While cold water swimming and ice plunges may have become one of the latest health trends, 50-year-old South African Amber Fillary is taking things to a new level. FOR THE LATEST GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS VISIT THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEBSITE As the current Guinness World Record holder for the longest swim under ice on a single breath, wearing only […]

The long-running singing reality competition show Idols SA is coming to an end in South Africa. ALSO READ | CANCELLED: ‘The River’ comes to an end after six seasons The upcoming 19th season of Idols on Mzansi Magic will be its “farewell season”, giving hopeful South Africans one last chance to audition for the show. Idols started 21 years ago in 2002 on […]

Laughter is the best medicine and South Africans in Mzansi and abroad could certainly do with a dose of the giggles these days! At a party, a young wife admonished her husband, “That’s the fourth time you’ve gone back for ice cream and cake. Doesn’t it embarrass you?” “Why should it?” answered her spouse. “I […]

Members of the Maitland police Flying Squad arrested a 21-year-old male suspect and confiscated crayfish tails valued at R1.7 million. POLICE ARRESTED A SUSPECT WITH 3 864 CRAYFISH TAILS The members were following up on information about crayfish tails at an address in Belhar, Arrive Alive reported. ALSO READ: Buy a generator for small businesses instead of wasting money on […]

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) confirmed the various payment dates for February 2023 with children’s grants able to be collected today, Monday, 6 February. SASSA PAYMENT DATES SASSA said it had taken note of beneficiaries’ complaints about the previous payment schedule and made changes. SASSA announced that if the second day of the month […]

Springbok prop Frans Malherbe married fiancée Ingrid van Huyssteen on Saturday – and we’ve got the very first picture of the happy couple! ALSO READ | TWO BIG-NAME SPRINGBOKS WHO COULD MISS WORLD CUP SQUAD Meanwhile, another Springbok, lock Eben Etzebeth, also tied the knot this weekend. ALSO READ | BULLS RELEASE STATEMENT ON ALLEGED PLAYER MURDER CASE Be sure to check the SAPeople website for […]

Siya Kolisi lived his best life at Eben Etzebeth’s wedding on Saturday, 4 February. Check out how the Springbok captain ripped it up on the dance floor, grooving to South African band Mango Groove’s ‘Special Star’. ALSO READ | Eben Etzebeth gets married – FIRST PICTURE! Eben and Siya have been team-mates for a long time. They played […]

Springbok legend Eben Etzebeth tied the knot with Anlia van Rensburg on Saturday – and we’ve got the very first picture of the happy couple! ALSO READ | TWO BIG-NAME SPRINGBOKS WHO COULD MISS WORLD CUP SQUAD As reported by The South African website, Etzebeth proposed to Van Rensburg in March 2022 in Hyères, a French town on the Mediterranean coast. ALSO READ […]

Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Sunday, 5 February 2023? It’s yet another chance to find out whether or not you’re one of South Africa’s latest Daily Lotto winners. If you’ve decided to Phanda, Pusha, Play, then you might just strike it rich. Good luck! The Daily Lotto jackpot for Sunday, 5 […]

The Robben Island Museum (RIM) has postponed the sunset picnic and silent disco party scheduled for 18 February until further notice. The event received a hostile reception when it was advertised on Twitter by the events company last Friday. https://twitter.com/SilentEventsSA/status/1621474342637912065   Some criticised the event, calling it disrespectful to the memories of political exiles who were […]

Eskom finally published a public job advertisement for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on Sunday, 5 February, after Andre de Ruyter announced his resignation in December 2022. Eskom said de Ruyter’s last day in office would be 31 March 2023. The resignation came after several calls for his head from politicians and the […]

Popular radio presenter Mark Pilgrim has taken to social media to give fans an update on his health. Pilgrim has been in the thoughts and prayers of South Africans in recent months, no more so than on Saturday. Saturday, 4 February 2023 was World Cancer Day. ALSO READ | MARK PILGRIM: 5 FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S MUCH-LOVED DJ As […]

A new SA Rugby policy regarding ‘romantic relations in the workplace’ reportedly came into effect from the beginning of this year. In 2022, Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies and team dietician Zeenat Simjee were released from the Bok camp after reports of an alleged tryst between the two, which the World Cup winner later admitted to. […]

The African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus has announced which members will be sworn in as Members of Parliament (MPs). The party also thanked those who are vacating their positions. OUTGOING MPS THANKED BY PARTY The ANC thanked four MPs who tendered their resignations last week, including Tshilidzi Munyai, Mervyn Dirks, Masefako Clarah Dikgale and […]

A uniformed SA police officer became the talk of the town after a video of him ‘throwing it down’ on the dance floor went viral. SA POLICE OFFICER SHOWS OFF HIS MOVES In the video, you can see a seemingly intoxicated police officer in uniform showing off his moves. It is not yet clear when […]

A confidential internal poll showed that the ANC’s support dropped to below 40% last week, according to a newspaper report. The country’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said the results show that “massive change” is happening in South Africa. INTERNAL POLL SHOWS DROP IN ANC SUPPORT City Press reported that its sister publication, the […]

Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Saturday, 4 February 2023? It’s yet another chance to find out whether or not you’re one of South Africa’s latest Daily Lotto winners. If you’ve decided to Phanda, Pusha, Play, then you might just strike it rich. Good luck! The Daily Lotto jackpot for Saturday, 4 […]

Are you ready for the 4 February 2023 Lotto and Lotto Plus draw on Saturday? It’s yet another chance to find out whether or not you’re South Africa’s latest overnight millionaire. FOR THE LATEST SA EXPAT NEWS VISIT SAPEOPLE If you’ve decided to Phanda, Pusha, Play then you might just strike gold here. Let’s have a […]

South Africa has secured three spots in the Leading Places: The 100 Most Loved Destinations Around the World list for 2023, as per the Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI). The index identifies the 100 most-loved destinations around the globe according to consumer sentiment. The study tracked more than 1.6 billion online conversations and content pieces publicly available, as well as […]

Popular DJ Mark Pilgrim has been in the thoughts and prayers of South Africans in recent months, no more so than Saturday, 4 February 2023. Today is World Cancer Day. ALSO READ | MARK PILGRIM: 5 FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S MUCH-LOVED DJ As extensively reported by The South African website, Pilgrim has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which he […]

Springbok and Sharks lock Eben Etzebeth announced that he is engaged to Anlia van Rensburg in March last year. Springbok duo Eben Etzebeth revealed that he and Frans Malherbe will both be getting married this Saturday, 4 February. “Siya is at my wedding and Scarra (Ntubeni) at his. I told Siya and Scarra they have […]

Are you feeling lucky? If so, you could join this list of super winners in the South African National Lottery record books! As reported by The South African website, the winner of late November 2022’s PowerBall jackpot of R135 million moved himself – or herself – up into the eighth spot. HOW TO PLAY | LOTTO, LOTTO PLUS 1, LOTTO […]

Most people have been affected by cancer, whether directly or indirectly. On 4 February, we celebrate World Cancer Day; this is a day to honour those who are fighting cancer and those who have sadly lost their battle. READ ABOUT THE PREVIOUS DAY HERE: Time to take your doggy on a date night CANCER IS THE SECOND […]

With only hours to go until the Lotto, Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto Plus 2 draws on Saturday, 4 February, Mzansi could be welcoming its newest multi-millionaire. FOR THE LATEST LOTTO AND LOTTO PLUS RESULTS CLICK HERE There’s never a bad time to become super rich overnight! ALSO READ | SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY: TOP 10 PAYOUTS IN HISTORY But to […]

There was no winner of Friday, 3 February’s R5 million PowerBall jackpot – nor the R58 million that was on offer for the PowerBall Plus. FOR THE LATEST POWERBALL AND POWERBALL PLUS RESULTS CLICK HERE The five PowerBall numbers drawn were (in numerical order): 17, 32, 35, 42, 43 and the Powerball number itself was 6. The next PowerBall draw will take place on Tuesday, 7 […]