This week’s cold front with winter rains has helped push the dam water levels at Theewaterskloof Dam in South Africa to almost 100% full! Donna Hadfield Herbert captured these photos and videos yesterday, Friday 9 July 2021. The dam has a storage capacity of 480 million cubic metres of water. As of yesterday, it was […]

South Africa has been added to the new season of the international Formula E tournament, with Cape Town announced as the host city for the all electric racing event. The racing series has become a 16-race championship for 2021/2022 with Vancouver and Seoul also added to the provisional calendar. The City of Cape Town said […]

South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane is through to the FINAL at Wimbledon 2021 in London. The proudly South African player, nicknamed KG (or Special K!), beat Momoko Ohtani from Japan in the semi-final match today – 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4. She’ll be flying the flag high for SA when she competes in her first […]

After South African musician the Kiffness collaborated with several musicians, his father, a hadeda and a cat (watch Alugalug Cat video), fans were left wondering who he could possibly surprise us with next. Today we found out – his unborn baby! Watch below as the Kiffness and his ever cool wife listen to their baby’s […]

After 50 matches, across 11 European cities, the UEFA Euro 2020 is coming to an end as Italy and England face off in the finals at Wembley Stadium this Sunday, 11 July, at 21:00 CAT. The final will be live-streamed across Africa on Showmax Pro, courtesy of SuperSport. As anticipated, the month-long tournament has delivered […]

Louis Meintjes of South Africa has climbed from 19th position to 16th after crossing the line of Stage 11 in the gruelling 2021 Tour de France today, Wednesday 7 July 2021. Riding for Belgium’s Intermarche–Wanty–Gobert Materiaux, Louis is the only South African left in the race after Nic Dlamini and Stefan de Bod sadly didn’t […]

The City of Cape Town and Discovery Health on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre mass Vaccination Centre of Hope to check on its preparation ahead of its activation today. Premier Alan Winde says they’re hoping for 4,000 vaccinations per day. Between July and December this year, this mass […]

South African athlete Akani Simbine has set a new African 100m record at the Gyulai István Memorial meet in Hungary! Simbini set the new African record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m to win at the Gyulai István Memorial World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Székesfehérvár, Hungary on Tuesday (6 July). In an article […]

Banyana Banyana women’s football star Thembi Kgatlana is moving from Eibar to Atletico Madrid Fememino after scoring a massive three-year deal with the Madrid club. The sensational striker has already spent one year with Eibar in Spain where she proved a big hit. The 25-year old sports woman has been playing in big leagues around […]

The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) announced on Tuesday that a group of 20 galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. This large galaxy group is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered, and it is the first time this group has been identified, despite residing in a very well-studied […]

Fabio Aru, cycling for South Africa’s Team Qhubeka NextHash, finished second overall after four days of exciting racing around Sibiu, Romania. Sport Director Alex Sans Vega said: “We certainly came to this race with hopes of standing on the top step of the podium at some point, and we came really close every day. Fabio […]

A South African mom, Inge, is desperate for a miracle for her son Dale Benson, a 39-year-old teacher in Vietnam who has been diagnosed with the worst news a mother could hear. This morning, in a message to SAPeople, devastated Inge described this “tragic event” in her life. Dale, she says, has been teaching in […]

Since the dawn of creation man and beast has had an intriguing symbiotic relationship… writes Justin Steyn. This has become the mission of the Sahasrara wolf sanctuary situated in the Limpopo region of South Africa, which now seeks to open another facility in Sedgefield in the Western Cape. Passionate ecologist and committed owner of the […]

There are a record two African films competing in this year’s Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival (06/07/21 – 17/07/21) with one of the jury members being Senegal’s Mati Diop. In a first for African films, two were selected for the official competition, Chadian film Lingui – The Sacred Bonds from director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, […]

The City of Cape Town’s Alderman James Vos has welcomed Belgium’s decision to upgrade its post in Cape Town, saying this “shows their commitment to our city and provides a clear path towards stronger relations with a key European partner”. Alderman Vos was recently joined by the newly-appointed Belgian Consul General Mathias Bogaert at an […]

It takes a village to raise a child, so the old saying goes… writes Justin Steyn. However, what happens when a man opens his heart and resources to assist a secluded rural community of the Mdumbi village in the Transkei area of South Africa? Meet Dean Shapiro, a Western Cape-based musician who has taken the […]

At the start of the Covid-19 lockdown last year, 27-year-old Lindokuhle Msomi was among millions of people who lost their income due to the imposed restrictions. Lindokuhle Msomi from Durban was able to use the R350 Covid-19 grant he received for nine months to support his family and start a fast food stall. Due to […]

In Secrets from the Cockpit, Robert Schapiro offers a rare insider’s view on life as an international pilot. Schapiro, who was a pilot for the South African Airlines in the 1980s before flying internationally, describes near misses and emergency landings… but also explains how pilots kept rowdy travellers in check. Enjoy this excerpt from the […]

AfriForum’s legal team will be joining the court application – to be heard on 12 July – of former President Jacob Zuma as a ‘friend of the court’ (amicus curiae). In its announcement on Sunday afternoon, AfriForum said it will be joining in order to “demonstrate that the special treatment Mr Zuma is currently receiving […]

South African soprano Pretty Yende has posted a heartfelt message of gratitude to all those in South Africa and around the world, including in France, who rallied to her support after the horrific ordeal she suffered at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. (Watch Pretty’s message at bottom of article.) She also posted a video […]

With a 25-run victory over the West Indies in Grenada on Saturday, South Africa has won the Twenty20 International series. Cricket South Africa (CSA) today shared some photos of the series-clinching performance. CSA said of the match at the National Cricket Stadium: “Lungi Ngidi (3/32) was the pick of the bowlers, complimented by a solid […]

The Springboks are up and running, celebrating Friday night with a victory against Georgia in their first Test match at home since 2019! Although the match was not perfect, there were some moments of brilliance for the Rugby World Cup champions as they beat the visitors at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, South Africa, in a […]

The late Princess Diana’s sons – Prince William and Prince Harry – today, 1 July 2021, unveiled a statue to their mother at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden in London… on the day she would have turned 60. The brothers appeared united as they honoured their beloved mother, who died in a car crash in Paris […]

Robert Schapiro always wanted to fly, so much so that he had to rise above the challenge of anti-Semitic bullying, mockery and fierce rivalry to realise his dream… but rise he did. In a new book – ‘Secrets from the Cockpit’ – Schapiro reveals everything about international pilots behaving badly, and other flying stories. Schapiro […]

The construction of the SKA telescopes – the world’s largest radio telescope arrays – in South Africa and Australia has been given the go-ahead at a historic meeting, it was today announced by the SKA Observatory (SKAO) Global Headquarters in the UK. The approval was given by SKAO’s members states at a meeting of its […]