Calling all South Africans abroad who are registered to vote! President Zuma has today signed the election date proclamation! Important for Expats: It will be published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday 25th February From that date, you will have 15 days to complete and submit the VEC10 form online The form will ONLY be […]

It’s been less than three weeks since Brent Lindeque uploaded his ‘South African NekNomination’ video and changed one thing…which changed everything. Today he spoke to SAPeople about optimism, South Africa and his day job. On 31 January Brent uploaded his Neknomination challenge in which he had changed the social media game’s rules and done something […]

South African expats in the UK reacted with sadness and shock (and even some anger) after watching a BBC 3 documentary last night about poor white people in Pretoria, South Africa. The 55-minute doc was the first in a three-part series – entitled “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa” – in which presenter Reggie Yates gets […]

Tim Harris MP, DA Shadow Minister of Finance, delivered the following speech in parliament today, during the debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address. (Again we’ve put the more interesting bits in bold for the skimmers!) Harris pointed out that in his State of the Nation address, Zuma claimed credit for the past […]

EuroNews, a European news channel featuring international news, published a documentary recently about Coronation Park – a squatter camp in Krugersdorp, South Africa, where a lot of impoverished white (and black) people live. They describe this camp as one of a growing number of townships becoming populated mostly by white Afrikaners who are facing poverty […]

Award-winning South African drama ‘Otelo Burning’is now available for people outside of South Africa to download and watch. The film tells the emotional coming-of-age story about three teenagers in a township who discover joy – and freedom – through surfing at the end of apartheid. It’s based on a true story. ‘Otelo Burning’ was screened […]

South African Sunday Times photographer James Oatway has been awarded second place in the prestigious POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year competition. James (35) graduated from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1999 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. Here, he talks exclusively to SAPeople about representing South Africa, the comfort of family, and when natural […]

Gauteng teenager Filipa Carmo da Silva (18) has won the global One Direction cover song competition, run by American TV show host Ryan Seacrest. An hour ago she wrote on her Facebook page: “Woke up to the most amazing news! Thank you so much to everyone who stood by me all this time! Im so […]

Over a century ago, after losing to the British in the Anglo Boer War, 600 Afrikaner Boer families left South Africa and set off on their journey away from their beloved homeland, becoming perhaps the country’s first expats! They travelled across the ocean to a remote and desolate corner of Patagonia in Argentina, where they’ve remained […]

While some of us wait to get nominated to do a good deed (like a #raknomination), there’s a 17-year-old teenager in Cape Town who’s doing everything she can, on a shoestring budget, to raise the confidence of kids in Joe Slovo/Phoenix and help them and herself follow their dreams. Kimite Cancino lives in Milnerton with […]

Foreigners can ask the strangest questions about South Africa (but then we probably ask foreigners the strangest questions about their lands!). Here’s a list of some questions expats have been asked (from ‘The Expat Confessions‘): “I was once asked if I was black.” – white engineer, Munich “I work on news and once had a […]

The Sharks and the Bulls will meet on the field at Kings Park Stadium in Durban tonight. But that’s not the only challenge facing the Bulls. In the spirit of paying it forward that’s currently sweeping South Africa – since Brent Lindeque uploaded a #changeonething video of himself doing a good deed – the Cell C […]

Action star Jackie Chan has teamed up with a unique co-star, Spike the Rhino, in his latest video – Tools of the Trade. Their mission is to deliver an anti-rhino horn message, and the Chinese media are on side. With 1004 rhino slaughtered in South Africa last year, this message could not be more urgent. […]

On the anniversary of South African model Reeva Steenkamp’s tragic death, Oscar Pistorius has said he will carry the loss of Reeva and the trauma of that day forever, and that it was a “devastating accident”. In a statement published on his website, he said: No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating […]

South African President Zuma gave his State of the Nation address in Cape Town this evening. Here’s the full transcript (we’ve put some things in bold so you can skim!). Good evening, sanibonani, molweni, dumelang, riperile, ndimadekwana, goeienaand. I wish to thank the Presiding Officers for this opportunity to speak to the people of South […]

You can watch the State of the Nation Address by President Zuma of the Republic of South Africa live below:

Jack Parow and his band are going on tour with the launch of their new album Nag Van Die Lang Pette. The 80-minute show will start with his romantic acoustic set and finish “full blast” with the electric set. SOUTH AFRICA Date: 28 February 2014 Venue: Mystic Boer, Potchefstroom Contact: Elouise – 082 783 9316 […]

The inimitable Anne Hirsch descended on the Cape Town Tens a few days ago to get to grips with a few rugby facts…and rugby players…particularly “hottie Bobby Skinstad”. “The Cape Town Tens is the world’s biggest Tens rugby tournament,” she says. “So what better environment to interview the hashtag hottie Bobby Skinstad in? “The Bobmeister […]

A romantic advert featuring two South Africans has gone viral, enjoying over 1,5-million views in less than a week since it was uploaded to YouTube on February 7. The commercial – for Schwarzkopf Nectra Color – features Top Billing and Top Travel host Janez Vermeiren and former Isidingo actress Kim Engelbrecht…who also happens to be exactly who […]

Australia’s captain Michael Clarke heaped praise on the Proteas during a press briefing ahead of today’s Opening Test at Super Sport Park in Centurion, and predicted it would be a tough challenge playing the SA team in “their own backyard”. He said the South African cricket team had rightfully “earned the number one ranking ” […]

After a few delays, the stunning new Treetop Canopy Walkway at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden should be completed by next month! Already, the walkway – which has been nicknamed the ‘boomslang’ – is taking shape and looking spectacular…as evidenced by the photographs below (courtesy of Kirstenbosch’s website). The ‘boomslang’ will allow visitors the chance to experience […]

And here it is. The Nando’s RakNomination is ready to view. Beautiful. South African. See video below. They posted the following three-minute video, with this message on their Facebook page, just minutes ago: “To eat is a necessity, but to eat together… that is a beautiful thing! “Siyabonga South Africa, in the spirit of Unbuntu […]

It’s been a week since Nando’s accepted their raknomination…and true to their word, they will be delivering tomorrow! Tonight the South African Nando’s Facebook page displayed this message: “We’re putting the finishing touches on something that we’re sure will fire up your souls as much as it did ours. Tune in tomorrow morning to find […]

South African teenager and singer songwriter Filipa has made it through to the FINALS of Ryan Seacrest’s international competition to find the Favourite Cover of One Direction‘s hit single, ‘Story of My Life’! (Watch video below.) Eighteen-year-old Filipa Carmo da Silva is now through to the final SEVEN contestants in the competition, which is being […]

There was one prominent South African at the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia this weekend. And it wasn’t our one and only qualifying athlete, Sive Speelman. Despite qualifying and meeting the International Olympic Committee’s requirements to participate in the Winter Olympics and fulfil his dreams, the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) […]