September is not only the month when we celebrate South Africa’s heritage, it also includes Arbor Week, when South Africans appreciate our trees and nature. Here are 16 reasons why exploring the exquisite gardens of 317-year-old Vergelegen Estate in Somerset West is the fun, relaxing way for the whole family to find out more about […]

The South African Tourism office in the UK has posted beautiful photos of Jacaranda trees in SA that are sure to tempt a visitor or two! See below. The pics were taken by @unclescrooge and posted on Instagram. SA Tourism announced: “It’s jacaranda season! ? Each year late September to mid-November, jacaranda trees bloom, turning […]

If you haven’t seen it yet, this is the exquisitely filmed video South Africans have been going crazy for in the past 10 days. The film was created by a couple of French adventurers, escaping 7 years of living with the “intense pressure” and pollution of Paris… to chase sunrises and sunsets – in SA, […]

South Africa has been voted the fifth most beautiful country in the world by readers of travel guidebook Rough Guides. Interestingly, they chose Scotland as the most beautiful… apparently because of its “wild beaches, deep lochs and craggy castles”. South Africa – which was surprisingly the only country from the African continent to feature on […]

Award-winning wildlife and underwater photographer, Tracey Jennings, is seeking social media help in finding Bob, her best friend and travelling companion of over 25 years. He went missing on Saturday and she is desperate to get him back. “I know he is just a teddy bear but he was a gift from one of my greatest […]

Cape Town’s talented sand artist Michael Myekwa (33) will be back on Fish Hoek beach, South Africa, tomorrow morning, thanks to the support of the local community – particularly a fellow artist – who have rallied together to ensure Michael obtains the all-important permit allowing him to do so… The community had been devastated when […]

One of South Africa’s tourism attributes is that it has the third highest commercial bungee jump in the world. Here’s more information about bungee jumping and bridge swinging in the country… Weehah! South Africa has the third highest commercial bungee jump in the world – it’s official. At 216 metres, it’s not for the faint […]

JUSTIN SULLIVAN is well known in South Africa for his dramatic photos and footage of the fires in the Western Cape. He recently visited Indonesia where his girlfriend was attending a yoga retreat in Bali. These are his impressions – including a beautiful video – of their 30-day visit… “Every time I leave South Africa, […]

Just 1,5 hours from Cape Town’s City Centre lies a natural haven – the West Coast National Park. Its central point – Langebaan Lagoon – is just inland from the beautiful secluded harbour of Saldanha Bay. Take a gentle visual cruise through the Park with this video, filmed by Robert Wedderburn. The 27-year-old  filmmaker and […]

1. So some people like to believe Africa is some kind of special place. 2. But those people are dreaming. 3. It’s not even mildly pretty. 4. The sunsets are mediocre at best.  5. There’s absolutely nothing breathtaking to see here. 6. No impressive landscapes. 7. And no remarkable animals. 8. You can’t even get that close to them, anyway. 9.The […]

This drone video of South Africa has such brilliant footage that Unilad has been reposting it every few months since January 2016 as if it’s new. But the spectacular views – from iconic Lion’s Head to a running rhinoceros, a freight train winding through the countryside to para-gliders floating over the ocean – are so […]

One of SAPeople’s favourite contributors, MARK WIJSMAN, has left South Africa to move back home to the Netherlands. But he couldn’t leave without making an impression video of Cape Town and its surroundings first… Mark had moved to South Africa to further his studies in 2010… and loved it so much he stayed seven years! […]

Scuba diver Craig Capehart has captured an incredible video of a rare moment when a 40 ton humpback whale actually leaps TOTALLY out of the water, in South Africa. Craig and three other scuba divers were in a rubber duck offshore of Mbotyi in Pondoland, in the Eastern Cape, when they started filming some whales […]

We may be in the 21st Century but there are parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Wild Coast that remain wild, wonderful and unspoilt. Durban photographer PETER DE GROOT captured these stunning aerial photos during a helicopter flight from Camperdown to Port Grosvenor, and then back to Emoyeni. Some of the photos were shot through the […]

The rescue team at the Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway in South Africa managed to successfully rescue over 100 people on Saturday afternoon with no injuries or danger to anyone. According to News24 a mechanical failure meant the system had to be shut down, and 15 people rescued with safety harnesses from three gondolas whilst another 125 […]

A 24-hour CCTV Security system has been launched in Vilakazi Street to enhance the safety of business owners, the public and tourists visiting this popular area… following the murder of Sakhumzie restaurant manager Khwesi Hudson in January, during an attempted robbery. At the time Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba visited the restaurant and pledged to install the camera […]

‎Rouxle Pienaar Gioffre‎ left South Africa in 1992. She moved to the United States as an au pair… and loved it so much she decided to stay, now living in Newtown, Connecticut with her husband Tony (an American) and three children (15, 13 and 10). The last time Rouxle was in SA was in 2010 […]

If you need to convince a friend, partner, your kids or just the man at the pub that South Africa’s the place to visit – bookmark this page and show them this video… https://www.facebook.com/UNILADAdventure/videos/1801624716833674/   To see more similar footage, visit these awesome South African photographers’ pages (often featured on SAPeople): Luke Maximo Bell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJ-02TEGNS2GeD2wYetHSQ […]

Two South African expats are travelling the world, teaching yoga and living their dreams. Ethan Ward and Charmelle Taute are Ashtanga yogis, presently living in Bali. They spoke to SAPeople about becoming expats,  what they learnt from Woodridge College on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, and their next exciting venture… The couple met at Woodridge […]

ANDRE ROUX captured these stunning photos while hiking with the Wednesday Adventure Group (all welcome!) in South Africa’s beautiful Outeniqua Mountains. The range – named after the Outeniqua Khoikhoi who lived there – is near George in the Western Cape. “For me, it’s the most beautiful place in the Garden Route,” says Andre; and his […]

Here’s a fab short video from Lion’s Head, filmed by ZACH ZINN… as well as some awesome photos of the Capetonian’s home town. Zach says: “A view most people missed on Wednesday afternoon…” The song is Feverkin by Sinking (feat. Nori). Watch Lion’s Head… Candy Floss Clouds https://www.instagram.com/p/BUb3HG9FRWC/?taken-by=zaczinn https://www.instagram.com/p/BTYapR6lYlx/?taken-by=zaczinn https://www.instagram.com/p/BR5BD5PlQCN/?taken-by=zaczinn

Check out Durban’s famous Indlondlo Zulu Dancers together with Cape Town’s The Professionals on the beach in Durban. Indlonlo’s Msizeni Mngadi told SAPeople that Indlondlo and The Professionals (SA’s top Pantsula group and SA’s Got Talent Finalist) performed during the South African Aids Conference in Durban ICC on Tuesday, 13 June 2017… before going down to […]

Here’s an incredible bird’s eye view of some of Cape Town’s luxury residences… with a couple of stomach-churning twists and turns along the way! Join the flight down Lion’s Head with the “Fluck boys” – Stefan Kruger and Phillip van Coller – and legendary ‘flyer’ Jean Jacques Wallis. The guys get into some fast-paced proximity speed flying down […]

Kruger National Park (KNP) Management has cautioned visitors to South Africa’s wildlife park to take precautionary measures against Malaria before visiting the Park, due to recent heavy rain. The Kruger Park said in a media release that although the Park is classified as a low risk area, it is situated in a malaria area… and, “due […]

The guys at Unilad have posted the perfect video if you’re trying to convince friends or family to visit South Africa. Watch below… The video includes a compilation of footage from regular SAPeople contributors – Cape Town-based Luke Maximo Bell and Durban-based Kierran Allen Photography. MORE Luke Maximo Bell: youtube.com/channel/UCHJ-02TEGNS2GeD2wYetHSQ Kierran Allen: vimeo.com/kierranallen