South Africa’s “nonsensical” Unabridged Birth Certificate (UBC) requirements for the children of foreigners travelling to South Africa is to be relaxed. The regulation, introduced by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba over three years ago has been blamed for a decline in tourism to SA by foreign families who have a choice of other sunny destinations […]

With South African tourism often focused so closely on a few specific areas, there are entire regions that can escape notice. This is one country, however, where you can typically find extraordinary sights and interesting things to do almost regardless of your specific destination. Considering this it’s worth digging into some of those regions that […]

If you’re feeling homesick… or haven’t travelled around South Africa recently, you can take a virtual tour with Google Street View… and fall breathlessly in love with SA all over again. A team of passionate South Africans – in partnership with Google Maps – trekked the length and breadth of South Africa to map 170 new […]

Watch this awesome video footage of whales breaching at a holiday spot along KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast. The footage was captured at Shelly Beach, showing the whales swimming very close to shore… to the delight of the children gathered behind the rock pool. WATCH Whales having a ‘whale’ of a time on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast https://www.facebook.com/lydia.truter.5/videos/1664826653626457/

The tourism industry in Dubai is in full bloom at the moment and displays no sign of slowing down. The city is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world, and popular with South Africans flying via Dubai to other destinations or directly to Dubai to visit expat friends and family who have […]

Here’s a video showing a taste of the true South Africa… at Neighbourgoods Market in Johannesburg, where cultural diversities are celebrated and South Africans of all ages, colours and sizes gather together to enjoy good food, good shots (!) and good company… Fable uploaded the video to YouTube saying: “This video is dedicated to all […]

If you love wildflowers, you will fall in love with South Africa’s Western and Northern Cape right now – this year the regions are experiencing a spectacular wildflower season, with fields of wall-to-wall yellow, pink, purple, orange and white wild flowers stretching as far as the eye can see. Two prime spots to view the […]

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has stepped up to assist a distressed South African citizen who went missing in Frankfurt, Germany, and has since been hospitalised. As reported by SAPeople over the weekend, Colleen Crossley (73) from Somerset West had been due to join a two-week tour of Europe when she […]

South Africa’s Table Mountain is easily accessible again since the Cableway has been re-opened following its annual two-week closure for maintenance… and local resident, SAPeople contributor Stan Sanetra made the most of it yesterday… This was the view of Cape Town’s famous Table Mountain, taken from Blouberg at around 09h00 on Saturday… Enticing to say […]

A South African police reservist, Seth Baise, is struggling to find answers as to what happened to his mother Colleen Crossley, last weekend in Germany where she went missing, and has subsequently been hospitalised. He’s also battling to get in touch with DIRCO, despite their recently launched Travel Smart campaign, raising awareness about the assistance […]

If you have a travel bucket list, it should probably include at least two – if not all six – of South Africa’s neighbouring countries. And judging by the breathtaking photos on this page – taken by British traveller Deborah Mathews – Botswana and Namibia should feature high on that list! (The other four of course […]

JOHANNESBURG  – Holiday and business commuters in Gauteng have been affected Monday as workers at South Africa’s high-speed Gautrain went on strike over pay. Services to capital city Pretoria, commercial hug Johannesburg, and to the country’s main airport – OR Tambo International – have all been impacted, with major delays expected. The Bombela Operating Company, […]

If you’re looking to visit Cape Town – here’s the best compilation on the planet (well definitely on YouTube!) on how to have fun and the top things to do and visit while you’re in South Africa’s spectacular Mother City. And if you already live in Cape Town – you may be inspired to visit […]

Amateur film maker Gershwin Williams has captured the most stunning video of the Atlantic Seaboard and Chapman’s Peak, Western Cape, South Africa. Watch below… “I’m just trying to capture as much of this beautiful country as I can, one video at a time,” Gershwin told SAPeople. The video includes dramatic drone footage as Gershwin enjoys […]

Are you planning a 4×4 adventure through Botswana? Keen to organise an overland trip through some of Southern Africa’s most beautiful and wild parks? Annie DuPre-Reynolds has all the best travel tips for you… There are quite a few things to take in mind for a trip like this. Having recently gone through the process, I’d […]

As protestors have tried to rip Hermanus apart, the community of Hermanus has come together in a spirit of gratitude and love like never before. And all are united in an appreciation for the tireless and brave work of the South African Police Force, the “men and women in Blue”. The invitation to tourists to […]

Airline passengers travelling to and from Cape Town have been enjoying the rare and beautiful sight of snow in sunny South Africa, on the mountains of the Western Cape… even though it’s been exactly two weeks since South Africa received a record-breaking snowfall, the biggest the country has received in a decade. This morning regular SAPeople […]

The fish are back in town! And the fishermen are elated! It’s been a little while since the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa has been blessed with its famous annual Sardine Run. Regular SAPeople contributor Andrea Ben was on the scene Monday on Pennington Beach… where the sardines were aplenty… and so too […]

In keeping with my promise to post 10 things I love about South Africa before I’m allowed to complain again, here’s number 5… writes Phil Maloney from Maple and Marula. One thing I’ve always wanted to do since I was a little kid was to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground, thus eliminating […]

Prestigious Forbes magazine asked travel experts for their tips on the best up-and-coming neighbourhoods in the world to explore right now… and TWO South African suburbs made it to the Top 12 list! Kalk Bay in Cape Town and Maboneng in Johannesburg. The only other country to have two suburbs featured on the list is […]

On Monday 2 July 2018, South Africa received a record-breaking snowfall, the biggest we’ve had in the country for ten years. So – luckily for the rest of us – regular SAPeople contributor and talented drone videographer Luke Maximo Bell made his way up the mountains to explore… “My friends and I decided to go […]

After 51 South African youngsters were temporarily trapped in China without their passports, not to mention some hapless South Africans stuck in jails around the world, the South African government has launched a ‘Travel Smart’ campaign. The campaign, launched yesterday by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Consular Service, is focussed on ‘Travel […]

Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith had the ride of his life on 15 June 2018, surfing one of the world’s top waves – on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. Koa scored EIGHT barrels on the same one wave! Watch below as his journey on the wave goes on… and on! The legendary Skeleton Bay waves are […]

Look, yes I know those tickets are real cheap when browsing google flights, but let me just stop you right there. South Africa, aka Mandela land, aka Suid Afrika or Saffa land, which ever way you want to call it, is a third world country. Third you say? Yes we aren’t in the top three […]

While some of the group of South Africans who were stranded in Changchun, China – after being scammed by a travel agent – have returned home to their delighted families, the Government has announced it will be launching a ‘Travel Smart’ campaign to avoid similar mishaps in the future. As exposed by Carte Blanche, 51 […]