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Cyclist Goes Missing in Diepwalle Forest in Knysna

Missing Cyclist Alan Broderick Has Been Found

By SAPeople 05-12-22 18:11

Missing cyclist, Alan Broderick, has been found and is being airlifted to hospital for a medical check-up and observation. Alan went missing two days ago, after setting off on a cycle through Diepwalle Forest in Knysna on Saturday morning. Volunteers had joined Emergency Medical Services and SA Police Service in the hunt – which included […]

FIFA WORLD CUP: England Wins the Match, Senegal Wins Hearts

FIFA WORLD CUP: England Wins the Match, Senegal Wins Hearts

By SAPeople 05-12-22 00:32

AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) – England may have triumphed tonight on the field in Qatar, but it was Senegal that won the hearts of FIFA World Cup fans around the world. Even the BBC tweeted after the match, in which England won 3-0: “What a great run for the African champions!” England overcame a pedestrian […]

Eskom Predicts At Least 6 to 12 Months of Increased Loaddhedding

Eskom Predicts At Least 6 to 12 Months of Increased Loadshedding

By SAPeople 04-12-22 18:06

Stage 4 loadshedding is currently being implemented in South Africa until 05:00 on Monday morning, whereafter Eskom promises it will be reduced to Stage 3 until 05:00 on Tuesday morning. And from Tuesday morning, the situation brightens further with Stage 2 loadshedding to be implemented until further notice, although the power utility cautions that circumstances […]

Springbok Player Sbu Nkosi Reported Missing in South Africa - FOUND!

Springbok Player Sbu Nkosi Reported Missing in South Africa

By SAPeople 05-12-22 18:47

Springbok rugby winger Sbu Nkosi has been missing for three weeks. The Blue Bulls Company said in a statement that Nkosi, who signed with the Vodacom Bulls in May this year, “has been absent without leave for the past three weeks”. UPDATE 5 DECEMBER 2022: Missing Springbok rugby player Sbu Nkosi has been found safe […]

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SA Teen Honoured at Young Activists Summit at UN in Geneva

By SAPeople 02-12-22 20:29

A South African teenager – Zulaikha Patel (19) – who protested against her school’s hair policy is one of just six youngsters from around the world who has been honoured at the 2022 Young Activists Summit (#YAS22) at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The awards took place today during a live event with participants from […]

Chinese Company Donates R1.15-Million to Fund Students at Wits University

Chinese Company Donates R1.15-Million to Fund Students at Wits University

By SAPeople 02-12-22 14:59

A leading Chinese telecommunications company has donated R1.15-million (about US$65,274) to help students studying information science at Wits University in South Africa. The donation has been welcomed by students and faculty at the university. Lungelo Cala, a Wits Information engineering student, says: “In the past years, I’ve struggled with funding and it has been very […]

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FARMGATE: Ramaphosa to Address SA Soon as ANC Meets to Decide President’s Fate

By SAPeople 02-12-22 12:37

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 80 senior officials in South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) are gathering today to decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should stay on after an inquiry found evidence of misconduct over cash hidden at his farm. The ANC announced that officials from its most senior entity, the National Executive Committee […]

Swiss Company to Pay R2.5-Billion to SA for State Capture Reparations

Swiss Company to Pay R2.5-Billion to SA for State Capture Reparations

By SAPeople 01-12-22 18:41

Swiss engineering company, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), is expected to pay some R2.5 billion in “punitive reparations to South Africa” for its part in State Capture, says the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The company was allegedly irregularly awarded a lucrative control and instrumentation contract at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station in 2015 after allegedly colluding with […]

An HIV prevention technique that involves HIV-negative people at high risk of infection getting an injection every two months has been found to be successful in a clinical trial. But over two years later it remains unaffordable and out-of-reach in countries with large HIV epidemics. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Injections Against HIV Could be Made Locally and Cheaply in SA, Says Aspen Pharmacare

By SAPeople 01-12-22 17:09

Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years. By Daniel Steyn.   In 2020, pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare announced that a bimonthly injection of its new drug, cabotegravir, prevents HIV infection. More than two years later, the drug is still unaffordable in countries where HIV is highly prevalent. Local medicines manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare says that licences […]

Drone footage from 25 November shows polluted black water from the Diep River estuary flowing into the sea at Milnerton. Photo: Supplied

Is Cape Town’s Mayor Winning the War on Sewage?

By SAPeople 01-12-22 13:00

Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert. By Steve Kretzmann. When he took office, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis promised to make dealing with sewage pollution a priority. One year on there has been some progress, and water quality data is now available on the […]

Phala Phala saga

Phala Phala Report Finds SA’s President Ramaphosa Violated Oath of Office

By SAPeople 01-12-22 00:47

An independent panel appointed by the Speaker of South Africa’s parliament has found preliminary evidence that President Cyril Ramaphosa violated his oath of office… which could lead to impeachment, although unlikely. “The panel makes some serious findings against the president, chief among them being that he may have violated the constitution,” the DA’s Chief Whip, […]

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Royal Aide Steps Down After Racist Comments at Buckingham Palace

By SAPeople 30-11-22 18:51

LONDON (Reuters) – A member of the British royal family’s household has apologised and resigned from her honorary role after making “unacceptable and deeply regrettable” comments about race and nationality to a woman at a grand reception held at Buckingham Palace yesterday, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Ngozi Fulani, who was born in Britain and […]

Siyanda Nohashe cleans municipal wheelie bins along Aloe Street in Dunoon. He supports himself and pays one permanent and one casual worker. Photo: Peter Luhanga

Dunoon Suit Salesman Becomes Successful Bin Cleaner

By SAPeople 30-11-22 10:46

Siyanda Nohashe is making a business out of servicing rubbish bins. By Peter Luhanga. For ten years Siyanda Nohashe used to sell South African design suits. But in 2018, at the age of 30, he quit his job and swapped the suits he wore for a pair of blue overalls. Nohashe started a business cleaning […]

Lonely Planet Lists South Africa As A Must-Visit Destination for 2023

South Africa Named in Top 30 List By Major Travel Guide

By SAPeople 29-11-22 19:36

Lonely Planet travel guide has revealed its top 30 must-visit locations around the globe, and South Africa is selected – not primarily for its wildlife or wonderful beaches… but for its world class dining! The 2023 list has for the first time ever, been separated into trip types – Eat, Journey, Connect, Learn or Unwind… […]

Passengers Flying into Joburg Spot Funnel Cloud

Passengers Flying into Joburg Spot Funnel Cloud

By SAPeople 29-11-22 11:32

Passengers flying into Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday (27 November) were a little unsettled to notice a funnel cloud nearby in the Gauteng sky. In a video that has gone viral, one passenger can be heard saying: “Whoah, check that out!” Meanwhile South Africans on the ground, in cars in areas including Boksburg, Edenvale and […]

Condolences for Two Limpopo Matric Learners

Condolences for Two Limpopo Matric Learners

By SAPeople 28-11-22 19:27

Limpopo MEC for Education Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya has conveyed her deepest condolences to the families of two Grade 12 learners who passed away last week. A learner from Tshamahansi, outside Mokopane, in the Mogalakwena District, was allegedly killed after escaping from a study camp at Ben Hlongwane Secondary School. It is reported that the learner was […]

SA Michelin-Star Chef's JAN Franschhoek

SA Michelin-Star Chef’s JAN Franschhoek Sells Out in Less Than 72 Hours

By SAPeople 28-11-22 17:46

Legendary South African chef, Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen – who became the first South African to be honoured with a Michelin star for his restaurant JAN in Nice, in the south of France – announced a special limited-time only seasonal culinary experience in Franschhoek less than 72 hours ago… and it has already sold […]

21 Rules of Hoedspruit

The 21 Rules of Hoedspruit

By SAPeople 28-11-22 16:39

Hollywood star Tom Cruise was a great visitor to Hoedspruit. For a start he knew how to wave hello! This, surprisingly, is not a friendly gesture that everyone descending on Hoedspruit seems to know. So with the current influx of city-goers seeking out the wild and wonderful splendour of life in safari country, it’s time […]

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Jacques Nienaber, the head coach of South Africa celebrates with Damian Willemse after their victory during the Autumn International match between England and South Africa at Twickenham Stadium on November 26, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Springboks Reflect on Positives from Year-End Tour

By SAPeople 27-11-22 18:55

Springbok flyhalf Damian Willemse and utility forward Franco Smith reflected on the positives from their Castle Lager Outgoing Tour as the Boks wrapped up their campaign with a strong 27-13 victory against England at Twickenham on Saturday, which saw them head back to South Africa with two impressive victories and two marginal defeats. After an […]

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