Whilst there has been much jubilation in Zimbabwe amongst white farm owners since former President Robert Mugabe was ousted, it appears not all is rosy. (Please see Update below.) The controversial policy of land seizure seemed to have changed since Emmerson Mnangagwa became the country’s new leader… and just a couple of weeks ago a […]

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 […]

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 […]

American movie critic Jesse Knight has voted South Africa’s ‘Meerkat Maantuig’ (Meerkat Moonship) as the number one film on his 10 Best Undistributed Films (in the U.S.) of 2017. Let’s hope his vote will make some US distributors change their minds in 2018! Meerkat Maantuig changed their Facebook status to “feeling thankful” and said: “Go […]

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 […]

South African comedian Nik Rabinowitz teamed up with FLOW to produce this video, giving visitors to Cape Town a (humorous) low down on how to save water in the drought-stricken Mother City. Welcome to #neighbourhoodwash… https://www.facebook.com/flowsa/videos/10156128474847834/

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 […]

After going viral a year ago with a brilliantly choreographed video that caught the attention of US star Meghan Trainor, Capetonian choreographer Rudi Smit has created a new video that showcases the best of South African dance moves. This time the moves are made to the sounds and beat of Dutch artist Dopebwoy’s ‘Cartier’, released […]

Talented South African choreographer, dancer, actor and teacher – Lungelo Ngamlana – who grew up in one of Cape Town’s oldest townships, has been choreographing shows around the world. Nan Melville caught up with him in New York… I met Lungelo at New York Tisch Drama School where he, together with fellow South African music-maker, […]

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We love our local gems on Showmax… especially since they’re available to watch anywhere in the world, bringing a little bit of home right into South African expats‘ living rooms!  These two stunning Afrikaans movies are shining at the moment and racking up plenty of views! Trouvoete and Mossie van Wyk  are fun, feel-good films, […]

Former South African cricketer Pat Symcox, who represented his country 100 times, has lambasted DA and ANC ‘Fat Cats’ for not maintaining a sports club on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. And after posting his video less than 24 hours ago, many South Africans around the country have commented that the same state of ruin has […]

Just after some South African streets – particularly in Pretoria – famously turn purple with Jacaranda petals, there’s a fabulously flamboyant flush of red flowers that are less well known. These are are Delonix regia… known in English as Royal Poinciana trees… or, quite aptly, Flamboyant trees! Fortunately Ria Viljoen in Pretoria and Sheryn Nader in […]

Groundbreaking South African movie – ‘The Wound’ – has been shortlisted for a nomination in the Oscar Foreign Language Film category! The Wound filmmakers said: “We are so proud to announce that The Wound has made it to the Oscars shortlist! This is unreal! Thank you so much to everyone for their support! Enkosi!” The filmmakers […]

A helicopter pilot and two of his safari guests were incredibly lucky to witness a rare scene of what Helicopter Horizons described as “a lion riding a hippo through the Delta”. Here, chopper pilot Tom Cunningham describes the once-in-a-lifetime sighting… On November 7th I took off in our Robinson R44 helicopter with two guests, Kay and Lisa, […]

If you weren’t lucky enough to catch South African comedian Trevor Noah during his recent ‘There’s a Gupta on My Stoep’ tour, watch this excerpt which is even more relevant today as the Pretoria High Court has ruled that President Jacob Zuma must proceed with the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Gupta Family Taking […]

Social media sensation, Nas (Nuseir Yassin), reckons this young South African should be working for Google. Instead you can find him hanging out on a pavement in Soweto. Nas – who was featured by SAPeople last week, during his visit to South Africa – said “this blew my mind away”. Nas loved Mpho’s work so […]

South African actress Julia Anastasopoulos proves how incredibly talented she is in this DIY Wedding Cake video – as she takes on her successful YouTube character SuzelleDIY AND her new Showmax TV series character Tali. Of course the two characters don’t get on. There’s a little rivalry and while Suzelle is all about positivity ‘Tali babes’ […]

A visitor to the Western Cape has posted some sad and shocking photos and a video of Theewaterskloof Dam, Cape Town’s main source of drinking water… which show sand blowing where water should be flowing. In a message on Facebook, Christopher from Pretoria, says: “PRAY FOR CAPE TOWN people!… NO JOKES ????… This is what’s […]

A South African spear fisherman apparently got the surprise of his life when he had an extremely close encounter with a Great White shark during a diving salvage expedition. The video – which was reportedly first posted by SA Spearfishing’s facebook page yesterday – has gone viral and already been viewed over two million times […]

Yikes, watch as this Land Cruiser gets taken by the current as the driver tries to navigate across the river… We’re not sure where or when this was filmed… but there are definitely South Africans involved (as you’ll hear with the swearing at the end!). It was uploaded by Camping Tricks to Facebook on Friday. […]

Watch British comedian Michael McIntyre on why he finds South African (or ‘Seth Efriken’ as he says) accents the funniest in the world. Apparently it’s something to do with the way we pronounce our syllables… although most South Africans on Facebook claim that Michael’s accent  is not very good. Antoinette Nicolaou, wrote: “Hey Michael, as […]

The night Craig Wilkinson and his family became victims of a violent carjacking attempt in South Africa changed his life forever, and set him on a path to help heal men in SA… and heal a nation. Craig founded community-based NGO (non-governmental organisation) Father a Nation (FAN)… which runs a number of different programmes aimed […]

It’s bad enough finding yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time… but this poor buck actually sprinted into the jaws of danger when it ran into this starving pride of lions. According to Kruger Sightings, which uploaded the video a few days ago, the footage was filmed by Hannes Beeslar (25), a teacher […]

Some families of the victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy in South Africa were overcome by emotions and had to receive emergency medical care today. Others experienced breathing problems, according to the SABC. The entire hearings have been emotional, but today they were heightened as suspended head of Gauteng Health Barney Selebano apologised to the […]