Local South African film-maker – Joshua Bradley – is thrilled at having his movie screened in the United States next month. The movie – Nommer 37 – is set to premier in cinemas in Los Angeles and New York on 2 November 2018. The crime thriller, set in the Cape Flats, was funded by the Department of […]

N’DJAMENA – Two of six critically endangered black rhinos – relocated to Chad in May – have tragically died, Zakouma National Park’s management said, undermining efforts to restore their population in Chad after a nearly 50-year absence. Before the transfer of the six rhinos from Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa in May, the […]

LUSAKA – Zambia has revived plans it suspended two years ago, after protests by animal rights activists, for the controlled slaughter of up to 2,000 hippos over the next five years, its tourism minister said on Monday. Charles Banda said the hippo population could not be supported by the water levels in the Luangwa river […]

The Department of Environmental Affairs has urged community members to assist the police and conservation authorities to combat rhino poaching. “Community members are the eyes and ears of the police. They are the people who hear or even know about illegal activities such as wildlife crime and rhino poaching,” the department said. The call follows the […]

Watch this brilliant version of English superstar Ed Sheeran’s hit ‘Shape of You’, performed by flutist Wouter Kellerman with the Ndlovu Youth Choir in South Africa. Kellerman, a Grammy Award-winning SA flutist (flautist), producer and composer, said: “We had such a great time covering Ed Sheeran’s song ‘Shape of You’ with the amazing Ndlovu Youth […]

South Africans have had mixed reactions to a video posted on Sunday showing two guys weaving through the traffic on Grayston Drive in Sandton, Gauteng… on a trolley. “Nothing serious, just some guys on their way to Sandton via Grayston Drive on a trolley!” wrote Intelligence Bureau SA, when they uploaded the video. The two […]

If you were in Cape Town, South Africa, today… this is the breathtaking view you’d be enjoying from Sunset Beach! Endless beautiful wildflowers… bright blue sky and deep blue ocean… with the iconic sight of Table Mountain as the backdrop. Regular SAPeople contributor Alan Rudnicki kindly filmed the stunning scene for those of us a little […]

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Regional Court President exposed in a recent BBC documentary for alleged corruption, linked to rhino poaching in South Africa, has been provisionally suspended. After considering the advice of the Magistrates Commission, Minister Michael Masutha on Friday 5 October 2018 provisionally suspended Nzimande from office. Nzimande has become embroiled in allegations of bribery […]

Watch below as South African athlete – and new Discovery ambassador – Caster Semenya is treated to a Discovery “family” welcome (which by the way was a total surprise for her, she thought she was just going for a meeting)… Discovery founder and group chief executive, Adrian Gore, was on site to welcome Caster personally. […]

An old video has emerged on Twitter that seems to reveal just how much former South African President Jacob Zuma had his ministers singing for their supper! It’s very interesting also spotting (near the end) who did not sing along… Pravin Gordhan, who is now helping to clean up the legacy of corruption that Zuma […]

A South African widow, whose husband was murdered on their farm in 2016, has posted a public video message to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the people of the USA following Ramaphosa’s statement to Bloomberg last week in New York that there are no farm killings in South Africa. In the video Mariandra Heunis recalls the […]

South African expats came out in full for this year’s annual Heritage Day celebrations… held in sunny Wimbledon Park, London in the UK.  And being South African – they jolled like only South Africans know how to. WATCH the video at the bottom of the page… Organisers – South African Diaspora Ubunye Trust – said: […]

GoPro footage has captured a crazy rescue last week during a massive swell off Sunset Reef in South Africa… revealing the bravery of the guys on the personal water-crafts (PWC) who shoot into the dangerous waters to rescue surfers in distress. Murray Willcocks (a Cape Town lifeguard who works at The Shweet Life, according to […]

A South African tourist – who has visited the Kruger National Park several times over the past 48 years – experienced a closer encounter with a lion than she’d ever dreamed of… especially since in the past few decades she says she’s needed binoculars and her imagination to spot lions! During Hannetjie van der Westhuizen’s […]

If you’re missing home, here’s a wonderful visual trip back to the beautiful land and people of South Africa… (and a chance until midnight on Sunday 2 December 2018 to WIN a trip back to SA!) The song – “Africa’s Time” – is performed by Jeremy Olivier, and features the 5-time Grammy award-winning Ladysmith Black […]

Over 500 rhinos were poached for their horns in South Africa in the first eight months of 2018… which while still horrific, is a 26 % drop from the 691 who were slaughtered in the same period last year, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Friday as it released the latest South African rhino […]

South Africans are known to offer the occasional bribe when faced with a traffic officer… so when creating their latest advert, an insurance company decided to make fun of it, while pointing out that at their company there’s straight talk. “When others don’t make sense, we do,” says King’s Price, the same company that brought […]

It’s Friday… so, over to Viv Vermaak. This week Viv offers 101 Uses for a Hadeda: Viv says: “We love them! We hate them! But they are as South African as brainless, rugby, sunny skies and car guards.  Today I explore some good ways we can put Hadedas to good use… since we can’t kill […]

During his trip to South Africa, Trevor Noah entertained South Africans on why ISIS or any terrorist for that matter can’t attack in South Africa. Playing to a home crowd, Noah was on top form… with many ‘inside’ jokes (like Cell C and a drunk driver at the police station) that only a South African […]

This week’s episode of Carte Blanche investigates some of the hottest current topics in South Africa – the Daveyton Gangs, Mpumalanga tourism under threat and land expropriation. The show is available to South Africans abroad from Tuesday 18 September 2018 – if you subscribe to Showmax. Daveyton Gangs Earlier this week, Police Minister Bheki Cele […]

South African rhino poaching documentary, STROOP, has been selected as the opening night screening for an international film festival in Germany, Europe. The elated producers called the invitation, to open the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam on 24 October, “unbelievable news”. “We feel really honoured as the festival director phoned us to tell us the good […]

September is turning into a great month for South African comedians Tsitsi Chiumya and Phil De Lange. Not only did Tsitsi win Best Newcomer and Phil the Next Level prize at this weekend’s Comic Choice Awards, both comedians are featured in Trevor Noah presents NationWild, a 13-part comedy showcase coming to Showmax this Heritage Day, […]

Nike footwear and apparel company has been praised for its latest advertisement, featuring South Africa’s Caster Semenya. Watch below. Nike posted the ad on YouTube yesterday, saying: “When you’re born to do it—just do it. #justdoit” Semenya followed up by posting it on Twitter yesterday evening. She said: “Too fast? Too bad. I was born […]

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 […]

A South African mom and grandmother took on armed hijackers in her drive-way and won! Watch below. The Alberton woman (42) told News 24 she was no hero and just did what she thought was best to protect her teenage daughter, who was a passenger in the car. The family has been receiving counselling, since […]