A stowaway who climbed aboard a cargo aircraft that took off in Johannesburg, South Africa, via Kenya, has miraculously survived the flight, and landed safely in the Netherlands. The man squeezed into the front wheel section of a Cargolux freight plane. He was discovered at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam by crew, hiding under the fuselage […]

The Xinhua Distribution Centre – also known as the China Mall Distribution Centre – in Durban’s CBD, continues to burn on Saturday morning following a fire which began on Friday. Peter de Groot and Dawn Rouse captured these photos today. Peter says the fire is at the bottom end of West Street (corner of Anton […]

With the distressing news to many South Africans that Pioneer Foods has ended the production of Redro and Pecks Anchovette, South Africans have been scrambling to find the last few tins of fish paste left on supermarket shelves. (SAPeople readers even asked us to hold back on announcing the demise of the anchovette spreads so […]

Tributes have poured in from fans around the world, following the death of legendary singer Meat Loaf (74) last night. From heavy metal enthusiasts to grandmothers, Meat Loaf appealed to so many. According to TMZ, the singer, whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, was “seriously ill” with Covid-19. Meat Loaf whose debut “Bat Out […]

The DA has revealed that the real matric pass rate for South Africa’s Class of 2021 is 51.4%. The Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga announced the results of the NSC matric examinations last night. The results do not however take into consideration the high dropout rate. This year, the dropout rate of learners between grade […]

Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has pushed the remaining rhino populations to the brink of extinction. In the past decade, nearly 10,000 rhinos were killed by poachers in Africa. The remaining rhino populations in Africa and Asia are steadily declining, with fewer than 30,000 animals left in 2020 from […]

Paramedics were today called to a Volkswagen dealership in Durban’s city centre, where a female customer had apparently driven a brand new car right. through the store’s front window! Fortunately the woman, who is believed to be in her ’30s, didn’t suffer any injuries, although her ego may be a little bruised! Emer-G-Med said that […]

The incredible video below shows delighted motorists screeching to a halt on Tuesday (18 Jan) to scoop up bundles of cash after armed robbers blew up an armoured security truck on a motorway in Cape Town, South Africa. One grinning man can be seen stuffing a large wad of cash down the front of his […]

A couple of surfers and some swimmers in South Africa have obliviously had a very close call with a shark! In a video, posted on Twitter yesterday and shared on WhatsApp, the shark can be seen approaching them, and getting incredibly close – swimming directly towards them – before drifting away. The surfers, paddling on […]

South Africa’s two top-ranked tennis players, Lloyd Harris and Kevin Anderson, were unfortunately both beaten in the first round on the opening day of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday. The 144th ranked wildcard, Australian Aleksandar Vukic, lost the first set before storming back to overwhelm the No30 seed Harris 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-6 […]

A family in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, suffered a terrifying ordeal when an angry elephant attacked their 4×4 Ford and flipped it upside-down with its tusks! Watch video below. The family – a mother and father with their two children aged 8 and 10 – were in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, heading to the beach […]

At least 35 people have had to be rescued during floods which have caused extensive damage in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. During the stressful rescue missions, there was a moment of lightness however, when a police hero passed an eight-month old baby to his colleague in a rubber boat… and the baby began to cry. “Jy maak […]

Parents and guardians of unplaced learners stood in a snaking queue outside the Gauteng Department of Education’s office in Marshalltown, Johannesburg on Wednesday. They are hoping to find space in schools for their children. State schools in inland provinces reopened on Wednesday. Inland schools opened on Wednesday but in Johannesburg about 700 students remain unplaced […]

Over the past few weeks, several beaches across Durban’s coastline have been intermittently closed and reopened because of serious raw sewage spills into the ocean and rivers. Several beaches in Durban have been closed because of serious sewage spills into the ocean and rivers. Environmental activists have criticised eThekwini Municipality of failing to maintain its […]

The DA has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to dismiss Patricia de Lille immediately. The DA asserts that the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure’s “poor attempt at covering up her complicity in the burning down of Parliament, by strenuously trying to stop the release of the independent audit report by BDO and insisting that […]

In late August each year, the normally barren landscape of the Namaqualand, along the western boundary of South Africa, is transformed into a vista of brightly coloured daisies as far as the eye can see. The flowering of the Namaqualand daisies attracts close to 10,000 tourists per season to a part of the country that […]

A South African pulmonologist, Anita Graham, said on Thursday (January 13) that she was still seeing serious COVID-19 disease in people who are unvaccinated or have co-morbidities during the current infection wave being driven by the Omicron variant. “We are still seeing very serious infections and admissions in patients who are unvaccinated and also in […]

A wildfire in South Africa’s Kleinmond, a coastal town in the Overberg region of the Western Cape Province, has been contained after wreaking havoc for days, destroying property and causing widespread damage to vegetation and plantations with nearly 4,000 hectares burnt. Overstrand Municipality’s mayor Dr Annelie Rabie announced Thursday morning, Day 6: “The fire remains […]

Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Wednesday evening: “I have noted the comments made by the Acting Chief Justice Zondo and they will be engaged with at an appropriate time in an appropriate platform.” Judge Raymond Zondo held a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon to respond to a scathing opinion piece by Sisulu, attacking the […]

The African hero rat (HeroRAT) Magawa, who made the world a safer place by sniffing out over 100 landmines during his career in Cambodia, before retiring last year, sadly passed away over the weekend, at the age of eight. In September 2020 the tiny, huge hero made international headlines when he became the first rat […]

Floods around South Africa’s eastern coastal city of East London, in the Eastern Cape, have killed at least 10 people and left hundreds homeless in the OR Tambo district since the weekend. According to the SABC, hundreds of shacks were washed away and hundreds more severely damaged, as rivers burst their banks and roads were […]

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) says South Africa recorded at least 4 482 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 3 526 054. A further 82 deaths as a result of complications related to the virus have also been recorded. This brings the total number of people who […]

A 53-year-old Eastern Cape police diver and recipient of bravery awards, Captain Pierre Marx, has tragically drowned during a rescue operation in Nahoon River. Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene, expressed shock and devastation at the loss of one of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS’) proficient divers; and said his untimely passing has sent […]

The spectators to the 110th anniversary celebrations of the African National Congress (ANC’s), South Africa’s governing party, looked bored. The dancers roped in to entertain its dwindling faithful were lackluster. Indeed, even during the singing of the national anthem, some in the audience could not even be bothered to stand up… writes Hussein Solomon, University […]

Rhino poaching in South Africa is at a critical level despite the “deafening” silence from official government communications and mainstream media, according to one of southern Africa’s most dedicated, well-respected wildlife vets, Dr Dave Cooper. Referring to the violent killing of rhino as ‘murders’ rather than the mild, mundane word ‘poaching’, Dr Cooper has issued a massive […]