The surf was pumping in South Africa on Thursday – with huge waves at famous surf location Jeffrey’s Bay, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa… as well as wild surf at Onrus Beach in the Western Cape that made the beach disappear! Jeffrey’s Bay photographers ROBBIE IRLAM and MAARTEN VAN DE VELDE captured the action […]

If you need a feel-good – here’s the perfect video. Watch how this little elephant is having such fun chasing the birds… until he falls. Just like most concerned moms, his mother immediately starts walking towards him… and he in turn scurries over to her for comfort, like all little children. The video was filmed […]

A City of Cape Town worker, who cleans the beach every morning, says the litter that upsets him the most each day is the cigarette butts and broken glass. In a video uploaded by event manager and fundraiser Rachel Smith, Courney asks that beach visitors please pick up stompies and glass because it’s “better for […]

Watch the Malmesbury Superspar staff put on a great song and dance… singing Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’, showing what teamwork is all about! Andrew Francis‎ posted the video to the supermarket’s page on Facebook, saying: “WOW!!! What an amazing surprise while visiting your store 🙂 #FlashMob in the beautiful town of #Malmesbury.” Facebook user Brenda Walker, […]

We’re still being ‘snowed under’ by more gorgeous photos and videos from the snowfall in South Africa this week… Elliot in the Eastern Cape MIKE GEYER: “Cows in the snow in Elliot… you’ve got to feel for the animals in the extreme weather conditions!” “On Thursday it was snowing so heavy in Elliot – amazing […]

CCTV footage has emerged of a woman fleeing a petrol station a week ago in the early hours of the morning… dragging the entire petrol pump behind her car. According to the Southern Courier the incident took place on Thursday 10 August in the South of Johannesburg at Vuyo’s garage on Main Street. The owner […]

Watch how three South African motorists seamlessly worked together, to bravely prevent another driver – who had (badly) hit another vehicle, flipping it over – from fleeing the scene. The video – from a dashcam – was uploaded on Wednesday by Yusuf Abramjee who said it happened on the N1 to Pretoria, near Centurion. He […]

The father of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday, says he has forgiven the man who allegedly drove deliberately into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, mowing down Heyer’s daughter… and calls on people everywhere to change their hearts and forgive each other. Mark Heyer said: “People need to stop hating, and they need […]

As South African Members of Parliament are poised to vote in the Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma, here is the full speech delivered by DA leader Mmusi Maimane, imploring the ANC members to “vote for your hopes, not your fears”. Watch video below, as well as the impassioned plea from EFF leader […]

The ANC caucus has entered Parliament, ahead of the No Confidence Vote, seemingly united… at least in song. But there’s another song going viral… the one that South Africans are hoping to hear President Jacob Zuma sing. Watch both videos below. Watch LIVE below too. South Africans marched this morning to Parliament… making their message clear: […]

For many expats, one of the things they miss most from South Africa is the groundbreaking weekly television show Carte Blanche… BUT as of August 2017, expats in many countries around the world – from the USA to Australia – will now be able to watch their favourite show, express from SA. The most iconic jingle […]

If you’re planning on joining a march today to call for the removal of President Jacob Zuma, learn how to toyi toyi first with radio presenter and comedian Viv Vermaak (and creator of the Daily Zumpi page!). Viv says the video will show people “how to blend in seamlessly on a March as a white […]

Kwzulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner commended police officers for their extreme bravery while under fire in Durban yesterday. In a statement, South African Police Services (SAPS) said four suspects died and one is in hospital under police guard following a shootout between armed robbers and police in Durban yesterday. Once the surviving “thug” is discharged from […]

Two young South African choirs have brought chills to the world stage this week with Tuks Camerata bringing the house down in Spain, and the Drakensberg Boys Choir doing the same in Japan! Tuks Camerata’s performance – at the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music, in Barcelona – was so brilliant that Choral Stream have […]

Several South Africans on social media have been sharing an article about President Donald Trump threatening to send ‘more troops’ to South Africa. (See also: President Donald Trump has NOT spoken out about Farm Murders in South Africa.) The rumour began on a South African gossip site a few days ago, with a screenshot of […]

A video, filmed on 19 July 2017 in Mozambique, shows a massive logging operation taking place in the country by alleged Chinese companies… exporting truckloads of juvenile trees (identified by their small diameter) which could lead to the “extinction of many tree species happening before our eyes”. So says Andre Swanepoel, who uploaded the video […]

Yesterday was a good day for one Knysna baboon who has been suffering from a snare wire caught around her wrist, since she was first spotted just after the June fires. See video below. In a fantastic collaborative effort, Knysna Veterinary Clinic and Baboon Matters successfully helped the female baboon in the Eastford area. It […]

JUSTIN SULLIVAN is well known in South Africa for his dramatic photos and footage of the fires in the Western Cape. He recently visited Indonesia where his girlfriend was attending a yoga retreat in Bali. These are his impressions – including a beautiful video – of their 30-day visit… “Every time I leave South Africa, […]

Some South Africans like to call it the ‘chicken run’, but leaving your homeland and settling into a new country is definitely not for sissies! You’re far from home, far from most of your friends and family… and in the beginning nothing’s familiar. Here’s an expat’s survival guide for South Africans abroad, based on tips […]

Just 1,5 hours from Cape Town’s City Centre lies a natural haven – the West Coast National Park. Its central point – Langebaan Lagoon – is just inland from the beautiful secluded harbour of Saldanha Bay. Take a gentle visual cruise through the Park with this video, filmed by Robert Wedderburn. The 27-year-old  filmmaker and […]

Check out the latest brilliant offering from Cape Town’s The Kiffness – “White Privilege”… which neatly – and set to a catchy melody – spells out exactly what White Privilege entails for those who still deny they benefit from such a thing (and includes a shot of a Google Search for “how to not be […]

This drone video of South Africa has such brilliant footage that Unilad has been reposting it every few months since January 2016 as if it’s new. But the spectacular views – from iconic Lion’s Head to a running rhinoceros, a freight train winding through the countryside to para-gliders floating over the ocean – are so […]

One of SAPeople’s favourite contributors, MARK WIJSMAN, has left South Africa to move back home to the Netherlands. But he couldn’t leave without making an impression video of Cape Town and its surroundings first… Mark had moved to South Africa to further his studies in 2010… and loved it so much he stayed seven years! […]

A pod of dolphins seemed to be deliberately hanging out with some surfers on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast on Friday… enjoying the South African surf together! Glenn Tungay‎, who filmed the gorgeous scene, told SAPeople: “I managed to catch on film this pod of dolphins surfing the waves off Amanzimtoti this morning… with some lucky surfers […]

Olympic legend Michael Phelps has ticked off a bucket list item by swimming with sharks in South Africa. Unfortunately though, his attempt to raise awareness about the species backfired this week when some viewers of a Discovery programme felt duped by his much-hyped race against a Great White. While Michael did indeed get to go […]