The South Africa government says it has noted Fitch’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at ‘BB-’ and maintained a stable outlook, after the rating agency kept SA at a sub-investment grade on Friday. According to Fitch, the affirmation takes into account the recent over-performance of revenue and the government’s […]

Extinction Rebellion’s imaginative protests are entertaining. But they are also deadly serious. By Ashraf Hendricks. South Africans usually take to the streets, in their thousands, to protest for better housing, human rights, or against corrupt presidents. But Extinction Rebellion is doing something a little different. They have poured fake blood and oil over themselves, dressed […]

Springbok flyhalf Damian Willemse and utility forward Franco Smith reflected on the positives from their Castle Lager Outgoing Tour as the Boks wrapped up their campaign with a strong 27-13 victory against England at Twickenham on Saturday, which saw them head back to South Africa with two impressive victories and two marginal defeats. After an […]

The South African government may not see them – children with huge hearts but twisted backs and crumpled spines – but fortunately, there are human angels in SA like Boikanyo, The Dion Herson Foundation, The Paige Project and Rotary Club of Rosebank who not only see these children and their caregivers… but are bringing hope, […]

Award-winning bass-baritone Simon Shibambu filled South Africans with pride on Saturday night as he performed the South African national anthem, Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika, at Twickenham in London, ahead of the England vs South Africa match… and sang with his whole heart. SAPeople contributor Ronel van Zyl, who has been following Simon’s burgeoning career, said: “Just […]

Fourteen-man South Africa produced a commanding performance at Twickenham to end the Castle Lager Outgoing tour on a high note with a 27-13 (halftime 14-3) victory over an outclassed England on Saturday. Replacement prop Thomas du Toit was sent off for a high tackle with 20 minutes remaining to suggest that the game might be […]

Legendary Carte Blanche presenter, Derek Watts, has interviewed a range of South Africans from corrupt politicians to criminal masterminds, heroes changing the world to flood victims and grieving relatives… but he says this week’s interviews with young female victims of ‘social media mafia’ were probably his toughest ever. Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche […]

NSRI and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) in the Western Cape, South Africa, have issued a Shark Alert, and are cautioning swimmers not to enter the sea in the Strand vicinity all weekend, after a large whale carcass was washed close in-shore on Friday afternoon, 25 November. By Saturday morning the carcass had, as […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over the illegal stashing of thousands of US dollars at his farm in 2020. This is not the first time there’s been a threat of impeachment of a president in post-democratic South Africa. His scandal-prone predecessor, Jacob Zuma, survived an impeachment vote in […]

Farmer Ndaula Liwela, from Machita settlement in Namibia’s Zambezi province, points to the scattered flowers of a baobab tree lying on the dry ground close to her homestead. “The fruit this year will be small and few,” she says, even though the iconic tree is known for its ability to store water and thrive in […]

Last month saw a significant event when four orphaned Black Rhino were finally released into the wild in their new home – Babanango Game Reserve. This was a first of this scale in using orphaned individuals to establish a new population in South Africa and a first introduction of the species for the rolling valleys […]

Teenager Micheala Ohlson, from Ocean View, has been selected to play for South Africa at the All Africa Under-19 tournament in Mauritius next month. 18-year-old Micheala Ohlson from Ocean View has been selected to represent South Africa at the All Africa Under-19 tournament in Mauritius. Ohlson has been playing badminton since she was ten years […]

Raymond Joseph is the 2022 Vodacom Journalist of the Year overall winner. He won “R100,000 for his long-running investigation into the National Lotteries Commission and its recipients”. He also won the investigative journalist of the year award. Joseph has been reporting on corruption and mismanagement at the National Lotteries Commission since 2018 with GroundUp. Contrary to popular […]

The repurchase rate (repo rate) in South Africa reached 7% after the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to a 75 basis points hike. The increase means that the repo rate will now be 7% per year from 25 November 2022, with prime now at 10.5%. The development was on Thursday announced […]

French giant has completed a round of public meetings. By Liezl Human. TotalEnergies is about to submit its final application to drill up to five wells to search for oil or gas along the coast between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. The final round of public participation meetings was completed this month. Some environmental groups […]

Aggression and violence are at worrying levels in South Africa, as emphasised by the grim 2022 crime statistics, released by Police Minister, Bheki Cele, on Wednesday. “Violence meted not only against women and children, but violence playing out in homes, on our roads and even inside public safe spaces such as churches and schools, is […]

Hundreds of athletes from across the country gathered in Polokwane, Limpopo at the weekend to compete in this year’s National Special Olympics South Africa Summer Games. Founded in 1991, Special Olympics South Africa provides sports training and competitions for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. During the national games, athletes competed against each other in […]

Japan’s fans are making as much news around the world as their team did with its historic 2-1 win against Germany in the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday. Photos and videos have gone viral showing the disciplined Japanese fans cleaning up their mess in the stadium, before going out to party and celebrate. FIFA said: […]

They’ve never been in a Springbok team that have beaten England at Twickenham, and on Saturday Malcolm Marx and Damian de Allende will look to change that when the sides meet in what is expected to be an epic encounter in their final Castle Lager Outgoing Tour match. The last time the Springboks defeated England […]

Meet Thinus van der Westhuizen, the fourth* South African chef to be awarded a coveted Michelin star! The 33-year-old is the head chef of 99 Sushi Bar in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the first establishments to be awarded a Michelin star in the Middle Eastern country for the inaugural […]

A key pledge made by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis during his election campaign was to clean up the waterways and wetlands of Cape Town. Here are 30 key achievements by the City of Cape Town, implemented together with partners and community organisations, to clean up Cape Town’s wetlands and waterways, over the last year. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – As South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa became the first world leader to be hosted on a State Visit to the UK by King Charles, he has some important items on his agenda – namely asking Britain to allow more South African students to be able to study in the UK, a call […]

LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles hosted his first state visit since becoming British monarch on Tuesday, welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace. Charles, 74, rolled out the traditional pomp and ceremony for the first time as head of state, as Britain seeks to bolster its relations with its biggest trading partner in […]

Statistically – and for many Lionel Messi fans, emotionally – Saudi Arabia’s win today over Argentina in Qatar is the most unexpected and biggest World Cup shock ever. Data company Nielsen Gracenot has rated Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 victory in Al Rayyan, Qatar, as statistically the biggest shock in World Cup history since the United States […]

The DA protested outside the South African High Commission in London during President Ramaphosa’s visit to the commission yesterday, reminding the SA president that while he’s sipping tea with the King this week (let alone enjoying a banquet), South Africans back home don’t even have power in their homes to boil the kettle. DA Abroad […]