Cape Town traffic officer Nizaam Alexander – has been awarded the City of Cape Town Traffic Services Departmental Officer of the Year Award after he was shot on duty…and still managed to finish writing out a fine before seeking medical attention for himself! The Western Cape provincial government uploaded a video to YouTube honouring the […]

Don Clarke and Special Care’s music video ‘Zuma Must Fall’, which SAPeople.com shared last week, has taken off…making headlines in and clocking up tens of thousands of views with the lyrics being widely shared. This morning Clarke said: “As my song ZUMA MUST FALL edges towards 65K hits [which it has now surpassed] on YouTube […]

Glenn Frey – acclaimed guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Eagles – has sadly passed away in New York at the age of 67 from complications due to rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. Many South Africans grew up in the ’70s with popular Eagles’ classics (many of which he co-wrote)  – like ‘Hotel California’, ‘Take it Easy’ and ‘Heartache […]

Sir Richard Branson and an all-star team of Chinese celebrities and global wildlife ambassadors are chewing on their fingernails…in a powerful new ad campaign speaking out against the purchase and use of rhino horn. The campaign – in Mandarin and English – was created by WildAid in partnership with African Wildlife Foundation to target consumers in […]

In this latest episode, Evita Bezuidenhout reminisces about the time she went for dinner at Buckingham Palace during President Zuma’s first state visit to the UK. Tannie Evita recalls that the President’s wife looked elegant in a “rok van Mr Price” and that Queen Elizabeth II wanted the South African president’s bobotie recipe. She also reveals why […]

After a successful launch yesterday of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the rocket landed in one piece, as hoped…but then tumbled over and broke followed by a spectacular ball of fire. Watch video below. An epic failure some would think…but one which Musk is sure to say is […]

Watch South African entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX attempt to send a rocket in to orbit and then land it back safely on a barge in the sea…take off is at about 8.42 pm South African time. (See UPDATE below.) Watch the live webcast above or below. According to SpaceX: “With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will […]

As if England cricket supporters didn’t have enough to rejoice yesterday after their team secured a 2-0 series lead in South Africa… Proteas supporter Stuart Weir captured the Barmy Army (English cricket fans) in the following sing-along at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Stuart said: “Proteas thumped, Rand in free fall and the Barmy Army […]

Three years ago this weekend, small-town Mpumulanga schoolgirl Pretty Yende made her debut at the world-famous Metropolitan Opera House in New York. More astonishing than her voice was that it had been only a decade since Yende had learned what the word “opera” meant. This weekend Yende posted a message on Instagram from Paris, where she is soon to […]

Check out this awesome footage as South African professional kiteboarder Luke McGillewie takes to the air, and almost lands on the beach, in Cape Town yesterday. Fellow kitesurfer Jamie Farrell uploaded the video on Wednesday, saying: “They say the wind hit 51 knots (94 kilometers per hour ) today in Cape Town… And what happens in Cape […]

Check out one of today’s most shared videos by South African social media users – a taxi losing control in Durban. Fortunately there were no passengers, and no injuries were reported. The incident took place at a petrol station in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal after a minibus driver lost control of his taxi. WATCH VIDEO: “South African […]

South African musicians Don Clarke and Special Care have collaborated to release a song, named after the hashtag #ZumaMustFall. The video is being shared at the same time as a question now hangs over whether the debate of no-confidence in South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma – which had been welcomed by many – will take place […]

Days before hosting the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais teamed up with PDSA – the UK’s leading veterinary charity – to honour a special dog in South Africa with a PDSA Gold Medal, the highest honour a civilian animal can receive for bravery and devotion. (Update June 2020: The anti-poaching hero dog, […]

As kids head back to school this week, Suzelle gives some tips on how to hack your backpack:      

Breathtaking landscapes. Abundant wildlife. Vineyards. Ocean views. Mountains and more. It’s the video everyone’s sharing this week: “Incredible Drone Footage from South Africa”. It was uploaded by Unilad on Monday, and has already attracted over 3.9 million views. UPDATE 27 March 2017: It’s just over a year later and the video now has almost 8 […]

Evita Bezuidenhout sums up the turbulent week that was, lots of conflict over racism, wrong pronunciation and the ANC’s 104th birthday bash in Rustenberg.

In sad and shocking news for the music world and millions who grew up loving David Bowie, the rocker who defied the odds to remain a superstar for decades has died at the age of 69. The news comes only days after he celebrated his birthday and shortly after he released his latest album, which […]

Just before the last full moon of 2015, I was out in the early evening walking down a dry river bed in a densely populated rhino area with three field rangers and a dog. Armed to the teeth, the K-9 unit walked quietly either side of me. Sure I felt safe, but I was nervous. […]

Watch one of the best cover versions of Toto’s Africa ever performed… Using a unique intro – the kind that will make you want to rub your hands together! – the Angel City Chorale, from Los Angeles. recorded this video at least two years ago…but it has recently gone viral again on social media. If you haven’t […]

Even if it is a few days after New Year, it’s well worth taking a look at the “Hip Hop 2015 News Wrap Up” by rapper Tswyza on the satirical news site ZANEWS. As the Limpopo-born rapper says, he covers everything “from Jozi to Nkandla, from Cape to Cairo”. Plus he makes it pretty entertaining. Watch the video […]

In video footage apparently taken in Sabi Sands near the Kruger National Park in December, a group out game spotting came on a leopard playing with a baby impala. And the impala played back. The impala ran around at first, then the leopard chased it, before the young antelope lay down in the grass near […]

If you’ve been reading about the drought in South Africa and not sure just how bad it is, take a look at this footage uploaded to YouTube on Christmas Day by a user called ‘Phantom 3 Professional Drone Footage – See it from the Sky!’. Phantom said: “On the way to Cape Town, I stopped at […]

These are the stories that proved the most popular on SAPeople.com during 2015… It was the year of the Rugby World Cup (RWC2015), xenophobia attacks and marches, Cape Fires and a spate of #MustFall hashtag campaigns from Zuma to Fees to Rain. It was also a year of goosebump moments from Springbok fans who made us […]

Just in time for Christmas, East Coast Radio’s Jane Linley-Thomas asked a group of four- to seven-year-olds in Durban a couple of questions that brought out the cutest answers. What do they want for Christmas, she asked? How does Santa know where to deliver their toys? Why do they think Santa should go on a diet? Asked what […]

While Trevor Noah wrapped up his last  show of the year with a review of his favourite stories from 2015…critics around the USA were reviewing the South African’s performance since taking over ‘The Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart in September. With all the shootings around the world during 2015, Noah battled to focus on good […]