Watch Two Young Heroes From Train Crash Uniting South Africa

By SAPeople 06-01-18 09:50

A video of two young boys, who behaved like true heroes after Thursday’s tragic train smash, is going viral as it shows the very best of South Africans, and gives so much hope for the future. It’s not only their heroic deeds that are inspiring SA citizens, but that they both – white and black […]

WATCH Where Cape Town’s Water Is Really Going

By SAPeople 05-01-18 13:16

Western Cape vlogger Adam Spires’ latest video, co-produced with TV personality Siv Ngesi, investigates the rumour that millions and millions of litres of Cape Town’s precious water – in the midst of the worst drought on history – are being purposefully released downstream. Spires and Ngesi say they visited Theewaterskloof Dam to debunk the rumour… […]

“New Zimbabwe?” Video Shows Alleged Attempt to Seize Farm.

By SAPeople 06-01-18 12:31

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 […]

Dedication to Keorapetse Kgositsile – South Africa’s National Poet Laureate Dies at 79

By SAPeople 03-01-18 19:40

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 […]

US Movie Critic Rates South African Film ‘Meerkat Moonship’ as Number One

By SAPeople 02-01-18 17:21

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 […]

Watch: We Ran Out Of Water

By SAPeople 02-01-18 11:20

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 […]

CNN Names South Africa’s Mama Rosie As Top 10 Hero in the World

By SAPeople 21-12-17 18:15

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 […]

South African Movies and Series to Watch Right Now

By SAPeople 21-08-19 16:18

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, […]

Fabulously Flamboyant Red Blossoms in Pretoria and Barberton

By SAPeople Contributor 15-12-17 20:44

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 […]

South African Movie The Wound Shortlisted For Oscars

By SAPeople 15-12-17 10:25

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 […]

Safari Guests Capture Rare Photos of Lion Standing on Hippo in Water

By SAPeople Contributor 16-12-17 23:34

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, […]

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Trevor Noah: “Betrayed By My President”

By SAPeople 04-07-18 13:02

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 […]

WATCH Sowetan Guy Builds Awesome Robot From Trash. Hello Google?

By SAPeople 12-12-17 18:17

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 […]

Watch Suzelle Join Tali with BOTH Characters Played by Julia Anastasopoulos

By SAPeople 12-12-17 11:10

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’ […]

W. Cape Visitor Posts Shocking Dam Photos: “Pray For Cape Town”

By SAPeople 29-01-21 01:06

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 […]

Video of Shark Scaring South African Spear Fisherman Goes Viral

By SAPeople 11-12-17 12:39

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 […]

Eish, Watch Land Cruiser Try ‘Cruise’ Across a River

By SAPeople 10-12-17 19:39

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. […]

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