Kagiso Rabada is not just the Man of the Match. He’s the Man of the Moment whose phenomenal performance today helped propel South Africa to defeat England in the final Test by a whopping 280 runs! Rabada’s second innings return of 6/32 gave him a match return of 13/144 which is the second best in […]

A team of young South African high school students has won the prestigious International Moot Court competition in The Hague. Team South Africa competed against scores of talented debaters, aged 14 to 16, from around the world to make it through to the semi-finals against Team USA. The finals took place in the Academic Building of the Peace […]

Patrick van Rensburg, who  lives in Hluhluwe and  makes promo videos for lodges and other businesses around South Africa, wanted to put something more personal together from the  footage he has. “It’s not promoting anyone in particular,” he says. “It’s just a personal expression from me – a Love Letter to Africa, if you like. Feel free to share…” […]

Congratulations to Kagiso Rabada on becoming the youngest South African to take seven wickets in a test innings. The 20-year-old made South Africa proud today with his performance on day three in the final test against England, at Centurion’s SuperSport Park in Pretoria. Minister of Sport, Fikile Mbalula, tweeted: “youngest fast bowler to get 7 […]

A South African chef, Bruce Marais – who now lives in the USA – has posted the following videos and photos revealing the extent of the record-breaking Winter Storm Jonas – which some have called Snowzilla – as blizzards and gale-force winds have hit the USA this weekend, causing thousands of flights to be cancelled…including those […]

PRETORIA – The South African government has condemned the terrorist attacks that took place in Mogadishu, Somalia. At least five people were killed and several others injured in suicide attacks at a restaurant located at the Liddo Beach on Thursday evening 21 January 2016. The Al-Qaeda linked group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. “South […]

A wallet and its owner have apparently been safely reunited in South Africa thanks to the determination of the good samaritan who found it! At lunch time yesterday Andrea SebeLabenguni Dondolo posted a message saying: “So at the airport behind our car, guess what I find as I am about to load my luggage. A […]

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Cape Town mother and businesswoman Heidi Croxford, who’s passionately crazy about her country, has put together this video clip looking back at “our South Africa over the past 21 years…what it was, how we grew and where we are now!!!” The Melkbosstrand resident says the soundtrack – ‘Land of Confusion’ (by Genesis, and performed here by […]

Cape Town traffic officer Nizaam Alexander – has been awarded the City of Cape Town Traffic Services Departmental Officer of the Year Award after he was shot on duty…and still managed to finish writing out a fine before seeking medical attention for himself! The Western Cape provincial government uploaded a video to YouTube honouring the […]

Don Clarke and Special Care’s music video ‘Zuma Must Fall’, which SAPeople.com shared last week, has taken off…making headlines in and clocking up tens of thousands of views with the lyrics being widely shared. This morning Clarke said: “As my song ZUMA MUST FALL edges towards 65K hits [which it has now surpassed] on YouTube […]

Penguins seem to have collected more than their fair share of annual days – there’s today’s Penguin Awareness Day (20 January), World Penguin Day (25 April) and African Penguin Awareness Day (17 October). But there’s a reason for this – they need our awareness! So here are 10 points about penguins we all should know… 1. African […]

Capetonian Kim Stephens has been overwhelmed and humbled by the response to an open letter she wrote to the South African president asking him to “take a run”. Apart from media requests, she’s also received “about 1 friend request every 2 minutes from complete strangers”! Kim said on her facebook page that 99 percent of […]

Glenn Frey – acclaimed guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Eagles – has sadly passed away in New York at the age of 67 from complications due to rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. Many South Africans grew up in the ’70s with popular Eagles’ classics (many of which he co-wrote)  – like ‘Hotel California’, ‘Take it Easy’ and ‘Heartache […]

It will take 160 years before a baby in Africa has as much chance of being born alive as a baby in a high-income country, according to new research published today by esteemed medical journal The Lancet. The publication claims 3,287 lives are lost each day due to preventable stillbirths, and that the slow progress on the […]

After a successful launch yesterday of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the rocket landed in one piece, as hoped…but then tumbled over and broke followed by a spectacular ball of fire. Watch video below. An epic failure some would think…but one which Musk is sure to say is […]

Watch South African entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX attempt to send a rocket in to orbit and then land it back safely on a barge in the sea…take off is at about 8.42 pm South African time. (See UPDATE below.) Watch the live webcast above or below. According to SpaceX: “With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will […]

As if England cricket supporters didn’t have enough to rejoice yesterday after their team secured a 2-0 series lead in South Africa… Proteas supporter Stuart Weir captured the Barmy Army (English cricket fans) in the following sing-along at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Stuart said: “Proteas thumped, Rand in free fall and the Barmy Army […]

The controversial #ZumaMustFall banner may have been physically pulled down in Cape Town…but it’s been resurrected by several users of social media including photoshopped pictures of the banner hanging in New York’s Times Square (which has gone viral), Piccadilly Circus in London and taking off on a hot air balloon…proving that even in the most […]

While some of us are having Sunday breakfast, reading the papers and maybe enjoying a Sunday stroll…South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – founder of companies like PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla electric car – will be monitoring the progress of his Falcon 9 rocket, hoping engineers will be able to guide this one to land safely […]

Check out this awesome footage as South African professional kiteboarder Luke McGillewie takes to the air, and almost lands on the beach, in Cape Town yesterday. Fellow kitesurfer Jamie Farrell uploaded the video on Wednesday, saying: “They say the wind hit 51 knots (94 kilometers per hour ) today in Cape Town… And what happens in Cape […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the tragic passing away of a field ranger in the world famous Kruger National Park. Whilst on active anti-poaching patrol, the field ranger was accidentally shot by a colleague after they were charged by a lone buffalo bull at a very short distance in the Malelane section. In […]

Check out one of today’s most shared videos by South African social media users – a taxi losing control in Durban. Fortunately there were no passengers, and no injuries were reported. The incident took place at a petrol station in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal after a minibus driver lost control of his taxi. WATCH VIDEO: “South African […]

South African musicians Don Clarke and Special Care have collaborated to release a song, named after the hashtag #ZumaMustFall. The video is being shared at the same time as a question now hangs over whether the debate of no-confidence in South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma – which had been welcomed by many – will take place […]

Days before hosting the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais teamed up with PDSA – the UK’s leading veterinary charity – to honour a special dog in South Africa with a PDSA Gold Medal, the highest honour a civilian animal can receive for bravery and devotion. (Update June 2020: The anti-poaching hero dog, […]