The ANC Parliamentary Caucus says it has learnt with “great shock and sadness” of the sudden passing of ANC MP Comrade Hishaam Mohamed due to a heart attack early Monday evening. Mohamed joined the National Assembly in the 6th Parliament, serving as a member in the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and Whip […]

South African citizens in the UK, with passports that are expiring, have inundated SAPeople with desperate messages after saying they have been unable to get hold of anybody at the SA Embassy in London for months. Phones have gone unanswered. Offices have been closed. And since around 12 August, the website no longer exists. We […]

Firefighters in Durban have managed to save the famous Juma Masjid Mosque in Denis Hurley Street (formerly Grey Street) from being engulfed by flames. Five apartments in a neighbouring building were also saved as the fire blazed on Monday afternoon. It is believed that the fire began at around midday in a building beside the […]

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, has expressed shock at the death of three Tshwane Metro Police officers, who were killed in a head-on collision at the hands of a suspected drunk driver. According to reports, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a TMPD vehicle collided head-on with a suspected drunk driver, who was evading […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly reprimanded Finance Minister Tito Mboweni following comments made by the Minister on social media regarding the removal of Zambia’s Central Bank Governor by President Edgar Lungu. In one of his tweets, Mboweni “promises to mobilise”, if not given the reasons the Zambian Central Bank Governor was fired by President Lungu. […]

NB Publishers and Media 24 have issued the following press releases regarding the publication of the book The Lost Boys of Bird Island: Press Release – 3 March 2020 In the book The Lost Boys of Bird Island and its translated version, Die seuns van Bird Island, statements are made which may suggest that Mr […]

South Africa’s oldest man – Fredie Blom – has passed away at the ripe old age of 116. The news was announced on Twitter by local TV personality Doreen Morris who spent time in Delft, Cape Town, with Fredie and his wife, since profiling him for a show two years ago. He died of natural […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Lebowakgomo outside Polokwane are appealing to members of the community to assist with information that can assist in locating missing teenager, 15-year-old Motlatso Rachel Maditsi from Lebowakgomo Zone A. The teenager is a learner at Derek Kobe Secondary school in Zone B and she was reportedly last seen […]

SANParks has announced that it will be laying charges against individuals who posted allegedly racist and defamatory remarks about the Kruger National Park’s accommodation. South African National Parks (SANParks) tweeted this morning that in “light of the racist, factually incorrect and defamatory postings” made by some social media users, regarding the Kruger’s accommodation, “SANParks has […]

Mvuleni Mapu, Acting City Manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, was arrested at his home on charges of fraud and corruption in the early hours of Friday morning. According to the Hawks the charges against Mapu are based on actions within the Municipality’s department of human settlements, […]

Tributes have poured in for a young safari field guide, Sheldon Hooper (27) who has tragically been killed by an elephant in a luxury private game reserve adjacent to South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. The devastating incident took place at Thornybush River Lodge on Tuesday morning. According to local reports Sheldon and a colleague […]

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has recently revealed the racial divide in COVID-19 deaths, with Blacks and Coloureds more likely to succumb to the disease in South Africa. “Race is for the first time reported to have an association with in-hospital mortality, with a higher risk of mortality in individuals who were Black […]

Eskom are once again implementing stage 2 load shedding in South Africa – it kicked off at 9am this morning and is due to last until 10pm this evening… as the power grid remains constrained. “While Eskom teams have today and yesterday successfully returned three-generation units to service, a further three units tripped, two of […]

Despite promises by Cyril Ramaphosa to run a clean administration and a statement by the African National Congress that it is embarrassed by corruption, the former mayor of Durban, who was sacked from the position by the ANC a year ago and is facing corruption charges, is the latest tainted official to be reappointed into […]

Every day, Zwelakhe Mnomiya from Gqamu in KwaZulu-Natal walks about 20km to and from school. The grade 11 learner is among dozens of children who make the journey on foot to Gcotoi High School in rural Kranskop. According to Gcotoi High, more than 100 learners walk between 11 and 20 km to and from school […]

The stranding of the MV Wakashio is one of the biggest environmental disasters in the history of the western Indian Ocean. While the full scale of the disaster is not yet known, the 1,000 tons of oil and diesel that leaked close to one of the greatest marine treasures of Mauritius threatens to destroy this […]

Photos from today’s large protest convoy against farm attacks in Mookgophong (formerly Naboomspruit) and across the nation show some haunting scenes, as the farmers and farm workers who gathered together looked up at the sky with their arms crossed above. The protest came as three of the five suspects in the murder of Alwyn van […]

Western Cape photographer Nigel Riley captured these amazing photos of huge waves hitting Harbour House restaurant in Kalk Bay, South Africa, today. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) had predicted that the Cold Front, which arrived in the region yesterday, would bring strong winds and big waves of up to 6 metres today… but nobody […]

A protest against farm murders is taking place in Mookgophong, Limpopo today in response to the spike in farm murders in the region and to farm attacks nationwide in South Africa; and coinciding with the appearance in court today of suspects in the murder of ‘Oom’ Alwyn van Zyl (79), who was brutally murdered on […]

South Africans are reeling today after the tragic death of  six children and three adults in what was meant to be a happy family get-away near Kgalagadi Trans-Frontier Park. The nine people – including one entire family – perished in a devastating fire at luxurious Blinkwater Lodge in the Northern Cape. All the deceased were […]

With bare hands, residents removed septic tanks from communal chemical toilets, loaded them on shopping trolleys and emptied them at the exit of N7 at Dunoon, near Milnerton, CapeTown, on Sunday. The residents from Ekuphumuleni informal settlement have not had their toilets cleaned for three weeks after they stopped a newly appointed contractor, Sanitech, from […]

The sound of Thandeka Ngobeni crying could be heard in the background despite the loud clunking and banging noises as shacks around her were being demolished on Monday morning in Gauteng, South Africa. The attempts by dozens of families to occupy land near the Heidelberg highway in Tsakane’s extension 11 were stopped on Monday. The […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his heartfelt condolences following the passing of anti-apartheid activist Paul David who passed away on Thursday, 13 August 2020, at the age of 79. “The passing of Paul David as the last member of the Consulate Six is a great loss to our country and especially to the people of […]

South African golfing legend Gary Player has revealed that his beloved wive Vivienne is recovering from pancreatic cancer. Gary did not give details about when and how Vivienne was diagnosed, but said it had been a “massive shock” to him and their family. (Recently Gary and his eldest son were embroiled in a legal dispute […]

My name is Jayne Fraser*, and I’m reaching out to SAPeople readers as I am facing a crossroads in my life. I live in Cape Town with my husband and younger daughter, Suzi. Suzi graduated last year and is concentrating on her career in the arts. My eldest daughter, Marianne lives in the city where […]