There’s a resounding message from South Africans abroad: “Let’s get together this Saturday!” It’s the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. South Africa vs Wales. At Twickenham. Kicks off at 5pm SA time. Where will you be? We’ve been inundated with messages from expats around the world wanting to know where they can watch the game in […]

Here’s some soul food straight from the Western Cape…fresh and fabulous (with foam on top). ZAAHID APPOLES captured this video of the waves and sounds of the ocean at the DaleBrook tidal pool and rocks in Kalk Bay, as well as bright and beautiful pictures from a “stunner Muizenberg and Fish Hoek beach”. Watch (and Listen) to […]

A short video showing South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma struggle to read a couple of numbers is going viral on social media at the moment. The footage is taken from the president’s speech last week at the ANC National General Council (NGC) meeting in which he detailed the drastic drop in his party’s membership from 1,220,057 […]

The trek fishermen of the Cape captured their first Yellowtail of the season this weekend. Photographer GALE MCALL was there to take these fantastic photos. Gail has been capturing the fishermen’s everyday lives for the past five years, photographing them and getting to know the characters that head to the beach each day. She says: “They all have their place… They […]

When Namibian model Behati Prinsloo married rock star Adam Levine last July, it broke the hearts of millions of his fans around the world…but perhaps none more so than this little girl, Mila, who only recently found out! Watch her reaction as her mother tells her the news. It’s priceless, and the video has already […]

The Rugby World Cup (RWC) in England is heating up with less than a week to go till the quarter finals where South Africa will meet Wales. As the RWC bids farewell to the many teams who have not made it through to the quarters (including host country England!), it is perhaps Japan who will be […]

In one of the funniest SA’s Got Talent moments this season, a Soweto-born and Sandton-raised comedian (therefore, as he says, “technically a coconut”) secured three ‘yes’ votes with the following stand-up routine. Thirty-year-old Mum-Z, who works in advertising and does comedy on the side, didn’t hold back in highlighting the advantages of being a ‘coconut’ […]

We love our South African sunset so much – here’s a whole page dedicated to this evening’s sensational scene in Pretoria to Kommetjie and Cape Town in the Western Cape. Ria Viljoen took a sequence of photos of today’s sunset at “Union Building” (just one building!) in Pretoria, with former President Nelson Mandela’s nine-metre high statue in […]

Australia beat Wales 15-6 in an exciting nail-biting match – refereed by South African Craig Joubert – this evening in the Rugby World Cup (RWC) at Twickenham. This  means that South Africa will meet Wales in the quarter finals next Saturday 17 October 2015. It was an intense and thrilling game, although perhaps disappointingly for Joubert – […]

South Africa’s 21st wine route has just been launched…and it’s quite spectacular, with so much more than just wonderful wine. Less than two hours out of Cape Town, the Stanford Wine Route in the Western Province is perfect for a day out… or even a relaxing weekend. It’s such a beautiful part of the world where […]

KFC South Africa have uploaded a new advert to YouTube that you’ll either find very funny…or a little distasteful! The commercial starts with a scene very similar to that in which Australian pro surfer Mick Fanning found himself in, on 19 July this year, in Jeffrey’s Bay…when he had a close encounter with a shark […]

South Africa cruised to an awesome victory, defying all odds, against Costa Rica in an exciting international friendly at San Jose’s National Stadium last night. Andile Jali scored the early goal, in the ninth minute, for Bafana Bafana to secure the 1-0 win over Costa Rica’s Los Ticos who are 31 positions higher on FIFA’s world […]

South Africa will have at least one representative in the crowd tonight at the Bafana Bafana match in Costa Rica. She’s South African expat Elizabeth Cubas who’ll be patriotically cheering for her country all the way! “I have been living in Costa Rica for about eight months and loving it here,” she says. “I do miss […]

Jordy Smith (ZAF) has had to withdraw from the Quiksilver Pro France (Oct 6-17), which kicked off a couple of days late today, to continue recovering from his ongoing injuries. The Quiksilver Pro will be the third contest that Smith has missed this season due to injury. “My summary of 2015 has been really bad,” he said. […]

South Africans are going bokke for their #Bokke tonight after the Springboks’ spectacular win in the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Pool B match at Olympic Stadium in London. South Africa thrashed the USA 64-0. (Watch highlights above or below.) To be fair the USA team played with heart and performed well in the first half, managing to […]

It’s that time of the year again! Pretoria has turned into Jacaranda City! Although before all the students start stressing, it is a couple of weeks early this year. As most South African students know, the first sight of the purple extravaganza usually means if you haven’t started studying yet, it’s already too late. But with […]

For all the Springbok fans gearing up for the Rugby World Cup match between South Africa and the USA in London later today, it’s time to get ready to sing the National Anthem, Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. Here are all the words and tips you need to sing it loud and proud! (And a BONUS fan video […]

Saturday in Newcastle, in the UK, was a pretty special day for South Africans. It began with former President Nelson Mandela being posthumously inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame (with his ally and former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar in attendance), followed by a fantastic 34-16 win against Scotland in their World Cup match…and ended with […]

This Rugby World Cup (RWC) has brought many goosebump moments – from the train ride where South African fans honoured Japanese fans after the Springbok’s shock defeat…to the Samoa team singing a hymn to former SA rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen. Last night there were more… After beating Scotland 34-16 in Newcastle, fans leaving the match spontaneously sang […]

South African athlete Cameron van der Burgh powered to another victory in the pool today in Singapore, bringing his World Cup medal tally this year to nine (if our maths is correct – help Heyneke!) AND making him the overall World Cup cluster 2 winner! Cameron won the Men’s 100 metre breaststroke at the FINA World Cup […]

South African fans were celebrating the Springboks’ 34-16 victory over Scotland at the Rugby World Cup today South Africa powered past Scotland this evening in Newcastle, winning by more than just the predicted 10 points. It was a physical match with intense playing from both sides. Handre Pollard was on fire, scoring four penalties, two conversions […]

South African fans are behind their team all the way, as we take on Scotland in Saturday’s crucial Rugby World Cup match in Pool B. See photos and videos below. Follow live updates from the match here: Tweets by @sapeople This is what we’re hoping for… Thanks to everyone who shared these videos: A Supergees […]

Two young and eager fans of sports sensation Cameron van der Burgh were bitterly disappointed today to not watch the South African swim in Singapore after hazy conditions caused Saturday’s FINA World Cup finals to be cancelled. They were all dressed up with nowhere to go. But their disappointment soon turned to joy after the swimming star – who won two Golds and […]

NEW YORK/ZURICH (Reuters) – Major soccer sponsors on Friday issued the strongest calls yet for the immediate resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, a week after Swiss authorities said they were opening a criminal investigation into the head of the world soccer body. In quick succession on Friday companies that have long linked their brand […]

Get ready to back the Boks tomorrow in green and white! The South African rugby team’s usual green and gold kit will be left behind in favour of their ‘away’ kit tomorrow at the Rugby World Cup (RWC). The Springboks’ facebook page was updated an hour ago with the above photo. No explanation was given […]