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Gauteng Dam Levels Improve to Average Over 100%!!!

By SAPeople Contributor 13-04-18 16:40

Most Gauteng dams are bursting at the seams, thanks to the incessant rains that fell over large parts of the province recently. According to a weekly report released by the department this week, the average level recorded after the rains stood at 101%, followed by Free State and Mpumalanga with 92.2% and 81.7%, respectively “However, […]

Super Semenya Dedicates Golden Win to African Youth

By SAPeople 13-04-18 15:08

South Africa’s Caster Semenya dedicated her 800-metre gold at the Commonwealth Games to the rural youth of Africa on Friday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. If ever there was a golden banker for Team South Africa at these Games, it was going to be the double Olympic 800m and reigning world champion. […]

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Hot Topics Coming Up On Carte Blanche This Week

By SAPeople Contributor 13-04-18 14:37

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up, available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 17 April 2018 – if you subscribe to Showmax International. Human Rabies It’s a brutal disease with fatal consequences. A rabies outbreak has once again reared its head in KwaZulu-Natal. This has led to the death of 4 people including its […]

10 Million Ha Wildlife Land Identified for Previously Disadvantaged in South Africa

By SAPeople 13-04-18 12:55

The Department of Environmental Affairs and stakeholder within the environmental sector are identifying 10 million hectares of suitable land for previously disadvantaged individuals and communities to become owners of sustainable wildlife-based business ventures. The new owners would be supported with infrastructural development (game fence, ecotourism facilities etc), game donation/loaning, skills development and training, access to […]

South Africa’s Neal and Piketh Win Silver After Epic Encounter

By SAPeople 13-04-18 08:31

Long after the players had left the rink and the workforce were getting ready to start packing up on the final day of the bowls competition at Broadbeach, people were still talking about the Women’s Pairs final, writes GARY LEMKE on Australia’s Gold Coast. And rightly so. They had been treated to an epic encounter, […]

Best Buddies Ntutu and Langenhoven Scoop Gold & Silver for South Africa

By SAPeople 12-04-18 18:08

Best buddies Jonathan Ntutu and Hilton Langenhoven bagged gold and silver for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. The two T12 visually impaired athletes raced to the 1-2 double, following in the footsteps of compatriots Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies, who pulled off the […]

Manyonga’s Golden Night at the Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia!

By SAPeople 11-04-18 18:45

Athletes Luvo Manyonga and Anaso Jobodwana provided for a sweet and sour night of drama for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Manyonga and fellow long jumper Ruswahl Samaai, Sunette Viljoen (javelin) and Reinhardt Hamman (shot put) had a field night as they added […]

Watch Amazing Free Solo Rock Climber in Action in South Africa

By SAPeople 11-04-18 12:36

Watch below as South African free solo rock climber Matt Bush ascends iconic SA rock faces – from Cape Town’s Lion’s Head to Paarl Rock, one of the hugest granite domes in the world. The nerve-wracking action was filmed by Western Cape photographer and videographer, Luke Maximo Bell. Luke has been filming Matt over the […]

Caster Semenya Claims Games Gold and Beats Zola Budd’s Record

By SAPeople 10-04-18 16:12

Caster Semenya crushed a quality field to finally break Zola Pieterse’s 34-year-old national 1500 metre-record to win the women’s 1500m gold medal on Tuesday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Semenya only took the lead with 200m to go but her move was swift and decisive as she breezed past Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech. […]

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Akani Simbine & Henricho Bruintjies Seal a Super Day Down Under – Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

By SAPeople Contributor 09-04-18 17:50

Sprinters Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies capped a champagne night for South African sport when they raced to gold and silver in the men’s 100-metre at the Commonwealth Games on Monday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Simbine’s gold came on top of swimming trio Chad le Clos, Cameron van der Burgh and Tatjana Schoenmaker’s […]

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Cash in Your Retirement Annuity: An Expat’s Guide

By FinGlobal 12-07-18 18:45

South African expat living abroad? Here’s what you need to know about your retirement annuity, cashing it in and moving the proceeds abroad. Many South Africans who have emigrated or relocated to other parts of the world, often think that this relocation means leaving everything they once knew behind, including certain financial investments like retirement […]

A Bowls Silver Worth Its Weight in Gold

By SAPeople 09-04-18 10:26

It was a silver medal that still felt like a gold as South Africa’s women’s fours bowls team pushed world champions Australia all the way in their Commonwealth Games final, going down 18-16, writes GARY LEMKE on the Gold Coast, Australia. For Esme Kruger, Nicolene Neal, Johanna Snyman and Elma Davis, this represented the biggest […]

Le Clos and Schoenmaker Break Records to Strike Gold for South Africa

By SAPeople 08-04-18 09:36

Three more medals, two of them gold, went into the bank as South Africa’s swimmers continued to do their part to ensure the country has something to celebrate, writes GARY LEMKE on the Gold Coast, Australia. Chad le Clos outclassed a quality field to win his third straight 200 metre Commonwealth Games butterfly title, breaking […]

Coming Up On Carte Blanche: Hope For A South African Family, and All about Winnie Madikizela Mandela

By SAPeople Contributor 03-07-18 13:00

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up, which was screened for South Africans in SA on Sunday and is available for expats from Tuesday on Showmax International. Car-T Cell Therapy  A South African family was devastated when their daughter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.  Since her diagnosis three years ago, 6-year-old Mia Cara has undergone months […]

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Charlene Smith on the Actual Life of Winnie Madikizela Mandela

By SAPeople Contributor 17-12-20 01:41

I am so appalled by some white trash know-nothing comments about Winnie Madikizela Mandela, that I need to weigh in… writes award-winning writer, and Nelson Mandela’s authorised biographer, Charlene Smith.  If Madiba could forgive and honour her, and then not punish white South Africans for what we put her and others like her through, how DARE […]

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