For years many international organizations have worked tirelessly in Vietnam and China to discourage the use of Rhino horn. They have invested time, energy and millions of dollars in their educational programs… writes MEGAN CARR. “In one foul greedy swoop rhino farmer John Hume and the PROA group with the assistance of the South African […]

A reward of R5,000 is being offered for any information which might lead to the identification and arrest of a suspect who has been captured on a video – currently circulating on social media – which shows a man cruelly beating up a dog and throwing it mercilessly against a hard rock surface. Much of […]

The family and friends of 13-year-old Anchen Muller from Cape Town, South Africa, are frantically searching for the teenager who went missing on Friday night. UPDATE Wednesday 23 August 2017: Anchen was found Tuesday night and is safe and unharmed. Her aunt, Mariette Dalton, has posted the following message asking for help: “URGENT!!! My sister’s […]

The civil rights watchdog AfriForum and Advocate Gerrie Nel, Head of the organisation’s Private Prosecuting Unit, today announced at a media conference that they would support Gabriella Engels to “see that justice prevails” in the assault charge that Engels has brought against Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe. The support entails, amongst other things, that Adv. […]

CCTV footage has emerged of a woman fleeing a petrol station a week ago in the early hours of the morning… dragging the entire petrol pump behind her car. According to the Southern Courier the incident took place on Thursday 10 August in the South of Johannesburg at Vuyo’s garage on Main Street. The owner […]

Watch how three South African motorists seamlessly worked together, to bravely prevent another driver – who had (badly) hit another vehicle, flipping it over – from fleeing the scene. The video – from a dashcam – was uploaded on Wednesday by Yusuf Abramjee who said it happened on the N1 to Pretoria, near Centurion. He […]

JOHANNESBURG – Despite claims from sources in Zimbabwe yesterday that the country’s first lady, Grace Mugabe had returned to Zimbabwe… the South African Ministry of Police has Wednesday issued a statement confirming that she actually is still in South Africa. According to the statement, the ‘suspect’ was due to hand herself in yesterday but kept changing […]

BLOEMFONTEIN – A 13-year-old girl in South Africa has testified via CCTV that she was repeatedly raped by various men while her mother watched and scolded her. She stated that her mother and father would pray to the devil afterwards and their eyes would go “black”. Whilst giving the testimony, her father (44) and mother […]

The father of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday, says he has forgiven the man who allegedly drove deliberately into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, mowing down Heyer’s daughter… and calls on people everywhere to change their hearts and forgive each other. Mark Heyer said: “People need to stop hating, and they need […]

A hero K9 dog, Kojak – who completed a whopping 665 search-and-rescue operations during his career – was sadly put down Sunday morning in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, after his outstanding career was cut short due to a brain tumour, detected in May this year. The South African Police Service (SAPS) paid tribute to Kojak in […]

Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, has returned to Zimbabwe according to an Aljazeera report… following her alleged assault of a 20-year-old South African woman at a hotel in Sandton on Sunday. There was conflicting information on Tuesday afternoon with some media in South Africa reporting that Mugabe had handed herself in and was in court… […]

A school teacher was shot and fatally wounded in front of schoolchildren in Bushbuckridge, South Africa on Monday. Kate Chiloane was fleeing from her husband, following an argument, at Sedibasathuto Primary School when he shot her twice in front of learners. He later committed suicide at home. The gun used for the shootings belonged to […]

The cause of the devastating Knysna fires that left seven people and many animals dead, in early June 2017, was highly likely to have been “human activity”, according to Knysna fire chief Clinton Manuel… although experts are unable to determine at this point if the fire was set deliberately. Speaking at a media briefing on […]

South Africa’s hopes of going through to the women’s 4×400-metre relay at the World Championships in London had an early setback on Saturday… writes MARK ETHERIDGE.   After Olympian Justine Palframan had got the quartet off to a bright start, the KwaZulu-Natal athlete looked to tire in the final straight and handed the baton over […]

Port Elizabeth women march against abuse…By JOSEPH CHIRUME Marchers dressed in black to mourn the loss of their freedom at a march in PE on Women’s Day. Photo: Joseph Chirume Women in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday marked Women’s Day by appealing to senior government officials, including President Jacob Zuma, to lead by example. The women, […]

Although South African athlete Wayde van Niekerk had so much to be proud of this week in London, he broke down during a BBC interview after his incredible Silver win in the 200m – a culmination of exhaustion perhaps, after days of giving it his all… as well as apparently having his spirits dampened by […]

Six armed suspects are still on the run after a 64-year-old farmer was attacked and fatally wounded on a farm outside Groblersdal, Limpopo, on Sunday (6 August 2017) in South Africa. The South African Police Services (SAPS) said in a statement on Sunday that eight armed suspects had allegedly entered Kameeldoring farm at about 11h30 […]

After an eighth attempt to oust President Jacob Zuma failed yesterday, several South Africans expressed a desire to give up, but Western Cape photographer JUSTIN SULLIVAN – who has witnessed and photographed several marches on Parliament, including yesterday’s – feels we could learn something from other countries, after he noticed something… Here is his report: […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah got serious this morning on a radio show, back home in SA, after a news bulletin about the country’s Deputy Minister of Higher Education allegedly assaulting two women at a club over the weekend. Trevor, whose mother was shot and injured by Trevor’s step-father in 2009, said: “One thing I […]

Kwzulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner commended police officers for their extreme bravery while under fire in Durban yesterday. In a statement, South African Police Services (SAPS) said four suspects died and one is in hospital under police guard following a shootout between armed robbers and police in Durban yesterday. Once the surviving “thug” is discharged from […]

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply disgusted at the reported attack on an African couple by six white males, it said in a statement posted on Facebook. A video went viral on social media this week of a group of six males attacking a man identified as Jacob Sono and his wife at a KFC […]

The Lions’ dreams were dashed Saturday in South Africa as New Zealand’s Crusaders won the Super Rugby trophy for the first time since 2008 with a win of 25-17 against the 14-man Lions team. South African fans were furious when Lions’ flanker Kwagga Smith was given the red card by referee Jaco Peyper, after the […]

eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, made a major blunder this week when it advertised its official website… with a gorgeous photo of Auckland, New Zealand! Opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), were quick to pounce on the error in the ANC-led city. The two parties have been at loggerheads this week with DA provincial […]

Gwala appeared at #Ngwelezane court this morning. I was unable to attend as I have been receiving threats from a senior government official – and I am no good to anyone if he can yield the power to have me locked in jail up on trumped up charges… writes JAMIES JOSEPH, founder of Saving The […]

As reported by SAPeople yesterday, the McGown family thanked South Africans and the world for their support and prayers for the last five years when Stephen McGown was held captive by Al-Queda… but it has been a bitter sweet welcome home for Stephen as the former expat has now learned that his mother passed away […]