

More rhinos have been mercilessly slaughtered in the Limpopo Province. This time the poachers killed three victims for the price of two – a 2-year-old calf, its heavily pregnant mother and her unborn calf (which had been due within days). They were mindlessly shot near Letsitele in broad daylight. The mother’s and calf’s horns were […]

Four South African paddlers are participating in the Unlimited Dusi Canoe Marathon to raise money for the Paddle for a Limb initiative, which provides prosthetic limbs for underprivileged people living in the Dusi Valley near Durban in KwaZulu- Natal. The Dusi Canoe Marathon, considered the world’s most prestigious kayak race, takes place every year between Pietermaritzburg […]

Hot South African model Candice Swanepoel has beaten out her fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels to appear on the cover of the company’s 2012 Swim catalogue. The theme for the catalogue is a perfect fit for Candice. With a nod to Cindi Lauper’s 80’s anthem, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the 2012 catalogue is called “Girls […]

Denmark-born development specialist Line Hadsbjerg grew up in Kenya and South Africa, and has now shown her love for her adopted homeland in a book profiling remarkable South Africans, those in the public eye as well as ordinary citizens. The Cape Town University anthropology graduate has worked in various positions and countries around the world, but […]

Submitted by Karen Rademeyer, Treasure Karoo Action Group Dear South Africans This letter is important to you, your family and the South Africans that you know – please read it and forward it to people that you know. Should I care whether or not South Africa is fracked? This précis is aimed at people who […]

From an email doing the rounds… A FUNNY SOUTH AFRICAN STORY  …. On Sunday I popped down to the local convenience store at the Engen service station to return some DVDs and pick up a few things.  On the way I passed a scrap metal cart being pulled by a donkey.  Whenever I see this […]

PREVIOUS VALENTINE MESSAGES | NEXT VALENTINE MESSAGES For: Lawrence Van Rensburg, Tzaneen Thank you for being my special valentine! I love you lots!! Chantel   For: Boela. The one and only. When I found you I used to dream that someday I might find a lover who would be tender, kind, and passionate… I used […]

Columbian pop singer Shakira was slightly injured during an apparent sea lion attack whilst on holiday in Cape Town, South Africa. Within moments of the attack, Shakira tweeted: Omg what just happened to me! I was attacked by a sea lion! Lo que me ha sucedido hoy! Un león marino ha intentado atacarme Shak. Once […]

South African mountain climbers can now relish the fact that they are the first people documented to ever climb Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, barefoot, and all done in the name of charity. With no serious injuries, all the climbers from Barefoot Impi – a group of adventurers and philanthropists who engage in charitable causes barefoot […]

South Africans had a very special relationship with Whitney Houston, and she with them. As we say goodbye to the troubled singer, who died this weekend at the age of 48, we remember some of our favourite South African moments with the superstar through these videos: Whitney Houston sings ‘Greatest Love of All’ for former […]

In case you missed it, here’s the full speech that President Zuma made in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday 9 February 2012: Dumelang, good evening, goeie naand, molweni, thobela, abuxeni! I would like to extend warm greetings to all on this important day. It is an honour to speak to South Africans […]

Angela Larkan, the founder of non-profit organisation Thanda, has been named the Clarins Most Dynamic Woman of the Year for 2011 in recognition of her work to fight the destructive impact of HIV/Aids and poverty on orphans in rural communities. Five years ago, at the age of 22, Larkan established Thanda (isiZulu, meaning “love”), and has […]

The long-standing relationship between France and South Africa will be further strengthened over the next two years when the Saisons croisées France-Afrique du Sud 2012/2013 formally kicks off in June this year. The exchange programme was set up at the instigation of presidents Jacob Zuma and Nicolas Sarkozy, who met in France in March 2011. It […]

South Africa’s Cherilyn Ireton has been appointed as executive director of the World Editors Forum (WEF), a global network that represents newsroom editors worldwide. This is a double first for the country, as Ireton is also the first woman to head the organisation.                           […]

South African Paralympic sprint runner Oscar Pistorius is the winner of the 2012 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award. The Laureus World Sports Awards, regarded as the Oscars of the sporting industry, are awarded annually to sportspeople with outstanding achievements. Pistorius was presented with the prestigious accolade after becoming the first amputee to […]

HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco and HSH Prince Albert II visited the new premises of the Princess Charlene Children’s Home, where Princess Charlene unveiled the plaque for the Home. The former South African Olympic swimmer enthusiastically accepted that the Centre be given her name, since it corresponds to a major role of society, the protection […]