Woolworths South Africa has apologised to Ubuntu Baba founder Shannon McLaughlin for copying her baby carrier (although they didn’t quite use the word “copying”). It was thanks to social media, and her blog post going viral, that Shannon finally received a response from Woolworths. According to the post – “Dear Woolworths, you have some explaining […]

The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little seems to thrive on its seemingly endless red plains and parched land. Yet in this unlikely place there is a unique bilingual community. It’s made up of the Afrikaans and Spanish-speaking descendants of the about 650 South African Boers, who came to Patagonia in […]

South African Giniel De Villiers has taken the overall lead for his Toyota team at the Dakar Rally in the Peruvian desert! Despite nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb winning the second stage on Tuesday 8 Jan, the biggest gains were made by Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s De Villiers / Dirk von Zitzewitz (302) and Bernhard ten […]

It was a huge moment tonight for Banyana Banyana in Dakar, Senegal – where forward (Chrestinah) Thembi Kgatlana took home two trophies – the CAF Goal of the Year and CAF Woman Player of the Year awards; and Head Coach Desiree Ellis was named the CAF Women’s National Team Coach of the Year 2018. This […]

Zolani Mahola, the lead singer of Freshlyground, is lending her support to the South African Bone Marrow Registry for a cause close to her heart. The ‘Give a Little, Save a Life’ campaign, launched on donations based crowdfunding platform, BackaBuddy, aims to raise R300 000 to assist four local children who are in dire need of a life-saving […]

The family of 66-year-old Stanley Currie, who went missing in South Africa after boarding a flight from Dublin, Ireland, to Joburg has expressed gratitude to all those who helped share their distraught posts looking for him. It was information from a member of the public that helped locate him, together with fantastic work from a […]

South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education announced a 2018 matric pass rate of 78.2% in the first week of January as well as a number of other significant achievements. These are academic results of students in their final year of high school. The results are used to gauge the state of the country’s education system. […]

Brand South Africa has welcomed South Africa’s improvement in the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom. This comes after the Heritage Foundation has ranked South African 77th out of 100 world countries in terms of economic freedom. In terms of economic freedom, the Heritage Foundation indicates that with a world rank of 77/180, South Africa is […]

PARIS – A music video, set in the Louvre, by Beyonce and Jay-Z – who were recently in South Africa for the Global Citizen Concert – helped boost visitor numbers to a record 10.2 million last year, the most for any museum in history, the Louvre said on Thursday. A rebound in tourist numbers to […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa reeled off their modest victory target of 41 runs early on the fourth day of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a comprehensive nine-wicket triumph at Newlands on Sunday. Opener Dean Elgar scored an unbeaten 24 as the home side added to their victory in Pretoria […]

On Christmas Eve a 13-year-old aspiring ballerina, Kiara Mun-Gavin, was involved in an awful car crash in Durban, South Africa. She had been on her way to church with her mother when her entire life changed in an instant. Her devastated parents – well known Durban North pastors Jaci and Richard Mun-Gavin – were told […]

Devotion, that’s the recipe to become a top matriculant according to one of the 2018 top performing learners, Rowan Crafford. The blind student from Prinshof School was among the cream of the crop invited to a ministerial breakfast hosted by Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga and Vodacom as a sponsor on Thursday morning. The […]

The Department of Home Affairs has announced that several of its offices across the country will operate from 7am to 7pm shift from 2 to 11 January 2019 to ensure clients are not turned away from offices during this busy period. Home Affairs normal shifts are from 8am to 3.30pm during the week. In a […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah revealed to his Daily Show audience this week just what he did at an American airport, when he realised that the souvenir he’d brought from home was not going to be okay to take through Customs. When asked by a member of the audience – during his Between the Scenes […]

It seems New Year’s Day brought out the best in South Africans as yet another story of brave heroes diving into the ocean to rescue strangers in distress is going viral. Capetonian Ricardo Rossouw published a post yesterday saying that on 1 Jan he “witnessed the true meaning of humanity… the true spirit of Ubuntu” […]

Alex Kuier from Switzerland has always been passionate about South Africa, since she lived in our country a few years ago… but she never realised how much that love for SA would one day help her recover from a traumatic accident. After living in SA for six years and being a regular SAPeople contributor, Alex […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and put Pakistan into bat on the opening day of the second test at Newlands on Thursday, looking to make an immediate impact after winning the first test by six wickets last week. “We want to get stuck into their batting line-up with […]

Following the stamp of approval by the council for quality assurance in education and training, Umalusi, the class of 2018 will find out how they fared in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations later today. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will announce the overall NSC results this evening, while individual results will be released on […]

Due to increased demand, South African Airways (SAA) has expanded its non-stop service between Ghana and the US. In a statement on Wednesday, the national carrier announced that it will increase its frequency on nonstop flights between the Ghanaian capital Accra’s Kotoka International Airport and Washington D.C’s Dulles International Airport to five days a week. […]

Somewhere near Cape Point in South Africa are four brave heroes who yesterday rescued four people in distress – they had been swept out to sea by rip currents in Buffels Bay in the Western Cape. But nobody knows who the Good Samaritans are. The NSRI Station 10 Simons Town and Cape Medical Response (CMR) […]

The South Easter is pumping and the waves are breaking in the Western Cape, South Africa… writes Nigel Riley, whose photos are featured on this page. While Kalkies and the Harbour House were overflowing with visitors, enjoying the traditional fish and chips, a few took time out to watch and enjoy the waves breaking over […]

A post about a South African traffic cop named Simon who helped a cyclist on top of Suikerbossie has gone viral, being shared by thousands of South Africans who were so happy to have a feel-good story with which to end 2018. The traffic cop’s good deed was posted by Selwyn Shandel, owner of Venturescape […]

Social media is full of inspiration for saying farewell to 2018 and ushering in a fabulous 2019. Here are some of the best posts you may have missed: Morgan Freeman’s brilliant review of 2018: https://www.facebook.com/TheHookOfficial/videos/2169892749890519/ Advice from 1965 https://www.facebook.com/Ashton/videos/221944888684022/ South African Poet Athol Williams with hope for a new river in 2019: https://www.facebook.com/SAPeople/posts/10155700483266949/

The South African government has encouraged the Khoisan community – six of whom have been staging a peaceful protest at the Union Buildings in Pretoria – to participate in shaping legislation as Parliament considers the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. The Presidency said Sunday that it recently engaged with a few members of the Khoisan […]

The transcript of an address – titled ‘My South Africa’ – by Prof Jonathan Jansen is going viral yet again. The man many South Africans wish was in politics first delivered the speech to a meeting of Rachel’s Angels in September 2013. Eighteen months later it went viral again to unite the nation after xenophobic […]