With a reputation for being the most beautiful garden in Africa, and one of the best botanic gardens in the world, these 22 photos – taken a few days ago by ALAN RUDNICKI – show just why locals and international tourists are crazy about Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in South Africa. There are very few gardens anywhere in the […]

South Africa may just have a potential F1 racing driver in our midst! At just 18-years-old South African racer, Ewan Taylor, pulled off an amazing feat this past weekend, grabbing third position in a Porsche Super Sports Cup race… after only half a day’s practice in a race car ever! Taylor is more renowned for his […]

There are many things a foreign expat – such as myself – misses about South Africa after returning home. But one of the laments you will hear most often is how sad an affair grocery shopping is without “Woolies”. The fact that South Africans have given such an endearing nickname to the grocery store chain Woolworths only goes to […]

Anruné Liebenberg scorched to 400-metre track silver on Wednesday night to take Team South Africa’s medal tally to one short of double figures. Running in the T45-46-47 classification (upper limb impairment) she repeated her feat from the last Paralympics in London four years ago. Sure the time may have been a full 2.03sec slower than […]

And then there were eight! Paralympic veteran and team flag bearer Zanele Situ threw an eighth Team South Africa medal into the kitty at the Rio Paralympics on Tuesday evening. Situ, 45, who is now experiencing her fifth Paralympics, having already medalled in Sydney (2000) and Athens four years later, took bronze in the F54 […]

Durban surfer Jordy Smith has won the world tour surf event at Lower Trestles, San Clemente, California, USA. After knocking out Brazil’s Filipe Toledo in the Semi-Finals earlier today, Jordy took on Joel Parkinson from the Gold Coast, Australia… and emerged victorious! It’s a fantastic achievement for Jordy who spent the previous year or so suffering from injury. […]

An inspiring Grade 10 learner from Cape Town, South Africa, who gave up his July vacation to mentor learners at an underprivileged school in the former Transkei, has been recognised for his selfless act and awarded the Lead SA Youth Hero for August 2016. Anees Hassan and six fellow SACS High scholars gave up their vacation to mentor […]

Big shot-putter Tyrone Pillay pushed Team South Africa’s medal tally to seven at the Rio Paralympics on Monday. After a bumper day on Sunday with four medals (one gold, two silvers and a bronze) Pillay kept up the medal-winning momentum in the F42 category as he heaved the sphere a career-best 13.91 metres. That comfortably […]

Cancer is often viewed as a fundamentally modern and monolithic disease. Many people think its rise and spread has been driven almost exclusively by the developed world’s toxins and poisons; by our bad eating habits, lifestyles, and the very air we breathe. Actually, cancer is not a single disease. It is also far from modern. […]

South Africa woke up on Monday to anything but a blue Monday as Team South Africa celebrated six of the best medals in Rio de Janeiro. After a super productive afternoon on the track where first Charl du Toit and Fanie van der Merwe won gold and bronze in the T37 100m final and Ilse […]

JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma has complied with the Constitutional Court order to #PayBackTheMoney! In a statement, issued today by the Presidency, it said the South African President has paid over the amount of R7,814,155.00 to the South African Reserve Bank. The payment was ordered by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in respect of the personal […]

In a classic race, described as a “two-man game of chess”, South African rider Brad Binder duelled it out with Enea Bastianini at Misano World Circuit to clinch his fifth Moto3™ victory of the season. The 21-year-old from Potchefstroom was racing for Red Bull KTM Ajo under a brilliantly blue sky on the Riviera di Rimini in San Marino. […]

Charl du Toit and Fanie van der Merwe banked Team South Africa’s third and fourth medals of the Paralympic Games in Rio on Sunday as they ran to first and third place respectively in the T37 100-metre track final. And 10 minutes after their gold-bronze sprint final it was Stellenbosch training partner Ilse Hayes who […]

This is the stuff that holiday dreams are made of! Perched on a cliff, overlooking the biggest whale nursery in the world, sits a magical, unique villa in the Western Cape, South Africa. “The photo below was what we flew over on our way here…” says VANESSA RAPHAELY, who captured all the pics on this page. […]

As South Africans tweeted their congratulations to Caster Semenya, who pulled off an extraordinary victory in the women’s 400m at the Brussels’ Diamond League meeting on Friday, the Olympic 800m gold medallist said now it’s time to “eat, sleep and study”. Semenya finished her season recording a personal best of 50.40 for the win that […]

It was an emotional moment for Hilton Langenhoven as he bounced back from track disappointment to grab South Africa’s second Gold medal of the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. (Swimmer Kevin Paul won SA’s first Gold.) Langenhoven had been disqualified from the T13 400-metres semi-final for stepping outside of his lane but a leap […]

A couple of years ago someone sent SAPeople a list of “If Bands had Afrikaans Names”. This week the list is going viral again… so here’s that list, plus some additional ones that SAPeople followers added. As Marinda Haarhoff says: “Whahahaha! Daar is darem geen taal soos Afrikaans!” If Bands Had Afrikaans Names… Back Street Boys […]

For any wannabe entrepreneur out there – here is all the inspiration you need… from a car washer who has turned an ordinary life into something extraordinary. Niklaas Thomas tells his story in this video to ‘Dagbreek’. It was actually aired by KykNet over three years ago… but the story keeps on inspiring, and thanks […]

There’s an interesting new movie premiering tonight at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. It’s called “Let’s Be Frank”… but to be frank, we’re not quite sure what it’s about! #WHOISFRANK? Watch the trailer below and try work it out! According to the film’s website, it’s 50 minutes and slots into the documentary and […]

Springbok captain Adriaan Strauss wants his team to be more clinical when they tackle the Wallabies on Saturday in Brisbane in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The Bok hooker – who recently announced he will be retiring from Test rugby at the end of 2016 – will be captaining South Africa for the sixth time […]

Eighty-one year old Esther Mahlangu from Mpumalanga, South Africa, has joined forces with BMW in Munich, Germany, for the second time, to refine a BMW Individual 7 Series. And she’s been invited by a luxury vodka brand to collaborate on a global HIV/AIDS initiative. Mahlangu says her “heart was full of joy when BMW asked me […]

While social media pundits in South Africa have been arguing over why Caster Semenya was not gifted with an Audi R8 sports car like fellow Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk, the two athletes themselves have only love and mutual respect for each other. A tweet by radio presenter Anele Mdoda summed up the feeling of some disgruntled sports […]

Team South Africa’s Paralympic medal chase is off to a golden start after swimmer Kevin Paul powered his way to breaststroke gold in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday night. Paul, 25, won the SB9 100-metre event in 1min 04.86sec to win his second Paralympic gold medal after doing the same in Beijing eight years ago. […]

Team South Africa’s 2016 Paralympic Games campaign took another step forward in Rio de Janeiro close to midnight on Wednesday (SA time) with a spectacular opening ceremony. The ceremony was at the iconic Maracana Stadium, the same stadium used for the Olympic Games last month. Over the course of 11 days just over 4,000 athletes from […]

I come home to find Samson under the big tree in the front garden. He’s made a fire and looks disgruntled that I am so late. Those were the days before I installed the security gate. The days only schizophrenic dwarfy hobos with a moerse houding would dare to sneak onto your property while you […]