South African National Parks (SANParks) today welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of 52 years in prison for rhino poaching and related offences. The sentencing took place on Friday 18 November 2022, just days after another rhino poacher was successfully convicted and sentenced to 17 […]

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A man jumped into a river in South Africa full of crocodiles to get tickets for 2010’s World Cup, a Uruguay player returned to the field just after suffering a heart attack and a Russian couple broke up after arguing over who was the better player, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. […]

Seven sensational second-half tries, with Kurt-Lee Arendse grabbing a brace in a Man of the Match performance, saw the Springboks record a 63-21 win over Italy in Genoa on Saturday, to get their first victory of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour this month. The big win was the Springboks’ first of their tour of the […]

Over R9-million worth of bogus claims processed in just six months – in a scheme that could run back to 2014. By James Stent. A PRASA investigation has uncovered a multi-million rand scam involving bogus insurance claims. The scam was uncovered because of the honesty of one of PRASA’s lowest-paid people. Zethembiso Dladla came forward after […]

Eskom says Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented across South Africa until further notice. The power utility explained that the intensified rotational power cuts are due to a high level of breakdowns at power stations, delays in return to service and the depletion of emergency reserves. “Since Friday morning a generating unit each at […]

The Western Cape Provincial Government is ensuring that the official residence of the Western Cape Premier, Leeuwenhof, remains a public property that gives back to communities, with its latest initiative seeing fresh vegetables, grown in the gardens, donated to charities, NGOs and Leeuwenhof staff. A number of NGOs, charities and other stakeholders, gathered at Leeuwenhof […]

An awesome South African, Theo Bierman, is taking on TWO full Ironman triathlon distances back to back, today (Friday 18 Nov) and tomorrow! And like Superman, he’s doing this epic feat – covering 452km in 2 days – to help make the world a better place. Theo is one of the co-founders of the beautiful […]

The combined efforts of Interpol South Africa and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have led to the arrest in Johannesburg of an Israeli gang leader, who has been on Interpol’s Red Notice since 2015. The 46-year-old alleged criminal – attached to a criminal organisation in Israel called the ‘Abergil Organisation’ – was arrested, together […]

Many South Africans have been fuming since Oscar-winning Hollywood star Charlize Theron said in a podcast that Afrikaans is a dying language spoken only by about 44 people. But in the midst of their anger, South Africans have still – naturally – found time to joke. (Although many missed that 44-year-old Charlize was joking too… […]

(Reuters) – South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been handed a two-game ban from all match-day activities by World Rugby after tweets he posted that were perceived to be critical of referees. Erasmus returned this month from a near year-long stadium suspension following his infamous 62-minute video critique of Australian referee Nic Berry […]

French citizens have been falling in love with the ‘magnifique’ Princess Charlene of Monaco lately as she appears to have put last year’s illness behind her, and has been seen out more – always looking so elegant, regal… and kind. After photos were posted on the Prince’s Palace of Monaco page yesterday, there were a […]

Police in South Africa have arrested a 43-year-old suspect believed to be linked to detained suspected kidnapping kingpin, Faizal Charloos, following an integrated intelligence-driven operation, led by the National Counter Crime Intelligence unit. The unit received information that Charloos had a cell phone smuggled into his cell, and was using it to communicate with his […]

South African musician The Kiffness – who recently returned from a tour of Germany – graced US TV screens this week when he was featured by Jimmy Fallon in the ‘Do Not Play This Song’ segment. A bemused David Scott (aka The Kiffness) posted a clip on social media on Wednesday afternoon, and said: “made […]

South African chef Jan Hendrik is celebrating today after both his restaurants – in France and South Africa – were included in the international 50 Best Discovery List. Jan is of course famous for his Michelin-star restaurant – simply named JAN – in Nice on the French Riviera. Jan (full name Jan Hendrik van der […]

It just got easier for tourists from Europe to visit South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline, Eurowings Discover (4Y), took off from Frankfurt on Tuesday evening at 9:55 pm and touched town in Mbombela, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA), at 14:10 pm for the first time! After a short stopover in […]

“Lions, Bones & Bullets” is a new documentary that sheds light onto South Africa’s controversial commercial captive lion industry and follows the wildlife trafficking trail to Laos and Viet Nam. British author Richard Peirce talks to lion farmers and hunters in South Africa who are exporting lion bones to Southeast Asia for the traditional medicine […]

South African born and raised Elon Musk, who recently acquired social media platform, Twitter, and laid off almost half the staff, has sent an email to those remaining outlining his vision for Twitter 2.0. In his email, sent at midnight, Musk says that his vision is “extremely hardcore” and will require long hours (80 hour […]

Wouter Kellerman has been nominated for yet another GRAMMY®️ award, along with Zakes Bantwini (KZN singer and producer) and Nomcebo Zikode (Mpumalanga singer / songwriter) for Best Global Music Performance, for Bayethe. (Watch Bayethe below.) UPDATE 6 Feb ’23: South Africans Wouter Kellerman, Nomcebo Zikode and Zakes Bantwini have WON the Grammy Award! The talented […]

World Rugby this week unveiled the shortlists for the prestigious World Rugby Awards 2022, which will be presented in Monaco this Sunday, 20 November, with South African expat, Princess Charlene of Monaco, in attendance. South Africa’s Lukhanyo Am is one of the nominees, as well as Nomawethu Mabenge who is up for her try in […]

Skukuza Regional Court has sentenced a convicted rhino poacher to an effective sentence of 17 years behind bars. Sylvester Zitha (40) was arrested in October 2019 in the Kruger National Park (KNP) for poaching. At the time of his arrest, Rangers had heard shots being fired and followed a spoor of two poachers before giving […]

Torrents of rain flooded parts of South Africa this weekend, particularly in Potchefstroom in North West Province where roads were turned to rivers, and a sports field more closely resembled a swimming pool! Inge Klopper Mulder told SAPeople: “We had a flood here and people went canoeing in the streets.” Inge was on the scene […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the African Union to be made a permanent member of the G20. The G20 is a group of 20 countries with leading economies which come together to discuss policy on health, trade and other issues. The SA President was speaking during the Working Session on Food and […]

The Kruger National Park (KNP)’s Letaba Rest Camp is currently buzzing with cicada species. KNP said in a statement on Tuesday that “visitors are hereby informed of their noise which can be amplified by multitudes of insects into an overpowering hum”. Blame the males! They make this noise – by vibrating membranes on their abdomens […]

If 2022 has felt like the worst year for load shedding, you’re right! The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced on Monday that September 2022 recorded more load shedding than the whole of 2020. “September 2022 was an exceptionally high month in terms of load shedding. The year 2022 is the first year […]

Red Bull athlete and Hard Enduro racer, Wade Young, has won the 2022 Roof of Africa which is a remarkable fifth victory in a row, making it the South African’s seventh win. In 2012, the hard enduro rider from KwaZulu-Natal became the youngest racer to win the iconic motorbike enduro race – known as ‘the […]