Get the World Cup Fan Guide

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

With just over 40 days to go until kickoff, the 2010 Fifa World Cup Organising Committee has released a comprehensive, easy-to-read and colourful 92-page guide to the tournament, packed with practical information on stadiums, host cities, fan parks and much more. There’s useful information on everyday matters such as banking and food, as well as […]

Swazi Attorney wins Green Nobel Prize

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

by Janine Erasmus Swaziland’s Thuli Brilliance Makama is one of six recipients of this year’s prestigious Goldman Prize for outstanding environmental work. The Goldman Environmental Prize, often referred to as the Green Nobel Prize, is the most generous award of its kind, and one of the most coveted by champions of the earth. Makama, an […]

SA restaurant tops in food Oscars

By SAPeople 03-06-14 07:17

by Mary Alexander South Africa’s La Colombe has been named the 12th best restaurant in the world, and the best restaurant in the Middle East and Africa, in the 2010 edition of the prestigious S Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, produced by the British Restaurant magazine. The awards organisers said the restaurant “effortlessly combines […]

Happy Sweet 16th South Africa

By SAPeople 27-02-15 22:32

Jacob Zuma led Freedom Day Celebrations today in South Africa, 16 years since the country held its first non-racial democratic elections in 1994. Some of the highlights of the South African Presidents speech were: As taught by our icon President Nelson Mandela, we must remain steadfast in our determination that never, never and never again […]

Google SA seeks best pupil doodler

By SAPeople 27-02-15 22:32

by Janine Erasmus Google South Africa is getting in on the 2010 Fifa World Cup action by inviting local school children to enter their football-themed Google logo into an international Doodle4Google competition and stand a chance not only to win enticing prizes, but to have their entry displayed on the search engine’s home page. Based […]

Eye Candy Candice is just Heavenly!

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel helped launch Heavenly Flowers fragrance in Soho, New York on Saturday (April 24, 2010). For your viewing pleasure, here are a few pics of Candice at the launch, with her fellow Victoria Secret’s Angels – Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Update: We’ve had a few request for less “dress-y” shots […]

Meet SA Supermodel in person

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

If you want to meet hot South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel, simply get yourself to New York tomorrow afternoon (that’s Saturday April 24, 2010). Update: The event is (obviously) over – but you can check out pictures of the launch here. Candice will be hosting the Heavenly Flowers fragrance launch, alongside fellow Victoria’s Secret supermodels […]

Beer, basketball and a date for Charlize?

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:16

So who’s Charlize’s mystery date? It’s the question newspapers all over the world were asking this week after the South African actress attended a basketball game in Los Angeles with an unidentified male friend. As these pictures show, the two appear to be close friends or colleagues, and the gorgeous beer-sipping Oscar winner didn’t seem […]

Wildlife Poachers to be taken down in South Africa

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

by Janine Erasmus South Africa’s environmental affairs department is to launch a new crack squad, known as the National Wildlife Reaction Unit, to tackle ongoing rhino poaching, and other matters relating to care of the environment. The formation of the elite unit was announced in April 2010 by Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica […]

Zuma marks 50 days to World Cup kicks off!

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

Here’s President Zuma’s keynote address which he made today, 21 April 2010, at Galeshewe Stadium in Kimberley to mark 50 Days to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Countdown. We’ve bolded the best bits for you: It feels almost like a dream to say that today marks exactly 50 days to go before the kick-off of […]

Shakira and Freshlyground’s Time for Africa

By SAPeople 27-02-15 22:32

Time for Africa, a collaboration by Colombian pop star Shakira and South African band Freshlyground, has been named as the official World Cup anthem. Shakira and Freshlyground will perform the song at the World Cup kickoff concert at Soweto Stadium on June 10, as well as before the start of the World Cup final in […]

Jacob Zuma, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder. Wow!

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

President Jacob Zuma turned 68 with style this week, partying with Stevie Wonder and The Temptations at a gala dinner in Washington DC. Although Stevie was not an invited guest, he happened to be at the same venue – the Mandarin Hotel – and so he dropped by to sing “Happy Birthday” as a surprise […]

SA’s World Cup Ticket Vigil

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

by Bongani Nkosi Ernest Maduna, in his early 20s, spent the night outside Maponya Mall in Soweto, just to be part of history – to be in the stadium at 2010 Fifa World Cup matches in his home country. From Carltonville, about 75km west of Johannesburg’s city centre, Maduna knew scores of football fans from […]

South Africa home to the Missing Link?

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

A brand new hominid species, which may just be the missing link, has been discovered in South Africa. The discovery of a young male fossil was quite aptly made by a young male – the 9-year-old son of a Wits palaeoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger. The discovery of the new species was made in August 2008 […]

Chelsy Cheers Us Up

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:50

We thought a little bit of light and fluffy news may just cheer us all up. So here goes. Zimbabwean Chelsy Davy – girlfriend of Prince Harry – has lost weight after giving up burgers! Yes, that’s it. As exciting as the good news gets! According to the Daily Mail in the UK, where Chelsy […]

Survivor Contestant Ashley Hayden

By SAPeople 30-03-10 17:36

by Jenni Baxter South African celebrity Ashley Hayden has been wowing South African audiences with her participation in M-Net’s 2010 Celebrity Survivor. In this interview Ashley talks to sapeople about her Survivor experience, being over 40, the power of the mind, and her granny’s best bit of advice. Ashley rose to fame in South Africa […]

Cheetah guru wins Tyler Prize

By SAPeople 17-08-20 10:08

by Janine Erasmus Namibia-based conservationist Laurie Marker, co-founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is one of two recipients of the 2010 Tyler Prize for environmental achievement. She shares the accolade with academic Stuart Pimm, the Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Pimm is also a regular National Geographic […]

Noel Gallagher expecting a baby after South African holiday

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

Former Oasis band member (and song writer) Noel Gallagher and his long-term partner Sara MacDonald apparently had such a great holiday in South Africa, they’re now expecting their second child. British tabloid The Sun reported that a three-month-scan has confirmed the pregnancy, which means the baby was conceived during their South African vacation. Noel (42) […]

SHOUT for a Safer South Africa

By SAPeople 03-06-14 07:22

It’s time to SHOUT for a safer South Africa. Let YOUR voice be heard! SHOUT is a movement that hopes to encourage ALL South Africans who want to live in a safe country – and who currently feel frustrated, hopeless and powerless – to feel positive, and to see and believe that they can actively […]

SA Supermodel Sizzles for Esquire

By SAPeople 18-03-10 23:49

Check out South African supermodel – and one of the Angels from Victoria’s Secret – Candice Swanepoel  sizzling in this short video below for the April issue of Esquire magazine. The promotion, aimed at males (obviously!), is hinged on the question “how do you get a Victoria’s Secret Angel to dance for you?”. The answer, […]

Zim Zim Zuma

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

Some great news from South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. He appears to have helped make headway in talks between Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government. The coalition between longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe and former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, now Prime Minister, had almost faced collapse in November 2009. Zuma has released the following statement, during his first […]

South Africa’s Freedom Charter up for Auction

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

by Janine Erasmus A copy of South Africa’s Freedom Charter will be auctioned in London later in March, and is expected to fetch anything up to £30 000 (R333 613). The Freedom Charter is an important part of South Africa’s past and was the forerunner of the country’s Constitution, universally hailed as one of the […]

Zuma scores a 10 at No. 10

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

We’re pleased to report that President Jacob Zuma’s visit to No 10 Downing Street, home to Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, went without a hitch. In fact the President even got to kick a little ball in the PM’s backyard, and met with England footballer Steven Gerrard and South Africa’s captain […]

South African Surfer wins Mavericks Comp.

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

by Fiona McIntosh When his wetsuit and custom-built surfboard didn’t arrive at the invitational Mavericks Big Wave Surf Contest in California’s Half Moon Bay, things looked bad for South African surfer Chris Bertish. He’d flown for 36 hours to be there, was jet-lagged and had slept for only three hours. But he borrowed a board […]

South African Chocs for the Oscars

By SAPeople 27-02-15 21:51

By Bongani Nkosi This year’s Oscar nominees will be sweetened up with more than just the promise of a golden statue: each star will also receive a delectable South African chocolate bar as a congratulatory gesture by the Los Angeles Times. Chocoholic Impact, a small company based in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, is exporting the […]

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