Springbok captain Jean de Villiers announced his retirement from international rugby on Sunday, following a jaw fracture he sustained in the Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa on Saturday (which the Springboks won 46-6). The 34-year-old De Villiers, who captained the Boks 37 times, has retired as the second most capped Springbok captain of […]

There’s a new challenge on, like the ALS dump ice water over your head, and this one is for rhinos. Dance/boogie/kwaito/shake-it-up to publicise the plight of our endangered friend. The #My40sForRhinos campaign, started on World Rhino Day, is being spearheaded by Rhino Disharmony to create awareness about the increasing and devastating levels of rhino poaching. The 40 seconds, […]

Springbok captain Jean de Villiers has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup after suffering a fracture to his jaw in the pool match against Samoa in Birmingham on Saturday. Heyneke Meyer, coach of the Springboks, described this latest injury to De Villiers as a massive set-back. Jan Serfontein has been […]

Tonight going into Monday will present a rare event for the earth,  a supermoon lunar eclipse, which last happened 33 years ago. What happens is that the full moon makes its closest approach to the earth, appearing 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter – a supermoon – while there is also a lunar eclipse, when […]

Springbok vice-captain Victor Matfield expressed his pleasure tonight that the Springboks had bounced back from their disappointing defeat to Japan last week to secure a win against Samoa in Birmingham tonight. The 46-6 victory for South Africa at Villa Park is the Springbok’s first win of the 2015 Rugby World Cup (RWC). “It’s been one […]

Yay, we did it! The Springboks are back on top! South Africa beat Samoa in a convincing win this evening in Birmingham, UK. With six tries from Schalk Brits (his first Test try), Schalk Burger, Bryan Habana (scoring his 60th Test try in the dying moments of the match) and J.P Pietersen; conversions by Handre Pollard and Patrick […]

Jean de Villiers said yesterday that the Springboks have a massive responsibility to get their Rugby World Cup plans back on track when they face Samoa at Villa Park in Birmingham later today. The Springbok captain said last weekend’s devastating loss to Japan has been put in the past, but that the South Africans would not […]

WASHINGTON – The United States and China have committed to a historic agreement to stop the trade in ivory, during the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s meeting this week with President Barack Obama. One news report said the announcement marks the first public commitment by President Xi to end ivory sales in China. In a statement released by the […]

NEW YORK – South Africa has promised to cap its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, according to a submission it made on Friday to the United Nations. South Africa told the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change that emissions would reach a peak between 2020 and 2025 and then plateau for the following decade. The government said it would need funding […]

PRETORIA – The allegation that over 500 suspected poachers from Mozambique had so far been killed by South Africa was “highly overinflated”, a South African government spokesman said on Friday, according to a news report. Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano made the allegation this week, saying 82 Mozambicans had been killed this year. Much of […]

The South African Rugby Player of the Year for 2014, Duane Vermeulen, can’t wait to get stuck in when the Springboks face Samoa in tomorrow’s crucial Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa. Vermeulen had surgery to his neck in July and has worked incredibly hard to get back to full fitness. He has been included […]

While the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marked Heritage Day in South Africa yesterday calling for a removal of Die Stem from South Africa’s national anthem, and for the renaming of the Kruger National Park, the ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of reconnecting all South Africans, black and white. In the statement, published on their website yesterday, the […]

Update 06 February 2017: One of the most searched for videos on SAPeople today is the one below, when New Zealand rugby great Jonah Lomu went to South Africa and visited his rival and close friend, Springbok player Joost. Jonah Lomu passed away in November 2015. Joost van der Westhuizen died today. Watch the wonderful […]

Since Trevor Noah has left our shores and is gearing up to take the helm of America’s ‘The Daily Show’ on Monday, here’s a random selection of other South African comedians – the new, the old and the beloved – who are sure to keep us entertained! Some of these comedians will also be performing at an international comedy festival in […]

A core part of the Sandton CBD in Johannesburg will be closed for the month of October – at least to motorised traffic. That’s when the northern suburb and financial hub will be hosting an international festival showcasing alternative methods of transport. In a statement on the festival’s site, Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Parks Tau said the event […]

Private rhino owner Nick Tredger bid farwell to the last of his rhino in South Africa yesterday, following his heartfelt letter a fortnight ago after one of his black rhino cows and her calf were killed by poachers. At that time Nick said “I am very tired and very, very angry”. He was angry with the poachers […]

We’re loving this #proudlysouthafrican calendar that celebrates all that is South African… The limited edition calendar of baby photographs by Carla Shannon (who created the Baby Bok Rugby Tips) has been a year in the making and captures so beautifully those things we all love about South Africa… Striking a pose with an iconic brand, Lion Matches… […]

If you’re overseas and missing your fellow South Africans on Heritage Day, check out this live video feed that’ll transport you to the Heritage Voëlvry Festival in Stellenbosch! The broadcast has been provided by Scatzy, which supplies a Video on Demand service to expats around the world. To view earlier footage, click here. Entertainers have included Gereformeerde […]

What a wonderful sight – some of South Africa’s most beautiful indigenous flowers are currently blooming at the Witness Garden Show in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. LORRAINE SCHOLFIELD captured these beautiful photos today… The 4-day Garden Show is the largest horticultural show in the southern hemisphere and features plants, flowers, gardens, entertainment, gourmet food hall, music, events and more. (Note […]

South African YouTuber Jason Frazer has got together with some of the country’s other YouTube vloggers to present a Heritage Day collaboration that asks – and answers – some important questions for South Africans: [vc_button title=”1″ color=”default” size=”size_small”] What does Heritage Day mean to you? [vc_button title=”2″ color=”default” size=”size_small”] Why are you proud to be South […]

The Cape Town-born director of a play written by a Zimbabwean and starring an Oscar-winning Kenyan for a prestigious New York theatre has told a U.S. newspaper that she was adamant about having African actresses in the play and that it was very difficult for her to watch non-Africans play Africans. “We see a lot of depictions […]

PRETORIA – The title of the statement might be humorous – ‘Tobruk or not Tobruk? Pick a lane, Pretoria‘ – but the subject is serious. The Institute for Security Studies on Thursday highlighted an ongoing tussle over the Libyan embassy in South Africa’s capital, which, it said, shows that the Pretoria government cannot decide whether it supports […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Whether it’s selling pensions, pasta or toothpicks, investors in Africa have been targeting the booming middle class. But a year of diving commodity prices has exposed how much the continent, and its consumers, still rely on exporting resources. A decade of growth above five percent in sub-Saharan African economies has drawn a […]

In her latest DIY video, just in time for Heritage Day, which she promotes in the best, most colourful way – even with a detour into corn-diments (that would be condiments, we think) – Suzelle creates her own version of a South African-American Boerewors Bagel Dog. Come again? Watch the wors-meets-bagel-meets-hotdog video Suzelle also sings […]

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed to Vogue magazine that he was bullied at school whilst growing up in South Africa. In an article headed “Elon Musk Wants to Change How (and Where) Humans Live”, Musk – who went to school in Johannesburg and Pretoria – says that the bullying was so bad that there was […]