WESTERN CAPE – The release of CCTV footage and pictures of the alleged arsonists behind the torching of 18 train carriages at Cape Town train station early on Thursday, 28 November 2019, has led to the arrest of two suspects on Monday evening. The suspects appeared in court on Wednesday. Preliminary reports indicate that a […]

Princess Charlene of Monaco has posted a cute video message that’s being shared around the world. It features her and Prince Albert II’s twins – Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella – on their 5th birthday, leaving a special message for Princess Charlene’s mom (Lynette Humberstone Wittstock) back in South Africa. Apart from the twins being adorable, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that power utility Eskom will keep the lights on this Christmas, and has revealed that the latest crisis was caused in part by deliberate sabotage. (Watch below.) President Ramaphosa said it has been established that there was an act of sabotage that saw the already constrained system shed […]

South African opera star Pretty Yende received the Order of ‘Knight of the Italian Star’ at a ceremony at the Italian Consul in Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon. Italian ambassador Emanuele Pollio made an amazing speech in which he called Pretty both a daughter of South Africa and of Italy; and joked that she could […]

South Africa has just scooped first place on another international stage – this time in ice-hockey! It’s been an incredible couple of months for SA with wins from the Rugby World Cup to Miss Universe 2019! And on Tuesday night the South African Ladies Ice Hockey Team won the GOLD medal at the World Championships […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his trip to Egypt, so that he can today – Wed 11 December – attend to the load shedding crisis that is detrimentally affecting South African business and the people of the country. The Presidency said in a statement that Ramaphosa will meet with the Board and Management of […]

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma confirmed on Tuesday that at least two people have died in the Tshwane floods. Speaking during a visit to some of the areas devastated by the persistent rain and floods in Tshwane, the Minister said a mother is also missing. Dlamini Zuma said: “In […]

The Council Meeting called for Wednesday 11 December 2019 is illegal, and any decisions taken at that meeting are null and void, according to the Democratic Alliance’s  Mike Moriarty, Gauteng Provincial Chairperson “Whether or not one agrees with the ruling made by the Chair of Chairs, Alex Christians, last Thursday, 5 December 2019, regarding the […]

The board of South Africa’s national airlines recently took a unanimous decision to go into voluntary business rescue. The step removes the threat of the directors being sued by creditors for reckless trading – for now, at least. The airline told its staff two weeks ago that it wouldn’t be able to pay staff salaries. […]

How to save electricity and how to cope with load-shedding are actually two very different enterprises, and South Africans find themselves thinking hard about the first while trying to cope with the second… writes Helen Moffett. First, take an absolutely volcanic rage-y rant on the powers that be that got us into this mess as […]

Nicholaas E B Delport, a Warrant Officer in the South African Police Service (SAPS), has published a post (that’s going viral) in defence of the many amazing, dedicated, hard-working and honest SA police officers in the country. Delport, who works in the Division Forensics said he needed to get this off his chest after a […]

As the torrential downpours continue, the Department of Water and Sanitation has warned Gauteng residents against crossing flooded rivers and bridges in the next two days. “Hennops River in Centurion, south of Pretoria is already flooded and the bridge that links the area with the city is closed for crossing,” the department said on Monday. […]

The unprecedented stage 6 rolling blackouts, announced by Eskom on Monday, have been reduced to Stage 4 (which is still not fun for those experiencing it!). In a statement, the opposition party – the Democratic Alliance (DA) – said this evening’s announcement that for the first time in South Africa’s history, Eskom would implement Stage […]

The economic outlook for 2020 is gloomy for us in South Africa… writes Andrew Robinson. Our GDP is shrinking, our economy is stagnant and we’re teetering on a rating downgrade. Our state-owned enterprises are failing, we have an above-average public sector wage bill and substantial budget deficit. And while the official stats don’t show an […]

Incessant rains which hit the country last week are impacting coal handling and operations, could lead to load shedding for the rest of the week, Eskom said on Monday. “We are beginning to experience flooding at some power stations, which is impacting coal handling and operations which could further lead to capacity load losses and […]

The brave South African kitesurfer who rescued a man and woman as they were about to be stabbed by a knife-wielding attacker on Muizenberg Beach yesterday, has been found! SAPeople posted Jendy Stewart’s message last night, in search of  the Good Samaritan who rescued her and a companion in the midst of an attack by […]

Watch the moment below when the largely American audience at the Miss Universe contest in Atlanta, USA, went wild for the powerful words delivered by Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi, who was crowned Miss Universe 2019 at the event last night! When asked the most important thing we should be teaching young girls today, the Eastern […]

South Africa’s beautiful, stunning, head-turning, elegant Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi was crowned winner of the Miss Universe title at an event in Atlanta, USA, on Sunday night (early Monday morning SA time). The win comes as no surprise to many South Africans who were dazzled by the Tsolo-born beauty’s smile the night she first […]

To keep a New Zealand team scoreless in a rugby match is almost impossible; to prevent the All Black Sevens team from scoring in a final even more so. Yet, that was exactly what the Blitzboks did on Saturday in the final of the Dubai Sevens, blanking the current Rugby World Cup Sevens and Commonwealth […]

A Cape Town woman is searching for a brave kitesurfer who swooped in to save her and another person on Muizenberg Beach in South Africa, on Sunday morning during an attack by a knife-wielding man. UPDATE: Brave kitesurfer from Muizenberg Beach found! Local resident Jendy Stewart said they were taking an early morning walk on […]

Tonight’s episode of Carte Blanche is a Must Watch. You can view it on DStv Now if you’re in South Africa, and by streaming it from Tues 10 Dec on Showmax International in most other countries. Can South African Airways be saved or should it be grounded? With bailout after bailout over the years, South African […]

The bodies of three female family members who were kidnapped from their Tsomo homestead on Monday have been recovered by police in South Africa, after a shepherd found them “floating” in a river, bound in chains, in the Eastern Cape. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) the three family members – a 71-year-old […]

Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi is shining at the Miss Universe contest! Watch below as she steps onto the stage in a gorgeous gown. But first, here she is on Saturday in Atlanta, USA, in the national costume competition: UPDATE: Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi (Zozi) has WON the Miss Universe 2019 competition. The “Wave […]

The Springbok Sevens team opened the 2019/2020 World Rugby Sevens Series in perfect fashion by claiming the opening tournament of ten at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai on Saturday.   The Blitzboks outplayed New Zealand 15-0 in a pulsating final of the Dubai Sevens which saw them winning the title for a seventh time. The […]

SASCOC has congratulated South Africa’s Olympic medallist, canoeing’s Bridgitte Hartley, who is one of 30 candidates selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) EB as nominees for four positions in the IOC Athletes Commission (AC) election. The candidates – who were nominated by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and NOC Athletes’ Commissions – will […]