UberEATS becomes available in Johannesburg tomorrow, offering “Joburg favourites, delivered faster”. At the UberEATS launch today, the company said the service “gets you the food you want from the restaurants you love, faster than anyone else.” Users are advised to download the app to select and order their food, which will be delivered to their door. The […]

Afrikaans feature film, Noem My Skollie, has been nominated as South Africa’s official entrant into the 89th Annual Academy Awards! The film, which was launched in South Africa earlier this month by Ster Kinekor Entertainment and is still on circuit, has been selected by a special jury – put together by the National Film and Video […]

The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng has captured the country’s attention again with a new SABC appointment and quotes and claims that go beyond normal big or perhaps even pig headedness! But the country’s Public Protector and opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) will be investigating his appointment. Yesterday, after it was announced that Hlaudi – […]

South Africans in Australia have been relieved to hear that – in recognition of the importance of family – a proposed new visa in Australia will make it easier for migrants’ parents to visit them. In keeping with an election promise, Alex Hawke – Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Control – has launched a discussion […]

A South African expat in New Zealand, Darius DeWet, has spoken today about the circumstances which led to authorities believing he was missing, and a national rescue effort being launched as coastguards searched the ocean for him… twice! Twenty-year-old Darius, who is currently grounded in Whakatane, told local journalists that he had had no idea […]

Newly elected Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has revealed that over the past three years, the previous (ANC) administration spent R190 million of public money on travel. In the last financial year alone, R73 million was spent on travel, according to the Democratic Alliance’s Mashaba! This revelation is just one of the latest from the DA, exposing […]

While South Africans around the country (and the world) celebrated Heritage Day – which was previously known as King Shaka Day – it was an extremely special occasion for the Zulu nation… their 200 year anniversary! Celebrations began with a parade in the city centre which led to Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium. South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, himself […]

British comedian John Cleese, famous for – amongst others – his Dead Parrot sketch, has joined forces with the Born Free Foundation to present the Dead Planet Sketch… highlighting the urgent need to help Africa turn the tide on poaching. Illegal wildlife trade – which is worth about £14 billion a year – has led to […]

PRETORIA – The Minister of Environmental Affairs Dr Edna Molewa, has congratulated the Green Scorpions, Customs staff at OR Tambo International Airport, a security company and HAWKS for the arrest on Saturday of a suspected rhino horn smuggler after he attempted to take a flight to Hong Kong. The suspect – a Chinese national – was […]

South African sports legend Gary Player has paid tribute to fellow golfing great, friend and competitor Arnold Palmer, who passed away last night at the age of 87. Together with Jack Nicklaus, the trio formed the famous ‘Big Three’. [Read Palmer’s bio below Tribute.]  In a statement issued Monday, Player said: “Vivienne and I just woke up […]

A Johannesburg filling station has become quite a landmark in Gauteng with its daily #PetrolPumpWisdom – inspiring quotes and messages written on a chalkboard. Some motorists say they deliberately travel this route just to read the Hyde Park petrol pump messages which brighten their day. Here’s a selection: The lady behind this wonderful initiative at […]

Check out this little Jack Russell in South Africa, fiercely protecting his meal from any scavengers, even if they’re three larger lion cubs… proving the famous Dwight D. Eisenhower quote that “what counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” The video was […]

After last night’s ‘incident’ in Polokwane – in which multi-award winning musician, Black Coffee, allegedly slapped AKA’s manager – South African twitter users have come up with a bunch of #ThingsBlackCoffeeShouldSlap instead. The list reveals exactly what (and who) is annoying South Africans right now! Here are 20 of the Top Tweets: Blade Nzimande for thinking students don’t know what […]

This is a shout out to all those police men and women who are doing such a fantastic job at the Sandton Convention Centre during #COP17… going that extra mile to welcome 3,500 delegates from around the world with a sunny SA smile and good old-fashioned South African hospitality – one officer was even overheard greeting Chinese […]

A young Australian surfer, Jed Gradisen, got the fright of his life when a dolphin came flying through the air straight at him. Jed managed to jump aside but he still connected with the dolphin… and its nose went through his board. “That must have hurt a bit,” said Jed. The flying dolphin incident took […]

For different South Africans Heritage Day yesterday meant something different. For these surfer buddies in Port Elizabeth it meant mainly two things: surf and braai! So they combined the two and made this awesome video. Fernando Tallie told SAPeople: “Yesterday was a day that all South Africans united with a fire. My friend and I made this […]

South Africa has a new World Champion! In an emotional finish in Aragon, Spain today, motorcycle racer Brad Binder finished in second place… thereby scoring enough points to become World Champion in the Moto3 Championship. It’s been an incredible season of racing for 21-year-old Binder who began in 35th position on the grid… and raced his way determinedly […]

As former President Nelson Mandela said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” And this little two-year-old – JP Janse van Rensburg – sure knows how to talk to people’s hearts. A video […]

Fans have been tweeting their support of international award-winning DJ Black Coffee after an ‘incident’ at the DSTV iRock Festival in Limpopo, South Africa, Saturday night… in which the Durban DJ and music producer was alleged to have “slapped” AKA’s manager. Watch video below. Fellow South African musician AKA was meant to have also performed at the event in Polokwane, […]

CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said today that the situation in South Africa is like a snooze button on an alarm clock. “The country has to wake up. The sleep is over,” he said. Speaking at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Heritage Day banquet, Gordhan also joked – in response to a joke made by […]

KIMBERLEY – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Heritage Day gives South Africans an opportunity to reflect on their history, their cultural heritage, their rituals and their languages. “It obliges us to pay attention to the values upon which we seek to build a united and prosperous nation,” he said on Saturday. Speaking at the national Heritage […]

Celebrities including Angela Bassett and Robert de Niro spoke at the opening ceremony of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, USA. US President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker at the lavish ceremony which also featured former President George W. Bush and other luminaries. Actors Robert de Niro and Angela Bassett […]

South Africa’s glorious indigenous flowers are currently on display at the ‘Witness’ Garden Show in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. LORRAINE SCHOLFIELD captured these stunning photos at the show – the country’s largest – yesterday… The Mascor stand at the show, with strelitzias. Three different kinds of Proteas Different coloured clivias Yellow osteospermums Orange Lampranthus (vygie) Specially for those who celebrate ‘Braai […]

On Heritage Day last year, the following slight differences between myself and my neighbours became apparent. The neighbours were: young, Zulu and stone cold sober. Moreover, they had a sparkly blue pool and I did not. It was a very hot day, even in the shade of the mulberry tree. “Let’s ask the neigbours if […]

The world joined on 22 September to raise awareness for the rhino on World Rhino Day. It also awoke to the news that SIX more rhino had been killed overnight in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in South Africa… a stark reminder that this iconic animal, which has roamed the earth for over 40 million years, may be less than […]