The last of Reggie Yates’s three-part BBC3 series on “Extreme South Africa” will air on Monday night in the UK with a focus on one of Johannesburg’s controversial “mega-churches”, The Church of Incredible Happenings. This week the British TV presenter – who has already delved into the largest white slum in Pretoria and covered knife crime in […]

During the UK broadcast of tonight’s episode of Reggie Yates’ 3-part Extreme South Africa series, expats took to Facebook to post their opinions of Reggie’s visit to Khayelitsha. Carlaine Milledge described it as “a devastatingly accurate portrayal of Khayalitsha. I have no words to describe what I’m seeing” whilst Don Beukes said “I am already […]

Here’s a preview of what British viewers will see tonight on “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa”. (See below.) This is the second episode in a three-part series in which the British TV presenter gets “up close and personal” with different communities in post-apartheid South Africa. Last week’s episode was met with some shock and sadness […]

South African expats in the UK reacted with sadness and shock (and even some anger) after watching a BBC 3 documentary last night about poor white people in Pretoria, South Africa. The 55-minute doc was the first in a three-part series – entitled “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa” – in which presenter Reggie Yates gets […]

EuroNews, a European news channel featuring international news, published a documentary recently about Coronation Park – a squatter camp in Krugersdorp, South Africa, where a lot of impoverished white (and black) people live. They describe this camp as one of a growing number of townships becoming populated mostly by white Afrikaners who are facing poverty […]

On the anniversary of South African model Reeva Steenkamp’s tragic death, Oscar Pistorius has said he will carry the loss of Reeva and the trauma of that day forever, and that it was a “devastating accident”. In a statement published on his website, he said: No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating […]

There was one prominent South African at the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia this weekend. And it wasn’t our one and only qualifying athlete, Sive Speelman. Despite qualifying and meeting the International Olympic Committee’s requirements to participate in the Winter Olympics and fulfil his dreams, the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) […]

A two-year-old perfectly healthy giraffe was killed, skinned and fed to lions at Copenhagen Zoo earlier today (Sunday), causing condemnation around the world. Despite an online petition signed by over 20,000 people, as well as offers from other zoos to take the giraffe in, and even a private offer to buy the giraffe for half-a-million […]

Ever wondered if celebrities see some of the mean stuff people write about them? Watch this. It’s brilliant! American TV show host Jimmy Kimmel posted this on YouTube, saying “some people are cruel and write very harsh things to celebrities on Twitter. What you don’t see when you send a nasty tweet is that it […]

Here’s a classic video from SABC News. One of those “only in Africa” moments? Apparently people in the North West frequently complain about the bad state of the roads. So Provincial MPs decided to inspect it and whilst there, in an ironic twist…they witnessed an accident first hand. Thankfully it appears that nobody was seriously […]

Our hearts and prayers go out to Yolande Korkie and her family for the very safe release of her husband, Pierre, who has been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Yemen since May last year. Tomorrow – 8 February 2014 – is the deadline for an approximately $1-million ransom to be paid for the South African […]

Agang SA today confirmed that the DA/Agang deal is off and that Agang SA will be contesting the 2014 elections as an independent party in South Africa, with Dr Mamphela Ramphele as its Presidential Candidate. Dr Ramphele said “even as we declare our withdrawal from talks with the Democratic Alliance, we remain committed to working […]

The deal between the DA and Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele – in which Ramphele had accepted the DA’s invitation to stand as its Presidential Candidate – is over less than a week after it was announced. In a press statement released tonight, Helen Zille – leader of the Democratic Alliance – said Ramphele’s reneging on their […]

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has passed away at the age of 46. He was found in his New York apartment, dead from an apparent drug overdose, less than 24-hours after his representatives released a statement saying that reports of his death on Saturday were a hoax. Hoffman had checked himself into rehab last May […]

Dear South Africa I want us to move forward together. I want a better South Africa for all. True reconciliation. But at the moment it doesn’t feel absolutely possible, because we’re not all being absolutely honest. So I would like to get some things off my chest, and I am writing this in the hope […]

Here’s something you don’t see often – a car cruising down the highway with its axle on fire…as if nothing’s wrong. This video was taken on the M1 North Highway on Thursday (16th January) by a shocked driver who noticed the taxi’s wheel fly off…and then the axle catch fire, “but still [the taxi driver] […]

The South African government has released a statement today that the total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1004. That’s almost three a day! The number of people arrested for rhino poaching-related offences climbed to 343. The figures, released by the Department of Environmental Affairs, are heartbreaking and shocking. Already a […]

Shocking footage has emerged shedding new light on the incident a couple of weeks ago in which an elephant overturned a car in the Kruger National Park. A couple of tourists were injured when the elephant bull attacked; and the bull was subsequently killed (using euthanasia) by Park officials. The video has sparked outrage as […]

Here’s a headline you don’t often hear a President making: “Witchcraft Reports are Ridiculous”. But, following certain allegations and possible misunderstandings by the South African press, the country’s leader Jacob Zuma felt compelled to make this statement yesterday. The problem arose while the President was speaking in KwaNyamazane, Mpumalanga. He told the audience how he […]

A New Zealand traffic advert has gone global with its simple yet powerful message.  The ad – ‘Mistakes’ – is an initiative of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), who state that in New Zealand:  “Last year, 83 people were killed and 408 were seriously injured in speed-related crashes.” Currently there are no stats available […]

Madiba’s journey home to his village of Qunu, where he will be buried on Sunday, began at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria on Tuesday 10 December as a glass-sided hearse carried his flag-draped coffin through the streets of the capital to the Union Buildings. There, the seat of government and the scene of his inauguration […]

South Africa’s beloved Tata  Madiba – Nelson Mandela – has sadly passed away today, 5th December 2013, at the age of 95…leaving a legacy that will last many lifetimes. The Presidency has confirmed that the former South African president will be accorded a State Funeral, and that all the flags of the RSA will be lowered […]

It was announced today, by the South African President’s Office, that President Zuma has signed into law the Protection of Personal Information Bill. According to a statement issued by The Presidency, the Act will “give effect to the right to privacy, by introducing measures to ensure that the personal information of an individual is safeguarded […]

In response to the outrage sparked by photos of American TV celebrity Melissa Bachman gloating behind a lion she killed in South Africa, a retired professional hunter speaks exclusively to SAPeople about the well-meaning but potentially dangerous implications of the flurry of anti-hunting social media campaigns. More than 430,000 people have signed a petition calling […]

Nobel-prize winning author Doris Lessing has passed away peacefully at her home in London this morning. She was 94-years-old. Lessing, who was brought up in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia), wrote numerous novels of which the most famous is probably ‘The Golden Notebook’, published in 1964. She was born Doris May Taylor in Iran (then Persia) […]