A team of Special Envoys has been dispatched by President Cyril Ramaphosa to several African countries to deliver a message of reassurance in light of the recent attacks on foreign nationals. “The Special Envoys will deliver a message from President Ramaphosa regarding the incidents of violence that recently erupted in some parts of South Africa […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was booed by the crowd gathered today for the funeral of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The Master of Ceremony was forced to intervene to appeal to the crowd to give Ramaphosa a chance to speak. Their reaction follows the wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks in South Africa […]

South African Police Minister Bheki Cele says police intelligence is working around the clock to prevent more attacks and looting in parts of Gauteng which have been hit by violence against foreign nationals. In a Parliamentary debate on incidents of violence and criminality in parts of Gauteng, Cele said blanket statements about police intelligence being […]

An international team of astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has discovered enormous balloon-like structures that tower hundreds of light-years above and below the centre of our galaxy, it was announced today in a media release. With some joking that now we’ve discovered the Milky Way was an Aero all along, the astronomers have explained […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has honoured the late rugby hero, Chester Mornay Williams, with a declaration of a Special Provincial Official Funeral Category 2. The 49-year-old veteran of the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the first player of colour to represent the Springboks since the 1980s – passed away from a sudden heart attack on Friday, […]

This 52-minute SuperSport documentary honours the life and career of Springbok and Western Province winger Chester Williams, who first won South African fans’ hearts when he scored four tries against Samoa in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. (Watch trailer below or full doc here.) If you are in South Africa, you can stream Supersport’s all-day […]

The so-called “Dros rapist”, Nicholas Ninow, has pleaded guilty to, among other things, raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Pretoria last year. The 22-year-old also pleaded guilty to two other charges brought against him by the state: possession of drugs, and obstructing the administration of justice. He pleaded not […]

PSA (Public Service Announcement), not for debate: will all those calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty – specifically for rape – please stop and USE YOUR NOODLES… writes South African Editor Helen Moffet. (I am not getting into the debate on capital punishment more broadly — many excellent commentators have already done so.) […]

Two people died during a stampede as shops were looted in Samora Machel, Philippi, Cape Town, at the weekend. (Watch Carte Blanche’s latest episode below on the looting taking hold in SA against foreign nationals.) The looting started at Super Spar then moved to immigrant-owned small businesses. While people were taking items from the supermarket, […]

In fantastic news for wildlife conservationists – and for rhinos and lions – the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, announced today that it will no longer be offering cub petting to the public, with immediate effect. The Reserve has been popular with local and international tourists for 30 years […]

I am 24-years-old and, newly, an Israeli citizen… writes South African expat and soon-to-be Full-Stack Developer Zoë Cohen who has written a Facebook post which has resonated with many other Proudly South African expats living abroad. (Read it below.) I live in Israel, however my heart will forever be in South Africa. I never left South […]

A suspect has been apprehended following the reportedly brutal killing of a women during a farm attack outside Bethlehem in the Free State, South Africa, last night. The deceased was named by the Democratic Alliance (DA) as Mimie Frost. The DA’s leader in the Free State, Dr Roy Jankielsohn, expressed condolences to Frost’s family, and […]

South Africans around the country have been glued to their televisions on Saturday morning, watching the funeral service of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was tragically raped and killed on Saturday 24 August, when she went to pick up a package from the Post Office. Thousands of mourners gathered at the Abbordford Christian Centre in East […]

CAPE TOWN – Former Springbok legend Chester Williams has passed away at the age of 49. The former Springbok wing, Blitzboks captain, and coach died suddenly on Friday 6 September 2019, from a heart attack. Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, reacted with shock and disbelief when the news surfaced on Friday afternoon. “The news […]

In a fantastic start to their Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign South Africa’s Springboks today got their revenge for that embarrassing loss against Japan at the last Rugby World Cup (RWC), beating the home team on Friday in the RWC Warm-Up match in a crushing defeat of 41-7. The Springboks said afterwards: “A big thank […]

“Violence against women has become more than a national crisis. It is a crime against our common humanity.” These are the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa as he addressed the nation on Thursday evening through a national broadcast on radio and television on matters of public and gender-based violence (GBV) that have gripped the country. […]

Watch the exciting moment when the Ndlovu Youth Choir, from Limpopo, South Africa, listened to the Judges last night to discover their fate… that they are through to the America’s Got Talent (AGT) Finals. It was a nail-biting finish, waiting to see if they got the judges’ vote to make them one of last night’s […]

South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir announced last night: “We’re through to the final of America’s Got Talent! Dreams do come true! #agt ????????❤️” The elated choir, who are flying  the flag high in the US on AGT – and lifting the spirits of South Africans back home – were through to another nail-biting finish in […]

JOHANNESBURG – Eish, South Africans could face more load-shedding over the next few months. The acting chief executive of South Africa’s state power firm Eskom said on Wednesday that he could not rule out more power cuts going forward. Jabu Mabuza told a media briefing that Eskom was planning to undertake plant maintenance on 5,500 […]

Within minutes of tickets for the much-anticipated charity match in South Africa between tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal going on sale… they were sold out! The Match in Africa 6 will be played in Cape Town on 7 February 2020. Tickets went on sale at 09h00 Wednesday morning. SAPeople tried to buy tickets […]

“This is a very dark period for us as a country,” admitted President Ramaphosa in a statement on Tuesday. “The assaults, rapes and murders of South African women are a stain on our national conscience.” The South African president said he will be meeting with the leadership of the police later today to be briefed […]

There’s a growing trend for young South Africans to work aboard luxury super yachts, earning dollars and seeing the world! But how easy is it to get a job? Here’s one young South African’s firsthand account of her experience looking for work in Antibes… Saffas in Yachting I left South Africa for Antibes in the […]

A young six-year-old girl – Amy-Lee de Jager – has been kidnapped outside her school, College Park Primary School (Laerskool Kollegepark) in South Africa, on Monday morning. According to local reports, the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of R2-million. UPDATE: Amy-Lee has been found. Earlier this morning, Laerskool Kollegepark in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, posted a photo […]

Since the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was introduced to Parliament, bringing it a step closer to reality, SAPeople has been inundated with concerned readers’ queries on what the NHI will entail. Tonight Carte Blanche unravels exactly what the NHI will mean for South African tax payers. This evening’s special 90-minute episode of #CarteBlanche is […]

You don’t want to poke the bear when it comes to Esti van Tonder, especially not when the Olympics are less than a year away, writes GARY LEMKE. South Africa’s national women’s canoeing champion in the K1 200 and 500m, Van Tonder added the 500m African Games title to her ever-growing CV and aims on […]