On Father’s Day we’re celebrating with three of the best tributes ever made in South Africa to awesome fathers… 1. The Graduate Who Thanked Her Security Guard Dad for Putting Her Through University Remember back in May when Thobile Mabanga (Thoby) made headlines tweeting her heartfelt gratitude to her father when she graduated from Tshwane University […]

Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, was pleased at the effort of his team after they beat France 37-15 in the second of three tests in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Growthpoint Kings Park on Saturday. The Springboks won the first test in Pretoria last week and although the series is now won, Coetzee was not […]

PRETORIA – A total of three men, in two different incidents, have been arrested at O.R Tambo International Airport in the past week, for being in possession of rhino horns. In a media statement, the South Africa Police Service’s Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS) said the first two were arrested on Sunday. HAWKS said it found six rhino […]

PRETORIA – South African President Jacob Zuma visited the communities around the Garden Route today, which have been affected by the devastating fires. He was left visibly shocked and said it was “the worst disaster I have ever experienced”. The President was accompanied by a delegation of ministers and deputy ministers, as well as Western Cape […]

Check out Durban’s famous Indlondlo Zulu Dancers together with Cape Town’s The Professionals on the beach in Durban. Indlonlo’s Msizeni Mngadi told SAPeople that Indlondlo and The Professionals (SA’s top Pantsula group and SA’s Got Talent Finalist) performed during the South African Aids Conference in Durban ICC on Tuesday, 13 June 2017… before going down to […]

PRETORIA – The Gauteng Department of Education advised parents to keep their children at home this Thursday as a safety precaution. Despite most learners writing their June examinations, the Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, assured that no child will be penalised for not making it to school due to the taxi strike.  He said those […]

PRETORIA – Geologist Tshiamo Legoale has made history by being the first South African to be crowned the FameLab International Champion for a project which researched a method of using wheat to harvest gold from mine dumps. “Not only am I the first South African… but I am the first African to win the international award. […]

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out today in the National Assembly that Jacob Zuma has played a major role in boosting infrastructure development in South Africa. When asked if he believed President Zuma had the qualities of a selfless and accountable leader to steer South Africa along a developmental path, Ramaphosa responded: “Well as you might […]

CAPE TOWN – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is in the interest of all South Africans for a judicial inquiry to be established to probe allegations of State capture. He said this when he responded to oral questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday. He said various allegations have been made in the public domain […]

Over the past 48 hours the outpouring of support for Detective JP van Zyl-Roux is something that will go down in history, according to JAMIE JOSEPH, from Saving the Wild. “I know this to be true, because we are just getting started, and the chapters ahead will forever change the narrative of the poaching crisis,” […]

Artist Lioda Conrad did this short interview with some of the “firefighter girls who are as teeny as dolls, yet kick fire’s butts”… Lioda said: “Meet some firefighter girls! Marched past the cops today onto the field and asked to talk to the girls who do this as a job, look at these amazing humans. Bright smiles […]

Heart FM breakfast show host, Aden Thomas, met Sophie Bailey in Saldanha. Afterwards he shared this video, and said: “I have never laughed this lekker in a long time! Jy het dit meisie! #Saldanha.” Watch Sophie Bailey meet Aden Thomas (and her ‘Ben 10’) in Saldanha! https://www.facebook.com/adenthomasradio/videos/561335787588809/

Uber says it is devastated to confirm the brutal attack of a driver-partner this past weekend, whose car was set alight while he was in the vehicle. Uber stressed “this sort of violence is completely unacceptable, unlawful and needs to stop”, and called on Government and the South African Police Service (SAPS) to prevent these crimes and […]

Democratic Leader Mmusi Maimane has met with broken father and husband, Blessing Nyirenda, in Knysna today, and contributed R10,000 towards the fund that neighbour Scott Edkins set up for Blessing. (Please note: Mmusi did not share this photo and news – we at SAPeople did, as we thought many of our readers who have been […]

The devastation left after four days of fires raging in South Africa’s southern Cape can be clearly seen in this drone footage. So many homes were lost and seven lives were taken as the inferno burned up the normally beautiful Garden Route. Locals in Plettenberg Bay and Knysna would far rather people please watch this video […]

The Eden Fires, including Knysna, have claimed at least one other life and left more people critically injured, according to an official statement by the Western Cape Government Saturday evening. Early this evening the Western Cape Government said a 63-year-old man, John Blaauw, lost his life near Concordia, bringing the number of confirmed fatalities in the area to six. […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has refuted  messages circulating on social media andWhatsApp… which are spreading fake news and misinformation on the #CapeFires. In a statement Saturday late afternoon, SAPS said: “Various fake news reports are being spread on social media and WhatsApp and are posing a huge threat on efforts to relieve and successfully counter the […]

With fires out of control in parts in the Southern Cape, the NSPCA Disaster Teams are now also assisting people to evacuate. NSPCA announced Saturday afternoon that another NSPCA Disaster Team will be dispatched to the Eastern Cape first thing tomorrow morning from Gauteng and Kulula.com has once again donated the flights for free. Earlier today the […]

Knysna Municipality has just issued the following instruction: “RESIDENTS AT FLENTER LOCATION, RHOBOLOLO, GREENFIELDS AND JOODSEKAMP NEED TO GET READY FOR EVACUATION. PLEASE MOVE TO AREA OF KHAYALETHU HALL, DAMSEBOS SPORTS GROUNDS, HORNLEE SPORTS GROUNDS!” UPDATE: Brenton has been added to this list at 13h15. Knysna Municipality says: “Brenton residents please evacuate to the Knysna High […]

Gansbaai local LLOYD KOPPEL captured this awesome footage yesterday, Friday 9 June, of a large pod of dolphins enjoying the ocean in De Kelders, Gansbaai, two days after the Cape Storm. Lloyd, from Eco Adrenalin Adventure Tours, told SAPeople: “The dolphins were hanging around in the same place the whole day, between sunrise and sunset, […]

Residents in Sedgefield have been asked to prepare to evacuate, but to not panic. At this stage (10h30) there is no need to evacuate and the fires are being monitored, according to Knysna Municipality. A special page set up for ‘Knysna Fires 7th June’ issued a message this morning, saying: “*Attention all Sedgefielders* : _Please do […]

Two years ago Zola Ndlovu – a lawyer, economist and writer – wrote 16 Things Black People wish they could explain to their White Friends. To celebrate the Day of Reconciliation – which was established to encourage unity and harmony amongst South Africa’s people – here’s Zola’s list again, with a response from a white South African woman […]

Updated 18 December 2016: Search engine giant Google has honoured anti-apartheid hero Bantu Stephen Biko with a Google Doodle today, on what would have been his 70th birthday. (Update 12 September 2017: Remembering Steve Biko on the 40th Anniversary of his death.) The activist was born on 18 December 1946 and died 39 years ago, on 12 […]

Zimbabwe’s wildlife has hit the news again (after the Cecil the Lion tragedy), this time for a lone elephant who came to breakfast. The video that’s gone viral took place at Mana Pools, and shows the elephant slowly approaching a group of  American and Irish tourists waiting for their meal…and then knocking over two of them with a flip […]

Thanks to South Africans abroad, there are a lot of Greeks, Aussies and various other nationalities who know what a ‘braai‘ is and can say “gaan kak in die mielies” (ja, that’s the most popular Afrikaans phrase we teach our foreign friends!)…but when they visit our shores they don’t know the more important words…like babelaas, bakkie […]