American President Donald Trump created a new African country yesterday – Nambia. And he didn’t mention this non-existent land just once, but at least twice. Watch below. At first it was unclear if the US leader meant Namibia or Zambia when announcing that “Nambia’s health system is increasingly self-sufficient”. But a check of the White […]

World renowned Wildlife artist and conservationist David Shepherd has sadly passed away after a 10-week fight in hospital with Parkinson’s Disease. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF), which he founded, said in a statement that he passed away peacefully overnight. DSWF paid tribute, saying: “For over 50 years David has dedicated his life to protecting […]

A new music video is trending, featuring the words of EFF leader Julius Malema with the term he uses to refer to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma – ‘uBaba ka Duduzane’ (father of Duduzane). Malema says he calls Zuma this because ‘President’ means ‘father of the nation’, and Zuma has proved that he puts his […]

In the latest on the controversial roadblocks in South Africa, driver Sylvia Thomaides Argyroula Spandagou posted a video to Facebook on Friday while she was allegedly being held hostage by Metro Police. She said at the time: “I am held hostage by METRO POLICE for allegedly crossing the yellow line on the Woodmead highway towards […]

American President Donald Trump fired a few verbal missiles at North Korea, Iran and Venezuela on Tuesday, at his first United Nations General Assembly address in New York… but it was the guys from Zimbabwe who looked the most unimpressed! Watch video below. Trump said North Korea’s Kim Jong – whom he called ‘Rocket Man’ […]

This is not a new video – but it’ll give you goosebumps nonetheless if you love Africa and its wildlife. It’s the real deal – not the fake lion roar you often hear in movies. Latest Sightings – Kruger, who uploaded the video a year ago, said the lions were seen in the middle of […]

A Google Earth photo taken on 20 April 2017 confirms that the western Knysna fire started on the Elandskraal farm. This agrees with the findings of Dr David Klatzow, the forensic expert appointed by AfriForum to investigate the cause of the fire. According to Dr Klatzow’s report, the western fire started on 12 April 2017 […]

CAPE TOWN – Monday’s Taxi Strike has been suspended after a meeting between the Western Cape Transport MEC and minibus taxi industry representatives. The strike turned violent on Monday morning when Golden Arrow buses were stoned, and at least one was later set alight in Delft, on the outskirts of Cape Town. One female passenger […]

South Africans came together in the most beautiful way this weekend, to help farmers in Vredendal, in the Olifants River Valley, on the West Coast, where the devastating drought has caused many of their livestock to die… because of the shortage of animal feed. With awareness raised by Facebook’s Droogte Hulp (Drought Help) project, managed […]

The well known former Times Media building, at 4 Biermann Avenue in Rosebank, was imploded Sunday morning. Watch below. Watch implosion: Goodbye 4 Biermann Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.facebook.com/riaanw/videos/10155421663820660/ Journalists took to social media to reminisce about the old offices – the friendships, the deadlines, the start of their careers there. Some were in […]

After rescuing 68 passengers from a sinking Robben Island ferry boat, NSRI successfully managed to tow the ferry to Murray’s Bay harbour at Robben Island. Several NSRI and other sea rescue craft – at least nine – were sent to assist the sinking vessel, Thandi, on Friday afternoon where Robben Island passenger ferry Madiba 1 […]

Strong gale force winds lashed the KwaZulu-Natal coast on Saturday night, from Port Edward, Ramsgate and Marsgate all the way up through Durban to Richards Bay, as the intense frontal system moved north. Several trees were uprooted by the 65km winds; and roofs were blown off some homes and off at least one school in […]

South Africans have reacted to the mega-whitewash that took place Saturday in Albany, New Zealand… where the mighty All Blacks thrashed the Springboks 57-0. When faced with the humiliating defeat, of course South Africans have brought out their humour. See below… Today’s score was South Africa’s worst defeat in its history (in other words 111 […]

Congratulations Trevor Noah! South Africa’s popular comedian announced Friday that his contract with The Daily Show has been extended! All the way until 2022! In true Trevor style, the SA expat went straight to gratitude… and South Africans were at the top of his list. “Let me begin by saying thank you – thank you […]

Cape Town Master’s student, Sarah Adam, has expressed the views of many South Africans with a message she posted on Facebook after her morning jog today. Here it is in full (with Sarah’s kind permission): “I went for a run through Bishopscourt and Constantia Upper this morning, past properties the size of soccer pitches and […]

EASTERN CAPE – While police were battling to control housing protestors in Humansdorp, there was happier news being delivered at the Mlungisi Police Station… where a constable took on the role of a midwife, and assisted in delivering a baby boy. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement Thursday that the woman, […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) says it has heard with shock and deep sadness of the passing of two of its coaches, and the critical injuries to two others in an incident in Laudium last night. The two deceased are Given Nkosi, 24, and Charlson Maseko, 26, both Laudium Cricket Club coaches, while those seriously injured […]

A video showing a Porsche driver kicking and punching a vehicle in a road rage incident has gone viral Wednesday evening (watch below), clocking up 2,000 shares in three hours… as South Africans come down hard on the aggro driver, and stick up for the elderly man in the other vehicle. The footage was uploaded […]

The Department of Forestry and Fisheries says it has NOT yet taken a decision on the total allowable catch (TAC) for West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) for the 2017/18 fishing season. The department on Wednesday said it is concerned that the recent protests linked to a rumoured reduction in the TAC is premature. The department […]

They say South Africans aren’t sissies, and a lot of pictures are shared proving our ‘toughness’ – see below… but then scroll down further to watch a Halloween prank video that shows, just maybe, South Africans can be sort of sissies sometimes… We occasionally have baboons in our gardens and in our cars… And they’re […]

A number of South African families living on the British Virgin Isles (BVI) have been devastated by the recent monster Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma, which lashed through the Caribbean before hitting mainland USA… killing at least 11 people, and leaving homes destroyed. SAPeople follower Kim Myburgh Lloyd called on South Africans to please help […]

Football mad Kai Rigby, from Birmingham in England, has travelled to over 120 countries (and watched football in over 30 of them)… and picked up accents! Watch him below as he nails almost every accent… except perhaps the South African (according to South Africans watching), although he does a pretty good Nelson Mandela voice. As […]

American filmmaker Mendel Katz, who is married to South African expat Mushkie Lewin, has captured a “short but sweet” documentary about South Africa. Mendel and Mushkie married last year in July and went for a two-month tour around South Africa for their honeymoon. “I wanted to go a bit ‘off the beaten path’ instead of the […]

Today – 12 September – is the day South Africans remember, celebrate and preserve the legacy of Black Consciousness Movement leader, intellectual and liberation struggle hero, Stephen Bantu Biko. Biko died 41 years ago in custody as a result of police brutality on 12 September 1977. The former medical student’s words of wisdom still inspire […]

The suspects seen in videos which went viral on Monday, showing two men (and a driver) trying to rob a young woman in Auckland Park, South Africa, have been caught. Social cohesion advocate, Yusuf Abramjee, tweeted a message, with a photo, this morning congratulating Constable M. Omarjee and Constable A. Mahomed for the arrest. The […]