A recent survey conducted by international citizenship advisory, CS Global Partners, has found that 96 percent of the South African citizens who responded to the survey would like to have a second citizenship, with 70 percent claiming they would relocate if they did. The online survey revealed an overwhelming 66% of the respondents have been […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad. To watch this week’s episode, available from Tuesday – subscribe to Showmax International here. Watch the trailer below. Cable Theft – A City in Darkness It’s been days since parts of the Johannesburg inner city were plunged into darkness, after a cable theft syndicate struck, […]

A Google Earth photo taken on 20 April 2017 confirms that the western Knysna fire started on the Elandskraal farm. This agrees with the findings of Dr David Klatzow, the forensic expert appointed by AfriForum to investigate the cause of the fire. According to Dr Klatzow’s report, the western fire started on 12 April 2017 […]

CAPE TOWN – Monday’s Taxi Strike has been suspended after a meeting between the Western Cape Transport MEC and minibus taxi industry representatives. The strike turned violent on Monday morning when Golden Arrow buses were stoned, and at least one was later set alight in Delft, on the outskirts of Cape Town. One female passenger […]

Government has allocated R74 million in relief funding to respond to the persistent drought in the Western Cape. “South Africa is a water-stressed country and the persistent drought conditions in parts of the country are a reminder to all people to save every drop by using water wisely and sparingly,” a statement released by Cabinet […]

South Africans came together in the most beautiful way this weekend, to help farmers in Vredendal, in the Olifants River Valley, on the West Coast, where the devastating drought has caused many of their livestock to die… because of the shortage of animal feed. With awareness raised by Facebook’s Droogte Hulp (Drought Help) project, managed […]

The well known former Times Media building, at 4 Biermann Avenue in Rosebank, was imploded Sunday morning. Watch below. Watch implosion: Goodbye 4 Biermann Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.facebook.com/riaanw/videos/10155421663820660/ Journalists took to social media to reminisce about the old offices – the friendships, the deadlines, the start of their careers there. Some were in […]

After rescuing 68 passengers from a sinking Robben Island ferry boat, NSRI successfully managed to tow the ferry to Murray’s Bay harbour at Robben Island. Several NSRI and other sea rescue craft – at least nine – were sent to assist the sinking vessel, Thandi, on Friday afternoon where Robben Island passenger ferry Madiba 1 […]

Strong gale force winds lashed the KwaZulu-Natal coast on Saturday night, from Port Edward, Ramsgate and Marsgate all the way up through Durban to Richards Bay, as the intense frontal system moved north. Several trees were uprooted by the 65km winds; and roofs were blown off some homes and off at least one school in […]

Congratulations Trevor Noah! South Africa’s popular comedian announced Friday that his contract with The Daily Show has been extended! All the way until 2022! In true Trevor style, the SA expat went straight to gratitude… and South Africans were at the top of his list. “Let me begin by saying thank you – thank you […]

Cape Town Master’s student, Sarah Adam, has expressed the views of many South Africans with a message she posted on Facebook after her morning jog today. Here it is in full (with Sarah’s kind permission): “I went for a run through Bishopscourt and Constantia Upper this morning, past properties the size of soccer pitches and […]

National Treasury confirmed in Parliament yesterday that the law change forcing South African expatriates to start paying tax will be proceeded with and take effect… writes Jerry Botha from Tax Consulting South Africa. However, the outcome is vastly more beneficial than what was originally proposed by National Treasury… and Barry Pretorius’ “Expatriate Petition Group” can […]

Violence continued in Hangberg on Thursday, as dozens of residents protested over the allocation of fishing quotas. [Government called for calm yesterday saying that the fishing allocation had not yet been finalised.] The Deputy Minister of Police Bongani Mkongi had agreed to an imbizo with the community, but the meeting was cancelled. No public reason […]

EASTERN CAPE – While police were battling to control housing protestors in Humansdorp, there was happier news being delivered at the Mlungisi Police Station… where a constable took on the role of a midwife, and assisted in delivering a baby boy. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement Thursday that the woman, […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) says it has heard with shock and deep sadness of the passing of two of its coaches, and the critical injuries to two others in an incident in Laudium last night. The two deceased are Given Nkosi, 24, and Charlson Maseko, 26, both Laudium Cricket Club coaches, while those seriously injured […]

A protest which broke out this morning over housing issues in Kwanomzama location in Humansdorp, South Africa, is still not resolved… with fears it could move into Boskloof, a suburb of Humansdorp, this evening. Local freelance photographer Christopher Scott captured these photos. The road between Humansdorp and St Francis Bay has been closed since Thursday […]

Here’s a sneak peek at Table Bay Mall, which is scheduled to open to the public on 28 September 2017. All photos by SAPeople contributor Alan Rudnicki. Last weekend the media were invited to a fabulous luncheon… and to walk around the brand new centre (with hard hats, because it’s still a construction site). Journalists and […]

In what was in effect a rubber-stamping of an agreement reached in July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Olympic Games to Paris, France, and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles in the United States. With the IOC members gathered for an official session in Lima, Peru, IOC president Thomas Bach made […]

A video showing a Porsche driver kicking and punching a vehicle in a road rage incident has gone viral Wednesday evening (watch below), clocking up 2,000 shares in three hours… as South Africans come down hard on the aggro driver, and stick up for the elderly man in the other vehicle. The footage was uploaded […]

The Department of Forestry and Fisheries says it has NOT yet taken a decision on the total allowable catch (TAC) for West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) for the 2017/18 fishing season. The department on Wednesday said it is concerned that the recent protests linked to a rumoured reduction in the TAC is premature. The department […]

Same speech, one year later. What a disgrace… writes anti-rhino poaching activist, SavingTheWild’s JAMIE JOSEPH, as she threatens to lift the lid on rhino poaching corruption if things don’t change. I woke up this morning to a report by East Coast Radio that “Officials from #Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, the departments of Economic Development and Environmental […]

A number of South African families living on the British Virgin Isles (BVI) have been devastated by the recent monster Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma, which lashed through the Caribbean before hitting mainland USA… killing at least 11 people, and leaving homes destroyed. SAPeople follower Kim Myburgh Lloyd called on South Africans to please help […]

There is a lot of news circulating at the moment around the 14 year old boy that was shot in the mouth at close range by police yesterday in Hangberg… writes JUSTIN SULLIVAN. I’m hoping this quick sequence of images will lay some of the controversy to rest. The image below clearly shows the Police […]

A gathering of disgruntled residents turned violent when police opened fire with rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd at the Hangberg Protest in Hout Bay writes JUSTIN SULLIVAN. Police in Riot gear were forced to move in when benches from a neighboring restaurant were added to the fire in the road. Protesters […]

Today – 12 September – is the day South Africans remember, celebrate and preserve the legacy of Black Consciousness Movement leader, intellectual and liberation struggle hero, Stephen Bantu Biko. Biko died 41 years ago in custody as a result of police brutality on 12 September 1977. The former medical student’s words of wisdom still inspire […]