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Ugandan Actress in Disney’s Queen of Katwe Passes Away at 15

By SAPeople 16-02-20 19:56

Young African actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who starred in Disney’s Queen of Katwe, has tragically passed away in Uganda at the age of just 15. According to international reports, she had been suffering from brain cancer. She was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016, but thanks to Queen of Katwe’s director Mira Nair […]

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Threatened Seahorses Get 5-Star Underwater Hotels in Australia

By SAPeople 15-02-20 10:09

To save these threatened seahorses, we built them 5-star underwater hotels… Venture beneath the ocean and you’ll see schools of fish and other alien-like species that may take your breath away. But one species in particular is an enigma in the marine world: the shy, elusive seahorse. Approximately 50 species of seahorse are found worldwide, […]

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Carte Blanche: Has OR Tambo International Become a Smuggler’s Paradise?

By SAPeople Contributor 14-02-20 23:46

Anti-drug trafficking groups say an increasing number of South Africans are getting arrested abroad for drugs smuggled through O.R. Tambo International Airport. This Sunday Carte Blanche investigates the status quo at the airport, as well as celebrating Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi, remembering Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala and finding out why a popular Western […]

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DA says Cape Town can be Case Study for New IPP Energy Announcement

By SAPeople Contributor 14-02-20 16:20

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says while it welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that municipalities will be allowed to purchase power from Independent Power Producers (IPPs), it’s meaningless unless timelines are swiftly announced; and has urged Ramaphosa to stop the government fighting the City of Cape Town in court and allow the Mother City […]

South African Solo Rower Rows 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean

By Jenni Baxter 14-02-20 15:40

South African solo rower John Dempster of Watering The Mind just finished the World’s Toughest Row, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC). John completed the 3,000 mile Atlantic crossing from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean in 63 days and 9 hours,14 minutes. The Proudly South African rower said it “feels good” […]

Soiled Milnerton Lagoon Cannot Wait Three Years, says OUTA

By Guest Contributor 14-02-20 13:21

Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has demanded that the City of Cape Town take immediate action against the sewage pollution in Milnerton lagoon. OUTA announced on 11 February that it had sent a letter to the City to ask for a meeting. The objective of the meeting is to present residents’ solutions to the pollution […]

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Sona 2020: State of CHAOS – House Suspended!

By SAPeople 13-02-20 21:40

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) created chaos at the State of the Nation Address tonight, infringing on the rights of all those who wanted to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver his address… and delayed the President’s speech by almost an hour before the Speaker of the House Thandi Modise announced that the proceedings in the […]

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WATCH State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2020 Live

By SAPeople 13-02-20 20:15

Watch President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) live here. Before the President has even got a chance to speak, EFF Leader Julius Malema and his colleagues have argued with the speaker that former President FW de Klerk should be removed from Parliament. Malema says he has blood on his hands. […]

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Check Out Cape Town’s Breathtaking Beachfront from the Air

By SAPeople Contributor 29-04-21 18:13

Not quite sure where the time has gone, but somehow my logbook told me it had been a month since my last flight… writes marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon. With the forecast looking good for Wednesday I planned to head around the Peninsula and see what marine life was in evidence, hopefully even spotting some […]

Young Poet to Usher in President Ramaphosa at SONA

By SAPeople Contributor 13-02-20 17:50

With just over an hour to go before President Cyril Ramaphosa tables the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the spotlight is on praise singer Masingita Shibambu, who is tasked with ushering in the President into the Parliamentary chambers. Over the years, the 19-year-old has perfected her craft at Sunday school, parties and funerals of […]

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South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Unchanged At 29.1%

By Guest Contributor 13-02-20 01:00

The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2019 show that the official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 29.1%, compared to the third quarter of 2019. Releasing the survey results on Tuesday in Tshwane, Statistician General Risenga Maluleke said this was the first time since 2008 that the unemployment […]

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South African Wine Shines at Russian Trade Show

By SAPeople 13-02-20 00:39

South African wine companies are making inroads at the Prodexpo international trade show currently underway in Russia. Prodexpo is the largest international show for the food and drinks sector in Russia and Eastern Europe. Wahed Khan, the Director of Global Business Development at Cape Dreams, says the show is an ideal platform to promote his […]

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WATCH Wake Up Ramaphosa

By SAPeople 12-02-20 22:07

Faried Swartz‎ has come up with another very catchy song summing up the state of affairs in South Africa. This one’s called “Wake Up Ramaphosa” and has been published on the eve of the SA President’s State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Thursday, 13 Feb 2020. It’s sung to the tune of the […]

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Joburg Libraries Shortlisted for International Award in London

By Jenni Baxter 21-02-20 17:32

The City of Johannesburg (COJ) Libraries has been shortlisted at The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020 for The Library of the Year Award. eLearning Manager Jeff Nyoka told SAPeople: “We are extremely excited about the nomination, it’s testimony to the amount of work that the librarians in various City of Joburg libraries have […]

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