Justice Zondo as South Africa's Chief Justice

President Ramaphosa Appoints Justice Zondo as South Africa’s Chief Justice

By SAPeople 10-03-22 21:29

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next Chief Justice of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2022. The President’s decision follows consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and leaders of parties in the National Assembly on four nominees for appointment as Chief Justice. The process began in September […]

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PHOTOS: Largest Pod of Killer Whales Ever Seen in Algoa Bay, South Africa

By SAPeople 10-03-22 10:52

You don’t often see killer whales in Algoa Bay (in the Eastern Cape, South Africa), so you can imagine the excitement when Raggy Charters – Marine-Eco Cruises spotted TWELVE of them this week! “Initially we saw two males with their tall dorsal fins breaking the surface,” says Raggy Charters. “As we looked around our catamaran […]

Loadshedding in South Africa

South Africa’s Loadshedding Moves to Stage 4

By SAPeople Contributor 09-03-22 12:15

Due to further failures of generation units, Stage 4 load shedding (power cuts) is now being implemented in South Africa until 05:00 on Friday, in order to manage the emergency reserves. Eskom said in a statement on Wednesday morning: “It is with a great deal of disappointment that Eskom has to inform the public that […]

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Gift of the Givers Steps Up to Help Victims in Ukraine and Repatriate South Africans

By SAPeople 09-03-22 10:43

South Africa’s totally awesome Gift of the Givers – the largest disaster relief organisation of African origin – has begun distributions in the Ukraine. Distribution has begun some distance from #IvanoFrankivsk, the organisation confirmed on social media. “More distributions to follow in the coming days.” Supplies will also be sent to Kharkiv, they said. The […]

Nando's Joins Response to Vaccine Side Effects Video

Nando’s Joins Response to Vaccine Side Effects Video

By SAPeople 08-03-22 16:20

As #VaccineSideEffects and #Pfizer tweets go viral in South Africa, trending in the top two spots, SA’s fast food peri-peri chicken outlet Nando’s has joined the thousands of South Africans on Twitter, with its own tweet in response. “Nando’s never fails,” said one social media user. “Nando’s does it again,” said many others. The restaurant […]

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Gary Player Helps Raise R2-Million For SA Children with Ronan Keating and Citadel

By SAPeople Contributor 08-03-22 12:15

South Africa’s golf legend Gary Player, joined his friend – and Irish musical superstar – Ronan Keating on Saturday evening in Cape Town for Citadel’s annual charity fundraiser… where they raised a remarkable R2-million in aid of sick, vulnerable, and impoverished children in SA. Wealth management specialist, Citadel, has hosted this event annually since 2018. […]

Black First, Land First ordered to pay up for hate speech against white school children

Black First, Land First Ordered to Pay Up for Hate Speech Against Whites

By SAPeople 07-03-22 21:20

Court orders Lindsay Maasdorp and Zwelakhe Dubasi to pay R200,000. By Tania Broughton The Equality Court has found office bearers of Black First, Land First (BLF) guilty of hate speech for celebrating the deaths of white school children. The complaint was lodged by the families of four children who died when a walkway bridge collapsed […]

Gupta brother extradition

Interpol Red Notice: What It Means and Why South Africa Requested It

By SAPeople 06-06-22 21:44

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red notice for two members of the wealthy but now disgraced Gupta family, Atul and Rajesh Gupta. This could now pave way for their arrest and extradition from the United Arab Emirates to face fraud and money laundering charges in South Africa. The Guptas – who […]

UN Shocked by Alleged Ukraine Refugee Racism

UN Shocked by Alleged Ukraine Refugee Racism

By SAPeople 04-03-22 10:29

The United Nations Secretary General is “shocked by the numerous reports of racism, harassment and discrimination that people of different races have been subjected to” as they flee Ukraine, according to the UN SG’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. Dujarric said they have seen reports of “basically outright racism” as these people have tried to leave Ukraine, “as […]

Hundreds of students marched against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Liezl Human

WATCH Stellenbosch Students March Against War in Ukraine

By SAPeople 03-03-22 14:33

Ukrainian expats describe their anguish… By Liezl Human. Nadia Pryimak is a Ukrainian citizen who lives in South Africa. She starts every morning reading news and updates on the situation in her home country. Then she asks her sister, her cousin, or her nephew whether they are all still alive and okay. “I cannot sleep. […]

Kingdoms of Fire, Ice and Fairy Tales makes European premiere

Talented South African Duo’s Film to Make European Broadcast Premiere

By SAPeople 03-03-22 14:24

The exquisitely filmed ‘Kingdoms of Fire, Ice & Fairy Tales’ will make its European broadcast premiere tomorrow evening (Friday 5 March). The film was created by well known South African duo – director Susan Scott and presenter Bonné de Bod, the talented filmmakers behind multi award-winning anti-rhino documentary ‘STROOP, Journey into the Rhino Horn War’. […]

South Africa farm murders and attack

Only a Third of Farm Murder Arrests End in Conviction

By SAPeople 03-03-22 12:27

During the last six years (2016 to 2021) there have been 364 (verified) farm murders, of which only 33% of those arrested convicted. These were the findings of an AfriForum report, shared with the media today. In its report, AfriForum highlights the poor arrest and conviction rates of perpetrators involved in farm murders. Using an […]

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