Swellendam teenage golfer Megan Streicher has become the first female winner of the SA High School Championship, which is really fitting as August is National Women’s Month in South Africa. The 16-year-old from Somerset College made golfing history at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate on Tuesday. According to a media release by GolfRSA, Megan scooped […]

Major Zizi Peters says she’s proud to be the First Flying Instructor of Colour in the South African Air Force. Her achievements – she’s also a military pilot – have been celebrated with a video interview posted to YouTube in August, National Women’s Month. Stationed at Air Force Base Langebaanweg, Major Peters says she’s proud […]

Watch this brilliant, brilliant performance by the Rustenburg High School Choir in South Africa, singing Queen’s famous Bohemian Rhapsody. WATCH VIDEO: Bohemian Rhapsody by Rustenburg High School As Joburg Public Relations consultant Georg Knoke told SAPeople: “Freddie Mercury smiles! What incredible talent! Bravo!” The conductor behind this mesmerising performance is none other than Ralf Schmitt, […]

Judgment was handed down in the Pretoria High Court, South Africa, today regarding the controversial lion bone export quotas from South Africa. The Court ruled in favour of the NSPCA, finding that the setting – by the Minister of Environmental Affairs – of the annual quotas in 2017 and 2018 was unlawful, constitutionally invalid, and […]

It is rare that anyone landing in New York gets to fly right over Manhattan, Central Park, Wall Street, and all its iconic neighbourhoods, but South African expat Bruce Marais, arriving from Montreal, Canada, was treated to that view last week as his plane circled slowly above it all. Plus it was a clear day, […]

South African polo players took part in the second annual Lux Afrique Polo Day in Richmond, London on Saturday… to celebrate polo – the Sport of Kings – and African culture, alongside Kenyan and Nigerian players. “We like to think this is our African Ascot where you can come every year, wear your best outfits […]

If you have the time, there are some elderly people in a care home in England who would love to receive a postcard from South Africa. Naomi Daglish-Gage‎ from Woodstock Care Home in Norfolk posted a message on Sunday night to a brilliant Facebook group called Postcards of Kindness. She said: “If anyone is travelling […]

Two South Africans were among the world’s bravest few sports people to compete in and finish the epic and gruelling Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Norway this weekend. It’s the most extreme triathlon on the face of the earth… Each year, passionate athletes enter the lottery to compete. But only a few (263 this year) are […]

South African tennis player Raven Klaasen and his doubles partner, New Zealand’s Michael Venus, are through to the Finals of the Washington Open in the USA. The determined duo knocked out Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in two sets – 6-2, 7-6 – in the semi-finals at the ATP 500 tournament in Washington DC. It’s […]

After winning Gold in the 200m Breastroke in World Cup record-breaking time yesterday (2:22.35), South Africa’s?? Tatjana Schoenmaker has today – Saturday 3 August -won her second Gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. The 22-year-old South African swimmer finished in the top spot in a time […]

South African golfer Ashleigh Buhai has streaked ahead of her rivals at the Women’s British Open in Milton Keynes in the UK, leading by three strokes at the halfway point. For the 30-year-old South African it’s unchartered territory. She’s never led a major before or even finished in the top 25! The pressure’s huge, and […]

A teenager from South Africa – who was run over by a truck when he was just 5-years-old – has broken a world record at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Switzerland. An excited World Para Athletics said: “NEW WORLD RECORD for the 14-year-old South African Puseletso Mabote on the first day of our […]

AUCKLAND – South Africa leaves for Argentina in two groups this weekend with the Rugby Championship trophy in their sights as coach Rassie Erasmus declared the Springboks’ camp in Auckland a success. The Springboks elected to stay in New Zealand after last weekend’s 16-16 draw with the world champions, but will now head for Buenos […]

A Western Cape woman’s post has gone viral, being liked over 22,000 times by South Africans who have been warmed and inspired by the spur-of-the-moment kindness of a petrol attendant called Life! Yolanda Flusk Jacobs took to social media a few days ago to relate the story of how she stopped off at a petrol […]

From discovering a two-headed shark, to searching for the original Jaws, Shark Week on DStv Now is packed with fascinating shows from the Discovery Channel. Did you know that you have a better chance of being killed by a lightning strike than being attacked by a shark? Or that some sharks are the same size […]

Youth Employment Service (YES) CEO Tashmia Ismail-Saville has been presented with the South African Chamber of Commerce UK and Official Brand South Africa Play Your Part award for the “enormous contribution” she and her team are making towards driving employment and employability in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa launched YES in March 2018. The initiative […]

In a BBC report this week, the British broadcaster labels Cape Town ‘Murder Town’ and describes it as a well-known “tourist hotspot where 8 people are murdered a day”, calling it one of the most divided and dangerous cities in the world. Watch the video below, and then read the article by Athol Williams, award-winning […]

Officials may throw statistics around and claim that South Africans are moving abroad faster than Herschel Jantjies scored his try for the Springboks – 8 professionals apparently leave for every 1 that arrives (according to Carte Blanche) – but the stories of South Africans, particularly young families, happily moving back to their homeland continue to […]

The director of a film festival in Mexico has asked the Mexican government for permission to screen a South African film in the coastal town of Tulum’s main plaza… because he believes it’s that important! Tulum World Environment Film Festival director Cesar di Parra said at an awards ceremony on Sunday: “We believe the message […]

Every day on SAPeople’s Facebook page there are hundreds of conversations between people who would not normally have a chance to communicate with each other… between those who live in SA and expats; between people of different ages, and different cultural backgrounds. The hope of course is that we can listen to different opinions and […]

South African conservationists have welcomed news that Vietnam authorities have seized more than 125 kg of rhino horn in its crackdown on wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia, although it is tragic that this is a reactive rather than proactive response to the demand for rhino horn. It’s too late for any rhino who were killed. […]

The internet’s falling in love with a video mash of Trevor Noah and Whitney Houston. In the video – created by social media user Myster Giraffe – it appears that Trevor is impersonating Whitney singing her 1987 hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”. And he’s ‘singing’ it well! The face swap video has already been […]

A new facility that rehabilitates wild animals that have been injured or abandoned, with a view to returning them to the wild, has been opened at Shamwari Private Game Reserve, outside Port Elizabeth. At the R5 million (or $350,000) facility, the animals are treated before being released back to the wild, Shamwari said in a […]

A group of 80 young South African dancers from across the country have set off to the UK with their bags packed and their hearts full with hope to compete in the World Lyrical Dance Championships 2019. It’s sure to be an incredible experience for the group – aged between 7 and 19 – as […]

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – The Springboks’ replacement scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies scored a try in the final minute of play to help South Africa snatch a 16-16 draw with New Zealand in a tense Rugby Championship clash in Wellington on Saturday. Jantjies pounced on an error by Aaron Smith to silence most of the sold-out crowd, […]