It seems New Year’s Day brought out the best in South Africans as yet another story of brave heroes diving into the ocean to rescue strangers in distress is going viral. Capetonian Ricardo Rossouw published a post yesterday saying that on 1 Jan he “witnessed the true meaning of humanity… the true spirit of Ubuntu” […]

Alex Kuier from Switzerland has always been passionate about South Africa, since she lived in our country a few years ago… but she never realised how much that love for SA would one day help her recover from a traumatic accident. After living in SA for six years and being a regular SAPeople contributor, Alex […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and put Pakistan into bat on the opening day of the second test at Newlands on Thursday, looking to make an immediate impact after winning the first test by six wickets last week. “We want to get stuck into their batting line-up with […]

Following the stamp of approval by the council for quality assurance in education and training, Umalusi, the class of 2018 will find out how they fared in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations later today. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will announce the overall NSC results this evening, while individual results will be released on […]

Due to increased demand, South African Airways (SAA) has expanded its non-stop service between Ghana and the US. In a statement on Wednesday, the national carrier announced that it will increase its frequency on nonstop flights between the Ghanaian capital Accra’s Kotoka International Airport and Washington D.C’s Dulles International Airport to five days a week. […]

Somewhere near Cape Point in South Africa are four brave heroes who yesterday rescued four people in distress – they had been swept out to sea by rip currents in Buffels Bay in the Western Cape. But nobody knows who the Good Samaritans are. The NSRI Station 10 Simons Town and Cape Medical Response (CMR) […]

The South Easter is pumping and the waves are breaking in the Western Cape, South Africa… writes Nigel Riley, whose photos are featured on this page. While Kalkies and the Harbour House were overflowing with visitors, enjoying the traditional fish and chips, a few took time out to watch and enjoy the waves breaking over […]

A post about a South African traffic cop named Simon who helped a cyclist on top of Suikerbossie has gone viral, being shared by thousands of South Africans who were so happy to have a feel-good story with which to end 2018. The traffic cop’s good deed was posted by Selwyn Shandel, owner of Venturescape […]

Social media is full of inspiration for saying farewell to 2018 and ushering in a fabulous 2019. Here are some of the best posts you may have missed: Morgan Freeman’s brilliant review of 2018: https://www.facebook.com/TheHookOfficial/videos/2169892749890519/ Advice from 1965 https://www.facebook.com/Ashton/videos/221944888684022/ South African Poet Athol Williams with hope for a new river in 2019: https://www.facebook.com/SAPeople/posts/10155700483266949/

The South African government has encouraged the Khoisan community – six of whom have been staging a peaceful protest at the Union Buildings in Pretoria – to participate in shaping legislation as Parliament considers the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. The Presidency said Sunday that it recently engaged with a few members of the Khoisan […]

The transcript of an address – titled ‘My South Africa’ – by Prof Jonathan Jansen is going viral yet again. The man many South Africans wish was in politics first delivered the speech to a meeting of Rachel’s Angels in September 2013. Eighteen months later it went viral again to unite the nation after xenophobic […]

While politicians play with South Africans’ lives, desperate for next year’s vote and jostling for popularity in the coveted Cape Town region; and a few opportunistic racists from white and black camps try to hijack the Clifton Fourth Beach controversy to prove their opposing points… normal South Africans have been, well, getting on with it… […]

HASHIM AMLA and Dean Elgar scored half-centuries and shared the only century partnership of the match to set the Proteas up for a six-wicket victory over Pakistan with a session and two full days to spare in the opening Test match at SuperSport Park on Friday. Although the Proteas lost a few wickets at the […]

Motorists will usher in the New Year with a little more in their pockets thanks to news today that the petrol price is set to come down in January. The Department of Energy on Friday announced that both grades of petrol 93 (ULP and LRP) and 95 (ULP and LRP) will decrease by R1.22 and R1.23 […]

Public health facilities across Gauteng were abuzz with excitement as 324 healthy babies were delivered on Christmas Day. As in previous years, the Soweto-based Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic hospital had the highest number of deliveries with 47 babies while Rahima Moosa Mother and Child hospital had 32 babies -including a set of twins. Another set […]

South Africa has successfully launched into space the continent’s most advanced nanosatellite to date – the ZACube-2. The ZACube-2 will provide cutting edge remote sensing and communication services to South Africa and the region. “This satellite will help us monitor our ocean traffic as part of our oceans economy and also monitor veld fires and […]

As the year 2018 draws to a close, I would like to reflect on it by revisiting some of the the major rejections I have had to deal with over the years, starting with the many I received as a village boy, when applying for bursaries in 1991, so I could be the first one […]

PRETORIA – Firebrand fast bowler Dale Steyn become South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in test cricket as he helped reduce Pakistan to 76 for four at lunch on the opening day of the first test at Centurion Park on Wednesday. Steyn had opener Fakhar Zaman (12) caught at second slip by Dean Elgar to move to […]

They say dogs are a man’s best friend. But today a scared and trapped dog in South Africa discovered that sometimes man can be a dog’s best friend. According to SPCA Midrand a man “came running” to the SPCA today to inform staff about a dog that had fallen into a manhole. Without hesitation, Inspector […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African power utility Eskom will reduce its executive management to 10 from 21, it said in an internal memo seen by Reuters, part of the cash-strapped company’s efforts to reduce its wage bill. “It is crucial that we set ourselves up for the future, and I believe that the steps we’ve take […]

Coming up on South Africa’s favourite current affairs show Carte Blanche on Sunday 23 Dec in South Africa, it’s a feel-good episode filled with success stories – all available to stream from Tues 25 Dec for South Africans abroad. (14-day Free Trial): I’m Possible He continues to astound doctors and his loved ones. Grant Lottering, the ultra-endurance […]

A consortium of local and international investors have reportedly proposed a R21-billion private loan to South African Airways (SAA)… on condition that the consortium receives a 51% equity share in South Africa’s national carrier (which would effectively mean the government – which has in recent years mismanaged the airline – would have to hand over […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African jazz artist Musa Manzini has played his music all over the world, but one performance will always stand out – strumming his guitar while surgeons operated on his brain! A video of the multi-instrumentalist and university lecturer taken during the six-hour surgery for a brain tumour, shows him lying on his […]

LONDON – Perennial chart-topper Ariana Grande has lost the race to top the British singles chart at Christmas – to a blogger who posts about fatherhood and sings about sausage rolls… and is raising money to help feed people suffering from poverty. LadBaby, whose real name is Mark Hoyle, recorded his version of Starship’s 1985 […]

When it’s so hot, you just have to swim! Thousands of social media users have fallen in love with this video of monkeys ‘monkeying’ around in Durban, South Africa. The video – which has already had over 285,000 views – was shared by regular SAPeople contributor Carol Malley Carol told SAPeople: “We had a cracker […]