Good draw for SA wheelchair stars

By SAPeople Contributor 23-04-14 09:44

South African players received a favorable draw when the official draw procedures for the Airports Company South Africa Gauteng Open were concluded on Tuesday at the Gauteng East Tennis Complex in Benoni. Stephane Houdet of France tops the men’s seeds and is scheduled to meet arch rival Gordon Reid of Great Britain in the final. […]

Feature film shows arresting beauty of Lesotho

By SAPeople Contributor 15-04-14 10:13

An engaging movie filmed against the vast and rugged wilderness of Lesotho – the first feature film produced in the picturesque mountain kingdom – unwraps the mystery and beauty of the region and its people. The Forgotten Kingdom won the Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography in New York at the 14th annual Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Awards in October 2013, […]

President Zuma

New Nkandla Style Video

By SAPeople 01-06-15 10:31

Just as soon as YouTube removed one version of Nkandla Style, here’s the next…this time with visuals. The song, performed as if by South Africa’s President Zuma, is a parody of Psy’s Gangnam Style, and references the recent Nkandla Report by the Public Protector. (See SA’s Most Popular Person?) http://youtu.be/mZQa5ER2mcA

Gangnam Parody has ‘SA President’ singing Nkandla Style

By SAPeople 03-04-14 11:39

There’s a new hit rocking South Africa – Nkandla Style…sung to the tune of “Gangnam Style”. The song is sung as if by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, starting with “Since the day I can remember, I always wanted more…I wanted more money, like the Afrikaner Boer.” The lyrics reference the Nkandla Report by the […]

Timelapse Video of Durban Sky Grand Prix

By Kierran Allen 27-03-14 11:11

Here’s a very cool view of the Durban Sky Grand Prix last weekend…via a timelapse video. Durban hosted the first ever adrenaline-pumping Sky Grand Prix on the beachfront last Friday and Saturday.  The Land Sea Air Event was a huge success with thousands of Durbanites coming through to experience the  action. This is a quick […]

Derick Watts

Exclusive: Interview with PAYDAY song duo, Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:51

Cape Town comedy duo Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues have a ‘kiff’ new video called Payday, being billed as “their most ridiculous song yet”….and with lyrics like “when I get my paycheck, it’s like my life’s begun, When you have no paycheck it’s like you’re having no fun” – everyone can relate! Here the guys […]

Missing Cape Town? This video will make you ‘Happy’!

By SAPeople 26-03-14 09:29

If you’re missing Cape Town – here’s another awesome version of Pharrell Williams’ latest hit ‘HAPPY’ from the Mother City…featuring all your favourite scenic spots and happy Capetonians! The “Cape Town (Happy)” video was shot two weeks ago, and uploaded a couple of days ago to YouTube where it has already received over 65,000 views! […]

Durban is So Worth Celebrating – Awesome New Video

By SAPeople 14-03-14 08:11

Spectacular, sensational…Durban. Here is another awesome timelapse video from South Africa’s ‘surf city’. This time the video presents the activities going on in Durban, and the people and culture of this wonderful and often overlooked part of South Africa. The stunning showreel has been compiled by Media Linc’s Mattew Wilkes, who grew up in Ballito […]

Lupita Nyong’o Inspires Twice in One Week – watch the videos

By SAPeople 04-03-14 13:10

In the midst of a rather bland Oscars this year, there was one actress who stood out – Lupita Nyong’o who received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Patsey in “12 Years a Slave”. The audience had to choke back tears as she admitted “it doesn’t escape me for one moment that […]

American Film Industry on Tour in South Africa

By SAPeople Contributor 27-02-14 20:42

A group of Hollywood heavyweights has arrived in South Africa – looking to spend their film and TV production budgets in the country. With that as their mission, the four American executives met South African production professionals at National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) headquarters in Houghton in Johannesburg, before travelling down to Cape Town […]

There's a party going on in nearby Harare

Eish – Khayelitsha’s “Knife Crime ER” will air on British TV tonight

By SAPeople 24-02-14 15:03

Here’s a preview of what British viewers will see tonight on “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa”. (See below.) This is the second episode in a three-part series in which the British TV presenter gets “up close and personal” with different communities in post-apartheid South Africa. Last week’s episode was met with some shock and sadness […]

SA Teen Arabella talks about her Debut Single & Awesome Video

By SAPeople 27-03-14 11:30

This is Arabella Latham’s debut single below – “Like This” – and it’s awesome. She’s 16, from Durban and  has the voice of an über cool angel. She writes all her own music and lyrics, plays guitar and sings. Here the South African schoolgirl – who’s in Grade 11 – talks to SAPeople about her first guitar, […]

Stormers Launch their Super Rugby Season with Preview Video

By SAPeople 22-02-14 15:01

As the 2014 Vodacom Super Rugby season kicks off this evening for the DHL Stormers, the team has published a preview video discussing their thoughts on the upcoming season. Tonight the Western Province team will face the Lions (whose season began last week when they beat the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein 21-20). “I’m very pleased and […]

Brent Lindeque

Catching Up with Brent Lindeque – the Guy who Changed One Thing

By SAPeople 27-05-15 18:17

It’s been less than three weeks since Brent Lindeque uploaded his ‘South African NekNomination’ video and changed one thing…which changed everything. Today he spoke to SAPeople about optimism, South Africa and his day job. On 31 January Brent uploaded his Neknomination challenge in which he had changed the social media game’s rules and done something […]

South Africa’s White Slums – Video

By SAPeople 20-02-14 15:32

EuroNews, a European news channel featuring international news, published a documentary recently about Coronation Park – a squatter camp in Krugersdorp, South Africa, where a lot of impoverished white (and black) people live. They describe this camp as one of a growing number of townships becoming populated mostly by white Afrikaners who are facing poverty […]

Otelo Burning film poster

Otelo Burning now Available for South Africans Abroad

By SAPeople 20-02-14 09:59

Award-winning South African drama ‘Otelo Burning’is now available for people outside of South Africa to download and watch. The film tells the emotional coming-of-age story about three teenagers in a township who discover joy – and freedom – through surfing at the end of apartheid. It’s based on a true story. ‘Otelo Burning’ was screened […]

Boers at the end of the World

The Boers at the End of the World – Video Trailer

By SAPeople 20-02-14 06:24

Over a century ago, after losing to the British in the Anglo Boer War, 600 Afrikaner Boer families left South Africa and set off on their journey away from their beloved homeland, becoming perhaps the country’s first expats! They travelled across the ocean to a remote and desolate corner of Patagonia in Argentina, where they’ve remained […]

Music tells South Africa’s ubuntu story

By SAPeople Contributor 17-02-14 09:32

The Big Apple will welcome South Africa for three weeks in October, when the city’s iconic Carnegie Hall will host a music and arts festival focusing on the nation, called Ubuntu. An exciting array of events has been planned for the famous space and for partner venues throughout New York City. Audiences will be able to explore the dynamic and […]

Anne Hirsch and Bobby Skinstad

Bobby Skinstad talks to Anne Hirsch about Cape Tens Rugby, Naas Botha and NikNaks

By SAPeople 12-02-14 21:14

The inimitable Anne Hirsch descended on the Cape Town Tens a few days ago to get to grips with a few rugby facts…and rugby players…particularly “hottie Bobby Skinstad”. “The Cape Town Tens is the world’s biggest Tens rugby tournament,” she says. “So what better environment to interview the hashtag hottie Bobby Skinstad in? “The Bobmeister […]

Kim Engelbrecht and Janez Vermeiren

Romantic Advert Featuring South Africans goes Viral

By SAPeople 20-02-14 06:25

A romantic advert featuring two South Africans has gone viral, enjoying over 1,5-million views in less than a week since it was uploaded to YouTube on February 7. The commercial – for Schwarzkopf Nectra Color – features Top Billing and Top Travel host Janez Vermeiren and former Isidingo actress Kim Engelbrecht…who also happens to be exactly who […]

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