Two videos have had South Africans on social media – and even mainstream media – “buzzing” this past week. Both are old and shared with incorrect information. The ‘lion hunt’ was neither a canned hunt… nor even a lion hunt! It was a buffalo hunt that went wrong for the hunters. (You can view it […]

South African YouTube sensation Caspar Lee has published a video of what was going on in his mind when he met the Queen at Buckingham Palace last week, and how it’s inspired him for life… Caspar (23) attended the Queen’s Young Leaders awards in London on 30 June. In the video Caspar discusses that South […]

The BBC today published a list of stars’ names with tips on how to pronounce Charlize Theron – South Africa’s famous Oscar-winning actress – as well as how to say other famous names, including that of their own Harry Potter author. In the article – “Celebrity names you’re probably saying wrong” – reporter Genevieve Hassan explains the correct […]

With the massive costs of taking care of orphaned elephants, coupled with the closure of elephant-back safaris, Camp Jabulani in Hoedspruit, South Africa, has launched an interactive, evolved elephant experience with a strong conservation ethos for local and international tourists. The incredible video below captures the essence of this new elephant experience, as well as the […]

This video, which was filmed in South Africa, has to be one of the unfunniest pranks ever played. It was shared a couple of weeks ago by a Somali website, and has been shocking social media users ever since. There’s no mention of when it was filmed or by whom… but after (far too many […]

Ag shame… this is so cute. A baby rhino – which is being cared for by Petronel Nieuwoudt’s wonderful Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary – falls asleep to the gentle strumming of a guitar by an Australian zoo keeper. The little rhino calf was adopted by the South African Sanctuary at the age of one-day-old, […]

Sjoe, grab the tissues – this video is impossible to watch without shedding the odd tear… or stream of tears. Radio presenter Anele and her team at 94.7 surprised Johannesburg teenager Lydia with “the best birthday surprise ever”. Lydia’s family has struggled in recent years, since her dad was diagnosed with epilepsy a couple of […]

Watch this video, filmed a couple of years ago, where South African comedian Trevor Noah highlights how many times in South Africa’s recent history – particularly whenever there’s a Presidential election – scores of people swear the time has finally come to pack their bags and move to Perth… yet, somehow, they always stay… Ironically […]

Charlize Theron has revealed in an interview with W Magazine that she has a bad temper which has sometimes got her into trouble… particularly at the start of her career when she hadn’t yet learned how to channel her energy. In the interview (watch below), Charlize says that during the famous catfight scene with Teri […]

Some people hike it, some catch the cable car… and some youngsters casually skate it! It being South Africa’s iconic Table Mountain. Local Capetonian ZACH ZINN – and his mates Calvin, Devon and Jordan – filmed themselves enjoying this “short skate mission” on an abandoned road on Table Mountain on Monday. It makes you want […]

Check out this VERY close encounter with a leopard in the Main Area of a campsite in the Okavango Delta in Botswana! (Scroll down to watch.) A Wilderness Safaris manager, Hamish Henderson, posted the video – taken at Xigera Camp – a couple of days ago, saying: “And then this happened! Video courtesy of our Guest […]

In case you didn’t log in to Facebook over the weekend, here’s that epic drone video again of a large school of dolphins enjoying a cool surf session with the local human surfers. The video was filmed by surf photographer RICHARD MELVILL who says he was just “in the right place at the right time”. […]

A massive swell hit J-Bay this morning. According to photographer ROBBIE IRLAM, only South Africa’s  legendary Big Wave Tour World Champion Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker and two others ventured out to try their luck in the surf… Here are photos and video captured by Robbie, and MAARTEN VAN DE VELDE… Photos by Robbie IrlamPhotography: Grant Twig Baker […]

If you want to watch something very typically South African, watch these guys trying to get a stuck land cruiser out of the water and mud! As one of the men in the video says at one point: “Brandewyn en modder” (brandy and mud). It couldn’t get more South African than that! South Africans have […]

South African commercials director Sunu scooped some major awards, including Gold, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Wednesday evening… for an Absolut campaign that celebrates the creative revolution taking place across Africa. Egg Films’ Sunu scooped Gold, two Silvers and Bronze in the Entertainment, Entertainment for Music and Media categories at the world’s most […]

Revolting Rhymes – which South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation worked on – scored a hat-trick this weekend: first winning Best Storytelling at Shanghai International Film and TV Festival in China, then Best Animation at the World Banff Media Festival in Canada, and finishing off with the Cristal for Best TV Production at Annecy in France, the world’s […]

South African musician Don Clarke has published several videos that have gone viral (see bottom of page). They’re usually controversial and outspoken… but always have unity and peace at their heart. His latest – The Colour of Lies – is no exception… Don writes: “My friends, these are troubled times in which the flames of […]

Here’s a fab short video from Lion’s Head, filmed by ZACH ZINN… as well as some awesome photos of the Capetonian’s home town. Zach says: “A view most people missed on Wednesday afternoon…” The song is Feverkin by Sinking (feat. Nori). Watch Lion’s Head… Candy Floss Clouds https://www.instagram.com/p/BUb3HG9FRWC/?taken-by=zaczinn https://www.instagram.com/p/BTYapR6lYlx/?taken-by=zaczinn https://www.instagram.com/p/BR5BD5PlQCN/?taken-by=zaczinn

On Father’s Day we’re celebrating with three of the best tributes ever made in South Africa to awesome fathers… 1. The Graduate Who Thanked Her Security Guard Dad for Putting Her Through University Remember back in May when Thobile Mabanga (Thoby) made headlines tweeting her heartfelt gratitude to her father when she graduated from Tshwane University […]

Knysna held a Firemen’s Parade on Saturday morning to thank the teams that worked so tirelessly and selflessly, in such frighteningly dangerous conditions… as fires raged across the region a week ago, taking seven lives, including that of a firefighter. This morning those brave firefighters were honoured in the town, with grateful residents coming out in […]

Sometimes when huge horrific things happen, it is the little things that lift us back up again. For Knysna resident ESTER BEUKES… it has been the tortoises that have been found, the faint sound of frogs croaking again, the sight of a new green shoot in the midst of the burnt-out land next to her home, and […]

Concerned South African citizen Hannes van den Heever has filmed a video to show South Africa just how dire the drought situation is in the Namakwaland (Namaqualand) and Boesmanland district. Hannes, who is an Afrikaans country artist, says: “My family members and friends are farmers in the Namakwaland and Boesmanland district. I was on my way […]

PRETORIA – South African President Jacob Zuma visited the communities around the Garden Route today, which have been affected by the devastating fires. He was left visibly shocked and said it was “the worst disaster I have ever experienced”. The President was accompanied by a delegation of ministers and deputy ministers, as well as Western Cape […]

Check out Durban’s famous Indlondlo Zulu Dancers together with Cape Town’s The Professionals on the beach in Durban. Indlonlo’s Msizeni Mngadi told SAPeople that Indlondlo and The Professionals (SA’s top Pantsula group and SA’s Got Talent Finalist) performed during the South African Aids Conference in Durban ICC on Tuesday, 13 June 2017… before going down to […]

The devastation left after four days of fires raging in South Africa’s southern Cape can be clearly seen in this drone footage. So many homes were lost and seven lives were taken as the inferno burned up the normally beautiful Garden Route. Locals in Plettenberg Bay and Knysna would far rather people please watch this video […]