Two awesome South Africans and a Brit have started a BIG challenge – to become the first humans to stage swim the distance of the 85 km Dubai  Emirate coastline. And it’s to spread an equally BIG message – to encourage people to reduce single-use plastic consumption (swap that bottled water for a filter!). The […]

Lood de Jager has earned a well-deserved start, while Pieter-Steph du Toit moves from lock to blindside flanker to give the Springboks more lineout options – both on attack and defence – on Saturday against the All Blacks in Cape Town, South Africa. In another change to the loose trio, Francois Louw will run out […]

On World Teachers Day (5 October 2017), meet an inspiring South African teacher living abroad – Rodwell Chigome. You may have seen the video where he not only taught his class in Vietnam the SA National Anthem, but taught them to sing it with PASSION! And now Rodwell’s in the United Arab Emirates teaching for […]

Tour guide and regular SAPeople contributor Lloyd Koppel was “hanging out” on his balcony in Walker Bay, De Kelders (Western Cape, South Africa) yesterday with some guests, when a beautiful sight unfolded in front of them… watch below. “Beautiful moments. There was a lob-tailing Southern Right Whale in front of the house. This went on for over […]

Archbishop Emeritus Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu’s 86th birthday on October 7 is a good occasion to reflect on the man’s contributions to South African society and global thought.  I do so as a philosopher and in the light of ubuntu, the southern African (specifically, Nguni) word for humanness that is often used to encapsulate sub-Saharan moral ideals. An ubuntu […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad… available right now for SA expats to view, if you’re a subscriber of Showmax International. David Patient South African Aids activist David Patient died last week at the age of 56. Diagnosed as far back as 1983, Patient was an icon in the age of HIV […]

While most South Africans were chilling on Saturday and watching the Springboks vs Wallabies rugby match, NSPCA Inspector Nadia Hansa was out conducting a brilliant and brave rescue. NSPCA, the national council of SPCAs, posted the following photos of Hansa’s kind and daring deed to rescue a stranded and distressed dog. According to the NSPCA, […]

Just when South Africans were celebrating the Spring flowers… winter has crept back in, with rain and thunderstorms reported in several areas, and more apparently on the way. Nottingham Road Hotel posted photos in the past hour to Facebook showing the “blanket of hail” which hit them on Monday afternoon. “What a thunderstorm! First real […]

KAGISO RABADA took on the responsibility of leading the attack in the absence of Morne Morkel in spectacular style as the Proteas thrashed Bangladesh by 333 runs with time and overs to spare on the final day of the first Test match at Senwes Park on Monday. Rabada needed just 19 balls to blow away […]

Watch this dramatic footage of 80 ton whales in Hermanus, South Africa… Video and text by Luke Bell. Every year large numbers of Southern Right Whales travel from the Antarctic to the warmer Walker Bay off the coast of South Africa to calve and mate. Located about an hour and a half out of Cape […]

The South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) successfully rescued a whale today that had become entangled in rope… in what was the furthest disentanglement operation to date. The whale in distress was at least 45 nautical miles off-shore, between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. The juvenile Humpback whale – of approximately 14 metres – was horribly […]

Carte Blanche will tonight pay tribute to South Africa’s legendary HIV/Aids activist and motivational speaker, David Ross Patient, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 56. (Available for expats to watch from Tuesday.) David became world renowned after he conquered his own diagnosis and brought hope, humour and motivation to thousands. He […]

A couple of weeks ago the Treasury Department confirmed in Parliament that the law change forcing South African expatriates to start paying tax will go ahead, although some amendments were made including a R1 million tax exemption per year for expats. Many South Africans living abroad were confused and concerned about how the law would impact […]

As today is the last day of Heritage Month, it’s important to note that our languages are more than the rhythm of the sounds we use when we communicate, They are the sounds of our unique multilingual, diverse South African heritage and can be used in Nation Building, in tolerance and in building a deeper […]

South African athletics star Wayde van Niekerk presented the Springboks with their matchday jerseys on the eve of their Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder and Olympic champion, delivered a short and inspirational message to the team on Friday morning. “We as […]

Eight suspects, including three police officers, were arrested by brave officers on Thursday following the foiled robbery of a cellphone store at the Fourways Mall, north of Johannesburg in South Africa. In a video of the arrests (watch below), the woman behind the camera can be heard saying “I think they’re fake cops”, similar to […]

South Africans are loving a new Chicken Licken ad which features an Icelandic boy Bjorgen, living in Iceland, whose memories of a previous life as a South African – Frikkie – cause him to squawk like a hadeda, wear a comb in his socks (!) and say voetsek to dogs… His behaviour leaves his parents […]

The Tshwane Council voted on Thursday to sell the Mayoral Mansion in order to use the proceeds to provide other basic municipal services… including building houses for those who need access to decent housing. The DA (Democratic Alliance) said that while the motion to sell the property in Pretoria was delayed due to August’s council […]

The annual family vacation is a time that we all look forward to, but deciding where to go and planning it can be a real challenge! With large families that have a diverse range of likes and members of various age groups, it can become tricky to plan a holiday that offers something for everyone. […]

South African actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for an International Emmy Award for her role as a schoolgirl in Is’thunzi. A very excited Thuso took to Instagram to express her pure delight at the nomination (and we think she could use this for her acceptance speech […]

LOS ANGELES – Veep actress (and Elaine from Seinfeld), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. But in that moment, the one most women dread, she proved just how awesome she is by immediately thinking of others and using the opportunity to call for universal health care for all. The […]

We love this beautiful poem describing South Africa. It was spotted in a little biltong shop, at the Horizon Shopping Centre in Roodepoort, by SAPeople follower, Annemarie Anderson. “This is South Africa… word for word,” she says. South Africa Winters with sunshine, Summer with rains Red wine, roaring fires Wildebeest, zebra, hyena on the plains […]

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, who was raised in South Africa, has just done more for women over the age of 40 than any amount of botox could accomplish! As the new face of CoverGirl, Maye – a grandmother of 10 – proves that being yourself is what’s most beautiful. Covergirl made the announcement Thursday. Global […]

From the poles to the equator, marine mammals such as seals, dolphins and whales, play an important role in global ecosystems as apex predators, ecosystem engineers and even organic ocean fertilisers. The ocean off the coast of South Africa is home to a high diversity of these mammals and is recognised as a global marine biodiversity hotspot. Marine […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad. SA expats can now watch their favourite SA current affairs programme just two days after it airs in South Africa, if they’re subscribers of Showmax International. (Watch the trailer below.) KPMG: The Unravelling The so-called SARS Rogue Report, compiled by KPMG, had devastating consequences for the […]