South African residents were treated to an amazing halo around the sun today. But what causes the ring around the sun, many asked. Well, although the ring or sun halo is not common, it’s apparently spotted more in some countries than rainbows! The phenomenon is caused by cirrus clouds floating high above our heads (about […]

The murder of Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa (27) was not a robbery go wrong, as initially suspected, but a targeted killing, AfriForum revealed this evening at a press briefing in Pretoria. While praise was heaped on the South African Police Service (SAPS) for working with AfriForum in the past few months, and for their […]

Five suspects have been arrested for the murder of former Bafana Bafana captain and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwo… who was shot dead exactly six years ago, to the day. South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele announced the breakthrough on Monday. The five are due to appear in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The […]

The ANC Caucus in Parliament has laid all blame on the EFF for disrupting a public hearing in Limpopo today, on Expropriation of Land Without Compensation, which led to it being cancelled. The ANC said in a statement on Sunday evening that it condemns the EFF for “disorderly conduct” and that the “anarchy” today is […]

DA Federal Chairperson and Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, today urged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to “wake up and smell the blood of farmers across South Africa”. Speaking outside Parliament in Cape Town, at a Black Monday event (held on Sunday so people didn’t have to miss work), Dr Meyer said […]

Pretoria man Wayne Gary Giles, who has been fighting for his life during the past week in ICU in hospital, has awoken to news of the overwhelming care and kindness of family, friends and strangers in South Africa, and abroad, who together have raised over R200,000 to help pay his medical bills after he was […]

About 300 farmers and supporters gathered outside Parliament on Sunday morning to protest against farm murders and farm fires. Holding white crosses, a group marched to Parliament chanting “die boere kom! (the farmers are coming!)” while others arrived on motorcycles and their vehicles. In July a similar protest took place. “The farmers are the reason […]

For two years (2017 and 2018), a spate of muggings, stabbings and murders in Table Mountain Reserve, South Africa, went unsolved, leaving local Cape Town cyclists and hikers, as well as tourists, vulnerable and terrified. Now, investigators are confident that they’ve finally caught the violent killer who was lurking on the mountain. “With his unassuming […]

Shudufhadzo Musida was last night crowned Miss South Africa 2020 in the beauty pageant’s 62nd grand finale, which took place for the first time ever in Cape Town. Here’s everything you need to know about SA’s new Miss South Africa… 1. In her first post on social media after winning, Shudufhadzo (Shudu) said: “Just like […]

It’s that time of the year again, in South Africa. Jacaranda time! And the streets of Pretoria never fail to impress. Most of us are used to the famous purple jacaranda trees that herald the approach of exams, but today (Sat 23 Oct), teacher and regular SAPeople contributor, Andrea Ben, captured these photos of the […]

Three fabulous South African films have won top awards at an international film festival in Viseu, Portugual. The three films are: ‘Mzansea’ which won TWO first prizes, ‘Welcome to Khayelitsha’ which won a second prize, and ‘Love Hermanus’ which came second in the Locations category. The SA films were competing amongst 300 films from 45 […]

Environmentalists have been shocked this week by the catastrophic crude oil spill from a Transnet pipe into the Umbilo River in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, which has spread down to Durban Harbour and can be seen as far as Battery Beach in Durban Central. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is “horrified” by the spill […]

The Democratic Party (DA) says it is horrified at the murder of community and environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase at her home in Ophondweni, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in South Africa. “The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found, and justice swiftly meted out,” Hannah Shameema Winkler – Shadow Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) announced the arrest of three staff members on 20 October 2020; in an extended Intel driven operation by SANParks, SAPS Crime Intelligence Unit, Sabi Sands and Skukuza SAPS Stock Theft Unit outside Kruger Gate. Two of the officials were employed as Security Guards and one was attached to Technical Services […]

A young South African expat living in Los Angeles, California, has written and produced a song with a voice that will tear at your heart and lyrics that will stir your soul, set to a backdrop of visuals highlighting the spectacular, heartbreaking beauty of South Africa. Edward Smith – whose real name is Dewald Smit […]

In his capacity as African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the Nigerian government to desist from the use of violence and respect human rights and the rule of law amid the #EndSARS protests. Meanwhile in the USA, South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah has briefly explained what has been going on […]

South African citizens living in countries like the UK (which are currently on South Africa’s banned ‘red list’) who would like to travel to South Africa, but have concerns related to their minor children or spouses who have foreign nationality, are advised of the following information from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). Firstly, any […]

A brazen ‘Rolex’ robbery took place yesterday at a Turkish restaurant in Sunninghill Village shopping centre, in Sandton, Johannesburg. In a video which has gone viral in South Africa, at least two suspects can be seen, pointing their guns at a table of six diners. One suspect, dressed in dark clothes, can be seen jumping […]

PRETORIA – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) has arrested four former senior state officials on Thursday morning for alleged tender irregularities committed at the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), in 2007, Haws announced in a statement today. The long-drawn-out case by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation emanates from February 2007, when the State […]

The DA in the Free State, South Africa, has requested that the Premier declare the fire-swept areas a State of Disaster, in order to facilitate the allocation of vital resources. The veld fires this week ravaged about 100,000 hectares around and between the towns of Dealesville, Boshoff, Hertzogville, Hoopstad and Bultfontein… destroying livestock, game, grazing, […]

Thirty-one students from Fort Hare University’s East London campus in South Africa have tested positive for COVID-19, apparently following a night out partying… similar to the recent ‘super-spreader’ incident in Cape Town where 89 tested Covid-19 positive following a gathering, which included several matric students, at the Tin Roof in Claremont. According to a joint […]

The Malawian pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary were two of four suspects who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth R102 million. It was reported late today that Mary Bushiri was arrested first and then her husband, after trying to evade the Hawks, handed himself in to […]

Mia Kora has been “honoured and humbled” by the impact of its ‘Fabric Map of Africa’. The company, which usually offers a collection of scarves and shawls centred around the concept of ‘wearable art’ has this time created art centred around a collection of fabrics from each of the continent’s countries – from Egyptian cotton […]

I am sick and tired of social media and irresponsible, inaccurate journalism so it was to this end that I decided that we would go to Senekal 16 October 2020 to see with our own eyes, and hear with our own ears… says Brad Nathanson Investigations. Amid all of the propaganda on social media spewed […]

When Nelson Mapande’s job prospects dried up during Lockdown in South Africa, he didn’t let it dampen his spirits. Instead he decided to learn a new skill… and now his beautiful creations are earning him a living, and lighting up the homes and hearts of Capetonians. It was less than four months ago when Nelson […]