While South Africa will be celebrating Heritage Day on Sunday 24 September 2017, expats living abroad are invited to attend one of the following events. On Heritage Day, South Africans everywhere are encouraged to celebrate our country’s diverse cultural traditions, beliefs and traditions. Australia Bring & Braai – Melbourne All are welcome! Please wear anything […]

Government has allocated R74 million in relief funding to respond to the persistent drought in the Western Cape. “South Africa is a water-stressed country and the persistent drought conditions in parts of the country are a reminder to all people to save every drop by using water wisely and sparingly,” a statement released by Cabinet […]

Check out the ‘boxing grannies’ of Joburg, filmed by Shayne Robinson. “In a small little gym in a community centre in Cosmo City is where I met a really amazing man,” says Shayne. “Claude Maphosa is a former bodybuilder and the owner of the A-Team gym.” Claude says he got the opportunity of a lifetime […]

Together, they figure they have done South African Tourism more good than any other two blondes… and have travelled to the moon and back. Melanie Walker and Viv Vermaak. The one is a former barefoot trans-African arm-wrestler. The other is a former fashion model and adrenaline junkie. The one hosted a show called ‘Going Nowhere […]

A protest which broke out this morning over housing issues in Kwanomzama location in Humansdorp, South Africa, is still not resolved… with fears it could move into Boskloof, a suburb of Humansdorp, this evening. Local freelance photographer Christopher Scott captured these photos. The road between Humansdorp and St Francis Bay has been closed since Thursday […]

Here’s a sneak peek at Table Bay Mall, which is scheduled to open to the public on 28 September 2017. All photos by SAPeople contributor Alan Rudnicki. Last weekend the media were invited to a fabulous luncheon… and to walk around the brand new centre (with hard hats, because it’s still a construction site). Journalists and […]

In what was in effect a rubber-stamping of an agreement reached in July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Olympic Games to Paris, France, and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles in the United States. With the IOC members gathered for an official session in Lima, Peru, IOC president Thomas Bach made […]

Wildlife photographer Bernhard Bekker captured this once-in-a-lifetime video (see below) in August when a pride of 20 lions drank from the Sabie River in perfect unison at the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The 40-year-old South African wildlife photographer and tour guide told the Daily Mail: “It’s just such an amazing moment. In 18 […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad, available from Tuesday. SA expats can now watch their favourite SA current affairs programme just two days after it airs in South Africa, if they’re subscribers of Showmax International. (Watch the trailer below.) Bell Pottinger: The PR Disaster The embattled British Public Relations Firm, Bell Pottinger […]

Earlier this week in Paarl, two men were involved in a road rage incident which escalated to a racist altercation… in which the one, a white driver, struck the other, a coloured driver, in the face with a wooden stick, and threatened to kill him with a pickaxe. BUT in a scene that is becoming […]

With over 18,000 people murdered so far this year in South Africa, and a disclosure that almost 8,000 firearms were lost by police between 2009 and 2014, AfriForum says it will request an investigation into the police negligence of the handling of firearms “which is a big cause of violent crime in this country”. In […]

Watch this spectacular aerial footage of Sani Pass in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa… covered in snow, as vehicles try to snake their way up the mountainous terrain. The video was filmed by Gareth Earl Roberts who told SAPeople: “A true winter wonderland in our amazing country.” For those who may want to make the […]

Now that South African expats in many countries abroad can enjoy ‘Carte Blanche’ – just two days after it’s aired in SA – here’s what you can watch this week… available right now to subscribers of Showmax International. Declining Adoption Numbers In recent years, the rate of child adoptions in South Africa has declined substantially. Now […]

Guests who watched Mrs Vietnam being crowned Mrs Universe at Durban’s Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre last night, 2 September 2017, were treated to a feast of fashion, design and colour as contestants lit up the stage with their incredible traditional ethnic wear. Costumes ranged from awe-inspiring to awesome, dazzling to daring, expansive and exhilarating […]

In a post that’s going viral on social media, Lorenzo Davids – CEO at Community Chest of the Western Cape – lists 10 important things we can each do to build a better South Africa and a better future for all of us: 1. Stop tipping car guards R2. Parking is not that cheap anywhere […]

Spring sprang early in South Africa this year, as evidenced by these fabulous fields of blooming wild flowers, captured in the West Coast National Park two weekends ago… photographed by NIGEL RILEY, ALAN RUDNICKI and ROBYN GWILT. It’s not exactly a wild flower… but it is a ‘wild animal’ in the Park… Posberg is looking […]

Former homeless refugee, Arafat Gatabazi – who fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo on foot, to find freedom in South Africa – will head out to the open water in support of South African school kids. It’s yet another selfless challenge from the youngster who unbelievably couldn’t even swim when he first arrived in […]

A motion calling for early elections in South Africa will be debated in the House of Parliament on Tuesday 5 September, it has been announced this morning by the National Assembly Programme Committee. The opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has called for early elections as provided for in the Constitution (Section 50(1)) following the […]

‘Noem My Skollie’ was definitely chosen as South Africa’s official entry to the Oscars for a reason: this is a world-class movie, telling a story that pulls at your heartstrings through the use of incredible cinematography, excellent acting and outstanding directing. And it’s now available on Showmax International for South Africans abroad to watch and enjoy. […]

South African expats Natasha and Lawrence Moller have been living in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, for the past five years. They’re both still “Proud Saffas” and continue to dream of their homeland… as can be seen in this moving poem by Natasha, which sums up how so many South Africans abroad feel… South Africa, my […]

Generations of late night revellers in Johannesburg made a pilgrimage to order toasties and milkshakes… and farewell the iconic Doll House roadhouse as it closed its doors for the final time this week. Renowned South African writer Gus Silber said: “The Doll House roadhouse on Louis Botha, Joburg, gives way to the bulldozers and the […]

A massive swell hit Plettenberg Bay last week on 24 August 2017, particularly hammering the well known Beacon Island resort… although it didn’t seem to bother them too much. The resort wrote on facebook: “Beacon Island lawns and outdoor pool took a beating, but what a show! Snuggled up in the Sea Lounge, our guests […]

Private rhino horn owner John Hume recently held South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction, a major event in the ongoing fight by private rhino owners to be able to sell legal horn stocks But in a statement released on Hume’s behalf it was admitted that there were very few bidders for the 264 horns. The […]

Now that South African expats in many countries abroad can enjoy ‘Carte Blanche’ – just two days after it’s aired in SA – here’s what you can expect this week… available from today to subscribers of Showmax International. City of Joburg Billing Blunders II For years, at least a decade, the City of Johannesburg’s rates, […]

While attention has been focussed on the Riverlea, Soweto, violence this morning where protesters torched Rea Vaya bus station… across the country in the Western Province, the normally quiet Overstrand area was also victim to a march which turned violent. The Overstrand Herald described the scene in Kleinmond as looking like a “war zone” and advised […]