CAPE TOWN – Grieving Rondebosch parents Daniel and Debbie Weber invited friends and family around the world to celebrate their “beautiful boy’s life” at 10h30 on Tuesday morning… as they gathered, all wearing bright clothes, at one of his favourite places – Tractor Park in Keurboom, Western Cape of South Africa. The couple tragically lost […]

The African National Congress says it hopes that President Jacob Zuma will implement today’s judgment without delay, in the interest of South Africa. In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the ANC said it welcomes the judgment of the North Gauteng High Court in relation to the State of Capture Report Judgement on the Public Protector’s […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it welcomes today’s ground-breaking judgment by the North Gauteng High Court, dismissing President Zuma’s attempt to review the Public Protector’s State of Capture report, and its binding recommendations. “This means that the report stands, and confirms that the President must at once establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into “State […]

If you weren’t lucky enough to catch South African comedian Trevor Noah during his recent ‘There’s a Gupta on My Stoep’ tour, watch this excerpt which is even more relevant today as the Pretoria High Court has ruled that President Jacob Zuma must proceed with the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Gupta Family Taking […]

PRETORIA – In a historic move, President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to personally pay the costs for his failed interdict application last year… when he tried unsuccessfully to stop the release of the Public Protector’s ‘State of Capture’ report. In a unanimous judgment, President Zuma has been ordered to personally pay costs the costs […]

Cape Town, South Africa’s second most populous city, is hurtling towards “Day Zero”: the day taps run dry. This is expected in mid-May, just weeks after the city’s new water supplies are due. Cape Town is quite used to surviving dry years. Water restrictions get it through and then dams refill, thanks to the wet […]

An unprecedented discovery of a fresh water resource has been found in Beaufort West, in the Western Cape, says the Department of Mineral Resources. The resource was discovered by the Council for Geoscience (CGS), a statutory Science Council reporting to the Minister of Mineral Resources, while conducting research on the development of shale gas (through […]

The Department of Trade and Industry and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) are to launch an investigation into allegations against retail holding company, Steinhoff International. And allegations are emerging about the darker side of the private life of the company’s former CEO Markus Jooste. In a statement on Tuesday, the department and the […]

Social media sensation, Nas (Nuseir Yassin), reckons this young South African should be working for Google. Instead you can find him hanging out on a pavement in Soweto. Nas – who was featured by SAPeople last week, during his visit to South Africa – said “this blew my mind away”. Nas loved Mpho’s work so […]

The Department of Correctional Services has reportedly confirmed that famous inmate Oscar Pistorius (31) was injured in prison when an argument broke out over the use of a public telephone. According to local reports, other inmates were frustrated that he had been on the phone for too long. The former Olympic and Paralympic athlete, who […]

South African actress Julia Anastasopoulos proves how incredibly talented she is in this DIY Wedding Cake video – as she takes on her successful YouTube character SuzelleDIY AND her new Showmax TV series character Tali. Of course the two characters don’t get on. There’s a little rivalry and while Suzelle is all about positivity ‘Tali babes’ […]

A visitor to the Western Cape has posted some sad and shocking photos and a video of Theewaterskloof Dam, Cape Town’s main source of drinking water… which show sand blowing where water should be flowing. In a message on Facebook, Christopher from Pretoria, says: “PRAY FOR CAPE TOWN people!… NO JOKES ????… This is what’s […]

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is to close its Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg branches to the public. In August last year, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced developments in the bank’s cash management strategy and proposed changes in the bank’s operations. The proposed changes are intended to improve efficiency, reduce risks and achieve […]

Police have arrested two suspects, who have been allegedly targeting commuters travelling from OR Tambo International Airport. The suspects were arrested on Monday on the N3 highway in Johannesburg by police who were acting on intelligence. “The team followed up on the intelligence and spotted the Mercedes travelling from the airport. Attempts to have the […]

Popular South African restaurant chain Nando’s, famous for their humorous ads that poke fun at political figures when they’re misbehaving, has fired up a new ad… this time inspiring South Africans to fire it up together and do something positive to change SA for the better. To not give up. This is an ad that’s […]

Heilbron, the small farming community in the Free State, was hit by a mega hail storm on Monday afternoon. The Heilbron Herald declared: “Woeste Haelbiu deur Heilbron dorp!” The paper said the hail was golfball-sized, and the rain so heavy that streets like Raubenheimer St turned to rivers. They’ll have more on the story in […]

Despite hectic winds and cold conditions, the Noordhoek community had a strong turn-out for their Peace Walk on Sunday evening. Residents gathered to walk for a safer beach environment, following attacks on the beach… including the brutal attack on Austrian tourists – Klaus (63) and Johanna (68) Michl – who were hospitalised a couple of weeks […]

National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Shaun Abrahams, has granted President Jacob Zuma an extension to submit representations on why he should not be charged for the 783 counts of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and racketeering that stand against him. The DA’s Federal Council Chairperson James Selfe said while the DA is disappointed, it’s not at […]

A South African spear fisherman apparently got the surprise of his life when he had an extremely close encounter with a Great White shark during a diving salvage expedition. The video – which was reportedly first posted by SA Spearfishing’s facebook page yesterday – has gone viral and already been viewed over two million times […]

South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has laid charges Monday morning at the East London SAPS concerning the Mandela Funeral Report. The DA alleges that the ANC government stole R330-million from the poor in former President Nelson Mandela’s name to buy T-shirts. Refiloe Nt’sekhe, DA National Spokesperson and Deputy Chairperson, said: “Having studied […]

South Africa may not have won the Cape Town Sevens Tournament… but the venue was a winner, with many of the teams posting fabulous photos of Cape Town on their Twitter pages. The team from very cool Fiji tweeted: “How cool is this? Captains pose on the roof of the Cape Town Stadium with the […]

The Tanzanian mainland is marking the 56th anniversary of independence from British rule. The mainland unified with Zanzibar in 1964 to create the current nation-state under Mwalimu Julius Nyerere who is often invoked as “the father of the nation”. The new nation-state’s economic, social and political path was paved in 1967, when Nyerere proclaimed the […]

New Zealand claimed their maiden Cape Town Sevens title as South Africa had to settle for bronze after a pulsating day of action in the Mother City. The Springbok Sevens team had to work very hard to beat Fiji in their quarter-final early on the second day of the tournament, and despite trailing by 21-12 […]

Yikes, watch as this Land Cruiser gets taken by the current as the driver tries to navigate across the river… We’re not sure where or when this was filmed… but there are definitely South Africans involved (as you’ll hear with the swearing at the end!). It was uploaded by Camping Tricks to Facebook on Friday. […]

Watch British comedian Michael McIntyre on why he finds South African (or ‘Seth Efriken’ as he says) accents the funniest in the world. Apparently it’s something to do with the way we pronounce our syllables… although most South Africans on Facebook claim that Michael’s accent  is not very good. Antoinette Nicolaou, wrote: “Hey Michael, as […]