The Queen of Pop celebrated her 60th birthday on Thursday 16 August by proving she’s no longer a ‘Material Girl’. Instead of asking for gifts, Madonna asked friends and fans to rather donate to her Facebook fundraiser which is benefiting her Raising Malawi foundation. The non-profit Foundation aims to benefit vulnerable children in the southern African […]

As poachers continue to relentlessly slaughter South Africa’s rhino to the brink of extinction, a novel approach is being executed to desperately try and turn the tide on poaching. Five white rhino have been transported from Johannesburg to Shanghai, China, where the demand for rhino horn is high. It’s hoped that by sending these rhino, […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the “frightening numbers” released yesterday, of the ratio of police to people in the Western Cape, further reinforces their call for the government to please deploy the army to assist the severely understaffed police stations, particularly in vulnerable areas where crime is spirally even more out of control. The Western […]

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has stepped up to assist a distressed South African citizen who went missing in Frankfurt, Germany, and has since been hospitalised. As reported by SAPeople over the weekend, Colleen Crossley (73) from Somerset West had been due to join a two-week tour of Europe when she […]

Former policeman Mark Minnie, who co-authored the controversial expose on Magnus Malan, has been found dead on a friend’s smallholding just outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, according to local reports. Well known writer Marianne Thamm, who penned the foreword to the book, tweeted this morning: “Devastated by the news that Mark […]

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled Monday morning that the appointment of National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Shaun Abrahams, was “constitutionally invalid”, upholding a decision by the lower court that the NDPP boss had been improperly appointed after former President Jacob Zuma removed his predecessor, Mxolisi Nxasana. Abrahams and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) […]

South Africa’s Table Mountain is easily accessible again since the Cableway has been re-opened following its annual two-week closure for maintenance… and local resident, SAPeople contributor Stan Sanetra made the most of it yesterday… This was the view of Cape Town’s famous Table Mountain, taken from Blouberg at around 09h00 on Saturday… Enticing to say […]

A South African police reservist, Seth Baise, is struggling to find answers as to what happened to his mother Colleen Crossley, last weekend in Germany where she went missing, and has subsequently been hospitalised. He’s also battling to get in touch with DIRCO, despite their recently launched Travel Smart campaign, raising awareness about the assistance […]

South African expat Kevin Anderson (32) and Novak Djokovic (31) have been knocked out of the Men’s Doubles tournament in Canada… but Anderson remains at the Rogers Cup, as he blasted his way into the Singles semi-finals in Montreal earlier today. Anderson tweeted after the pair’s loss in the quarter-finals tonight: “It was an honour […]

Watch Viv Vermaak’s latest Friday F*** Off (which now has its own page!). This week Viv tells MTN just why she’s leaving them – and why she thinks “MTN is like Magnus Malan” – after thousands of rands worth of data miraculously disappeared from her wifi device. You can also read the transcript below of […]

Just a month ago they were rivals on opposite sides of the court at Wimbledon, but this week they’re playing together in Canada… and acing it! South African tennis player Kevin Anderson and Serbian partner Novak Djokovic have reached the quarter-finals of the doubles at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Tennis South Africa said: “The […]

A passenger, travelling from South Africa – who was allegedly carrying at least nine rhino horns in their luggage – was arrested at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport in Turkey on Tuesday. Rhino documentary filmmakers from ‘Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War’ said: “One is heavy… but nine?!! No wonder the passenger was deemed suspicious at Istanbul’s […]

The baboons of Tokai in Cape Town, South Africa, appear to be too scared to fall asleep in their normal resting area. Instead – as shown in the video below – it looks like they’re choosing to rather remain exposed on the open road… As some said, it looks like a peaceful protest… but in […]

South African hip hop artist Linda ‘Pro’ Mkhize tragically passed away on Wednesday evening at the age of 37. According to a family statement he was visiting friends when he suffered a severe seizure. Tributes have poured in for the star of hits like ‘Woz’uzobabona’, with the hashtags #DankieSan, #RipLindaMkhize and #RipProKid all trending in South […]

It was 30 years ago today, 8 August, that the guns in Angola finally fell silent and a ceasefire came into effect, ending the hostilities between South Africa, Angola and their Allies, including the Cubans. Earlier this year, in May, almost 100 South African military veterans travelled in convoy to revisit battle sites that have haunted […]

Diversity appears to be one of the main things that makes people proud to be South African… along with SA’s awesome people, culture, beauty and food. Creative team Sibling Rivalry took to the streets of Cape Town to ask people what makes them proudly South African. What makes you proudly South African? So what makes […]

Recent statistics show that almost a million South Africans are living abroad, and judging by the current mood in the country – that figure is set to climb sharply in the following year, as an increasing number of South Africans are feeling hopeless, frightened and ‘gatvol‘… of services that don’t work, of crime that rises, […]

Usually Luke Maximo Bell produces breathtaking footage of the Western Cape, but this time the South African videographer has created a slightly different video… although it’s just as mesmerising (and includes some spectacular scenes): of learning to balance stones. It was all filmed in South Africa… except for some time lapse scenes which Luke took […]

Ever since South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last week that the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has resolved to make an amendment to the constitution to explicitly allow for conditional expropriation of land without compensation, tensions have run high in the country. While Ramaphosa was very clear that the reforms will NOT […]

Parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape have received snow this morning in South Africa, and some more isolated snowfalls are expected through the day, according to Snow Report SA. The snow has fallen on the anniversary of the 7 August 2012 snowfall in South Africa where parts of Gauteng received snow, turning Joburg […]

The sole survivor of the disastrous relocation of 11 black rhino to Tsavo East National Park in Kenya has sadly passed away. There has been no official statement from Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), but several commenters on its page have cited “reliable sources” saying the last rhino – which KWS claimed was attacked by four […]

Rhodes University Vice Chancellor, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, lowered the University flag this morning in commemoration of third year Bachelor of Arts student, Khensani Maseko’s tragic passing on Friday, 03 August 2018. The flag will fly at half-mast until her funeral on Thursday. Khensani passed away by suicide, four days after she had reported a rape, […]

Two South African filmmakers – Bonne de Bod and Susan Scott – sacrificed everything, including selling their homes, to stop their lives and make a film about the rhino poaching crisis in SA. The two passionate wildlife enthusiasts carved out six months for the project… but soon found themselves immersed in a world far larger […]

A South African chef, on a working holiday in Indonesia, has shared some incredible footage of the evacuation currently taking place from the island of Gili Trawangan to Lombok, where 91 people have died after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook the resort islands causing thousands of buildings to collapse. It was the second powerful earthquake […]

A third bus is now reported to have been set alight in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Monday morning. It is believed to be related to a minibus taxi strike planned by taxi operators for today, although the SABC says this has not yet been confirmed. Two Golden Arrow buses were torched earlier this morning. Two fire […]