Yikes, as if humans needed more reminders that using one’s phone whilst driving any vehicle is NOT a good idea – here’s one more. A man in Beihai City in China plunged into a 2-metre deep sinkhole…  because he was too busy looking at his smart phone to notice the ground had opened up in […]

When South African comedian Trevor Noah was recently back home, performing “There’s a Gupta on My Stoep”… he offered an explanation for President Jacob Zuma’s fumbling of the ANC membership numbers in October 2015, when he famously said “Listen properly now”. So, listen properly now and watch below… Jacob Zuma – Listen Properly Remember this? […]

The accused men in South Africa’s notorious #CoffinAssault (Coffin Assault) case – Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen – have been found guilty of attempted murder. The case rocked South Africa and caused racial tensions when a video that the white men had filmed of themselves, on a farm in Mpumalanga, showed them forcing a black […]

If you need a feel-good – here’s the perfect video. Watch how this little elephant is having such fun chasing the birds… until he falls. Just like most concerned moms, his mother immediately starts walking towards him… and he in turn scurries over to her for comfort, like all little children. The video was filmed […]

South African afro-pop musician Vusi Nova has been successfully found, after being hijacked early Friday morning – betwen 04h30 and 05h00 – outside his home in Melville, Johannesburg. After anxious calls in Gauteng to look out for the kidnapped artist, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa confirmed he is safe, tweeting: “We’re relieved to hear […]

A City of Cape Town worker, who cleans the beach every morning, says the litter that upsets him the most each day is the cigarette butts and broken glass. In a video uploaded by event manager and fundraiser Rachel Smith, Courney asks that beach visitors please pick up stompies and glass because it’s “better for […]

South Africa’s opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), says it has received confirmation that their complaint against Bell Pottinger has been upheld, and that the ruling will most likely be on 4 September. This means that the UK’s trade PR trade body – PRCA (Public Relations & Communications Association) – agrees that “Bell Pottinger did […]

A video of a Cape Town groom ‘serenading’ his blushing – and giggling – bride is fast approaching 1 million views, having already been watched over 792,000 times on Facebook since it was posted nine days ago! Christiaan van den Berg and his ‘merry men’ surprised his bride, Daniela van den Berg, with an awesome […]

The NSRI Simon’s Town sea rescue crew successfully disentangled a Southern Right whale that had become entangled in rope off-shore of Clovelly, between Kalk Bay and Fish Hoek, on Tuesday evening. Photographer ROB TARR was there to capture the action… “I scooted around there this evening and managed to find parking among the gazillion onlookers! […]

The family and friends of 13-year-old Anchen Muller from Cape Town, South Africa, are frantically searching for the teenager who went missing on Friday night. UPDATE Wednesday 23 August 2017: Anchen was found Tuesday night and is safe and unharmed. Her aunt, Mariette Dalton, has posted the following message asking for help: “URGENT!!! My sister’s […]

Grace Mugabe, the wife of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, is accused of assaulting a young woman while on a visit to South Africa. A week after the incident in a hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg’s upmarket central business district, a South African government minister announced that she had been granted diplomatic immunity. She has subsequently […]

Watch the Malmesbury Superspar staff put on a great song and dance… singing Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’, showing what teamwork is all about! Andrew Francis‎ posted the video to the supermarket’s page on Facebook, saying: “WOW!!! What an amazing surprise while visiting your store 🙂 #FlashMob in the beautiful town of #Malmesbury.” Facebook user Brenda Walker, […]

We’re still being ‘snowed under’ by more gorgeous photos and videos from the snowfall in South Africa this week… Elliot in the Eastern Cape MIKE GEYER: “Cows in the snow in Elliot… you’ve got to feel for the animals in the extreme weather conditions!” “On Thursday it was snowing so heavy in Elliot – amazing […]

A beautiful new short film for iconic South African salt brand Cerebos has been featured on the top advertising sites around the world including Shots and Adforum, and was named World’s Best Ad of the Day by the prestigious AdWeek. SAPeople followers, Lyndall Vanderyacht told SAPeople: “My brother from Durban just made this beautiful Cerebos […]

Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, said he was pleased with the performance of his squad following their 37-15 win over Argentina at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, but warned that further improvement in key areas will be needed if they want to build momentum in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The Boks scored […]

To celebrate World Photography Day – 19 August 2017 – enjoy these gorgeous photos from one of the most photogenic countries in the world – beautiful South Africa. All photos by ANDREA BEN… #HappyWorldPhotograhyDay from #PhotogenicSouthAfrica

South Africans can look forward to entering most national parks for free when SA National Parks (SANParks) launches its annual week on 17 September 2017. Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa will officially launch the week at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park (GGHNP) in the eastern Free State (see pic above). Since its inception in […]

CCTV footage has emerged of a woman fleeing a petrol station a week ago in the early hours of the morning… dragging the entire petrol pump behind her car. According to the Southern Courier the incident took place on Thursday 10 August in the South of Johannesburg at Vuyo’s garage on Main Street. The owner […]

Watch how three South African motorists seamlessly worked together, to bravely prevent another driver – who had (badly) hit another vehicle, flipping it over – from fleeing the scene. The video – from a dashcam – was uploaded on Wednesday by Yusuf Abramjee who said it happened on the N1 to Pretoria, near Centurion. He […]

JOHANNESBURG – Despite claims from sources in Zimbabwe yesterday that the country’s first lady, Grace Mugabe had returned to Zimbabwe… the South African Ministry of Police has Wednesday issued a statement confirming that she actually is still in South Africa. According to the statement, the ‘suspect’ was due to hand herself in yesterday but kept changing […]

Former American President Barack Obama’s tweets quoting former South African President and prisoner, Nelson Mandela, have become the most liked tweets in history. The tweets followed the Charlottesville tragedy in Virginia, USA, on Saturday when one woman was killed and about a dozen people injured after a man drove deliberately into an anti-racist crowd that […]

BLOEMFONTEIN – A 13-year-old girl in South Africa has testified via CCTV that she was repeatedly raped by various men while her mother watched and scolded her. She stated that her mother and father would pray to the devil afterwards and their eyes would go “black”. Whilst giving the testimony, her father (44) and mother […]

The father of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday, says he has forgiven the man who allegedly drove deliberately into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, mowing down Heyer’s daughter… and calls on people everywhere to change their hearts and forgive each other. Mark Heyer said: “People need to stop hating, and they need […]

Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, has returned to Zimbabwe according to an Aljazeera report… following her alleged assault of a 20-year-old South African woman at a hotel in Sandton on Sunday. There was conflicting information on Tuesday afternoon with some media in South Africa reporting that Mugabe had handed herself in and was in court… […]

A school teacher was shot and fatally wounded in front of schoolchildren in Bushbuckridge, South Africa on Monday. Kate Chiloane was fleeing from her husband, following an argument, at Sedibasathuto Primary School when he shot her twice in front of learners. He later committed suicide at home. The gun used for the shootings belonged to […]