Roodepoort dog owner Daleen van Niekerk, and her husband, have been left heartbroken after a gang of children leaned over their front gate and stole their loyal pet, Lara… who may now be destined to be used as ‘bait’ in illegal dog fighting in South Africa. (Watch video at bottom of page.) UPDATE: Stolen Dog […]

MEXICO CITY – Tennis legend Roger Federer has every intention of breaking a world attendance record when he plays Rafael Nadal at a charity tennis match in Cape Town on 7 February 2020… but on the way he has just broken the record in Mexico City! Broadcaster ESPN claimed a new world record for attendance […]

KUALA LUMPUR – The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia tragically died on Saturday, leaving the smallest species of rhino, which once roamed across Asia, surviving in small numbers mostly in Indonesia. The 25-year-old female rhino, named Iman, who has been cared for in a wildlife reserve since her rescue in 2014, died of cancer in […]

Bruce Marais, a South African photographer, chef and creative who lives in Morocco, recently began a 10-country safari – through cities and along back roads and into game parks. SAPeople will carry a series of his brilliant photographs as he and his travel companions move from their starting point in Nairobi – a city, he […]

JOHANNESBURG – U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate South African expat and luxury handbag designer Lana Marks as the new ambassador to South Africa, the White House said, almost two years after the last ambassador left under Barack Obama. Marks, who was born in East London and attended Clarendon High School, now has American […]

South African icon and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, has broken his vow of silence on public affairs to pen a heartbreaking letter to fellow Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi begging her to break her own silence and speak out on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. In the past two […]

The United States National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for South Florida and the Florida Keys, as the possibility of Irma making a “major impact” on Florida has increased. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered. The Category 5 storm (the highest level a storm can have) is hurtling towards the US mainland, […]

Another Uber vehicle in South Africa was torched this evening, in an ongoing battle with metered taxis, and according to latest reports Uber drivers retaliated by torching a metered taxi (maxi taxi). Earlier Thursday evening, Uber SA said: “We’re aware of the situation in Sandton. At this time we can confirm that one vehicle is […]

Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has declared that the crazy cost of data in South Africa is to be reduced “very soon”. Although by ‘very soon’, he means a year’s time. Speaking at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gathering in Durban this week, Cwele said changes may be implemented “as early as […]

Richard Wright may have terminal cancer, but this morning he just landed in the UK, ready to compete in one of the most challenging races in the world – Ironman Wales. And he’s doing it to raise money for rhino and children with cancer. He may be terminal, but as this incredible South African points […]

Hurricane Irma is barrelling towards the United States coastline, causing considerable damage over the Caribbean islands along the way. Residents in Florida’s Key West area – where many South African expats live – have been ordered to evacuate as the monster storm is expected to make landfall on the mainland by the weekend. The French […]

If you haven’t seen it yet, this is the exquisitely filmed video South Africans have been going crazy for in the past 10 days. The film was created by a couple of French adventurers, escaping 7 years of living with the “intense pressure” and pollution of Paris… to chase sunrises and sunsets – in SA, […]

Michaelhouse has paid tribute not only to the life of learner Themba Dloti, who sadly passed away following yesterday’s tragic school bus accident in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, but also to all those who assisted and offered support after the crash. Forty-six boys and four staff members were travelling in the bus, on their way to […]

Kevin Anderson has become the second South African to reach the US Open semi-finals in the Open era, winning his match against American Sam Querrey at Flushing Meadows. The US Open tweeted that Anderson was the first South African to reach this milestone, but actually he’s the second – Johan Kriek played in the 1980 […]

JOHANNESBURG – Well known South African businessman and socialite, Kenny Kunene, was allegedly targeted in a murder attempt Tuesday night, which may have been linked to reports of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s alleged extramarital affairs. Kunene told the SABC he had been in his Sandton office, where Sunday Independent editor – and friend – Steven […]

A Zimbabwean national – Joyce Msokeri (46) – appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Tuesday, charged with seven counts of fraud… related to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire. Scotland Yard said Msokeri, whose address was given as Sutton in the UK, was arrested on 25 July after making fraudulent claims for […]

One of the 48 children injured in the Michaelhouse school bus accident on Tuesday afternoon has sadly succumbed to his injuries. The private KwaZulu-Natal school issued a statement on Facebook saying: “Michaelhouse is saddened to confirm the passing of Themba Dloti in this afternoon’s terrible accident. “The entire School, staff and boys, gathered in the […]

Three senior Lesotho Defence Force officials, including Commander Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso, are reported to have been killed following a shootout in Motsomotso’s Maseru office on Tuesday. According to the SABC’s acting political editor, Sophie Mokoena‏, the senior officials “have been assassinated and some senior politicians have fled country”. Eye witnesses allegedly said that just before 10am […]

South Africa has been voted the fifth most beautiful country in the world by readers of travel guidebook Rough Guides. Interestingly, they chose Scotland as the most beautiful… apparently because of its “wild beaches, deep lochs and craggy castles”. South Africa – which was surprisingly the only country from the African continent to feature on […]

South Africans have today been sharing a six-year-old secretly taped video that reveals Bell Pottinger boasting about its access to the heart of the British Government (then Prime Minister David Cameron and his foreign secretary William Hague) and how it uses “dark arts” to bury bad coverage and influence public opinion. Those ‘dark arts’ were […]

Thanks in part to a tireless effort from the Democratic Alliance (DA), as well as the persistence of vocal South Africans, an unrelenting SA Twitter vs Bell Pottinger, and protesting expats in London… PR firm Bell Pottinger has been expelled, with immediate effect, from UK PR regulatory body, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). Only […]

With Level 5 Water Restrictions introduced to drought-stricken Cape Town, South Africa, the city is getting even stricter with water usage. The 87-litre per person limit remains in place for domestic properties, but the cap on individual domestic property usage is now set at 20 kl per month… beyond which the property owner will be subject […]

Former Pretoria High School boy, and current world renowned billionaire businessman and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk has warned that the competition between countries for artificial intelligence (AI) superiority could be the cause of a third world war. The South African expat tweeted “it begins” early this morning, along with an article in […]

Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton – otherwise known as their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – have said in a statement that they are “very pleased” to announce that they are expecting their third child! In the press statement, issued by Kensington Palace, they revealed that the Queen and members […]

The CEO of Bell Pottinger, James Henderson, stepped down from his role as head of the well known UK PR firm over the weekend, ahead of today’s imminent publishing of an investigation into the firm by Herbert Smith Freehills. Last month another four Bell Pottinger employees were dismissed or suspended. Herbert Smith Freehills were appointed […]