South Africa’s failure to support the United Nations resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine was a low-point in our foreign policy. By Nathan Geffen   No person who thinks of themself as progressive, left, or pro-democracy can in good faith be neutral about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia faced no existential threat from […]

Commonwealth Games champion Akani Simbine showed he is in fine fettle ahead of the Birmingham showpiece when he raced to victory in the 100m at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Thursday night. The South African athlete picked up his first big win of the season with a 10.02sec victory, after Olympic champion Lamont Marcell […]

Several South African sailors produced impressive performances at the recent Kiel Week in Germany where 5000 competitors converged on the German city for the nine-day event. Kiel Week includes numerous different classes, one of which was the Musto Skiff World Championships where South African Andy Tarboton finished in second place overall. The Musto Skiff is […]

The accused in the brutal farm attack on Robert Lynn and Susan (Sue) Howarth in February 2017, on their farm outside Dullstroom, were each sentenced today in the Breyten Magistrate’s Court to 37 years imprisonment. The horrific attack on Robert and Sue had sent shockwaves through South Africa – the couple had been tortured for […]

Eskom says Stage 6 load shedding will be implemented from 2pm until midnight this evening, due to a slow return to work of personnel at its power stations, following violent strike action this week. The power utility has also updated the load shedding programme for the rest of the week as follows: Stage six load […]

When most young people are educated, it is one of the steps to alleviating poverty. When young people are empowered and confident to achieve anything that they want, they become active contributors to the community. To end off Youth Month Red Bull sat with Springbok Captain and Red Bull athlete, Siya Kolisi, as he expands […]

The University of Stirling yesterday bestowed a well-deserved honorary doctorate on South African (and British) endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh. Lewis said on social media: « This year marks my 35th year of endurance swimming and ocean advocacy. So I’m especially delighted to be receiving (this) honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling ????????‍? » He gave a […]

Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours with two males – possibly brothers – right next to my car in Maze National Park, Ethiopia. Lions come in the night, very quietly. Despite weighing well over 20 […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) management in the Eastern Cape has asked the public to ignore rumours and media reports speculating on the cause of death in the Tavern Tragedy incident which took place in the early hours of Sunday morning (26 June) in Scenery Park, East London, and which resulted in the death […]

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has soared past the $1-billion (£813 million or R16,109-billion) mark at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year so far. SAPeople was at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this year for an invite-only interview with Tom Cruise as he launched the blockbuster… read the interview […]

DA Leader John Steenhuisen shares his findings below after paying an oversight visit to the South African Consulate and Regional Home Affairs Offices in London, UK, this week: Over the past two days I have concluded a successful oversight visit to the Department of Home Affairs office at the South African Consulate in London, accompanied […]

The DA has today – Wed 29 June – laid criminal charges, requesting that the ANC be investigated for systemic and calculated racketeering activities over a multitude of years. In a press statement, DA MPs Cilliers Brink and Natasha Mazzone said the ANC has “acted like a criminal syndicate”. “Exactly a week ago, the final […]

JJ Cassanga, a security guard who was severely assaulted in the same Clover incident that led to the murder of Terrence Tegg, has sadly passed away after collapsing at his doctor’s waiting rooms on Tuesday (28 June). AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit (PPU) confirmed Cassanga’s death with “deep regret and sadness”. Cassanga had been assaulted, along […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, in what a judge called a “horrific scheme” that inflicted “incalculable” harm on victims. By Luc Cohen and Brendan Pierson Survivors of Epstein’s abuse arrived at […]

A light aircraft went down near Lower Crossroads, a township near Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday evening. According to several reports, the two occupants – a pilot and his student from a local aviation school – survived the crash but were robbed by local residents. City of Cape Town’s JP Smith said: “The City’s […]

An adult male, believed to be a local man, has sadly died in Plettenberg Bay following a ‘shark incident’, according to the NSRI. The organisation said that their Plettenberg Bay duty crew was activated following eye-witness reports of the shark incident involving the man. He had apparently been swimming at Sanctuary Beach, on the Robberg […]

Following a productive meeting earlier today – Tuesday 28 June – between Eskom and union leadership, Eskom has confirmed that it has agreed in-principle with the recognised labour unions on the way forward in the wage talks on Friday at the Central Bargaining Forum. Subsequent to this agreement, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and […]

While Eskom announced it was plunging South Africa into Stage 6 load-shedding from 4pm this afternoon, the City of Cape Town has managed to avert Stage 6 altogether… although unfortunately things have not quite gone according to plan. The City of Cape Town said it has been building reserves to assist in the event of […]

AfriForum has instructed its legal team to bring an urgent application to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, to compel law enforcers to take action against striking Eskom employees who are currently in the process of intimidating and harassing their colleagues. The organisation believes the army may need to get involved as well as […]

Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter, says it’s necessary to warn the public that Stage 6 loadshedding could be implemented “from 17h00 this afternoon” (Tuesday 28 June 2022), owing in part to a breakdown of power plants, and the “unlawful industrial action” (strike) by Eskom workers. UPDATE: Stage 6 load shedding IS being implemented from 4pm […]

A joint operation by various SAPS Units has led to the recovery of Eskom cables worth R2.5 million and the arrest of eight suspects. Whilst most South Africans are suffering through Stage 4 Loadshedding, the suspects – aged between 29 and 49 – were responsible for stealing six rolls of aluminium cables. The Eskom overhead […]

Under Alfred Nevhutanda’s tenure as chairperson of the Lottery board there was allegedly grand-scale corruption. By Raymond Joseph. A judge has granted a preservation order on the multi-million rand luxury home and furniture of former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chair Alfred Nevhutanda. Besides the house, the order was also granted against Vhutanda Investments, a private company […]

MPUMALANGA – Two brothers appeared briefly in the Belfast Magistrates’ Court today, facing charges of human trafficking after 39 human trafficking victims were rescued from a farm in Belfast (South Africa), including seven women, nine children under the age of five, and 23 males over the age of 18. The brothers – Carlos Bernardo Guambe […]

As the world’s eyes are on South Africa right now, SA Tourism has issued a statement about the tragic deaths of 20 teenagers at a popular tavern night club in East London last night. Headlines from Sweden to the Middle East, New York to Britain, have reported on the mystery deaths and hospitalisation of two […]

South African Police Minister General Bheki Cele broke down in tears today whilst addressing the media about the tragic deaths of 21 teenagers at a tavern in Scenery Park, East London, in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, 26 June). One other youngster is in critical condition in hospital. (These figures have been updated, […]