South African businesses continue to buy up overseas companies, with the latest being an announcement today that SA’s fast food group Famous Brands has signed a “mouth-watering” agreement to buy Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), a well-known gourmet bourger restaurant chain in the United Kingdom (UK). Famous Brands – which bought Wimpy SA in 2003 – already owns […]

Although all South Africans in SA, regardless of age, can now finally order their fantastic new Smart ID cards; this does not yet apply to South Africans abroad, or those born abroad. The Department of Home Affairs told SAPeople that they are still clearing the backlog in SA, and until further notice South Africans overseas cannot […]

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has announced it will unveil new visa regulations before the end of 2016. The legislative reform will aim to provide a balance between the competing interests of the tourism sector and the need to protect the country’s borders and prevent child trafficking. Stringent visa regulations were introduced to South Africa in 2014… resulting in an […]

The 2-year-old daughter of a South African family who was washed into the sea in Cornwall in the UK a few days ago has tragically passed away. The Bruynius family of five – from South Africa and living in Surrey in the UK – were holidaying in Newquay last week when they were swept off rocks at South […]

Eish, it appears that the Brits have not been adequately introduced to the South African braai! In a recent survey in Great Britain, respondents voted Australia the best barbecuing nation… with South Africa only coming 6th! The Glowing Embers ‘Battle of the BBQ’ poll asked Brits which nation BBQs the best, and by a BBQ they meant […]

You know that feeling when you’re dronkverdriet and your emotions rise as fast as the alcohol went down? But while some people use that moment to declare their undying love for an ex, South Africans living abroad can find themselves declaring their undying love for the country they left behind. South Africa. A former Johannesburg […]

Television viewers in the UK were treated to a brilliant performance by KwaZulu-Natal’s LIV choir on BBC1 yesterday evening… and today hundreds have written on the BBC’s facebook page about how the broadcast gave them goosebumps and inspired them with their ability to make good out of bad circumstances. The amazing 20-strong LIV Choir – who come from […]

There has been an outpouring of support from South Africans and locals in Cornwall after a South African family, living in the UK, suffered a terrible tragedy this weekend whilst holidaying in Newquay. According to family friend Madelein Jansen Van Noordwyk “my dear friend [Lisinda Bruynius] has had the worst happen on her family holiday in […]

PRETORIA – The British High Commission in Pretoria says there is no truth in media reports that the UK has endorsed a visa-free entry for 18 African Commonwealth countries, as claimed in various posts being shared on social media. Several unscrupulous media outlets have published a fake story claiming that all Commonwealth citizens, including those in 18 African […]

With the Olympics all the way over in Rio, Brazil, this year – there aren’t that many South African supporters around to cheer on our team… but fortunately there is one #VeryProudlySouthAfrican expat at the Games – New York-based celebrity chef BRUCE MARAIS. These are his photos from #Rio2016 so far… “Making our way to Rio de […]

After Donald Trump said the United States elections are going to be rigged… Trevor Noah “investigated” on ‘The Daily Show’ and discovered dubious “gerrymandering” (redefining voting districts) and voter ID laws that discriminated against Black people… Speaking on the show on Monday night in the USA about these goings on, the South African presenter then […]

Princess Charlene was officially named patron of the South African Red Cross at an event in Monaco last weekend. The function – on the eve of the Monaco’s annual Red Cross Gala – was attended by Constance Motshumi and Derick Naidoo from the SA Red Cross society, and entertainment came from South African singers, Cenestra […]

Nobody experiences FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) more than a South African abroad when something exciting happens back home. And in the last week there’s been the snow, floods and a couple of tornados. Here’s Tyron Cameron, who’s currently in the UK missing home (and his fiancee), on that second tornado – “Just my luck! […]

You can tell South African actress Charlize Theron is being interviewed by a close friend in the video below. Who else would be able to describe the star’s mom as being a “b*tch”… except someone extraordinarily close?! The friendship between Charlize and American comedian Chelsea Handler is well documented in the American press where the friends […]

“The Côte d’Azur is a mysterious place,” says Fered. “We cannot even begin to understand this.” Fered and my paths have just crossed, here on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice; it’s Friday, 22 July, days after the unspeakable truck attack that left 84 people dead and over 300 injured. I am not too sure […]

South African expat and comedian Kevin Fraser’s latest video – ‘The African Sandwich’ – is going viral on Facebook amongst fellow SA expats in Australia who find it’s bringing back memories of home. One social media user, Noeline Nagel, summed up its appeal in her message to Kevin: “Dude that was so funny in so […]

South African actress Charlize Theron gave an impassioned speech at the opening ceremony of the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, calling out racism as an underlying cause of the AIDS epidemic and insisting that it is not “an honour” for SA to be hosting the AIDS conference for the second time in 21 years. The AIDS […]

South African golfer Ernie Els set aside protocol during the British Open on Thursday to show true sportsmanship and allow his longtime rival, Phil Mickelson from the USA, the best possible chance to make history. They were on the 18th green at Royal Troon in Scotland, and Mickelson – who already had eight birdies – had […]

With mounting racial tensions in the United States, several South African expats living in the “land of the free” have taken to social media to express their sadness at current events in their new country. One South African expat’s message has hit a chord and gone viral. He wrote: “Thirty years ago my wife and I […]

When you move abroad, it can be challenging to make your dreams come true… without your normal network of friends and family, trying to navigate your life through a set of new unfamiliar rules to those we know back home in South Africa. And so congratulations are due to South African expat Anastassia Angel‎ who has persevered […]

South African expat Jan Malan has taken on the world’s longest annual canoe and kayak race, held in Canada. He’s currently sitting in 9th position in a class of 21 solo racers! The Yukon River Quest began yesterday and ends on 3 July. Entrants from 94 teams will paddle 715km in what’s called the “race to the midnight […]

After recently returning to South Africa from the UK, former radio and television personality Jeremy Mansfield left a message on Facebook yesterday lamenting the fact that everything seemed hopeless, and asking his local followers for some good news… His message read: “Back in SA and after seeing the photos from the protests in Pretoria (not via the […]

After the Brexit results shocked half of Britain and most of the world, it appears that one of the biggest fears in the UK has been that South African fast-food chain Nando’s would leave its shores. Nando’s – which launched in the UK in 1992 – has become such an institution there that most Brits think of the flame-grilled peri-peri […]

And the answer is… Brazil. Brilliant photos taken by South African Steven Kramer in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Minas Gerias. More of Steven Kramer’s photographs can be seen here.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday’s referendum showed, a stunning repudiation of the nation’s elites that deals the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. World financial markets plunged as complete results showed a near 52-48 percent split for leaving. The […]