Congratulations to Jared Houston from Cape Town who was crowned the official 2015 APB World Bodyboard Champion yesterday in Puerto Rico. It was an incredibly emotional (and stressful) final day of the Encanto Pro Cultura as the 26-year-old South African, who now lives in Puerta Rico, won his first world title. After an unfortunate knock out in the […]

The South African Weather Service has issued a red-alert warning of a heatwave in parts of the country. South Africans are being urged to brace themselves for the hot and dry conditions that are expected to last all week, beginning today. The affected areas are Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the eastern part of the North West. ER24 […]

Cape Town was treated to a beautiful formation of Lenticular clouds on Sunday (8 November). From the Blouberg side it looked like the legendary pirate Van Hunks truly was smoking a pipe! (According to myth the ‘tablecloth’ cloud sometimes seen over Table Mountain is caused by a smoking contest between the devil and Van Hunks.) Capetonian Enid Burt said: […]

The Democratic Alliance said President Jacob Zuma should show leadership and publically insist that the order for a R4 billion jet for him not go through, especially in tight financial times and with more important priorities needing funding. The statement by the DA on Sunday comes after a news report saying that Armscor plans to begin the procurement process for […]

Time to get our calendars out for next year as South African Rugby Union (SARU) have announced the Springboks’ home fixtures for 2016. Current Six Nations champions Ireland will play a three-test series against the Springboks in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth in June 2016, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Friday. SARU […]

Two ambulance companies have been caught on camera racing each other to get to an emergency scene in East London, South Africa. The dramatic video, which first surfaced on Facebook, shows two ambulances driving wrecklessly on the freeway as the vehicle in front – driven by Dynamic Emergency Medical Services (EMS) – hogs the road, […]

This week, after undergoing an emergency appendectomy, Trevor Noah discovered what many Americans already know – that their “health system sucks” (in the words of some US media). After being admitted to hospital on Tuesday with abdominal pain, the South African comedian got his first real taste of the US health care system…and it was just like […]

It’s not surprising that the Ministerial Task Team announced today, Thursday, that it has found that the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has failed to provide leadership and guidance to the health profession on a number of issues…when you look at the infographic below. The infographic, outlining how effectively countries around the world spend their […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah underwent an emergency appendectomy early Wednesday morning. According to a statement from Comedy Central (see above), the operation was successful and the Daily Show host is currently recuperating from the surgery. CC said: “As a result, The Daily Show will air an encore tonight. We expect he and the show will be back […]

South African state prosecutors lodged an appeal today, in the SA Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, for a murder conviction for Oscar Pistorius. The former Olympic and Paralympic athlete is currently under house arrest, after being found guilty of culpable homicide in the killing of his then girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day 2013. Chief Prosecutor Gerrie Nel […]

The anti-poaching wildlife message goes sky-high this week as two Emirates A380 jets take off wearing special livery featuring endangered species…in support of United for Wildlife (a global collaboration of seven of the world’s leading wildlife charities). According to a statement today from Emirates in Dubai, the livery – which features some of the animals threatened by poaching and illegal […]

Popular radio and TV personality Darren Scott and his wife, former Mrs South Africa Sarah-Kate Scott, have announced their separation in a joint statement. In the statement, published by each of them on their Facebook pages today, they revealed that “after much soul-searching and discussion” they’ve taken a mutual decision to separate. The couple stressed that […]

Sonny Bill Williams was awarded a second Rugby World Cup (RWC) winner’s medal Sunday night at the RWC award ceremony in Battersea, London…after he kindly gave away his first gold medal to a young fan on Saturday night. (See videos below.) The All Black (AB) player’s gesture – which made headlines around the world – happened just moments […]

One of Pretoria’s most beautiful and well known venues, Stone Cradle, was burnt this morning when fire broke out in the restaurant. Authorities say the cause of the fire is unknown at this stage. From the photos which have been shared on Facebook it appears the damage is extensive. The thatched roof restaurant was very popular with […]

Sometimes when you read those comments on Facebook or news sites that sound so negative, you imagine a mean-spirited person, another troll trying to make other people’s lives hell. But if you look closer, sometimes that person loves South Africa as much as you do. Sometimes that person is just hurting so much… Yesterday an SAPeople follower […]

Johannesburg-based musical comedian Deep Fried Man (real name Daniel Friedman) has certainly jumped from the frying pan into the fire with his latest YouTube video. In a message on Facebook a couple of days ago, the 34-year-old wrote: “Capetonians! This one’s for you. Some people have been asking when I would put my Cape Town Song […]

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said he was proud of the way in which his team turned their Rugby World Cup campaign around to claim the bronze medal after beating Argentina by 24-13 in London on Friday evening. The Boks scored two tries to the one by the Pumas, with JP Pietersen and Eben Etzebeth dotting down. […]

So close and yet so far. South Africa took bronze tonight in the Rugby World Cup (RWC). A mighty achievement, better than dreamed of after that Japan loss,  but not quite the Finals that the Springboks and their fans had hoped for. And sadly, no world-breaking try for Bryan Habana. The Springboks beat Argentina at Olympic Stadium […]

Springbok captain Victor Matfield was captured on camera having a bit of a Baywatch moment at the Rugby World Cup Bronze Medal match this evening in London. World Rugby uploaded a Vine (video loop) of Matfield’s run onto the field at Olympic Stadium, after the team sung the anthem for the last time during RWC2015 (see video […]

Springbok captain Victor Matfield says he and his team-mates want to finish their Rugby World Cup campaign on a high when they face Argentina in the bronze medal match this evening. Matfield will lead the Boks for the 23rd time, in the absence of the injured Jean de Villiers and Fourie du Preez. “…hopefully after TONIGHT’S match we can […]

Popular South African television and radio presenter Darren Scott has posted another light-hearted message to all his friends and fans on facebook, as he spends yet another weekend in hospital, recovering from a major operation to remove melanoma cancer from his lungs. Darren revealed this evening that he’s learnt – after discovering that he would […]

Congratulations to South African paralympic medallist Ilse Hayes who, against all odds, clinched another gold medal Thursday in the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar…winning the Women’s 100 metre T13. Ilse also won gold earlier this week in the 200 metres at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) event. It’s an incredible achievement when two months ago […]

Late this afternoon the Democratic Alliance (DA) posted a message on Facebook declaring that “the DA will not be intimidated by the ANC’s violence!” The message was accompanied by a video which allegedly shows ANC members attacking DA members during the set-up of a DA mayoral launch in Tshwane. The event took place on Friday, 23 October 2015 […]

It’s the incident that just keeps giving. That moment that President Zuma unfortunately fumbled  over the ANC membership figures during a speech at the ANC National General Council earlier this month. In its latest incarnation, Darth Vader is seen – in the latest Star Wars video trailer – doing the Zuma speech. On viewing the video, Twitter user […]

Within a week of Adele launching her comeback single (watch below) – Hello – after a three year break, it rocketed to number one around the world, was heralded as the song of the century,  become the fastest selling single in the UK in 2015, attracted over 114 million views on YouTube (!) and triggered an avalanche of cover […]