The Springbok Sevens team have progressed to the Cape Town Sevens semi-finals after they beat Kenya by 17-5 in a very physical quarter-final characterized by a couple of massive hits on Sunday morning. The Blitzboks scored three tries – with Ruhan Nel dotting down twice – and had the big crowd on the edge of […]

Springbok Sevens Coach Neil Powell says South Africa will have a ‘serious look’ at their discipline as they head into the final day of the Cape Town Sevens. The SA Sevens team continued their good form by finishing top of Pool A, beating Fiji 26-14 and the USA 21-15 after a 49-0 demolition of Japan. […]

Carte Blanche investigates Child Kidnappings, Rogue Gas Dealers and the Vuvuzela men who are reclaiming their neighbourhoods… plus more, tonight – Sunday 15 December – on DStv Now if you’re in South Africa, and available to stream from Tues 17 Dec on Showmax International in most other countries.  UNDERCOVER > INVESTIGATIVE Child Kidnappings Statistics show that […]

In an emotional final, with tears flooding the studio, South African expat and dancer Oti Mabuse, together with her celebrity partner, actor Kelvin Fletcher, has been crowned winner of the UK’s popular Strictly Come Dancing! UK reporters expressed their “delight” for Oti. “A glitterball win has been a long time coming (for her),” said a […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) today announced the appointment of Mark Boucher as head coach of the Proteas and Enoch Nkwe as assistant coach at a Media Briefing at Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa. It was Acting Director of Cricket Graeme Smith’s first opportunity to engage with the media and he also outlined the timeline […]

The Springbok Sevens team topped Pool A at the Cape Town Sevens in South Africa after they held on in their final match of the day on Saturday to beat the USA by 21-15. Discipline was again an early issue for the Blitzboks as they conceded too many penalties, while Chris Dry and Seabelo Senatla […]

Almost every South African expat in London – and friends and family who visit them – has laughed at one point or another at the ‘Mind the Gap’ warnings that are announced at many Underground stations, where there’s a space between the train and the platform. But there’s one station where the announcer’s voice is […]

Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi said something powerful on Thursday night in Monaco, after winning the World Peace and Sport Champion for 2019 award. Siya’s wife Rachel took to social media to share the message, saying it really hit her and “every single person in the room”. Siya said: “We may break all the records and […]

The next Brand South Africa Global South Africans (GSA) engagement will be in Edinburgh in Scotland TOMORROW – Saturday,14 December 2019??. You will see a Scottish man singing the South African National Anthem using the Scottish pipes on the day! There will be Food. Fun. Fashion and South African wine. A kids’ play area will […]

South African expat Marnus Labuschagne is being heralded a hero in Australia, after helping save the Australian cricket team in its Test series against New Zealand this week… and breaking a few records along the way. Labuschagne’s career took off last year when he stepped in to play at Lord’s in London after Steve Smith […]

South Africa’s Aimee Barrett-Theron will have the honour of officiating the opening match of the Women’s Six Nations for the third year in a row when France hosts England in Pau in February, while Jaco Peyper has also been tasked with holding the whistle in the men’s Six Nations next year. Barrett-Theron will be the […]

Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport confirmed six debutants in his tournament squad of 12 players for the inaugural women’s leg of the Cape Town Sevens, from 13-15 December at Cape Town Stadium. Forwards Rights Mkhari, Buhle Sonamzi, Catha Jacobs, Sizo Solontsi will join backs Meghan Phillips and Liske Lategan for their first ever appearance […]

Princess Charlene of Monaco has posted a cute video message that’s being shared around the world. It features her and Prince Albert II’s twins – Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella – on their 5th birthday, leaving a special message for Princess Charlene’s mom (Lynette Humberstone Wittstock) back in South Africa. Apart from the twins being adorable, […]

South African opera star Pretty Yende received the Order of ‘Knight of the Italian Star’ at a ceremony at the Italian Consul in Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon. Italian ambassador Emanuele Pollio made an amazing speech in which he called Pretty both a daughter of South Africa and of Italy; and joked that she could […]

South Africa has just scooped first place on another international stage – this time in ice-hockey! It’s been an incredible couple of months for SA with wins from the Rugby World Cup to Miss Universe 2019! And on Tuesday night the South African Ladies Ice Hockey Team won the GOLD medal at the World Championships […]

The economic outlook for 2020 is gloomy for us in South Africa… writes Andrew Robinson. Our GDP is shrinking, our economy is stagnant and we’re teetering on a rating downgrade. Our state-owned enterprises are failing, we have an above-average public sector wage bill and substantial budget deficit. And while the official stats don’t show an […]

The brave South African kitesurfer who rescued a man and woman as they were about to be stabbed by a knife-wielding attacker on Muizenberg Beach yesterday, has been found! SAPeople posted Jendy Stewart’s message last night, in search of  the Good Samaritan who rescued her and a companion in the midst of an attack by […]

Watch the moment below when the largely American audience at the Miss Universe contest in Atlanta, USA, went wild for the powerful words delivered by Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi, who was crowned Miss Universe 2019 at the event last night! When asked the most important thing we should be teaching young girls today, the Eastern […]

South Africa’s beautiful, stunning, head-turning, elegant Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi was crowned winner of the Miss Universe title at an event in Atlanta, USA, on Sunday night (early Monday morning SA time). The win comes as no surprise to many South Africans who were dazzled by the Tsolo-born beauty’s smile the night she first […]

To keep a New Zealand team scoreless in a rugby match is almost impossible; to prevent the All Black Sevens team from scoring in a final even more so. Yet, that was exactly what the Blitzboks did on Saturday in the final of the Dubai Sevens, blanking the current Rugby World Cup Sevens and Commonwealth […]

A Cape Town woman is searching for a brave kitesurfer who swooped in to save her and another person on Muizenberg Beach in South Africa, on Sunday morning during an attack by a knife-wielding man. UPDATE: Brave kitesurfer from Muizenberg Beach found! Local resident Jendy Stewart said they were taking an early morning walk on […]

Tonight’s episode of Carte Blanche is a Must Watch. You can view it on DStv Now if you’re in South Africa, and by streaming it from Tues 10 Dec on Showmax International in most other countries. Can South African Airways be saved or should it be grounded? With bailout after bailout over the years, South African […]

Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi is shining at the Miss Universe contest! Watch below as she steps onto the stage in a gorgeous gown. But first, here she is on Saturday in Atlanta, USA, in the national costume competition: UPDATE: Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi (Zozi) has WON the Miss Universe 2019 competition. The “Wave […]

The Springbok Sevens team opened the 2019/2020 World Rugby Sevens Series in perfect fashion by claiming the opening tournament of ten at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai on Saturday.   The Blitzboks outplayed New Zealand 15-0 in a pulsating final of the Dubai Sevens which saw them winning the title for a seventh time. The […]

SASCOC has congratulated South Africa’s Olympic medallist, canoeing’s Bridgitte Hartley, who is one of 30 candidates selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) EB as nominees for four positions in the IOC Athletes Commission (AC) election. The candidates – who were nominated by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and NOC Athletes’ Commissions – will […]