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Cape Town Township Residents Empty Toilets on N7 in Protest

By SAPeople Staff Writer 17-08-20 19:49

With bare hands, residents removed septic tanks from communal chemical toilets, loaded them on shopping trolleys and emptied them at the exit of N7 at Dunoon, near Milnerton, CapeTown, on Sunday. The residents from Ekuphumuleni informal settlement have not had their toilets cleaned for three weeks after they stopped a newly appointed contractor, Sanitech, from […]

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WATCH Possible Snow on Table Mountain with South Africans in Shorts

By SAPeople 02-01-21 17:06

It’s been bitterly cold in Cape Town today with howling winds… and perhaps even snow. A video is going viral on WhatsApp showing people on Table Mountain picking up snow from the pathway. Watch below. (Update: watch snow in South Africa and Lesotho today, 18 August 2020.) The guy filming what seems like snow can […]

Thandeka Ngobeni sits next to what remains of her shack near the Heidelberg highway in Tsakane. It was demolished for a third time by metro police on Monday morning. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

“I don’t know what is worse: hunger or not having a place to stay”

By SAPeople 17-08-20 14:33

The sound of Thandeka Ngobeni crying could be heard in the background despite the loud clunking and banging noises as shacks around her were being demolished on Monday morning in Gauteng, South Africa. The attempts by dozens of families to occupy land near the Heidelberg highway in Tsakane’s extension 11 were stopped on Monday. The […]

Murdered farm couple Danie Brand, 83, (right) and wife Breggie, 73, (centre) and daughter Elzabie, 54, who was also kidnapped along with her parents and killed while visiting them for the weekend at their farm in Hartswater, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Hartswater Family Murder Case Postponed to 27 August

By SAPeople Contributor 16-08-20 21:28

The five people accused in the murder of Danie, Breggie and Elzabie Brand in Hartswater, made their second appearance in court on 13 August. The triple murder of the family members on 27 July shocked South Africans around the country. The case was postponed until 27 August to allow the accused to apply for bail. […]

Cozy Sleeping Beds Found in KZN Cave from 200,000 Years Ago

By SAPeople 16-08-20 10:46

Researchers have found evidence in a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) cave, in South Africa, that back at the dawn of the human species – over 200,000 years ago – people prepared beds for themselves to sleep on, according to a study published in Science magainze. Wits University in Johannesburg says in a news release that the researchers […]

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South Africans Rejoice as Interprovincial Travel, Alcohol and Cigs Allowed

By SAPeople 15-08-20 21:36

Following one of the longest lockdowns in the world, South Africans are rejoicing after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced tonight the country is moving to Lockdown Level 2 on Monday at midnight, removing nearly all restrictions. This means that economic activity can resume. The bans on the sale of tobacco and alcohol are lifted, and liquor […]

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South Africa Gets COVID Handouts from the World

By SAPeople Staff Writer 22-12-20 17:09

An increasing trend recently has been the sight of South Africa receiving aid and services from other countries, most of it free, but at least once paid for. A country that should be delivering help to the rest of the continent and further afield is now the one needing assistance. Germany – Technical experts  On […]

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South Africa’s State of Disaster Extended to 15 September 2020

By Jenni Baxter 15-08-20 17:35

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs – Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – has today signed an extension to the already extended National State of Disaster (Covid-19). The State of Disaster was due to end today, but has now been extended a further month to 15 September 2020. According to the Government Notice 765 published in […]

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Alan Winde Emerges as True Leader During South Africa’s Pandemic

By Ted Botha 15-08-20 14:50

To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle and Martin Luther King, it takes a crisis to show the mettle of a true leader. And if anyone in South Africa has proved that over and over again during the past five months, it would be Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Inasmuch as Cyril Ramaphosa has […]

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Is #VoetsekANC a Weekly Slinging Match or a Political Movement?

By Ted Botha 14-08-20 18:44

Several weeks ago, the hashtag #ANCFriday started appearing on Twitter, with people being encouraged to post heart signs in green, black and gold in their tweets, the colours of the African National Congress. Within a few hours a backlash was triggered, under the hashtag #VoetsekANC. And each Friday since then, it has trended higher and […]

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WATCH Masaka Kids Have the BEST Jerusalema Dance Moves

By Jenni Baxter 04-01-21 17:19

It’s the South African song that’s taken the world by storm – Master KG’s Jerusalema, featuring Nomcebo Zikode – with groups of people from Australia to Brazil, Denmark to Dubai – taking on the Jerusalema dance challenge… but probably nobody does it better than these kids! The Masaka Kids Africana have proved again, they have […]

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Well Known 702 Presenter Joanne Joseph Bids Farewell to Radio Station

By SAPeople 13-08-20 18:01

Talk Radio Station 702 has today announced that it will be bidding farewell to well-known radio presenter, Joanne Joseph – who hosts The Afternoon Drive – on 28 August. Joanne joined 702 in May 2018, returning to her radio roots after a number of years hosting TV news shows with the SABC and eNCA, 702 […]

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