A powerful South African video has won the Music Video Category in an international film festival – the 2020 Moment Invitational Film Festival. The video, directed by Luke Bell, features Cape Town-based musician Phehello Makgoe performing his song ‘We Can’t Breathe’. And the guys would love your vote right now to make sure they win […]

All across South Africa there are amazing people stepping up to help each other though Lockdown. Many motorists are now travelling with extra food to give to the increasing number of homeless people begging at traffic lights. Strangers across the land are cooking or donating to help starving families in townships. But it’s not only […]

Ambassador Bridgette Motsepe has hit back at what she calls “baseless allegations” implicating her of money-laundering, as announced by AfriForum on Tuesday morning, 23 June. Motsepe says she rejects the allegations as “preposterous”, and says they were already proved untrue six months ago. She has also appointed an international law firm, led by Cherie Blair, […]

“I remember seeing e’Lollipop as a nine-year-old, hanging the poster on my wall and dreaming of also going to the USA one day,” says South African expat Sam Vogel, who now lives in Texas. Like so many South Africans in the mid-70s, when the film was released, Sam says “I was so taken by this […]

Most of the South Africans stuck in Panama, who issued an urgent plea on 8 June for help in getting home to SA, have made it back just in time, and are happily ensconced in quarantine… thanks in large part to the incredible support of embassy staff in Panama and Mexico, who went above and […]

Forty-four South Africans who are in transit at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, have been left stranded after the flight they had booked was incredulously not given permission to carry passengers. SAPeople has received so many desperate messages for help in the past week. A similar incident occurred last weekend at Frankfurt Airport in Germany when […]

To coincide with the launch of his new book, an exposé of the “despicable” captive-bred lion industry in South Africa, UK businessman, philanthropist and former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Lord Ashcroft has posted the video below which reveals some shocking truths about SA’s terrible trade. The new book – ‘Unfair Game’ – discloses […]

Four alleged poachers have been arrested in Uganda for the tragic death of a rare Silverback mountain gorilla, known as Rafiki. They claim it was self-defence. Rafiki belonged to the famous Nkuringo Gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. At the time of his death the group had 17 members – one Silverback, three Blackbacks, […]

On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a national state of disaster and 11 days later, an intense lockdown ensued! This breathtaking drone video – ‘PERSPECTIVE’ by Timothy Hay and Simon Mulholland – captures a never-to-be-seen again, empty, picturesque and pristine KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). WATCH VIDEO Perspective – KZN Lockdown “Covid-19 […]

For anyone who’s been lucky enough to visit Dalebrook Tidal Pool in Kalk Bay, South Africa, recently – they would have witnessed the breathtaking – almost spiritual – scene of stone sculptures rising stoically against the backdrop of  the beautiful Western Cape skyline. There are at least 50 of them, created with love by a […]

South Africans stranded in Mozambique will be allowed to return to SA during a three-day period, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) announced on Tuesday night. Dirco said in a Facebook message: “[ANNOUNCEMENT]: DIRCO is pleased to announce that following discussions with our Mozambican partners, all South Africans stranded in Mozambique can return […]

British comedian Michael McIntyre (the same guy who said South Africans have the funniest accent!) has produced a video that’s pure gold… and that most people around the world will relate to, whether you’re a comedian or not. In the video he visits a fortune teller in 2019 who predicts what he’ll be up to […]

About 30 South Africans who have been stranded in Panama for the past few months, under stringent lockdown rules, are desperate to catch a flight out of Panama to Brazil where they could board the final SAA repatriation flight back home to SA. They say it’s their last hope. UPDATE: Most South Africans stuck in […]

A very large Squid – believed to be a Giant Squid – washed up on a beach in St Helena Bay on the West Coast of South Africa on Sunday morning. Adele MomNdele Grosse captured the following photos and video of the rare sighting. Adele told SAPeople it is likely the Squid – which measured […]

Many Cape Town residents have been left reeling after the suicide death of a reported dog-walker who has been unable to work during Lockdown in South Africa. The man was found tragically hanging with a dog leash in Sea Point, outside the home of Rev. Natalie Angela Barnard, from St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. On Thursday […]

Former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has lashed out at the ANC for “looting the public purse” since the party came into leadership. Mashaba said in a Facebook post on Friday afternoon: “Since 1994 your focus has been looting the public purse, not serving society.” Mashaba’s comments came following the declaration by the ANC’s Jessie Duarte […]

South Africa’s famous anti-poaching hero – an award-winning dog by the name of Killer – was sadly put down this morning due to ill health, according to the film makers of multi award-winning rhino documentary STROOP. Stroop said late on Friday afternoon: “Such sad news coming out of Kruger today: Anti-poaching hero, Killer was put […]

South Africans who have been stranded abroad for months were finally – and with great relief – set to return home today from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on a TUI Airlines flight… however, at the last minute they have been informed that the flight is not cleared to land in South Africa! A few days ago, […]

A sudden landslide in the north of Norway caused eight homes to be washed into the sea on Wednesday 3 June. The incredible scene was captured on film by Jan Egil Bakkeby, a resident of Alta, who had just finished making a couple of sandwiches when he heard the noise, which sounded like creaking. “At […]

South African athlete Caster Semenya posted an adorable photo on Thursday afternoon that has everyone guessing: is her wife pregnant and are they expecting a baby? The photo shows what looks like Caster’s feet in takkies, with two little baby shoes in the middle being held by Caster’s hands. The South African double Olympic champion, […]

Pleas for DIRCO to help South Africans stranded abroad, or stuck in SA with jobs abroad, have increased as many run out of money, medicine and hope. The DA today issued a call for Dirco to liaise better with embassies in helping get citizens home; and AfriForum this morning issued urgent court papers in an […]

The Dragon Endeavour, carrying two astronauts, has safely landed at the International Space Station (ISS). An elated NASA said this is the “first time in human history” that NASA astronauts have entered the ISS from a commercially-made spacecraft, referring to the Dragon Endeavour which was built by South African expat Elon Musk’s Space-X private company. […]

South African seafarers on board a cruise ship that was off the coast of the USA and is now on the North Atlantic, have sung – loudly and proudly – at news that they are finally heading home to SA. Watch below (and try not to cry!) as they sing In The Jungle… but with […]

A small Facebook page with a huge heart has made a big difference to thousands of people in Gauteng, South Africa, during Lockdown… delivering over 5,000 parcels, feeding thousands and creating three temporary shelters. The page is One Small Act of Kindness and is run by nursery school owner Kelly-Ann Van Der Meer… whose loved […]

South African expat Elon Musk’s Space-X company has just made history with the first privately-owned and operated spacecraft launching two astronauts on a journey to the International Space Station. It’s also the first US launch in almost 10 years. And ten million people watched the live streaming! The launch was postponed from Thursday after weather […]