For two years (2017 and 2018), a spate of muggings, stabbings and murders in Table Mountain Reserve, South Africa, went unsolved, leaving local Cape Town cyclists and hikers, as well as tourists, vulnerable and terrified. Now, investigators are confident that they’ve finally caught the violent killer who was lurking on the mountain. “With his unassuming […]

Shudufhadzo Musida was last night crowned Miss South Africa 2020 in the beauty pageant’s 62nd grand finale, which took place for the first time ever in Cape Town. Here’s everything you need to know about SA’s new Miss South Africa… 1. In her first post on social media after winning, Shudufhadzo (Shudu) said: “Just like […]

It’s that time of the year again, in South Africa. Jacaranda time! And the streets of Pretoria never fail to impress. Most of us are used to the famous purple jacaranda trees that herald the approach of exams, but today (Sat 23 Oct), teacher and regular SAPeople contributor, Andrea Ben, captured these photos of the […]

Three fabulous South African films have won top awards at an international film festival in Viseu, Portugual. The three films are: ‘Mzansea’ which won TWO first prizes, ‘Welcome to Khayelitsha’ which won a second prize, and ‘Love Hermanus’ which came second in the Locations category. The SA films were competing amongst 300 films from 45 […]

Environmentalists have been shocked this week by the catastrophic crude oil spill from a Transnet pipe into the Umbilo River in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, which has spread down to Durban Harbour and can be seen as far as Battery Beach in Durban Central. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is “horrified” by the spill […]

Recent reports of the looting of relief funds meant for managing the COVID-19 pandemic have once again shone the spotlight on the abuse of power in South Africa. They beg the question as to how it can be prevented. Data from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Ethics Barometer suggested that the country has a long way to […]

The Democratic Party (DA) says it is horrified at the murder of community and environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase at her home in Ophondweni, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in South Africa. “The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found, and justice swiftly meted out,” Hannah Shameema Winkler – Shadow Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries […]

A vocal opponent of plans to extend Somkhele coal mine, one of South Africa’s largest open coal mines, situated on the border of iMfolozi-Hluhluwe Game Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was murdered on Thursday night. Fikile Ntshangase, a vocal opponent of plans to extend the Somkhele coal mine, was murdered in her home on Thursday night. […]

Stephen Gray, the South African novelist, poet, biographer, literary scholar, editor, critic and academic, died in Johannesburg on October 22 after a short illness. He was 78… writes Darryl Accone. Born in Cape Town on November 30 1941, Stephen Richard Gray was to become a protean literary talent, writing in every genre, acknowledged as the […]

This week Carte Blanche celebrates the life of a young refugee who became a leading pulmonologist, and is now saving the lives of critically-ill COVID-19 patients in South Africa, plus more. The Extraordinary Life of Emmanuel Taban On Sunday Carte Blanche tells the story of how a location etched onto a soft drink can changed […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) announced the arrest of three staff members on 20 October 2020; in an extended Intel driven operation by SANParks, SAPS Crime Intelligence Unit, Sabi Sands and Skukuza SAPS Stock Theft Unit outside Kruger Gate. Two of the officials were employed as Security Guards and one was attached to Technical Services […]

Popular Expresso Morning Show host Katlego Maboe will not be appearing on the show until legal proceedings have been fully investigated, and pending the outcome,  Cardova Productions said in a statement on Friday. The statement said: “Certain serious allegations have been posted on social media about Mr Katlego Maboe and, last night, a video was leaked […]

The City of Cape Town has granted in-principle approval of the Rondebosch Golf Club lease renewal, stating that the area is “not suitable for housing purposes at this point” and that it has “severe development constraints”. The decision by the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee was made on 20 October, with a final decision […]

A young South African expat living in Los Angeles, California, has written and produced a song with a voice that will tear at your heart and lyrics that will stir your soul, set to a backdrop of visuals highlighting the spectacular, heartbreaking beauty of South Africa. Edward Smith – whose real name is Dewald Smit […]

Around a hundred thousand years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast was a busy place. Giraffes, crocodiles, hatchling sea turtles and large bird species populated the landscape. Early humans were there, too. We know all of this because of fossil tracksites that today dot the Cape south coast, which is about 400km east of Cape […]

In his capacity as African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the Nigerian government to desist from the use of violence and respect human rights and the rule of law amid the #EndSARS protests. Meanwhile in the USA, South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah has briefly explained what has been going on […]

The Democratic Alliance today laid criminal charges against the EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi for incitement to arson following a song he sang in Senekal translating to “Call the fire brigade, burn these Boers.” These utterances were not only incredibly hateful but were a call to incite arson, violence and anarchy by Ndlozi and his fellow […]

It was a happy ending, but it didn’t start that way. At just six weeks old, Eyevy was blinded in one eye and half her face was damaged. Admitted to the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha, they believed she had chewed on a live wire and that the owners had left the damage unseen to […]

South African citizens living in countries like the UK (which are currently on South Africa’s banned ‘red list’) who would like to travel to South Africa, but have concerns related to their minor children or spouses who have foreign nationality, are advised of the following information from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). Firstly, any […]

The Bosasa whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi, who was denied bail only last week (for reasons that will be covered in this Sunday’s Carte Blanche), has suffered a heart attack while in a private Johannesburg hospital. Agrizzi who was denied bail last Wednesday, as he was deemed a flight risk, was moved to a private hospital earlier […]

This is a call to action for women across South Africa to come together in their homes to connect, support and celebrate one another on Saturday 28 November during the 16 Days of Activism of no violence against women and children… writes Tracy Going. PURPOSE Too many women live in fear in our country, and […]

A brazen ‘Rolex’ robbery took place yesterday at a Turkish restaurant in Sunninghill Village shopping centre, in Sandton, Johannesburg. In a video which has gone viral in South Africa, at least two suspects can be seen, pointing their guns at a table of six diners. One suspect, dressed in dark clothes, can be seen jumping […]

A family man was shot and sustained serious injuries in an attempted robbery at The Village restaurant in Hazelwood in Pretoria, South Africa, around midday on Sunday 18 October 2020. Update (Sun 25 Oct): Pretoria man, Wayne Giles, shot for his cellphone, wakes up!  Two suspects allegedly tried to rob the victim, Wayne Gary Giles, […]

PRETORIA – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) has arrested four former senior state officials on Thursday morning for alleged tender irregularities committed at the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), in 2007, Haws announced in a statement today. The long-drawn-out case by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation emanates from February 2007, when the State […]

As a dog owner, Sanda was as dedicated as they come… taking Ollie to the park every single day. But when the unthinkable happens, Ollie has to travel far and wide, in search of the perfect catch. From XCIV pictures comes one dog’s tale to find that the perfect throw was in him all along. […]