South African Deputy President David Mabuza is in Juba, South Sudan, for meetings on the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan, aimed at ensuring peace in the region going forwards. The main aim of the visit is to find a consensus from the different parties on the issue of the number […]

Koalas, which are usually native to Australia, have been spotted all over New York City in the past few days. These ones however are toy koalas and they’re on a mission to raise funds to help the the real-life arboreal herbivorous marsupials back in Australia. The toys have been photographed clinging to landmarks all over […]

Police Minister Bheki Cele has urged gun owners to take advantage of government’s firearms amnesty programme and surrender unwanted weapons before May this year. The Minister made the remarks at Linden police station in Johannesburg, where an arms dealer parted with 298 such weapons. Cele said since the amnesty began in December 2019, a total […]

Although average Western Cape dam levels are better this year than last (and a lot better than some drought-ridden parts of the Eastern and Northern Cape), residents are requested to please continue being careful with their water usage as the forthcoming rainfall is predicted to be less than usual. SAPeople contributor Stan Sanetra captured this […]

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was honoured for his contribution to South Africa’s 2019 Rugby World Cup victory on Tuesday night, being awarded the prestigious Pat Marshall Memorial Award at the annual Rugby Union Writer’s Club dinner in London. Kolisi said it was an honour and thanked everyone for their support of rugby and South Africa […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) have announced an encouraging start to the year 2020 in their anti-poaching campaign in the Kruger National Park (KNP). SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni congratulated Rangers who managed to arrest seven suspected rhino poachers in the first nine days of the year. The first group of three suspected poachers were arrested […]

Former Paralympic medallist Natalie du Toit has been nominated for the Laureus Sporting Moment of the last 20 years. This year’s Laureus World Sports Awards will celebrate 20 years of the prestigious accolades being awarded to sports stars. In honour of its anniversary, Laureus has narrowed down 20 of the best sporting moments over the […]

South African expat Charlize Theron has been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Bombshell! Theron already has one Oscar, from 2004, for her  portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ‘Monster’; and a nomination in 2006 for ‘North Country’. In her latest role, Charlize stars as Fox News host Megyn Kelly, in […]

LOS ANGELES – A video showing the devotion between two ex-circus lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI), has gone viral on Facebook… notching up more than half a million view (573,000) and more than 71,000 reactions so far (and counting!) Thanks to Guatemala’s ban on animal circuses, the lions have been rescued from a […]

WESTERN CAPE – The 72 hour activation plan has been ordered for the arrest of suspects as Khayelitsha detectives are probing an armed robbery case… after 11 tourists were robbed in the area yesterday. The group of tourists had been visiting a Khayelitsha gardening project in Site C when they were threatened and robbed of […]

On an ordinary day in Johannesburg, listening to the news on the radio, I heard an advertisement that made me stop short. Shutterstock In the exaggerated manner of a pseudo naturalist, a man narrates shopping for shoes with an apparently female partner. “It’s dusk and you’re in unfamiliar territory, surrounded by predators hunting for fresh […]

South Africa’s Department of Basic Education recently released the country’s National Senior Certificate results for the class of 2019. These are commonly known as the “matric results” and they determine school-leavers’ admission and placement into tertiary level study. About 81.3% of those who wrote the matriculation exams passed. There has been much well-deserved celebration of […]

South Africa needs to seriously start thinking about shifting its energy focus. This is for two reasons. The first is that the country’s important exports – coal and platinum – face potential collapse with the imminent shift of global energy markets. A number of factors are driving this. The move away from vehicles powered by […]

K9 hero dog, Hulk, who is a valuable member of an anti-poaching unit in South Africa, has – with emergency treatment – survived a frightening attack by a swarm of bees, in which he was stung 450 times. Hulk is one of the brave dogs on Pit-Track’s anti-rhino poaching frontline. Pit-Track, which operates on anti-poaching […]

After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s shock announcement this week that they will step down as senior royals and live between North America and the UK, South African comedian Trevor Noah weighed in with his thoughts on the radical change. Calling being part of the royal family the “sweetest gig” you could ever get, and […]

Eskom announced in a statement on Saturday morning that there will be no loadshedding today in South Africa, thanks to its hardworking teams who put in a hard slog overnight. It said however that owing to the “constrained and vulnerable system”, there is a risk of loadshedding (power cuts) on Saturday evening and Sunday. “Thanks […]

The South African government says President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the resignation of Jabu Mabuza as member and Chairperson of the Board of Eskom Limited. Mabuza tendered his resignation on Friday, 10 January 2020. In his resignation letter, Mabuza apologised for Eskom’s inability to meet the commitment it made to the President, the Deputy President […]

Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has officially declared the Northern Cape a disaster area in light of the drought that has crippled the province for the past number of years. She announced that R200 million will be directed in funding to the area to address the crisis. This comes just a day after Democratic […]

The reverend who runs the Central Methodist Mission on Cape Town’s Greenmarket Square has condemned the “fallout between the refugee leadership” at the church. Reverend Alan Storey said, in a statement published on Friday, that this has caused a “volatile” and “hostile” environment in the church. Services this Sunday have been moved to Observatory’s Methodist […]

Team South Africa has two athletes competing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics which are being held in Lausanne, Switzerland, until 22 January. In making the announcement, governing body SASCOC named Thabo Rateleki and Hanle van der Merwe to compete in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events. They will be accompanied by their coaches, Alex […]

The City of Cape Town says it will soon begin “enforcement operations” against the group of refugees camping outside the Central Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square. This is according to JP Smith, Mayco Member for Safety and Security. This comes after two meetings this week with representatives from the refugees, SAPS, Home Affairs and the […]

South Africa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has expressed her gratitude for the expertise and professionalism of the crew that crash landed in distress yesterday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ensuring that no lives were lost. The Minister said in a statement Friday morning, that the crew managed to ensure […]

South African power utility Eskom confirmed Friday morning that Stage 1 load-shedding will be implemented from 06h00 until 23:00 today, 10 January 2020. In a statement on Friday, Eskom said as a result of some generating units returning to service, it was able to stop Stage 2 loadshedding at 06h00 this morning, at which point […]

Tourism Minister Mamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has congratulated South African Airways (SAA) for being named as one of the top-performing airlines globally for on-time performance (OTP) by travel data and analytics company, Cirium. The International Airlines Transport Association’s benchmark of OTP is that an airline is on-time when it arrived within 15 minutes of the scheduled time […]

South Africans in the Karoo region were singing in the rain on Wednesday as they finally received a huge downpour of summer rain, after about five years of devastating drought. In some areas there was flooding… but gratitude was the only emotion most residents felt. There was jubilation in the Northern Cape as rivers were […]