The Discovery Invest Leadership Summit went ahead on 30th August, despite Archbishop Tutu pulling out at the last minute in a protest against the presence of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Blair, who was keynote speaker for the day’s event, opened his discussion with the quip “It’s amazing how nice people are when you […]

“Searching for Sugar Man”, about two South Africans who set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, is picking up awards and new fans for 1970s rock ‘n roller Rodriguez all over the world. The title of the documentary takes its inspiration from one of the tracks off Rodriguez’ Cold Fact album, […]

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius wowed the crowds at the Paralympic Stadium in London tonight as he raced to victory in his T43 200 m heat, winning in a World Record time of 21:30 seconds! The legendary “Blade Runner” led from start to finish, with the crowds cheering him on. Over the last month, Oscar has […]

In memory of Neil Armstrong, who passed away earlier this week, the American flags at all US government facilities in South Africa are being flown at half-staff  today. The American astronaut became iconic for being the first man to walk on the moon. He commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July […]

Eish! Here’s a video you don’t often see – four people suspended from hooks that are attached to rigging, that’s in turn attached to a crane. And they’ve made it into the South African history books with their feat! The event took place at Her Majesty’s in Kyalami South Africa during the Cool Inc Tattoo […]

South African documentary “Punk in Africa” has been selected for the 50th New York Film Festival. The explosive documentary about the role of 1970’s South Africa punk music in the war against Apartheid has been chosen for the Film Festival’s new “On the Arts” section. “Punk in Africa” is produced by Keith Jones and Deon […]

Check out this brilliant video (below)  of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jiving in South Africa. She proved quiet capable of dancing the night away with her South African hosts at a dinner held by SA’s Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Johannesburg. Clinton is in South Africa at the moment to help strengthen ties […]

There’s nothing that says welcome to a South African in a friendlier (and louder) manner than a vuvuzela…so the Jamaicans proudly brought out their vuvuzelas when South African President Jacob Zuma attended part of their year-long 50th Anniversary Celebrations. Members of the crowd blowing Vuvuzelas during the Jamaica’s 50th Independence celebrations. During his visit to […]

President Jacob Zuma has called South Africa the “Land of Gold” after the outstanding achievements of swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos. In a media statement yesterday, he said: The South African nation is today filled with pride and joy, after one of our finest and youngest athletes, Chad Le Clos from […]

Parody band Die Vraag has created  a response video to “zef rappers” Die Antwoord. Their song is titled “Dankie vir Die Antwoord (Maar Wat was Die Vraag)”. Lyrics are by Deon Opperman and music by Janine Neethling. The controversial video has spurred some heated debates – and insults – on YouTube, and Die Vraag’s official […]

South African golf champion Ernie Els has posted a heartfelt thank you on his website for all the support and congratulatory messages he’s received since his surprising win at the British Open last weekend! And we say ‘surprising’ with all due respect because it seems that nobody was more shocked than Ernie to win the […]

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Stunning photographs of South Africa in the Seventies by renowned South African photographer Steve Bloom, are being presented by The London Festival of Photography this month. And on Monday (11th June), Steve will be giving a talk at the Guardian about photography in South Africa during the apartheid years. In 1977, aged just 24, Steve […]

The very day Jen extended the invite for me to become one of the sapeople bloggers, I started scribbling notes and thinking about the many things that I wanted to write about.  But as luck would have it, within 24 hours of accepting , I got tackled and taken down by the flu.  Haven’t established […]