Old friend… when I saw you, just a few short weeks ago, I could see that your eyes had lost their sparkle. I wished to be wrong, but I knew, right away, that this was our last meeting. I did not linger, much. You were in no need of company. Just quietly standing… I could […]

Cape Town City Hall was lit up last night with the colours of the SA flag, as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for an unfamiliar evening tonight, when for the first time in the history of South Africa, the State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be delivered outside of the Parliament precinct. This is because of […]

Patients and staff members were left shocked at Tembisa Hospital this morning, following a fatal shooting incident, that led to the hospital being closed to the public during the day. The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) said the incident occurred just after 08:00 this morning, when a 30-year-old police officer entered the hospital grounds driving […]

Amarula, one of the most famous elephants in Africa, has sadly passed away at the age of 65. Amarula was the biggest bull elephant in Pilanesberg National Park, which had become his home in 1998 when he and a few other ellies were moved over from the Kruger National Park. Amarula made international headlines in […]

BOSTON, USA (Reuters) – Three female graduate students at Harvard University filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring for years the sexual harassment of students by a South African professor who they said threatened their academic careers if they reported him. By Nate Raymond. The students filed the lawsuit in […]

A total of 451 rhino were poached in South Africa in 2021, according to the SA government, with 327 lost within government reserves and 124 on private property. While there is a 24 percent decrease in rhino poaching compared to the pre-Covid period in 2019, there has been an increase in poaching on private properties, […]

The away leg of the Rugby Championship will comprise of three Test matches – two against Australia, and one against Argentina in Buenos Aires. Wales are set to return to South Africa for the first time since 2014 as the Boks kick off their 2022 season with three Tests against the Dragons – at Loftus […]

A South African jet that is set to revolutionise business travel globally has landed a major role in a new Hollywood blockbuster movie, The Lost City, which stars Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Tatum Channing and Daniel Radcliffe! The Pegasus Vertical Business Jet (VBJ) frees travellers up from the burden of the time-consuming trip to the […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – The 94TH OSCARS® Nominations have been announced, with the Oscars set to air live on 27 March 2022. Actor-comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross – as well as special guests – announced the 94th Oscars® nominations in all 23 categories today (February 8), via a global […]

AfriForum has written to the Minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, demanding that the new regulations for isolation be scrapped. Apparently these new regulations, published in the Government Gazette, seek to force people into quarantine camps. According to these new regulations, no person who has tested positive for COVID-19 through a laboratory […]

In the midst of extreme boredom during the Covid-19 lockdown last year, a Cape Town couple decided life was too short to drink boring drinks, and came up with South Africa’s first ‘glitter bombs’ to add some sparkle. What started out as gifts to a few friends became orders from strangers, and 12 months later, […]

Season 2 of Raised by Wolves, the biggest series ever filmed in Cape Town, is now streaming on Showmax, with new episodes every Friday. The show includes South African star Kim Engelbrecht, whose role has catapulted her into the IMDb Top 2500, as well as some spectacular SA plant life! The biggest series ever filmed […]

Despite being diagnosed ‘profoundly deaf’ at birth and ‘clinically blind’ at the age of 48, Jennifer Pretorius (59) – who lives in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, in South Africa – has always been determined to lead a full life. At the age of six, unable to attend mainstream school due to developmental issues, Jenny was […]

On Sunday almost 100 people protested at Muizenberg beach to oppose a seismic survey along the West Coast of South Africa by an Australian company called SEARCHER. An urgent application for an interdict to halt the seismic survey will be heard in the Cape High Court on Monday morning. As part of the campaign, a […]

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Cyclone Batsirai killed at least 120 people in Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said. By Lovasoa Rabary. (Death toll last updated 11 Feb.)  One of the worst-hit towns was Nosy Varika on the east coast […]

“Shaving my head was one of the best experiences of my life,” says SAPeople’s Cassie Jo. As the world commemorated World Cancer Day on Friday (4 Feb), SAPeople asked Cassie to share some of her tips for anyone who would like to donate their hair to those who’ve lost theirs. Her first tip is reassurance […]

Rooibos tea is a uniquely South African product. The plant, Aspalathus linearis, grows mainly in the Cederberg area of the country’s Western Cape province. And it’s not just a tasty beverage. It is caffeine-free; research has proved that it has anti-inflammatory properties. It’s also been found to ease pain and reduce allergies. Rooibos is also […]

You can watch the show on Sunday 06 February in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from 08 February if you’re abroad. INVESTIGATIONS Surviving Prison Working in some of South Africa’s most notorious male prisons is tough – and for some women, it’s a calling where they hope to […]

Everyone’s talking about Netflix documentary ‘Tinder Swindler’, the show that exposes an Israeli con-artist from a poor part of town who poses as a wealthy, (private) jet-setting son of a diamond billionaire, on dating site Tinder. Going by the name Simon Leviev, the fraudster (who was born Shimon Hayut before legally changing his name to […]

Rescuers – who have been working day and night for five days – say they are within three metres of saving a five-year-old child who fell down a well in Morocco, in North Africa… although they were held up by a small rock on Saturday. Update 23h30 SA Time: Tragically, the small boy died before […]

Justice Zondo said he knew he would make enemies when he agreed to chair the commission into state capture. By Tania Broughton Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo told the Judicial Services Commission that he did not think he was entitled to the job of chief justice, just because he has been Deputy Chief Justice and Acting […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will lift a travel ban on its vaccinated citizens to travel to South Africa, the state news agency WAM said on Friday. The ban is also being lifted for 11 other countries in Africa. These include: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, […]

DURBAN – Gutsy para-swimmer David Williams will don the colours of The Cows as he sets out to swim the aQuellé Midmar Mile on Saturday 12 February to raise funds for the CHOC Childhood Cancer Association of South Africa. By Dave Macleod. Born without legs, the 34-year-old Durban North resident has already done the Mile […]

(Reuters) – A South African court on Friday denied bail to a man charged with crimes including arson over the devastating fire at the national parliament in Cape Town in January, local media reported. Zandile Mafe denied the charges against him. Officials have described the fire, which severely damaged parts of the parliament precinct, as […]

Due to huge customer demand, Pick n Pay has launched its new Vehicle Licence Disc Renewal Service nationally. Customers will now be able to renew their licence disc in over 500 Pick n Pay stores, across South Africa, at an amended service fee of R250. Customers can visit any Pick n Pay supermarket or hypermarket […]