Adam Spires – who calls himself the “Wannabe Vlogger” on YouTube – has produced a video exploring Cape Town’s underground tunnels… revealing that the Mother City DOES have water… a LOT of water! But it’s going to waste, according to Adam… In the first of a three part series, Adam accompanies Matt from Good Hope […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that an intense cold front is expected in SA from 15-17 July, making landfall over the Western Cape on Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday morning, 16 July 2017. The good news is this could bring good rain for the dams… SAWS said: “Ahead of […]

Congratulations to South Africa – represented by St John’s Preparatory – for winning the Kids’ Lit Quiz (KLQ) World Final 2017 in Canada this month… crowned the best from over 1,000 schools around the world which competed in the annual competition. The National Champion teams, all keen readers between the ages of 10 and 13, hail from […]

Disgraced UK PR firm, Bell Pottinger, has until the close of business today to respond to the DA’s complaint that it has violated the Public Relations and Communications Association’s (PRCA) Professional Charter and Code of Conduct, by which the company is bound. And South Africans in the UK are urged to attend a picket at […]

SANParks together with Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) officials say they made every effort yesterday and overnight to lure and catch the four lions that were first sighted wandering near the N4 / Crocodile River gorge area which is managed by MTPA. “Since the first light all efforts are and will continue to be […]

Thousands of South Africans on Facebook got caught on Monday by a hoax message warning of an imminent hacking attack by a person called Jayden K. Smith, and urging users to send the message to all their contacts. The message read: Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept Jayden K. […]

Tesla boss Elon Musk has tweeted photos of the new Model 3 Tesla, the company’s first electric car for the mass market with a price tag of $35,000 (almost half a million rand – R467,000). The South African expat tweeted “production unit 1 of Model 3 is now built and going through final checkout” before posting […]

Congratulations to Jordy Smith who won the 2017 Ballito Pro, presented by Billabong, yesterday in South Africa. Jordy beat Brazilian Willian Cardoso in the finals, to claim his second Ballito Pro win… while fellow South African Mikey February, from Cape Town, clinched third position. Durban surf sensation, Jordy, claimed his victory in front of an […]

If you need to convince a friend, partner, your kids or just the man at the pub that South Africa’s the place to visit – bookmark this page and show them this video… https://www.facebook.com/UNILADAdventure/videos/1801624716833674/   To see more similar footage, visit these awesome South African photographers’ pages (often featured on SAPeople): Luke Maximo Bell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJ-02TEGNS2GeD2wYetHSQ […]

The Bulls, Lions, Stormers and Sharks have been confirmed as South Africa’s four Super Rugby competitors from 2018, SA Rugby announced on Friday. The Cheetahs and Kings have earlier informed SA Rugby of their intention to explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions.The announcement was made following a Special General Meeting of SA Rugby […]

Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk fired a crackerjack shot across the bows of any pretenders to his World Championship 400-metres crown in Switzerland on Thursday night, breaking Michael Johnson’s 21-year record in the 400m. Lining up for his first international one-lap event of the year, Van Niekerk cruised to a meeting […]

Elon Musk’s Tesla will be installing the world’s largest lithium-ion battery storage project in South Australia, it was announced Friday. The exciting contract comes after the former Pretoria Boys’ High student – and mega-entrepreneur (PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX etc!) – made headlines in March when he promised South Australia that his company could complete the project […]

The British PR agency – and ‘international reputation management’ company – that recently dropped the Gupta Family’s Oakbay Capital as a client, have sort of come clean with a statement today, admitting their horror at discovering some of the accusations levelled at them by angry South Africans (never mess with a South African!) are in […]

Miss South Africa, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, posted a video late Wednesday evening explaining why she was wearing gloves to hand out food to young children, and apologising to those who were offended. Demi-Leigh took part in a charity soup drive in Soweto yesterday as a volunteer… but was ridiculed, criticised and chastised for wearing gloves. The […]

Two South African schoolgirls have become an overnight sensation, thanks to American rap star Nicki Minaj who posted a video of them on her Instagram account this week. Nicki asked her followers: “What country are these girls from? This rlly inspired me. Music transcends all borders.” After being informed, Nicki updated with “#SouthAfrica represent!!!!” South […]

Americans gathered around the country to celebrate Independence Day on this 4th of July, with crowds heading to the beach in scenes we’re usually more used to seeing in Durban, Rio de Janeiro, Bondi and Brighton… rather than New York! Parades were held around the country, including in Washington DC where there was also a […]

With just one photo and one sentence, farmer Pieter Els summed up the tragedy of the rhino poaching that has plagued South Africa these last few years. In a post on Facebook yesterday he uploaded this heartbreaking photo of an orphaned rhino, looking lost alongside its dead mother… with only red blood visible where once […]

Ouf – watch below for that moment when New Zealand midfielder Sonny Bill Williams caused the All Blacks to lose the second test… and got himself suspended for four weeks… as has been decided by a judicial hearing in Wellington on Sunday night. The suspension follows Sonny’s shoulder charge on opponent Anthony Watson, Lions’ wing, […]

The BBC today published a list of stars’ names with tips on how to pronounce Charlize Theron – South Africa’s famous Oscar-winning actress – as well as how to say other famous names, including that of their own Harry Potter author. In the article – “Celebrity names you’re probably saying wrong” – reporter Genevieve Hassan explains the correct […]

This video, which was filmed in South Africa, has to be one of the unfunniest pranks ever played. It was shared a couple of weeks ago by a Somali website, and has been shocking social media users ever since. There’s no mention of when it was filmed or by whom… but after (far too many […]

Ag shame… this is so cute. A baby rhino – which is being cared for by Petronel Nieuwoudt’s wonderful Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary – falls asleep to the gentle strumming of a guitar by an Australian zoo keeper. The little rhino calf was adopted by the South African Sanctuary at the age of one-day-old, […]

Sjoe, grab the tissues – this video is impossible to watch without shedding the odd tear… or stream of tears. Radio presenter Anele and her team at 94.7 surprised Johannesburg teenager Lydia with “the best birthday surprise ever”. Lydia’s family has struggled in recent years, since her dad was diagnosed with epilepsy a couple of […]

South African President Jacob Zuma has delivered the opening address at the ANC’s fifth annual National Policy Conference (NPC), quoting the words of former ANC leader Oliver Tambo that it’s harder to stay in power than to win power. In fact, Zuma repeated them to make sure everyone got the message… Zuma said one of […]

South African journalist Suna Venter has tragically passed away at the age of just 32. She was one of the ‘SABC 8’, and although her family has not given the exact cause of her death, they did say in a media release that she was recently diagnosed with ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’. In the media statement, […]

PRETORIA – Employment has decreased by 48 000 jobs to 9.644 million in the formal non-agricultural sector in the first quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter of 9.692 million in December 2016. Releasing the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the first quarter of 2017 in Pretoria on Tuesday, Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali […]