South African struggle stalwart and national poet laureate, Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile (popularly known as ‘Bra Willie’), sadly passed away today at the age of 79. Award-winning Western Cape poet Athol Williams has written the following dedication to him… HIS GENTLE BREATH Dedicated to Keorapetse Kgositsile His gentle breath gave shape to the deflated – we stood […]

The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate says it will maintain high levels of visibility at beaches and other public areas until the South African school holidays wind down. Staff will be on high alert over the next two days in particular as the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has predicted very hot […]

CAPE TOWN – More than 13,000 dancers took part in Tuesday’s famous Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) celebrations through the streets of Cape Town. Oday Mtour, who recently moved to South Africa from Jordan, was there to enjoy and capture the atmosphere on film – watch below. The annual 02 January Minstrels Parade – also […]

DURBAN – Ethekwini Municipality has requested that the parents of three children, left on Durban beaches during the New Year long weekend, urgently make contact with authorities to be reunited with their children. Beaches were packed on 01 January 2018 and parents had been urged to make sure they took their child to a Child […]

KWA-ZULU-NATAL – The South African Police Services (SAPS) are appealing for help in finding a #Missing three-year-old girl. In a statement issued Tuesday evening, SAPS said: “Three-year-old Sphesihle Zama Dlamini attended a church service at Amandawe on 31 December 2017. “She was playing with other children, however, when her mother looked for her at about […]

When we were kids we would sing “rain, rain, go away, come back another day”… but today – especially if you live in Cape Town or on a farm in the Northern Cape – our hearts leap excitedly at the sight of drizzle and we pray for it to stay, longing for it to rain […]

A daring rescue mission took place on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday evening… but unfortunately two climbers are reported to have tragically died, whilst a third, their female companion, was rescued and lifted to safety by a cable car, after 22h00. Hundreds of tourists to the iconic mountain – where conditions […]

It may not have been the sunniest day in Durban today, but grey skies didn’t stop thousands of beach goers still flocking to the KwaZulu-Natal beachfront in what has become a famous New Year’s Day annual tradition… the one time of the year that most people are not working, and are able to travel to […]

An elderly couple from London sailed right into a bureaucratic nightmare when their ship docked in Cape Town last week, and – thanks to a bureaucratic error – they were banned from entering South Africa for five years. The couple – Joan (88) and Alexander Klein (93) – were on a Crystal Cruise, sailing from […]

The Trans Agulhas Challenge – nicknamed the “World’s Toughest Inflatable Boat Challenge” – is on again in South Africa… and Stan Sanetra was in Struisbaai to capture these awesome action-packed photos. The five-day water sports event is held annually between Natures Valley and Strand, where it finishes, and includes about 60 inflatable boats battling it […]

Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape has sadly lost its well known big elephant bull, Valli, who was found dead on Thursday morning, by Conservation Manager, John Adendorff. Adendorff spotted Valli while he was flying over the park, about five kilometres from Hapoor. According to South African National Parks (SANParks) Regional Communications Manager, […]

After a major thunder and hail storm in Johannesburg on Saturday, which caused devastating damage to buildings from Lenasia to Soweto, these rare Mammatus clouds – photographed by Raymond J. O’Connor  – formed over Pretoria. (These photos have not been photoshopped!) “They got the storm, we got the clouds,” he told SAPeople. “It rained for a […]

On Friday South Africa’s Constitutional Court delivered yet another blow to the country’s President, Jacob Zuma. ConCourt ruled that Parliament has violated its constitutional obligation to hold Zuma to account, by failing to determine whether he has breached section 89 of the Constitution. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane said today: “This is a consequence of […]

In a move that underscores his commitment to conservation, His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales – aka Prince Harry – has formally joined African Parks as their President. The appointment was just made public Wednesday morning in a statement released by Kensington Palace.  African Parks is a conservation NGO, founded in 2000, that manages national […]

Durban enjoyed a bumper weekend with more than 1,686,174 people visiting various beaches around the City during the long weekend, 23-25 December 2017. According to eThekwini Municipality it was a fun-filled and incident-free weekend with no drownings reported, thanks to a great team of lifesavers, police and municipal workers. In a media release, the Durban […]

The UK’s Economist newspaper has selected South Africa’s Nkosi Sikelil’iAfrika as the best national anthem in the world. The newspaper describes the key ingredients to a national anthem as including a “rousing tune to quicken the pulse, some pathos to moisten the eyes and that inexplicable something to make it stand out from all the […]

The Khoisan 4 have returned home to a hero’s welcome after Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa showed he’s the man who cares… by stepping up today, 24 December 2017, to receive a  a memorandum from the Khoibushmen Liberation Walkers, who had been camped outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria this month. Lisa Marcelle Hold, who shared […]

This heart-wrenching photo of an eight-week-old Labrador puppy in South Africa depicts one of many cruelty cases that Claws Animal-Welfare in Welkom, Free State, have had so far during  this festive season. This young dog was burnt with boiling water, according to Cindy Bortnowski, who runs non-profit charity Claws in Welkom with Rochelle Howard. Cindy told SAPeople […]

Elon Musk‘s space exploration company – SpaceX – launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on Friday night… and launched UFO debates in parts of America, as shocked citizens tried to work out what they were seeing in the sky. For many it looked like an alien spacecraft. South African born and bred entrepreneur, Musk, took to […]

As is the annual tradition, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco welcomed all the young Monégasque children to the palace on Wednesday for a visit from Santa Claus, and a fun Christmas dance and magic show in the ‘throne room’. And on Friday evening they posted 2017’s royal Christmas Card (see below)… featuring their […]

Supporters of the Khoisan 4, who are camping at the Union Buildings and holding a Hunger Strike, are calling on South Africans everywhere to please help the protesting men get what they need, so they can get home for Christmas. This is Day 15 of their Hunger Strike, and their health is deteriorating rapidly. The […]

It is summer time in the southern hemisphere and locals and tourists are flocking to the coast to enjoy the sunshine, salt air and some of the best beaches this part of the world has to offer. In southern Africa it’s also the time when great white sharks migrate closer to Cape Town’s shore to […]

Mama Rosie describes her job as a “calling”, not a job. She says her purpose in working is not  to earn money. “God has called me to do this,” she says… and her reward is the “smile of these children when they’re saying Mama to me, and thank you”. ‘These children’ include over 5,000 who […]

Afriforum says the ANC’s decision to amend the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land in South Africa without compensation puts South Africa on a road to conflict and is nothing more than a plan to “steal property”, putting South Africa on the Zimbabwe route. The civil rights organisation threatened that it will “not sit back” […]

President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the new President of the African National Congress, Comrade President Cyril Ramaphosa and his leadership collective, the National Executive Committee and Officials  as elected by the 54th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Nasrec, Johannesburg. “I wish to heartily congratulate Comrade President Cyril Ramaphosa for his election […]