Eish! Wales International rugby star Scott Baldwin was forced to miss his match after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Watch video below.) Scott was quick to add – on social media – that it was his fault and not the lion’s! The Ospreys team were visiting Weltevreden Game Lodge in Bloemfontein […]

South African athletics star Wayde van Niekerk presented the Springboks with their matchday jerseys on the eve of their Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder and Olympic champion, delivered a short and inspirational message to the team on Friday morning. “We as […]

South Africans are loving a new Chicken Licken ad which features an Icelandic boy Bjorgen, living in Iceland, whose memories of a previous life as a South African – Frikkie – cause him to squawk like a hadeda, wear a comb in his socks (!) and say voetsek to dogs… His behaviour leaves his parents […]

South African actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for an International Emmy Award for her role as a schoolgirl in Is’thunzi. A very excited Thuso took to Instagram to express her pure delight at the nomination (and we think she could use this for her acceptance speech […]

President Donald Trump apparently compared his daughter Ivanka (35) to South African movie star Charlize Theron (42)… and Charlize didn’t come off that great (in his opinion). In interviews that he gave famous (and infamous) radio DJ Howard Stern between 1993 and 2015, it’s been revealed that he rated the looks of many well known […]

LOS ANGELES – Veep actress (and Elaine from Seinfeld), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. But in that moment, the one most women dread, she proved just how awesome she is by immediately thinking of others and using the opportunity to call for universal health care for all. The […]

We love this beautiful poem describing South Africa. It was spotted in a little biltong shop, at the Horizon Shopping Centre in Roodepoort, by SAPeople follower, Annemarie Anderson. “This is South Africa… word for word,” she says. South Africa Winters with sunshine, Summer with rains Red wine, roaring fires Wildebeest, zebra, hyena on the plains […]

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, who was raised in South Africa, has just done more for women over the age of 40 than any amount of botox could accomplish! As the new face of CoverGirl, Maye – a grandmother of 10 – proves that being yourself is what’s most beautiful. Covergirl made the announcement Thursday. Global […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) President, Chris Nenzani, confirmed today that CSA and Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, has mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect. Nenzani cited the reason as being due to a breakdown in the relationship between the Board and Lorgat. “We recently tried on a few occasions to remedy the situation between […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad. SA expats can now watch their favourite SA current affairs programme just two days after it airs in South Africa, if they’re subscribers of Showmax International. (Watch the trailer below.) KPMG: The Unravelling The so-called SARS Rogue Report, compiled by KPMG, had devastating consequences for the […]

A cute video of a baby hippo and a baby rhino playing together at an orphanage in South Africa has been shared around the world by small and major news outlets, including MSN. Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/HelpingRhinos/videos/1662663127086707/ The video shows baby Charlie, an 18-month old hippo, playing with six-month-old Ntoto. But while the video is adorable… […]

Playboy magazine announced in a tweet on Wednesday (USA time) that “American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef.” On the Playboy website they have today replaced their site with a large photo of Hefner, carrying his quote: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” Playboy […]

WESTERN CAPE – A dog is commonly known as man’s best friend… but to Sergeant Marius Claassens from the West Coast K8 Unit, based in Saldanha Bay, his ‘paw enforcement’ partner, Alex, is his partner and so much more. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Alex – a Belgian Malinois – has been […]

Loving tributes have poured in for South African comedian Fernando Lamy who passed away last night, hailing him as a legend who brought such happiness and laughter to so many for over three decades. Fellow comedian, Joe Parker, said: “So saddened to hear of the passing of SA comedy great Fernando Lamy. Will be missed […]

JOHANNESBURG – A group of Dutch tourists has cut short their holiday in South Africa to return home to the Netherlands, after being robbed in a frightening incident soon after arriving in SA. The 36 tourists were robbed by a group of six men which included one masquerading as a policeman, wearing a South African […]

‎Johnny Clegg‎ will be playing some intimate unplugged shows in the Netherlands next weekend. In a messgage to SAPeople on Tuesday evening, he said the shows will take place on 6, 7 and 8 October 2017. “Tickets are limited and all shows will be hosted in the eclectic YADA YADA Market venue at the Hembrug […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Mmusi Maimane is clearly unhappy with Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s conduct and has requested a formal meeting with her… to discuss a number of “pressing matters linked to her office”, and the “performance of her constitutional mandate to investigate misconduct by government departments and entities and to protect the public’s […]

Moses came down from the mount with tablets inscribed with 10 commandments. Most of us know (most of) them, and most of us fail to live by (most of) them. But if Moses had turned them over and looked in the fine print on the back, he’d have found the 11th Commandment: Don’t get caught. […]

“If you are a parent you cannot be picky,” says Andile Zondi, a waste picker on the New England Landfill Site in Pietermaritzburg. The 38-year-old single father lives in Tamboville with his two daughters, aged six and 13. Collecting copper, brass, aluminium and tins, he has been able to pay for his children’s school fees, clothe […]

South Africans living in the UK gathered together in Wimbledon Park on Sunday, to celebrate SA’s Heritage Day… to sing, dance, braai and open-heartedly celebrate the country they still call ‘home’. It was a fantastic turn-out for the event, organised by Francine Higham and the Diaspora committee. Well known South African expat Hayley Reichert captured these fantastic […]

South African President Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife Dr Nkosazna Dlamini Zuma became one of the country’s newest Members of Parliament (MP) at a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday… bringing her chances of becoming SA’s next president just a little closer. National Assembly Deputy Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli swore in the former African Union Commission Chairperson, as well as […]

EASTERN CAPE – Two young girls of five- and six-years-old have been rescued, and a 49-year-old suspect has been arrested in New Brighton, South African Police Services (SAPS) confirmed Thursday afternoon. The two young girls were reported missing by their parents yesterday evening after they did not return home by 18:00, SAPS said in a […]

Anybody who follows Pretoria boy – and international billionaire businessman – Elon Musk, knows his favourite book is ‘Lord of the Rings’ by JRR Tolkien (who was also born in South Africa). But not many people have stopped to ask Musk just why it inspires him so much… until Wednesday when a young student, Subham, […]

One man’s beautiful kind deed has been viewed over 55 million times in the past couple of days. Watch below as he crawls through the mud and does all he can to rescue an impala that is stuck firmly in the mud, where it would certainly have perished if he hadn’t been brave and compassionate […]

The South African Tourism office in the UK has posted beautiful photos of Jacaranda trees in SA that are sure to tempt a visitor or two! See below. The pics were taken by @unclescrooge and posted on Instagram. SA Tourism announced: “It’s jacaranda season! ? Each year late September to mid-November, jacaranda trees bloom, turning […]