South African Superheroes

5 South African ‘Super’ Heroes in the Age of Zuma

By SAPeople Staff Writer 01-04-16 18:38

While “Batman v Superman” plays out on movie screens, South Africa has some real superheroes who have swooped in during the presidency of Jacob Zuma to save the day. You might love them or disagree with them, but they deserve recognition and admiration. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng The chief justice, who brought an end to the […]

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Chef Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant to Open in South Africa

By SAPeople Contributor 26-02-16 13:30

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s successful restaurant chain, Jamie’s Italian, is heading to Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, and will open sometime in 2016. The famous chef’s first restaurant opened in the British university town of Oxford in 2008 and now there are 40 branches around the world, from India to Brazil and from Russia to Scandinavia. Watch […]

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Could a South African Live on Mars?

By SAPeople Contributor 25-01-16 21:19

The science fiction dream of living on another planet could become reality for South African researcher Adriana Marais. She is one of the 100 candidates who are one step closer to living on Mars, an initiative of the Mars One Project, should they make it to the next round in the selection process. “When I […]

Pot Luck for Awesome South African Man Who’s Fixing Our Potholes!

By SAPeople Contributor 17-11-15 10:15

While many of us whinge about them, or swerve to avoid them, a South African man – Lymen Mlambo – has taken it upon himself to start fixing potholes in roads near Hartbeesport Dam without even being asked. And his efforts have been warmly and gladly received, with several people on Facebook offering their help and assistance. Local resident Vanessa […]

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Great News from Darren Scott in ICU

By SAPeople 21-10-15 16:38

Popular radio and TV personality Darren Scott has been given a good prognosis today, following his operation last week to remove melanoma cancer from his lungs. In an update on Facebook this evening Darren revealed that doctors gave him the good news today that they’ve “got whatever melanoma and potentially infected nodes in the excised lobe of […]

Reeva’s Mom: “I don’t wish suffering on anyone.”

By SAPeople 21-10-15 14:15

In an address to a group of schoolchildren this morning Reeva Steenkamp’s mother said she harbours no feelings of revenge towards the man who killed her daughter on Valentine’s Day 2013. Speaking at Reeva’s old high school – St Dominics in Port Elizabeth – June Steenkamp made her first public comments since Oscar Pistorius was released […]

Oscar Moves into Uncle’s Home but his Sentence “has not been shortened”

By SAPeople 20-10-15 14:48

Oscar Pistorius was released into correctional supervision last night, a day ahead of the schedule announced by the South African Department of Correctional Services last week. This morning Pistorius family spokesperson, Anneliese Burgess, stressed to gathered media in Pretoria that Oscar’s sentence “has not been shortened” and that he will adhere to strict conditions. Reading from a family […]

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Happy News from Darren Scott’s Wife Sarah-Kate

By SAPeople 19-10-15 14:40

Popular South African radio and TV presenter Darren Scott is out of surgery and will now begin his road to recovery. His wife, Sarah-Kate, reported on Facebook this evening that her husband is in recovery after a successful five-hour operation today. Darren announced on Facebook yesterday that his melanoma cancer had returned for the fourth time (joking that it […]

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Wishing Darren Scott a Speedy Recovery

By SAPeople 15-10-15 18:47

Warm wishes have poured in for radio broadcaster Darren Scott’s quick and full recovery after he undergoes an operation this morning to remove melanoma cancer from his lungs. The popular South African personality confirmed on facebook yesterday that the cancer had returned, joking that “the fact that this is the 4th time melanoma has come-a-visiting MUST now […]

Catholic Church to Beatify First South African Ever

By SAPeople 12-09-15 20:41

On Sunday, September 13, Pope Francis will beatify the first South African ever – a schoolteacher who was beaten to death in 1990 by villagers after he refused to pay a sorcerer who promised to end storms battering the region. Benedict ‘Tshimangadzo’ Daswa was stoned by his attackers and ran to a bar to find safety…but he […]

Remembering Steve Biko on What Would Have Been His 70th Birthday

By SAPeople 12-09-17 10:56

Updated 18 December 2016: Search engine giant Google has honoured anti-apartheid hero Bantu Stephen Biko with a Google Doodle today, on what would have been his 70th birthday. (Update 12 September 2017: Remembering Steve Biko on the 40th Anniversary of his death.) The activist was born on 18 December 1946 and died 39 years ago, on 12 […]

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SA ‘Mockumentary’ Film Celebrates South African Music

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:51

Latest South African comedy ‘Stone Cold Jane Austen’, which opens in SA movie theaters tomorrow, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the South of France this week. It’s a brilliant mockumentary about an English rock band from South Africa trying to break into the increasing profitable Afrikaans music market…without being able to speak the […]

Photographs from a Capetonian in the Peruvian Amazon…

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:51

South Africans are everywhere…even in the deepest forests of the Amazon! We caught up with Michael Langford, a Capetonian who is currently living in Cusco, Peru where he promotes responsible travel to the nearby Peruvian Amazon. Here he shares some of his stunning photos from a recent rainforest trip (a 30-minute flight from where he […]

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Exclusive: Interview with PAYDAY song duo, Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:51

Cape Town comedy duo Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues have a ‘kiff’ new video called Payday, being billed as “their most ridiculous song yet”….and with lyrics like “when I get my paycheck, it’s like my life’s begun, When you have no paycheck it’s like you’re having no fun” – everyone can relate! Here the guys […]

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Capetonian Kimi is one of the Coolest Kids on the Planet

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:51

While some of us wait to get nominated to do a good deed (like a #raknomination), there’s a 17-year-old teenager in Cape Town who’s doing everything she can, on a shoestring budget, to raise the confidence of kids in Joe Slovo/Phoenix and help them and herself follow their dreams. Kimite Cancino lives in Milnerton with […]

Capetonian/South African actor starring in Greenaway’s EISENSTEIN film

By SAPeople Contributor 13-09-15 14:52

British director and Cannes and Venice film festival favorite Peter Greenaway has started lensing one of his most anticipated projects in Guanajuato, Mexico. The biopic of film director Sergei Eisenstein titled ‘Eisenstein In Guanajuato’.  The film stars former Capetonian resident and South African born and raised (for twenty years), Stelio Savante. Savante is best known […]

Interview with Julius Schultz

By Jenni Baxter 21-08-19 00:53

South African jazz musician Julius Schultz talks exclusively to SAPeople about the power of a supportive wife, chicken curry and the value of being colour blind. The Johannesburg-born guitarist, and father of two, who already has three albums under his belt…has recently released his latest offering…’COLOUR BLIND’. 1. When did you learn to play guitar? […]

‘I only ever wanted to dance’

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:51

Teenage ballet dancer Michaela DePrince survived a brutal civil war, adapted to a new life in a faraway country, and overcame numerous challenges to excel in a white-dominated art form. Today she’s regarded as one of the US’s most promising young artists. DePrince is African by birth, born in the West African country of Sierra […]

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Yes, it is rocket science

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:51

Engineering whizzkid Siyabulela Lethuxolo Xuza is a young man with a big future. From the early days of experimenting with science in his mother’s kitchen in the poor community of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, to international science and engineering accolades, he is now a role model for South Africa’s aspiring scientists. These days the […]

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SA plant scientist reaps top award

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:51

The African Union (AU) has honoured a South African scientist with the prestigious international Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award. The high-level accolade recognises Prof Maryke Labuschagne’s contribution to science in Africa. Labuschagne, a plant breeding scientist at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, received the award in the life sciences category at continental level – the […]

Voetsek! Animal Charity Show

By SAPeople Contributor 08-09-15 14:51

Voetsek! 2012 – Do Your Bit To Help Man’s Best Friend The 3rd annual Voetsek! Music Festival is set to take place on Saturday the 17th of March at The Bohemian in Richmond. Doors open at 17h00 with the first band starting at 18h00. Admission is R70.00. There is a discount rate based on items […]

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