On 24 April, three suspects aged between 20 and 35 are expected to face charges before the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of a stolen Nile crocodile. ALSO READ: WATCH: Crocodile EATS another crocodile at Kruger National Park SUSPECTS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF STOLEN NILE CROCODILE The suspects were arrested on 20 April by Stilfontein Stock Theft and […]

Watch as a man recently jumped into action to save a woman who was caught in a rip current in Salmon Bay. WATCH: Man saves woman caught in a rip current at Salmon Bay Photos: Screenshots/Video/NSRI A man recently jumped into action to save a woman caught in a rip current in Salmon Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. SALMON […]

A video went viral after a lion woke up unexpectedly and gave a group of unsuspecting men a huge fright. Here is the video. WATCH: Lion wakes up and gives men the fright of their lives Photos: Video/Twitter A video of a group of men getting the fright of their lives when a lion unexpectedly […]

Three armed men were caught on a truck’s dashcam footage after they forced the driver to stop in Hazyview, Mpumalanga this week. A truck driver’s ordeal was caught on two dashcams focusing on the cabin and the other facing oncoming traffic. ALSO READ: New Golf R: Volkswagen SA finally reveals flagship’s price tag THE DASHCAM FOOTAGE […]

A tragic risk taker in Durban, South Africa, climbed out of the sunroof of a moving vehicle to car surf and sadly lost his life just seconds later when he lost his balance and fell, breaking his neck. The horrific 25-second video, taken by a passenger in a following car, shows the soon-to-be-victim getting onto […]

A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The golden buzzer sends a shower of gold confetti onto the stage – sending the contestants straight through to the show’s final rounds – and it […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company’s new rocket, Starship, exploded on its maiden flight on Thursday. FOR THE LATEST ELON MUSK NEWS VISIT THE SAPEOPLE WEBSITE No-one was hurt in the un-crewed test that lifted off from Texas’ east coast on Thursday morning local time. After around three minutes into the flight, the rocket – the biggest ever […]

Watch as a lone zebra roam the streets of Bellevue and Hayfields in Pietermaritzburg. WATCH AS THE LONE ZEBRA ROAMS THE STREETS According to a report by The Witness the zebra has been in search of a new home for the past few days after being kicked out of its herd. ALSO READ: WATCH: Couple double booked with PYTHON […]

Tupperware fans were shocked this past week when the company announced it urgently needs a cash injection to survive, or – after 77 years – it would be packing up for good. South Africa’s favourite ‘safari guide’, comedian Themba Robin was quick to produce a video about saving the ‘legendary beast from extinction’. Complete with […]

The rich is getting richer, and these people have managed to become the 10 richest people in the world. FOR MORE BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS VISIT THE SA PEOPLE WEBSITE The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. France’s Bernard Arnault is the new richest person in the world having surpassed South African-born Elon Musk. […]

Air France’s brand new long-haul cabins have now been introduced to passengers on board its Paris-Johannesburg route. Passengers travelling from France to South Africa can now experience new features in all classes. The new Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, which are equipped with these latest cabins took off for the first time from Paris’ Charles de […]

Durban photographers were up before dawn on Monday morning to capture these stunning photos of Queen Mary 2 as she made her way gracefully into Durban harbour, shimmering and glittering. Queen Mary 2, one of the world’s longest passenger ships, dazzled in Durban for a day – arriving at 4am and setting off again in […]

As nightmares go, being trapped in a small box deep underwater is probably high on many peoples’ lists. But one US professor is doing this on purpose. Joe Dituri, a former US navy diver and expert in biomedical engineering has been living in a 55 square meter space 30 feet below the surface of the […]

Thing are hotting up with another brilliant production by the Drakensberg Boys Choir – this time, a beautiful version of Glass Animals’ smash hit Heat Waves. Watch below. The song was filmed on location at the world famous Drakensberg Boys Choir School, Cathkin Park, Champagne Valley in KZN, South Africa. A former teacher at the […]

Three times a week, children living on farms in Stellenbosch gather at a small dam on Polkadraai road to play canoe polo, also known as kayak polo. This unique sport is water polo, played on kayaks. “Playing canoe polo helps me relax, to get rid of my stress,” says Camurin Abrahams, one of the team’s […]

Sunfish, aka mola-mola, are one of the largest fish in the world, and can often be seen floating on their sides – ‘sunbathing’ – in the summer months along the Cape coast of South Africa. Recently, NSRI’s Melkbosstrand crew received a call from the NSRI Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to assist in the rescue of […]

My dad came to South Africa in his early twenties. As a British guy, he didn’t speak ‘die taal’ but as an electrical engineer employed on the power lines he worked with a lot of Afrikaans people—making life ripe for misunderstandings. Often, my dad worked out in the gramadoelas. At the end of one of […]

One of the greatest calls of the wild is the sound of a lion roaring. That low-pitched roar can reach friend and foe up to 8km away! But have you ever heard the cute sound of a lion cub? Listen below as two young cubs, near Hoedspruit in South Africa, try to emulate their parent […]

AKA may be gone, but he’s not forgotten. His daughter, Kairo, has reminisced about the day-to-day things she used to do with her dad. Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, better known as South African rapper AKA, was murdered in Durban on 10 February 2023 after he was shot while standing with his entourage outside Wish restaurant on […]

The Kruger National Park is one of the world’s must-visit game reserves. ALSO READ | Snakes gone wild! Remember this unwanted Woolworths shopper? It covers an area of 19 623 km2 and stretches 360km from north to south and 65km from west to east. WATCH | PYTHON CONSTRICTS LEOPARD IN EPIC BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL The Kruger National Park is home […]

The immediate public reaction to the death of Gloria Bosman from a short respiratory illness on 14 March 2023 was shock and disbelief. The multiple award-winning South African jazz vocalist, composer and teacher was only 50. She had just launched a new album, Live, her first in a dozen years, and was on the eve […]

In an interview on eNCA on Saturday, the spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Singabakho Nxumalo said that his department did not have the autopsy report on the body found in the prison cell of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester.   Almost a year ago, on 3 May 2022, DCS announced that […]

A stunning Lesotho adventure film called ‘There is Power in our Mountains’, featuring Semonkong Lodge, was awarded Silver last night at Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival, in the ‘Tourism services’ category. Filmed and produced by Love Africa Marketing, the film showcases Lesotho and the endless mountain adventures right on its doorstep. WATCH There is Power […]

Tens of thousands of years ago, a huge horse species walked, trotted and galloped across the shifting sands of what is today South Africa’s Cape south coast. The Giant Cape Zebra (Equus capensis) weighed an estimated 450 kg. Its extant relatives in southern Africa are far smaller: the plains zebra weighs between 250 and 300 […]

In this latest animal sighting, a pride of lions and a buffalo have a stand-off at a watering hole. This sighting took place in Maasai Mara, according to the Maasai Sightings website. FOR MORE ANIMAL SIGHTING VIDEOS VISIT THE SA PEOPLE WEBSITE Lions and buffaloes are ancestral enemies, since the buffalo has always been the most […]