Family Xmas tree

Family Tells of Shock Spotting Venomous Snake in Their Xmasssss Tree

By SAPeople 14-12-21 17:56

A festive family in South Africa got a shock after putting up their Christmas tree and decorating it – when a deadly poisonous SNAKE poked its head out from behind a bauble! British family Rob and Marcela Wild were admiring their just-up fir with children Edward and Sahara when they suddenly spotted the venomous boomslang. […]

Boomslang in Christmas Tree in South Africa

Boom! WATCH A Boomslang in Christmas Tree in South Africa

By SAPeople 14-12-21 01:30

You wouldn’t be surprised to see a game of snakes and ladders under the Christmas tree… but imagine the shock for a Western Cape family, when they saw a real live snake IN their Christmas Tree. And it wasn’t just any snake. It was a boomslang… which is of course named for the fact that […]

Elon Musk Named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2021

Elon Musk Named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2021

By SAPeople 13-12-21 20:27

Elon Musk has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2021, an honour that Time describes as “not an award, but a marker of influence, it is a reflection of impact, a way to capture the meaning of the moment”. Time says its Person of the Year recipients are those who led us or […]

UK Red List may be scrapped soon

UK’s Dreaded Red List May Soon Be Scrapped for Fully Vaccinated

By SAPeople 13-12-21 13:21

The UK’s dreaded Red List may be scrapped soon, according to a report in the Mail on Sunday. Thousands of travellers from South Africa and other southern African countries have found themselves forced into expensive quarantine hotels (over £2,000 for the mandatory 10 days) in the past two weeks, since SA and many of its […]

SA weather update

WATCH Sea Fog Rolls in to Cape Town from the Atlantic

By SAPeople 12-12-21 19:50

Every year seasonal fog rolls into Cape Town, South Africa, covering the ocean and parts of Cape Town – including famous Table Mountain – with a mystical mist. Marc Schmidt captured these fantastic photos and videos this last week in Cape Town. WATCH Sea fog rolls into Cape Town, South Africa 2/2 1/2 #HoutBay #SouthAfrica […]

Super pod humpback whales

WATCH Pod of 50 Humpback Whales Entertain Capetonians

By SAPeople 10-12-21 20:40

A pod of Humpback Whales frolicking off the shores of Cape Town has spent the week entertaining residents and holiday makers in the Western Cape, South Africa. Since last Saturday the whales have been spotted along the coast, most recently at Mouille Point. South Africans lined up along the coast to watch them, some even […]

Five Springboks named in World Rugby Dream Team

Five Springboks Named in World Rugby Dream Team

By SAPeople 09-12-21 11:33

Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, and Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber congratulated Malcolm Marx, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi, Lukhanyo Am and Makazole Mapimpi for being named in the World Rugby’s Men’s 15s Dream Team of the Year on Wednesday. Following stellar performances for the Springboks in a blockbuster 2021 season, Marx (hooker), Etzebeth (lock), Kolisi […]

Sharlto Copley's Ted K Enjoys Red Sea Premiere

Sharlto Copley’s Unabomber Film – Ted K – Gets Red Sea Premiere

By Cassie Jo 22-12-21 17:04

South African actor and producer Sharlto Copley’s new film Ted K was featured at this month’s inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia… where the director told SAPeople, Sharlto was “an amazing actor” and “in another league”. The film, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival before its Arab premiere, stars […]

International Airlines Slam Nations for Overreacting to Omicron Variant

International Airlines Slam Nations for Red Lists and Overreacting to Omicron Variant

By SAPeople 08-12-21 17:02

PARIS (Reuters) – Global airlines blasted governments on Wednesday for worsening the Omicron scare through snap border measures and “rip-off” virus testing regimes, and urged politicians to let travellers make their own decisions based on scientific data. Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, predicted “knee-jerk” border restrictions resulting from the coronavirus […]

Loyal Dog Lulu Didn't Leave Blind Duiker's Side All Night

Lulu the Dog Didn’t Leave Blind Duiker’s Side All Night

By SAPeople 07-12-21 10:53

Sjoe, a heartwarming story from Utrecht in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, is being shared on social media today. The story was posted by Nico Moolman on Monday afternoon, after his son – also named Nico – had found a distressed animal on Sunday. Nico Senior said: “Yesterday my son Nico found an old steenbokkie tangled […]

SA’s Famous Couple Des and Dawn Memoir Launched in Johannesburg

SA’s Famous Couple Des and Dawn Memoir Launched in Johannesburg

By SAPeople 07-12-21 18:29

Bravo to ‘Des and Dawn’ – with the booklaunch of their memoir in Johannesburg on Sunday morning… writes Georg Knoke. I say Des and Dawn – because they were inseparable, as we all know! Despite Dawn Avril Lindberg passing away, literally a year ago to this date (Dawn passed away on 7 December), they wrote this […]

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai: Day Two

Champions Again! Blitzboks Go Back to Back in Dubai Rugby 7s

By SAPeople 04-12-21 18:56

The impressive JC Pretorius scored the winning try for the Springbok Sevens to defeat Australia 10-7 in a thrilling World Rugby Sevens Series final in Dubai on Saturday evening. This hard-fought win means a second Emirates Dubai 7s tournament tournament victory in as many weeks for the Blitzboks at their favourite desert hunting ground, where […]

Citizens in London Called On to Stand Up for Africa in Demonstration on Sunday

Citizens in London Called On to Stand Up for Africa in Demonstration on Sunday

By SAPeople 03-12-21 22:38

UK-based Africans are calling for a citizens gathering outside the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square this Sunday 5 December. All are welcome to join and show solidarity against “the harsh punishment of Africans” between 12:00 – 14:00. The 3 core issues to be highlighted at the #stoppunishingafrica demonstration are: 1. Shell’s seismic exploration […]

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