JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, but the cause of the blast was still unknown, a fire and rescue official said on Monday. The blast occurred at Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) depot, a joint venture between Germany’s […]

Kevin Anderson is unfortunately out of the US Open, the super tall South African being brought down to earth in round four by Austria’s Dominic Thiem on Sunday afternoon. But it’s not all bad news for South Africa as Philip Henning won through to the second round of the US Open Juniors. Thiem stretched 2017 […]

Music lovers in Durban and surrounds have been deeply shocked at news that Simon Milliken, former Principal Double Bassist of the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, met with a violent death on Friday afternoon (August 31, 2018). Milliken retired from the Orchestra last year, but continued to perform on an ad hoc basis with his former colleagues, […]

A rich trove of cave paintings in South Africa going back perhaps 20,000 years is being erased. In caves along the Great Kei River and at the confluence of the White (Cacadu) and Black Kei rivers in the rural Eastern Cape, there is a wealth of rock art paintings. They are not well known and […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – At least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning, traffic officials said. The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. (2400 GMT) 50 kilometres outside Beaufort West, a town in the semidesert Karoo region. Another […]

JOHANNESBURG – At least two people were shot dead and foreign-owned shops were looted as violence erupted in the South African township of Soweto on Wednesday, police confirmed. “At this stage police are trying to diffuse the situation but it seems as if it will escalate to other areas,” the police spokesman for Gauteng, Lieutenant […]

JOHANNESBURG – Trading resumed at two of South Africa’s biggest shopping malls on Wednesday following bomb threats, after police found no explosive devices at either location. The Mall of Africa, located between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and the Sandton City mall in Johannesburg’s Sandton district both closed after reporting bomb threats. “Police searched and nothing was […]

A South African man, Tyron Lee Coetzee – who was arrested for drug smuggling in Vietnam in 2016 – yesterday received the death sentence in Ho Chi Minh City. It’s led to calls from the South African government for travellers to please ensure they know the foreign laws before travelling to a country. An official […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has seized rhinoceros horns worth nearly $12 million bound for Vietnam, in its largest haul of such contraband, officials said last week. Wildlife experts say Malaysia is a major transit point for the illegal trafficking of endangered species to other Asian countries. Officials acting on a tip-off seized 50 horns, […]

LIMPOPO: South African Police in Letsitele, outside Tzaneen, have launched a massive manhunt for the suspects involved in the killing of three lions at a farm in the Letsitele Policing precinct. The incident took place on Sunday, 26 August 2018. It is alleged that the farm manager was patrolling the camp when she noticed that […]

Here’s a message of caution for anyone planning on visiting the gorgeous fields of wildflowers in the Western and Northern Cape at the moment… check the vicinity carefully before you lie down amongst the petals to pose for a photo! What looks like a beautiful gentle scene could actually have turned into a tragedy. Capetonian […]

Twitter has fixed the words in the apology released by Adam Catzavelos following his selfie video in which he boasted about being on a beach that had no black people on it, and shockingly used the k-word. Catzavelos (39) admitted he had caused “unspeakable pain” to everyone in South Africa and apologised unreservedly for the […]

Rassie Erasmus, the SA Rugby Director of Rugby, described the Springboks’ 32-19 defeat to Argentina in the second round of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, on Saturday evening (SA time) in Mendoza, as embarrassing. A resurgent Pumas team defeated the Springboks in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas following a 27-7 […]

JOHANNESBURG  – Former South African deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas told an inquiry that business friends of ex-president Jacob Zuma threatened to kill him if he spoke about a meeting at which they offered him money and the post of finance minister. The public inquiry, which started on Monday and is being telecast live, is […]

HONOLULU – Hurricane Lane weakened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday but was already lashing Hawaii with high winds and torrential rains, touching off flash floods, landslides and raging surf as residents hunkered down to ride out the storm. With the storm still spinning in the Pacific Ocean about 180 miles (290 km) southeast […]

South African legend and musician Johnny Clegg has always moved us with his music… but this week, he’s touching South Africans with his brave words and honesty, revealing the latest updates – and challenges – in his personal and professional journey. The words have struck a chord with South Africans who have shared their own […]

JOHANNESBURG – Some Nike stores were closed in South Africa on Wednesday after public outcry over a racist comment by a Johannesburg man, Adam Catzavelos, who is reportedly married to a Nike Africa manager. Nike declined to comment on the store closures, and did not respond to media requests sent by SAPeople last night, but […]

Anti-poaching initiatives remain the top priority at the Kruger, as the national park says it has declared war on the problem that often leads to certain death for both man and animal. Over 360 suspected rhino poachers have, in the past six months, been handed ranging sentences as authorities continue to combat the scourge.   […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s headline consumer inflation rose to its highest in ten months in July as the cost of transport and household goods increased, but some analysts said the central bank was unlikely to raise interest rates. The Reserve Bank held its benchmark rate for a fifth meeting in a row in July, […]

A South African man, who appears to be the husband of a Nike Africa brand manager, has filmed himself boasting about being on a beach in which there is not a black person in sight. To make what was already a shocking statement even worse, he uses the k-word. It didn’t take long for Tweeters […]

Last night there was a rant by Trevor van Zijl in KwaZulu-Natal – about a piece of meat – that went viral. Thousands of people on SAPeople’s Facebook page loved the post, liked it, shared it and thanked Trevor for the laugh. (Read it below.) However there was a handful of people who complained because […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s state-owned Land Bank said on Monday a plan to allow the state to seize land without compensation could trigger defaults that could cost the government R41-billion ($2.8 billion) if the bank’s rights as a creditor are not protected. Land Bank is a specialist bank providing financial services to the commercial farming […]

Durick van Blerk and his childhood sweetheart, Cleo Adonis, were expecting their first child next month. But on Sunday 12 August, he was allegedly shot while crayfishing off Hout Bay, trying to earn some extra money to build a family home. The 26-year-old’s body is still missing, and there has been no admission from the […]

South Africans have paid tribute to former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Kofi Annan, who passed away today following a short illness. The African National Congress (ANC) said it received the news with “profound sadness”. In a statement issued Saturday, the ANC said: An eminent and distinguished son of Africa, Mr. […]

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has passed away at the age of 80. The Kofi Annan Foundation released the following statement about Ghana’s world famous and much-loved humanitarian: It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and […]