Protesters proceeded to Empire Road and blocked traffic in Johannesburg… By Masego Mafata. A bystander was killed in Braamfontein on the third day of Wits student protests on Wednesday. Police allegedly shot the man several times. The protests are about exclusion from the university because of outstanding fees and historic debt, and financial exclusion of students […]

Queen Elizabeth II has broken her silence over the Oprah Winfrey interview with her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, which aired in South Africa on DStv on Monday evening. The Queen said the royal family was “saddened” by how challenging the couple said their experiences had been, and promised to address some […]

A romantic birthday dinner for Helen Zille turned into an ‘adventurous celebration’ on Tuesday evening when strong winds in Cape Town, South Africa, caused a tree to fall through the roof of the restaurant she and her husband were dining at. Zille, Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance, was celebrating her 70th […]

The university has previously said that only students who have less than R10,000 debt could register. By Masego Mafata.   Wits students are demanding that all students be allowed to register regardless of how much they still owe the university. Wits University has previously said that only students who have less than R10,000 debt could […]

The South African economy contracted by 7% in 2020, Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, revealed in a media briefing on Tuesday. Announcing the results of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2020, Maluleke said the decrease was despite the economy growing by 1.5% in the last three months of the year, giving an […]

The Eskom Board announced on Tuesday that it will appoint an independent Senior Counsel to probe racism allegations against its Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter. According to the statement, this follows racism allegations made in the public domain against De Ruyter. Suspended Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano has accused the Group Chief Executive (GCE) […]

Across the world people have been divided in their views of the explosive Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, which DStv aired in South Africa last night. But here’s a video everyone’s sure to enjoy – Black Wendy’s spoof of the interview. The Black Wendy Channel is created and hosted by South […]

A safari park tracker in Limpopo, South Africa, was tragically attacked and mauled to death by two lions on Sunday morning, 7 March 2021, while he was following the tracks of a pair of cheetahs. Malibongwe Mfila, 27, had seen the spoor divert off the dirt road he was following in his jeep, and stopped […]

Zirk Botha will be arriving home in South Africa on Monday afternoon from Brazil, and is expected to receive a hero’s welcome… after he broke a world record with a solo row from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro in only 71 days! The 59-year-old, who only learnt to row a couple of years ago, […]

Victoria Falls is currently flowing at its highest in decades! It’s an amazing sight when just over a year ago – December 2019 – Elisha Moyo, Principal Climate Change Researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Climate and Tourism, told the BBC that the average flow over the Victoria Falls during that year had been down […]

Most trips abroad are cool, but Icelandair just completed what has to be the coolest trip ever – taking off from Cape Town, South Africa, and landing on a freezing cold ice shelf in Antarctica! Watch below to see the unique and beautiful footage as the plane touched down in Dronning Maud Land. The airline […]

It was war time for some monkeys in La Lucia, Durban, last week. Patricia Read captured the passionate turf war on video, with monkeys from two different troops running at each other, fighting, jumping off the roof for the surprise element (and running to the bushes for cover!). Both gangs were intent on making the […]

The DA has today launched a national online petition to object against the gazetted name changes of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, and Uitenhage to Kariega. “There is a distinct lack of transparency on how the ANC government and the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, arrived at approving these names,” said MP Andrew […]

A 33-year-old suspect has been convicted and sentenced in South Africa for the murders of popular KwaZulu-Natal couple, Glen and Vida Rafferty, who will killed at their Normandien Farm on 30 August 2020. KZN’s Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Thulani Gonya, welcomed the sentencing of Sizwe Tell Zwane Schaba (33). “We wish to commend the […]

We are devastated to report the passing away of well known South African journalist Karima Brown, who died from Covid-19 related complications in the early hours of this morning. She was 54. Her family said that in accordance with Islamic rites, she will be laid to rest in a private burial in Johannesburg later today […]

Yesterday – Wednesday, 3 March 2021 – an unknown number of juvenile Nile crocodiles escaped from a legal breeding facility outside of Bonnievale in the Western Cape of South Africa, and although some have been recaptured it’s not known how many are still on the loose! In a message on social media, Cape Nature says […]

M-Net has acquired ‘CBS Presents Oprah with Meghan and Harry’. South Africans will be able to watch the highly anticipated interview on Monday 8 March at 19h30 on the M-Net DStv channel 101. In the show famous talk show host and billionaire Oprah Winfrey sits down with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess […]

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs will, from Thursday, once again offer several services that were temporarily suspended in January 2021, Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced. In an address to the media today, Dr Motsoaledi said this was made possible by the country moving to Lockdown Level 1. The citizenship service, however, […]

A case of child abuse and neglect has been officially opened, at the Mehlomnyama police station in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), against the parents of a seven-year-old boy who was badly assaulted by his 17-year-old stepbrother. KZN Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza, has opened the case after shocking pictures went viral on social media, showing the young […]

The Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo has reiterated Gauteng’s standpoint to reject e-tolls. According to Mamabolo, the province reaffirms its long-standing position of the provincial government and its opposition to the implementation of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), known as the e-tolls system. E-tolls were implemented in 2013 as a method […]

A talented and largely South African team, headed by Capetonian Chef Jean Delport, has retained its Michelin star at Restaurant Interlude in the UK, for the second year in a row! SAPeople spoke to Jean about the move, his awesome team and how much he still misses SA… The restaurant – in Horsham, just an […]

The South African government has admitted under oath that there is no legal restriction on the private sector purchasing Covid-19 vaccines, according to AfriForum and Solidarity. “The state has a history of failure. The SAA has fallen, Eskom turned off our lights, municipalities are bankrupt, and Denel cannot pay their employees’ salaries. The government does […]

Hildah Magaia, South Africa’s awesome 2020 COSAFA Women’s Cup Player of the Tournament, has signed a two-year deal with Sweden’s Moron BK club. The 25-year-old striker, who was also National Women’s League Player of the Season and top goalscorer, said she is over the moon following her dream to move overseas. “I am so delighted […]

AfriForum and Solidarity are due to hold a media conference this morning, Tuesday 2 March, to announce a major legal breakthrough in their fight against the South African government’s exclusive purchasing of vaccines. This follows after the two organisations have already continued with legal action against the government’s planned monopolisation of the purchasing and distribution […]

Devastating photos have emerged in South Africa of the bones of 27 once majestic lions that have been slaughtered. The lions’ bones, discovered at a home in Johannesburg, are in demand in the Far East for use in traditional medicines and to be made into trinkets. South African police swooped on a house in Kempton […]