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URGENT Petition Launched to Resolve Passport Crisis for South Africans Abroad

By SAPeople 28-12-20 15:55

SAPeople has collaborated with the Democratic Alliance (DA) to petition South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister to resolve the passport renewal application crisis that is currently brewing abroad. SAPeople is inundated daily with cries for help from South Africans abroad who are unable to contact their own Embassies, and whose passports are expiring – putting their […]

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Community Rallies to Save Iconic Muizenberg Beach Huts

By Jenni Baxter 07-09-20 21:27

A campaign spearheaded by Western Cape photographer Angela Gorman has been launched to urgently save Muizenberg’s iconic Beach Huts before they “crumble into the sand”. Angela told SAPeople that despite being renovated in 2017, the usually photogenic and very Instagram-able huts, are now in a state of total disrepair… as can be seen from Angela’s […]

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Reframing Women in Namibia’s Early History of Photography

By Guest Contributor 07-09-20 19:39

Women photographers, and black African women photographers in particular, are largely absent from early histories of the medium. Even in South Africa, which has attracted more attention than other parts of the continent, few women photographers from the early and mid-1900s appear in the historical record. There are even fewer whose work has been collected […]

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Charges to be Laid Against EFF for Calls to Attack Clicks Stores

By SAPeople Staff Writer 17-12-20 01:25

After 400 Clicks stores across the country were apparently shut by Economic Freedom Fighters supporters today, and seven damaged and/or petrol-bombed, charges are to be laid against the EFF, several of whose leaders exhorted members to “Attack” the pharmaceutical chain today over a controversial advertisement. Clicks apologised publicly on Friday for the TRESemme hair product […]

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Day Zero in Water Stricken Mandela Bay

By SAPeople Contributor 07-09-20 16:57

The water situation in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has reached a crisis and prompted the City to finally declare it Day Zero. Nelson Mandela Bay has declared Day Zero as dam levels fall 19%. Water is being trucked in after some areas’ taps ran dry for six days. Businesses are struggling to operate. The […]

President Mourns Passing of Activist and Writer Achmat Dangor

By SAPeople Contributor 07-09-20 14:36

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the family of activist and writer Achmat Dangor who passed away on Sunday. The President described the passing of the 71-year-old acclaimed author and political activist as “a loss to the literary, arts and culture fraternity and the country at large”. “Achmat Dangor was born into a […]

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Joburg Residents Band Together to Clean Up Inner City and Beyond

By SAPeople Staff Writer 06-09-20 17:42

A band of citizens in inner city Johannesburg this weekend became the latest private grouping trying to make an impact on the often-overlooked and dire garbage situation plaguing the streets, and they took to one of the worst-hit areas, Hillbrow. “The CleanCitySA Adopt a Street Volunteers Network was successfully launched in Hillbrow today,” CleanCitySA said […]

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WATCH Not All South Africans Are Welcome Abroad

By SAPeople 05-09-20 15:57

A video filmed in the UK has gone viral on Twitter, showing a man with what appears to be a towel wrapped around his waist, on a construction site, yelling at a white-skinned South African (something he mentions) who is not in view. It appears that the South African may have been the foreman on […]

An extremely serious allegation has been made against a senior judge in a High Court. Photo: Brian Turner via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Senior Judge in South Africa Alleged to Have Ordered Hit on Colleague

By SAPeople 05-09-20 15:04

Did a senior High Court judge order the assassination of another judge?* We (GroundUp) have learnt that a report has been handed to the Minister of Justice that a senior judge may have ordered the assassination of another judge. The allegation was made by an awaiting trial prisoner. The report finds that the allegation cannot […]

WATCH Tragic Teen Nathaniel Julies Laid to Rest in South Africa

By SAPeople 05-09-20 14:25

South Africans have laid to rest the tragic teenager, Nathaniel Julies, who was allegedly gunned down by police officers in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg. With some disruption between EFF supporters and local residents, who accused the EFF of trying to hijack the funeral for their own party promotion, a service for the slain 16-year-old was conducted […]

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Vultures are Nature’s Cleaning Crew!

By Guest Contributor 05-09-20 12:19

On the first Saturday of September every year, International Vulture Awareness Day is celebrated – a time to not only reflect on the importance of vultures and the essential role they play in a healthy ecosystem, but also a time to spread awareness and take action… writes Chris Kelly, Species Director – Wildlife ACT These […]

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University of Cape Town Retains Top Spot as Best in Africa

By SAPeople 04-09-20 13:27

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has retained its spot as Africa’s top university, despite a drop of 19 places, tying at 155th among more than 1 500 institutions in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, which were published on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. The annual THE World University Rankings assesses institutions […]

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Eskom Suspends Power Station Chiefs After Stage 4 Loadshedding

By SAPeople Staff Writer 17-12-20 01:44

Eskom today said two station chiefs had been suspended after Stage 4 loadshedding this week was responded to with “apathetic behaviour,” and said that urgent culture change at the utility had to be accelerated. The managers of the Tutuka and Kendal power stations were summarily suspended pending disciplinary enquiries, Eskom said in a statement. It […]

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Goodbye East London, Hello KuGompo?

By SAPeople Staff Writer 03-09-20 19:54

The Eastern Cape, which in 2018 changed the name of Grahamstown to Makhanda, is at it again. This time it wants to change East London, King William’s Town, Berlin and the East London Airport. The proposals are to change the name of East London to KuGompo, King William’s Town to Qonce, Berlin to Ntabozuko and […]

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Steenhuisen Reveals Moodey Resigned to Escape Serious Charges

By SAPeople Contributor 03-09-20 18:44

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says it is unfortunate that, in leaving the party he (until recently) wished to lead, John Moodey – who resigned as DA Gauteng Leader yesterday – has “spread blatant falsehoods which appear to be an attempt to justify his reasons for leaving”. Addressing the media today, Steenhuisen said it’s […]

Meet Plettenberg Bay’s Happy Dogs, Helped by Volunteers

By SAPeople Contributor 03-09-20 11:46

Away from the beaches and lagoons for which the seaside town of Plettenberg Bay is famous, at 8am on a Saturday morning in the industrial area, crowds of people gather with their dogs, which run around playing, barking and causing a ruckus alongside their owners who are queueing down the street. It is overcast and […]

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Solly Msimanga Appointed as Acting DA Gauteng Provincial Leader

By SAPeople 02-09-20 19:07

The Democratic Alliance (DA) Provincial Executive Committee in Gauteng has appointed the DA Gauteng Caucus Leader, Solly Msimanga MPL to the position of acting DA Gauteng Provincial Leader. This follows the resignation of John Moodey earlier today. Msimanga is a former Provincial Chairperson. He is the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial […]

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Treasury Man Takes Over Embattled PRASA After Court Order

By SAPeople Staff Writer 02-09-20 18:47

The Passenger Railways Association of South Africa, clawing its way back from years of mismanagement and corruption, has a new man in charge after a court order last week ruled that the appointment of an administrator in December last year was unlawful. “We are pleased that the National Treasury has appointed Mr Badisa Matshego as […]

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