Award-winning American photographer Stephen Wilkes has captured an awesome composition of a watering hole he photographed – from day to night – in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Wilkes – who has produced similar compositions in Washington, Paris, London, Dubai and more – flew into Africa last year for his most ambitious ‘Day to Night’ project ever…right in the […]

South Africa experienced a rise in the number of travellers in and out of the Republic during the festive season and turned back “only 0.6%” of foreign minors, according to a statement by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba at a media briefing in Johannesburg today. The minister convened the meeting to clarify the traveller figures […]

Breathtaking landscapes. Abundant wildlife. Vineyards. Ocean views. Mountains and more. It’s the video everyone’s sharing this week: “Incredible Drone Footage from South Africa”. It was uploaded by Unilad on Monday, and has already attracted over 3.9 million views. UPDATE 27 March 2017: It’s just over a year later and the video now has almost 8 […]

Fires have continued to burn in the Western Cape, South Africa, today with windy conditions proving a challenge to firefighting crews. According to the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) approximately 200 firefighters, from different agencies, are on the line again tonight for what is being called #‎ScarboroughFire. Photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN – from Sullivan Photography – was on the […]

Fire has been raging on the mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, again and the road between Kommetjie and Misty Cliffs has been temporarily closed as firefighters on the ground and in helicopters work together to put out the flames. Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) has asked those in the area to rather use the route via Simon’s […]

Congratulations to Brandon Stone who won the South African Open on Sunday, securing the first European Tour trophy of the year. It was an emotional victory for the 22-year-old who confessed that he had to have “a little silent pep talk” with himself after not playing “the most convincing golf” of his life earlier on in the tournament. He turned it […]

Watch one of the best cover versions of Toto’s Africa ever performed… Using a unique intro – the kind that will make you want to rub your hands together! – the Angel City Chorale, from Los Angeles. recorded this video at least two years ago…but it has recently gone viral again on social media. If you haven’t […]

In a report out today, it’s claimed that South Africa was voted ‘Best Country in the World’ at a World Countries Award (WCA) ceremony last night (Saturday, January 2). But no sooner had South Africans taken to Twitter to celebrate their country’s winning, than they realised that France, Colombia, Bhutan, Oman and other countries were […]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Mpho Tutu, has married her partner in a private ceremony which took place in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu, who is the fourth daughter of Archbishop Tutu (84), wed her partner Marceline van Furth in Europe where Van Furth is a professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Vrije University in […]

American singer Natalie Cole has passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 65. According to a statement from her family, she died in hospital on New Year’s Eve “due to complications from ongoing health issues”. The talented musician – who took part in the first Free Nelson Mandela concert – was inspired to […]

A post shared on facebook this week, about a Rustenburg North clean-up, has been shared by thousands of South Africans who felt the voluntary clean-up at Foord Street intersection gave them both hope and inspiration for the year ahead. Ofile Sekete Kgalegi uploaded three photos on Tuesday with this message: “This morning I saw some of the […]

South Africa, you are beautiful… From Gauteng… All the way to… KwaZulu Natal… From Michaelhouse (KZN) above…to Langebaan in the Western Cape From Table Mountain…seen here on Christmas Eve To Sani Pass in KZN… And to the other side of Sani Pass (which joins KZN to Lesotho) You’re beautiful by day…and awesome for action and […]

A camera system has been designed to track wildlife and trap poachers in conservation areas and protect some of their most endangered species, according to the Zoological Society London (ZSL) and their co-developers. ZSL and its partners have created Instant Detect, which they say could be a critical tool in the fight against rhino-poaching. The camera […]

PRETORIA – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has dismissed a petition submitted by lawyers representing the Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2009 for various crimes, to reopen his case in Mthatha High Court. The Minister on Tuesday said he was unable to find anything contained in the aforesaid […]

If you’ve been reading about the drought in South Africa and not sure just how bad it is, take a look at this footage uploaded to YouTube on Christmas Day by a user called ‘Phantom 3 Professional Drone Footage – See it from the Sky!’. Phantom said: “On the way to Cape Town, I stopped at […]

Following recent reports of several families a day being turned away from boarding their South Africa-bound planes from Heathrow Airport, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has issued a press release refuting the claims. The DHA said it “has noted reports about UK-based travelers to South Africa experiencing serious problems as a result of our immigration regulations. We wish […]

These are the stories that proved the most popular on SAPeople.com during 2015… It was the year of the Rugby World Cup (RWC2015), xenophobia attacks and marches, Cape Fires and a spate of #MustFall hashtag campaigns from Zuma to Fees to Rain. It was also a year of goosebump moments from Springbok fans who made us […]

Banana Republic. Failed state. Another Zimbabwe. An Arab Spring-type revolution. Perhaps we should just slit our wrists before the year is out. What nonsense. If we want to survive 2016 in one piece, we will have to cast off this paralysing, dark pessimism. It’s going to be a rough year with many social and political […]

A taxi driver in Camps Bay has found himself in demand following a grateful facebook user’s report about his awesome service. Last week Capetonian Lee Peacock left her iphone in Brian Kudumba’s taxi by mistake. “When I got home I realised my phone was missing, called my number and he answered my phone and said ‘don’t worry […]

While Trevor Noah wrapped up his last  show of the year with a review of his favourite stories from 2015…critics around the USA were reviewing the South African’s performance since taking over ‘The Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart in September. With all the shootings around the world during 2015, Noah battled to focus on good […]

The skies over Centurion and Gauteng were heavenly this evening, like a beautiful Renaissance painting… with colours and shapes that had many South Africans stepping outside to capture the scene – of these magnificent Mammatus clouds – on film. Mammatus clouds, or mammatocumulus, is the meterological terms given to this “cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of […]

PRETORIA – South African Airways has been told to go ahead with the deal that had been backed by former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene before he was sacked by President Jacob Zuma, it was announced on Monday night. The transaction will see SAA swap the purchase of 10 A320 aircraft for a lease of five […]

Stunt woman Olivia Jackson has revealed that her arm is to be amputated after crashing badly during a high-speed motorbike stunt on the South African set of ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’. Whilst filming a chase scene in September, Olivia (32) crashed into a metal camera arm. She spent the following two weeks in a medically-induced coma. At […]

An average of 10 families are being turned away from Heathrow Airport daily as they try to embark on a holiday to South Africa, according to a report by The Independent newspaper in the UK. The British newspaper says that the families are being denied boarding after “falling foul of draconian new rules that demand a full birth […]

One of the most heartbreaking aspects of moving to another country is the decision on whether to take your pets with you or not. When a couple in South Africa realised that their beloved blind Rottweiler cross, Misty, may not cope with the New Zealand quarantine requirements, they turned to facebook group Paws R Us to find a new […]