President Cyril Ramaphosa officiated the historic handover of title deeds for 3,900 hectares of land to more than 50 households of Ebenhaeser, Beeswater in the Western Cape on Saturday. At an event attended by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, Rampahosa said the handover restores the dignity of local communities on the West Coast, South Africa. […]

Feast your eyes on this beautiful video of the Garden Route, filmed by a UK traveller – Zeyn Lambat – who just spent three weeks on a dream holiday in South Africa. Zeyn, who runs a fitness and marketing agency, told SAPeople: “I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do a road trip through the scenic Garden Route.” […]

“While filming interviews for our story on the installation of suburb surveillance cameras, our presenter and crew were held at gunpoint and robbed!” says an incredulous Carte Blanche. The Carte Blanche team was filming an insert about tech platform Vumacam’s installation of CCTV cameras across Johannesburg (see above) in the latest fight against crime in […]

Sadly at least 2,000 Amur Falcons perished after a massive hail storm swept through Newcastle in South Africa on Thursday evening. BUT, thanks to the kindness of human intervention, almost 900 have survived. Rescuers rushed to the devastating scene of the Falcon roost – at the Farmer’s Hall in the middle of Newcastle – late […]

South African born aquatic ecologist Dr Jackie King has been named the 2019 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for her game-changing contributions to global river management. Her work has advanced the scientific understanding of water flows, giving decision-makers methods and tools to assess the full range of costs and benefits when managing or developing river systems, […]

Over 1,000 falcon birds are reported to have been injured or died overnight after a massive hail storm swept suddenly into Newcastle in South Africa, wreaking havoc in the space of just 15 minutes (see photos below). Fortunately for the quick thinking of local caring residents, more of the birds – which have migrated to […]

Collectors from America and Europe are scouring Cape Town’s booming art scene in search of deals as diverse as an expressive oil painting by South Africa’s Irma Stern or a sculpture assembled from bottle caps by Ghana’s El Anatsui… with a record being broken this week at an art auction. Dozens of venues, including the […]

South Africa’s fabulous domestic goddess Suzelle DIY has the best tips for surviving load shedding! The do-it-yourself expert first posted this video in July 2015… and now, nearly four years later, it’s being shared wildly again as South Africans come to grips with handling load shedding as power cuts become a daily reality. Suzelle said: […]

Load Shedding is crap! But I must admit that I’ve not been affected by it whatsoever… writes South African music and entertainment entrepreneur, and former frontman of the band Cinema, Jarrod Aston Assenheim. I love having a few hours at this time of night to slow down, listen to the silence, listen to an audiobook and […]

One of South Africa’s finest wildlife photographers – and international expedition leader – Marlon du Toit was a special guest on Monday evening’s The Tonight Show, starring Jimmy Fallon. Watch below as Marlon, who co-owns Wild Eye, describes safaris in Africa and the story behind some of his exquisite photos… including the plight of the […]

This year marks the 59th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. On 21 March 1960 the apartheid police opened fire on unarmed marchers protesting against a law that forced black people to carry identity documents. Over 200 were injured and 69 killed. The following edited excerpt is from a new book featuring the […]

Brave rescue teams from South Africa have saved 167 people using air support in the Buzi district of Mozambique, an area which was particularly hammered by Cyclone Idai over the weekend. But more help is desperately needed as storm victims are still hanging onto poles and trees in flooded areas, in a desperate bid to […]

Marlon du Toit, one of South Africa’s finest wildlife photographers – and an International Expedition Leader – will be a guest star on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight in the US. (Expats can watch on NBC on Monday evening, while South Africans back home can watch tomorrow on Comedy Central – see details […]

This is what happens at the car wash when Eskom’s load-shedding! Actually we’re not sure where this was filmed, and it doesn’t look like South Africa… but it’s brilliant. Watch and see… https://www.facebook.com/mexvines/videos/353615205243938/ Some of the comments on the original post are classic. Here’s just a selection:

Watch below as well known South African free solo climber Matt Bush performs the seemingly impossible… ascending giant sandstone boulders in the sky with nothing but his mind, body and spirit to rely on. The video follows the journey of 34-year-old Matt, who moved from the city to Cederberg to pursue his passion for climbing. […]

The 13th of March 2019 may have been an ordinary day for most but not for a 35-year-old male patient, who had previously lost his hearing in a car accident. In a pioneering surgical procedure using 3D-printed middle ear bones, developed by Professor Mashudu Tshifularo and his team at the University of Pretoria (UP), the […]

You know you’re South African when you understand this entire video… A is for ‘aikona’, B is for ‘braai’, C is for ‘carguard’, D is for ‘Doom’, E is for ‘Eskom’…. The brilliantly humorous video was created by Skertips Sarkasties. WATCH The Alphabet of South African Slang

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche‎ tonight in South Africa (Sunday 17 March 2019), and from Tuesday (19 March) for South Africans living abroad. Stream it here. Limpopo Child Gangs A video showing a group of youngsters kicking and dragging Thoriso Themane emerges, sending shockwaves throughout the country. Themane, a young man from Limpopo, […]

Watch this brilliant video filmed in Uganda, showing Dubai dancer Karina Palmira dancing and having fun with the children from Masaka Kids Africana Orphanage. It’s already had over 2 million views! Karina, who is also a choreographer and instructor in the United Arab Emirates, says: “When they say: ‘Mami Karina, teach us some moves’ but […]

South African learners joined an estimated 1 million school students – from over 100 countries around the world – who walked out of classes on Friday in a global strike, to protest against government inaction on climate change. (Watch video below.) Signs in South Africa included “Eskom we don’t want your dirty coal” and “The […]

Thousands of school students across South Africa called on government to act against climate change. Youths demonstrated at Parliament in Cape Town, the Union Buildings in Pretoria, and the Department of Energy in Durban. Similar protests are taking place on Friday in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. The worldwide effort has been organised […]

It’s almost a fortnight since Marelize Horn’s mom said My F*k Marelize – after her daughter cycled into a rugby post in Namibia – and yet it is still going viral! If you’ve missed all the cool memes and videos, here’s a collection to help get your weekend off to a humorous start. (We’ve added […]

I often wonder how it was for you. I wondered then, and I wonder now… writes Ilze Lee. I know it must have been painful. Demeaning. Hard. I imagine that it was filled with many days of fear. So often, I see black people comment that white people have not apologised for what happened. We […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane is one of several well known South African figures who has joined the Woolies Water Challenge! Watch below… In a post on Facebook on Thursday evening, Maimane said: “44/10 or 4/10? It’s actually 4 out 10 South Africans who can not find a JOB. Let’s bring a job in […]

CAPE TOWN – A young lion captured after being on the run for almost a month spent the night in a South African police cell before being moved back to its national park home. And judging by the video below, he wasn’t very happy about it! The juvenile male lion escaped from the Karoo National […]