Oops – a South African website’s April Fool’s Joke has made a lot of Adele fans very excited…for nothing! The site posted a story with the headline “ADELE Confirms SA Tour for November 2016”, claiming that Adele had added South Africa to her 2016 Tour and that fans should book quickly as tickets for Cape Town […]

If you missed it – watch Evita Bezuidenhout’s April Fool’s joke yesterday. Ironically after she (well he – Pieter Dirk Uys) posted this video late Thursday night, President Jacob Zuma did make an announcement to the nation on Friday evening. However, while many expected him to resign…he only apologised (albeit the first time since the #Nkandla […]

Cliff divers Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes went in search of a challenge – and found it at Victoria Falls, Zambia, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. “This is one of the most beautiful places,” says Duque, who, with 13 cliff-diving world titles, two Guinness world records and more than 20 years […]

You never know who’s going to join you in a South African swimming pool nowadays! Particularly if you’re in a game reserve or living anywhere near monkeys and baboons! Staff at the Ingwelala Nature Reserve in Limpopo were surprised 10 days ago when they arrived at work to find a rather large hippopotamus in their pool! […]

British entertainer Ronnie Corbett has passed away at the age of 85 after suffering from ill-health for the last couple of years. The comedian, who was popular around the world including in South Africa, was best known for being one half of the Two Ronnies comedy sketch on television. Western Cape radio presenter (Magic 828am) Brian […]

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Check out this amazing footage of a large pod of dolphins swimming off the coast of Blouberg…with Table Mountain as their backdrop. HJALMAR REITZ captured this incredibly special scene last week on a DJI Phantom 3. “I was basically trying to take some general footage of the beach front (following another video I made at Eden on the Bay), and […]

An Australian paramedic who made news when he and his doctor wife spent their honeymoon in South Africa – volunteering in local hospitals and handing out gifts to the homeless on Christmas Day – returned to Perth with a little more than he bargained for. A gift from a bot fly in Botswana! Nathan Haynes told SAPeople: “A week […]

Hlompho Kekana’s amazing goal for Bafana Bafana in their match against Cameroon on Saturday is making world headlines with many – like Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper – heralding the long range wonder goal as “Beckham-esque”, some say even better. SA Football Association (SAFA) predict the astonishing goal – reminiscent of David Beckham’s long-distance strike against Wimbledon in 1996 […]

A few days ago ‘The Australian’, a nationwide newspaper in Australia, shared a compilation of stunning aerial footage of Cape Town’s coast, generating an influx of comments from South Africans living Down Under and back home. While there were those who got involved in a heated debate over the current state of the city and country, […]

Barely two weeks after a horrific terror attack on a beach resort in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, a collective of singers in the country have come together to sing words telling the terrorists that they won’t give in to fear after the attack. The Grand Bassam attack left at least 16 people dead when the terrorists, apparently […]

So is Trevor Noah making the grade as host of “The Daily Show” or not? Six months after taking over from Jon Stewart, the jury, as they say in the US, is out. While a recent segment has got more than 600,000 views on Youtube in just over a week – about Donald Trump – a major […]

Anyone watching news reports in England, the US or Australia these days might be struck by a growing phenomenon – South African accents. More and more journalists from South Africa are either taking the anchor seat on leading international news programmes or reporting for them from hot spots around the world. Whether it’s on an […]

My best friend died in a field of cosmos one Easter in South Africa. She was thrown from the back of the car in which she was sitting, as it hurtled into a broken-down vehicle ahead of it. She was on her way back to Joburg from the bush, and admiring the flowers seconds before they […]

Musician/comedian Deep Fried Man has released a new  video called “Gupta Bling”, based on singer Drake’s mega-selling “Hotline Bling” and which riffs on the relationship between President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family. “You used to call me on my cell phone, To discuss that nuclear deal,” starts Deep Fried Man, rather than Drake’s “You used to call me […]

Suzelle in her latest DIY video tackles a more serious subject – water restrictions and water usage – but it turns out to be funnier than many of her funny videos. And she’s ably helped by Western Cape leader Helen Zille. Suzelle and Zille offer lots of tips on how to save water – don’t […]

South African singer-songwriter and poet Sydney Stanley Kitchen was unique – he even said so himself, and called his style of music ‘Afro-Saxon’. His attitude to the music industry was uncompromising… and while it didn’t help him further his career, it did establish him as an iconic figure. His lyrics were tinged with socio-political messages… […]

In a brilliant new video “The Last of the Rhinos” shot by conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert, you can take a 360-degree look at the landscape around you – and more. You can even look at the ground at your feet. The footage was shot on GoPro Spherical, which literally lets you immerse yourself in the […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters have released a house video based on the words that the EFF shouted as they exited parliament during President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address – “Zupta Must Fall!” They aren’t the first to “musically” exploit Zuma and his relationship with the Gupta family as well as the scandals surrounding him, such as Nkandla […]

Paddlers in Hout Bay, South Africa, had a rare treat yesterday when they were joined by hundreds of dolphins. Alexandre Pino from Above Summit Productions, which uploaded the video, said that whilst being amongst hundreds of dolphins is probably a dream for most of us, “these paddlers got more than they bargained for”! Watch Video – […]

A video depicting South African police officers appearing to abuse a motorist – which went viral on Facebook Tuesday – has led to positive action. Within 12 hours of being uploaded by fellow motorist Carmen Bell, the post had been viewed over half a million times. Bell who didn’t know the motorist – Raymond van der […]

South African bass-baritone Simphiwe Simon Shibambu sang for the Queen yesterday at a a Celebration of  the Commonwealth service which took place at Westminster Abbey in London. Shibambu delivered an incredibly moving performance of the traditional Xhosa song ‘Qongqothwane’, which clearly touched Queen Elizabeth II, who is head of the Commonwealth. She paused to chat with Shibambu for a […]

Springbok wing Bryan Habana will return to France to resume his club commitments with Toulon after the club released him to play for the Springbok Sevens in two rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Habana, holder of the Springbok record for the most Test tries, played on the World Series circuit for the […]

South African-born, Los Angeles-based film director Gavin Hood, who made “Tsotsi” and the newly released thriller “Eye in the Sky” with Helen Mirren, said the entire movie was shot in South Africa, even though it “takes place” in Nairobi, London and Las Vegas. He said the movie, which is a tense drama starring Mirren, Alan Rickman […]