Brave South African Radius Masukume – who risked his own life to help rescue a woman who was being raped in Cape Town earlier this month – has been nominated for an SA Men of the Year Award. As reported by SAPeople, Masukume was stabbed multiple times as he intervened to save a 45-year-old woman […]

Animal Rights campaigners have expressed outrage and “heartbreak” at the news that today more than 30 wild-caught baby elephants – held captive for nearly a year in Hwange National Park – have been flown out of Zimbabwe, via Victoria Falls Airport, to Chinese zoos. Army trucks allegedly moved in despite campaigners’ legal effort. Humane Society […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) John Steenhuisen is no longer Chief Whip as of today, and Interim Parliamentary Leader of the DA has been announced as Annelie Lotriet, following the resignation of Mmusi Maine from the DA, and as a Member of Parliament in South Africa. Lotriet made the announcement following a sitting of the DA’s Parliamentary […]

Watch below as this video captures perfectly the incredible precision of South Africa’s Springboks as they bore down on Japan on Sunday, beating the hosts 26-3 and powering through to the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup 2019. The Rugby World Cup posted this video on Monday. It’s already been viewed over half a million […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa has been crowned the 2019 Africa Netball Cup Champions in a clean sweep in a tournament in which South Africa remained unbeaten throughout! It’s the first time SA has secured the award in a decade. The South African national netball team beat Zambia in the final match to win that […]

A South African father has called for Christians to “stand against the humiliation and mocking of our faith” after discovering artwork at his children’s KwaZulu-Natal school which depicts God as a clown, amongst other things. Watch below. Speaking on his child’s last day of school yesterday at Grantleigh outside Richard’s Bay in KZN, Andrew Anderson […]

During their current trip to London, a highlight for the Drakensberg Boys Choir was going to be watching The Lion King on the West End… but instead that treat was made even sweeter by the choir being invited to take part on stage in the world famous musical’s 20th Anniversary Performance at the Lyceum Theatre! […]

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba resigned from the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday morning, and therefore also from his role as the city’s mayor, citing changes in the DA for his decision… after the appointment of Helen Zille over the weekend – as the DA’s new Federal Council Chair. He said: “I am gravely concerned that […]

Tennis great Roger Federer has shown his support for South Africa, his mother’s homeland, by sending a video message wishing the Springboks good luck as they face Japan in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals. Watch below as Springbok captain Siya Kolisi reacts to the message during an interview with CNN. Federer, who has both […]

While most kids in South Africa dream of having things like cell phones and tablets, the top of these children’s wish list in Graaf Reinet is simply… water. And this week they got it. Watch below as the children’s joy bubbles over when the always amazing Gift of the Givers successfully drilled the seventh borehole […]

There’s been a flurry of #imstaying jokes being shared on social media after David Scott from The Kiffness was banned for highlighting that a large portion of the South Africans on the #imstaying page are not actually in South Africa. The Kiffness said on Sunday morning that he had been banned for submitting what he […]

South African wheelchair athlete Ernst Francois van Dyk raced into third position on Sunday 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon in the Men’s Wheelchair Race. It’s an incredible feat considering Van Wyk only arrived in Chicago on the eve of the competition! With no mention of jetlag, a very positive Van Wyk wrote on […]

Watch the video below to see two men leap out of a pool faster than you can say ‘elephant’, when a large mother elephant jumps in to boot them out. The mother was trying to protect her baby who was stuck in the pool. But the men were wanna-be good samaritans. They were attempting to […]

Seventeen-year-old schoolgirl Michaela Booyson was battered to death with a pickaxe in the early hours of Sunday morning in Mossel Bay. She was allegedly killed for her pair of Nike sneakers. SA Women Fight Back, the movement which began following the senseless murder of Meghan Cremer two months ago in Cape Town, is calling on […]

As any expat will confirm, South African ads are amongst the best in the world… and the latest one from a local insurance company is no exception, going viral within hours of being launched. The ad – by King Price – has South Africans in stitches as it highlights how meanings get lost in translation […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that two elderly women were found murdered in a retirement home in Port Elizabeth this morning. The news shook Port Elizabeth with SAPeople member Eileen Trew revealing: “I’m in Port Elizabeth. This morning’s news is a shock for our City and the elderly. Two women were murdered […]

South Africa’s popular Ndlovu Youth Choir and SA flutist (flautist) Wouter Kellerman have been nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for their brilliant rendition of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ (watch below.) The Ndlovu Youth Choir, from Limpopo, recently returned from an incredible run in America’s Got Talent (AGT) where they made it […]

The New Zealand rugby team may be famous for its Haka… but the South African guys in this video give them a run for their money with their own passionate version… an ode to South Africa’s delicious Samosa / Samoosa (a spicy triangular-shaped savoury that originates from India and which Meghan Markle recently enjoyed during […]

Regular SAPeople contributor Vivian van Eeden recently posted a story about her gardener on Facebook page #imstaying. To her surprise it has already been liked by over 6,900 people. (Although it’s no surprise to those who know Vivian and how she always shares the most positive SA stories on SAPeople.) The story has touched many […]

Helen Zille has formally announced that she has submitted nomination forms to contest the position of chair of the DA’s Federal Council, a top position in the party which she hopes would allow her to help the Democratic Alliance reconnect with its voters and get back on track. In a message on Facebook, she said […]

GAUTENG – A 34-year-old man was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport, after being found in possession of 12 boxes of lion bones. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime unit, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) SWAT unit and Crime Intelligence intercepted a suspicious consignment on Tuesday. […]

Extreme weather hit parts of southern Africa in the past 24 hours with heavy rain and flash floods in areas of South Africa, and snow in Lesotho. Watch the incredible video below, filmed by Dana du Plessis, which shows the Keisies River in Montagu, Western Cape, as it starts to flow again! Storm Report SA […]

In a great display of making the most of things, some innovative South African drivers were filmed capitalising on a burst water pipe alongside a road. Watch videos below. Vehicles – including taxis – can be seen manoeuvring their cars to make sure they get the shiniest car wash! Three videos of the scene were […]

Meghan Markle has made a special secret trip to Clareinch Post Office in Cape Town to pay tribute to Uyinene Mrwetyana (Nene), the 19-year-old University of Cape Town student who was raped and murdered last month, according to reports in the UK media. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace confirmed her visit, saying: “We can confirm […]

A group of South African friends, who had been holidaying in Mozambique, were shocked by the size of an African Rock Python they spotted on the way home to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Watch below. Charles Southwood from Ballito told SAPeople they estimate the snake was around 4 metres long! Charles said: “There were 15 of us, […]