Ninety-two year old Myrtle Cothill has been given a reprieve and will not be deported from the UK back to her birth-country South Africa on Tuesday, as was originally ordered by the Home Office. According to UK news reports late Friday, the British Home Office has cancelled the removal direction in order to consider more […]

Harper Lee – who penned one of the world’s favourite and most studied novels, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – has passed away, in her sleep, at the age of 89. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was published in 1960 but its story of race and justice has stood the test of time, and it’s still popular […]

If you haven’t already watched it – here’s  possibly the most popular video to come out of South Africa this week: Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance (DA) John Steenhuisen letting the government have it… He was speaking in Parliament during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) reply sessions, which have seen some other interesting speeches […]

They say when the cat’s away, the mice play… but it looks like the cats love to play too! We’ve all done this! Check out this mama lion having some fun with her hubby. South African National Parks uploaded this video to Facebook Thursday, saying: “Just when you thought lions don’t fool around in their spare […]

The year ahead is looking pretty fabulous for Pretty Yende, South Africa’s incredible opera singer who has both New York and Paris clamouring for more. Both the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the National Opera de Paris have announced Yende’s return to their stages in their 2016/17 line-ups. According to Yende’s Facebook page, “it is with […]

There’s a new restaurant in town (Cape Town that is) that’s causing quite a buzz in South Africa. Brownies & Downies. As its name suggests – the restaurant, which was first created in the Netherlands in 2010 – sells brownies. And its patrons are served by a wonderfully friendly team of children with special needs from […]

President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences on the sad passing of the former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on Tuesday, 16 February 2016 in hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Boutros-Ghali was the first African to hold the position of Secretary- General of the United Nations, served from January 1992 to December […]

Here’s the remaining 21 of 42 interesting tidbits about South Africa to enrich your understanding and save you several lifetimes trying to truly experience all SA has to offer. With a buffet of landscapes from mountain ranges to sprawling savannahs, forests to white sandy beaches – it’s a feast for the hungry tourist (and yes, I am biased)… […]

I captured this portrait a few days ago in Imizamo Yethu (Our Efforts) Settlement in Hout Bay, South Africa. I came across some children playing in between the informal houses. I knelt down to greet them and ask their elders for permission to take a photo. They continued to play and couldn’t be bothered by […]

I captured this portrait a few days ago in Imizamo Yethu (Our Efforts) Settlement in Hout Bay, South Africa. I came across some children playing in between the informal houses. I knelt down to greet them and ask their elders for permission to take a photo. They continued to play and couldn’t be bothered by […]

In honour of International Childhood Cancer Day 2016, Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain – one of the Seven Wonders of the World – was lit up in blue last night, 15 February 2016. According to CHOC (Childhood Cancer Foundation, South Africa) this day was started as a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to […]

Many South Africans have had enough of the racism – from all quarters – that’s been magnified since Penny Sparrow’s New Year’s Eve comment. In this video, Renaldo Gouws – who describes himself as “that crazy South African that fuels his existence on sarcasm and facts” – responds to the F*ck White People “movement”… And in […]

A long-serving member of staff at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo) has tragically been killed by a sick lioness at Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park (HiP). The fatal attack occurred this morning. Ezemvelo published an official statement on its facebook page this afternoon saying it had “sadly learnt of the death of one of its long serving employees” who was fatally […]

Travellers to South Africa have been confused by headlines claiming that the law requiring minors to travel with an Unabridged Birth Certificate (UBC) had been “scrapped”. The law has not yet been scrapped… but Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said in a statement today that his department is in “intense discussions” with Home Affairs to implement […]

For those who haven’t grown up in South Africa, the closeness that often grows between a domestic worker and her employer’s family can be hard to grasp. But the bonds and emotions run deep for many, with ‘family’ becoming a blend of both the domestic’s and employer’s children. And when there’s a heartbreaking death in the ‘family’, everyone […]

One of the things many South African expats miss is a spectacular lightning storm… so when the lightning strikes, on a trip back home – they capture it! Bev Tromp – formerly from 5FM – took these pics on Sunday evening during her holiday back to South Africa. “It was one of those wonderful wild crashing, light up the entire […]

At the 2016 #UbuntuAwards on Saturday night President Jacob Zuma said “South Africa is a beautiful country with wonderful people”. Addressing guests at the second annual Ubuntu Awards at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the president said: “Today we honour those who hold our beautiful flag high, and who contribute to not only telling, but demonstrating […]

President Jacob Zuma has assigned three Ministers to provide support to the families of miners who are still trapped at Lily Farm in Barberton. In a sign that hopes are fading of finding the trapped miners alive, the Presidency announced today that the President has assigned the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, the Minister in the […]

We all saw the SONA jokes and memes (like the one below) shared on social media after President Jacob Zuma delivered the State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening… but there are three other pictures  that are proving even more popular than the jokes. Pravin The first is a photo shared by SAPeople early this […]

Dave McFarland was just another typical South African. Nicknamed Dawie, he was loved and adored by his friends, family and colleagues at Boehringer Ingelheim. And tragically he has become yet another typical SA crime statistic, a murder that’s not even shocking and unusual enough anymore to make national news. Two armed robbers broke into his home in […]

The South African survivor of the helicopter in Tanzania, which was shot down by poachers two weeks ago, has spoken exclusively to SAPeople about the night of the shooting in which his friend and colleague – British pilot Roger Gower – was fatally wounded. Nick Bester – who grew up on a farm in the Free […]

Nando’s South Africa has done it again. No sooner had President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) Thursday evening, than the successful South African restaurant chain – famous for its chicken peri-peri – had posted an advert making fun of Speaker Baleka Mbete. “We see you Baleka. #SONA2016” the message says on Nando’s […]

It’s the tweet that keeps on retweeting. Six years on and people are still sharing Ed Sheeran’s twitter post from the night he was at a house party in London, surrounded by South Africans – who, like many expats abroad – were clearly teaching him some SA slang and swear words. On Thursday night ‘kief’ South African […]

Contrary to rumours, the Cape Town #ZumaMustFall march is going ahead at 12.30. Someone hijacked the organiser’s page and changed the time to confuse people. The marches are taking place today as all eyes will be on President Jacob Zuma when he walks into the National Assembly to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) […]

It’s Valentine’s Day on Sunday…and one of the most romantically inspiring posts on facebook at the moment is that in which a young man from Rustenburg has described an encounter he had two days ago with an elderly gentleman, which left him believing in true love. Karabo John Moa – whose post has been shared over 5,000 […]