The Minister of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Edna Molewa, revealed today that South African National Parks (SANParks) has rescued 11 rhino orphans – due to poaching – during 2016. However, she said there are promising signs that rhino poaching is on a downward trend… BUT alarmingly elephant poaching is on the increase. Several private rhino owners and conservationists have commended the […]

As South Africans tweeted their congratulations to Caster Semenya, who pulled off an extraordinary victory in the women’s 400m at the Brussels’ Diamond League meeting on Friday, the Olympic 800m gold medallist said now it’s time to “eat, sleep and study”. Semenya finished her season recording a personal best of 50.40 for the win that […]

The Wallabies defeated the Springboks 23-17 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday after the South Africans failed to capitalise on a good start in the first half. Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said afterwards he was not pleased with his team’s discipline. The two teams scored two tries apiece but the boot of Bernard […]

A couple of years ago someone sent SAPeople a list of “If Bands had Afrikaans Names”. This week the list is going viral again… so here’s that list, plus some additional ones that SAPeople followers added. As Marinda Haarhoff says: “Whahahaha! Daar is darem geen taal soos Afrikaans!” If Bands Had Afrikaans Names… Back Street Boys […]

The Wallabies took on the Springboks at home in Brisbane, Australia, beating the South Africans 23-17… and finally breaking their losing streak, having lost their previous six tests. If you missed the match – which was unfortunately a forgettable one – here’s a review by the panel of Xola Ntshinga, Nick Mallett, Jean de Villiers, Naas Botha and […]

For any wannabe entrepreneur out there – here is all the inspiration you need… from a car washer who has turned an ordinary life into something extraordinary. Niklaas Thomas tells his story in this video to ‘Dagbreek’. It was actually aired by KykNet over three years ago… but the story keeps on inspiring, and thanks […]

There’s an interesting new movie premiering tonight at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. It’s called “Let’s Be Frank”… but to be frank, we’re not quite sure what it’s about! #WHOISFRANK? Watch the trailer below and try work it out! According to the film’s website, it’s 50 minutes and slots into the documentary and […]

Eighty-one year old Esther Mahlangu from Mpumalanga, South Africa, has joined forces with BMW in Munich, Germany, for the second time, to refine a BMW Individual 7 Series. And she’s been invited by a luxury vodka brand to collaborate on a global HIV/AIDS initiative. Mahlangu says her “heart was full of joy when BMW asked me […]

While social media pundits in South Africa have been arguing over why Caster Semenya was not gifted with an Audi R8 sports car like fellow Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk, the two athletes themselves have only love and mutual respect for each other. A tweet by radio presenter Anele Mdoda summed up the feeling of some disgruntled sports […]

A South African family is reaching out to the public for a living donor to help save the life of their 7-month-old baby daughter, Divya Ashleey Singh. After being born healthy, Divya’s condition changed within a few weeks and she was finally diagnosed with an extremely rare – and life-threatening – liver disease called Biliary Atresia […]

PRETORIA – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has sent a get-well message to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu following his successful surgery at a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday. “On behalf of the National Department of Health and in my own name, I would like to wish the Archbishop well as he recovers after successful surgery. “We […]

Well known South African opera singer Johan Botha passed away early Thursday morning in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 51. Botha, one of the world’s most respected and celebrated tenors, had been suffering from cancer. Charl van Heyningen, Director at the Centre for Music at Stellenbosch University, posted a message on Facebook offering his sincerest condolences […]

Friends, family and colleagues have reached out to South African doctor and swimmer Karon (Kiki) Marx for her incredible achievement of attempting to swim the English Channel… and continuing against all odds until she was forced, just before the end, to leave the water. It must have been heartbreaking, after months of preparation, to have […]

The Democratic Alliance is delivering its corruption-fighting message in South Africa and around the world, with DA leader Mmusi Maimane telling CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the DA promises to end corruption in the country. (Watch video below.) Maimane told Amanpour “what South Africa needs at this point in time, is stable leadership in the Presidency.” In the […]

Former students of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Durban campus have expressed shock and dismay at the burning and destruction of UKZN’s Howard College law library. The library was damaged as part of wider unrest on all three UKZN campuses as students protested against the increase of university fees. One graduate, now middle-aged, said: “We also had […]

Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier, kept yesterday’s promise of “I’m going to roast rogue Minister Mosebenzi Zwane tomorrow in Parliament”… but it was DA’s Chief Whip John Steenhuisen who truly ranted, raging at the Speaker of the National Assembly for not making Zwane answer the question. “You are trampling on the Constitution again,” he accused the […]

Dreams do come true! On social media! There have been a lot of #ProudlySouthAfrican and #ProudlyCapetonians on Twitter in the past 24 hours since American singer Meghan Trainor responded to a South African video performed to her hit “Me Too”. The awesome video, showcasing South Africa’s talent, went viral rapidly and has had over 670,000 views on YouTube […]

It’s quite clear to see that South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel is eight-months pregnant! Candice, who is engaged to Brazilian Hermann Nicoli, uploaded a photo to Instagram a couple of days ago… showing her beautiful – and very large – bare belly. This will be the Victoria’s Secret Angel’s first baby. And it looks like […]

The legacies of apartheid in South Africa can only be understood by making sense of the complexities of the past. This includes recognising what those who were young during the apartheid era – and who are now the elders and leaders of our society – experienced during that time. In the roughly 30 years between […]

Olympic medallist and 800m world record breaker Wayde van Niekerk has returned home to a modest welcome from fans… and a new Audi. He said he hopes to not get too many fines for speeding in it… Odessa Swarts and Elsie Simbine having a chat while waiting for the arrival of their sons at OR […]

CAPE TOWN – Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Deputy Director-General Joe de Beer says the country’s headline figure, the real gross domestic product (GDP), grew by 3.3% in the second quarter of 2016. This is after the real GDP production decreased by 1.2% in the first quarter. “The main contributors to the GDP growth rate were […]

Here’s the first look at South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s new book “Born a Crime”, out November 15th. Noah announced back in January that he had signed a deal with publisher Spiegel & Grau because “I couldn’t find a good book about myself, so I decided to write one”. The book is a collection of 18 […]

South Africa’s world record-breaking athlete Wayde van Niekerk, his coach Ans Botha, and fellow Olympic athlete Akani Simbine are arriving back in South Africa Wednesday morning! If you’d like to be there to welcome the Olympic heroes, they’re on flight AF990 which is due to touch down at OR Tambo International Airport at 09h55. It’s […]

DURBAN – Classes have been suspended at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) until further notice, following unrest on the three campuses. In a statement issued Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, said the situation had become “untenable” after gunshots were heard on campus (see video below). Students began protesting against tuition fees on […]

PRETORIA – The Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, has continued his impressive Magufuli-esque cost-cutting campaign… announcing today that he has put an immediate stop to all purchases or leasing of luxury cars for politicians and senior officials. Msimanga says: “A Hundai i20 or Toyota Corolla can do the same job for a politican as an […]