Private rhino owner Nick Tredger bid farwell to the last of his rhino in South Africa yesterday, following his heartfelt letter a fortnight ago after one of his black rhino cows and her calf were killed by poachers. At that time Nick said “I am very tired and very, very angry”. He was angry with the poachers […]

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed to Vogue magazine that he was bullied at school whilst growing up in South Africa. In an article headed “Elon Musk Wants to Change How (and Where) Humans Live”, Musk – who went to school in Johannesburg and Pretoria – says that the bullying was so bad that there was […]

I hope and pray for your safety on this day when the world celebrates you. I’ve been following your footsteps closely for the past 18-months and I’ve had many ups and downs over this period. Last week was particularly difficult for me to once again witness what my species is capable of. One of you […]

Japan entered today’s match with confidence, and at the end, with just minutes to go – when offered the choice of an unmissable penalty kick to draw with the mighty South Africa…Japan held their heads up high and chose to go for gold, and scrum instead. It paid off and in the biggest rugby shock ever…Japan […]

Following the spate of photographs posted on social media of bad drivers in South Africa (and those littering out of their car windows), a driver for a food company has quickly experienced the wrath of social-media-using drivers and been suspended from his job. Facebook user Duane Michael Dillon posted on Tuesday about the incident in Fish Hoek, […]

After achieving a consecutive five weeks with no loadshedding (otherwise known as power outages), parts of South Africa were plunged into darkness tonight as loadshedding kicked in again. Some welcomed the familiarity of loadshedding, re-igniting their relationship with candles…and joking that they had just begun to start experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Others were confused about which […]

After Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba reassured the media and public last week on Thursday that a review of dual citizenship is not on the cards, it has been revealed today that the government is gathering statistics on South Africans with dual citizenship. A message sent to South Africans in the Philippines this morning, from the […]

It’s what you might call a Home & Garden TV (HGTV) nightmare. Instead of redecorating the homes of members of the public, a South African show’s decorators have reportedly been spending all their time (and the free home decor donations) on the co-producer’s own house! These are the allegations being made in recent news reports against Francois van […]

A man in a Northgate mall in Johannesburg was quick to act when he saw a thief running his way, and quickly tackled him. Once the thief was taken (immediately!) into custody, the tackler – without any ado – just casually walked on. Watch Video – Cell phone thief in South African mall gets hard tackled! […]

A group of hunters from Belgium and the Netherlands taking part in a controversial mass hunt – which some have called a killing field – in Alldays, Limpopo, are now facing the same name-and-shame ire of social media followers as the U.S. dentist who killed Cecil the Lion did two months ago. Since the start yesterday of the […]

Zimbabwe’s wildlife has hit the news again (after the Cecil the Lion tragedy), this time for a lone elephant who came to breakfast. The video that’s gone viral took place at Mana Pools, and shows the elephant slowly approaching a group of  American and Irish tourists waiting for their meal…and then knocking over two of them with a flip […]

A report in the Sunday Times over the weekend that the African National Congress (ANC) is considering changing its dual-citizenship rules – and requiring South Africans to hold only one passport – has had a negative and sometimes sobering response from South Africans abroad. Replying to a question on SAPeople’s facebook page on how they would react […]

The South African Rand traded at almost R21.22 to the British pound today (Monday), its worst level ever. The  U.S. dollar is R13.94, meanwhile, slightly up on it worst-ever level of R14.07 on 24 August. The news comes two days before Rand Merchant Bank and the Bureau for Economic Research are to release their business confidence index […]

Will the real Clive Naidoo please stand up. At least the Clive Naidoo who was pulled over by a genial Johannesburg traffic officer yesterday, after which he videoed the incident, posted it on the Internet, all leading to to a Twitter storm and the wrong Clive Naidoo being identified as the culprit. The 8-minute video was posted […]

Is it all a storm in a teacup or could a court action in Pretoria this week actually stop the Springboks from playing in the World Cup starting in England later this month? On Wednesday, a small political party that many have never heard of before now – the Agency for New Agenda (ANA) – will take […]

On the first day of spring in South Africa, not only are people coming out to celebrate. So are great white sharks, according to the Cape Town City Council, which is providing tips on how to play safe in the water. In a statement released today, the city appealed to all beach and ocean users […]

Environment Minister Edna Molewa has finally released South Africa’s tragic and shocking rhino poaching figures for 2015, revealing that rhino are being poached at an even faster rate than last year with a 27% increase in poachers entering the Kruger National Park (KNP) to attempt to kill rhino. As of Thursday 27 August 2015 the number of rhino […]

The ANC, DA and EFF have reacted with outrage at the alleged “institutionalised racism, discrimination and harassment” at Stellenbosch University (SU) exposed in the video ‘Luister’. The ANC Chief Whip described SU as a place where Black students “struggle against being forced lectures in Afrikaans that they don’t understand” and where such students are “regularly made […]

Less than a week ago, safari company Camp Hwange was celebrating the “cat bonanza” they had been enjoying lately. Sadly this turned to tragedy yesterday morning when one of their professional guides was mauled to death by a male lion while out on a walking safari. The attack took place at Hwange Park in northwestern […]

Now that the deadline for comments and objections regarding the City of Cape Town’s application for a permit to discharge untreated effluent into the sea has closed it appears that things have gone quiet… Despite Mayco Member for Utility Services Ernest Sonnenberg’s many statements to the press over the past few months that “the outfalls […]

Gift of the Givers announced this morning that they will be responding with Food Aid today to assist former Aquarius miners in Rustenburg, North West, who are suffering from such starvation that some are reportedly resorting to eating rats and even cats. Others have died, according to a report on Friday (14 August 2015) – entitled “Dismissed Aquarius mineworkers […]

A tracker sitting on a chair at the front of a safari vehicle did the right thing to remain calm while an elephant truly sniffed him out! A video, shared by Anton van Niekerk, was uploaded by Lowvelder Laevelder today showing the tracker’s up close and personal experience with the elephant. According to the Lowvelder caption […]

When somebody you love passes away, it’s stressful. When they are overseas it can be even more stressful, especially if you haven’t prepared for this possibility. A South African daughter, Kerry-Ann Joseph, whose beloved father tragically and suddenly passed away a few days ago in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sent this message to SAPeople in […]

The Welkom branch of the SPCA is on the verge of closure as they are heavily in debt. Chairman Maria de Wet was appointed in March. She told eNCA.online that the previous managers had “stolen money”. “They have been prosecuted, but the branch’s debts still remain,” De Wet said. She said the branch owes the […]

A South African visitor to the famed Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, was surprised yesterday to discover that postcards depicting only Nelson Mandela are available for 1993…although he shared the award that year with fellow former South African President FW de Klerk. As per the Nobel Prize’s website “the Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly […]