The Proteas may not have won on the field today, but they’re winners in our hearts. This week they helped a special young 12-year-old’s dream come true. Thembinkosi ‘Thembi’ Matshimane, who hails from Ga-Rankuwa near Pretoria, was born in 2005 with a severe and rare muscle disorder called arthrogryposis, which causes rigid joints before birth. […]

Unstoppable South African musician Don Clarke has released his latest gem – ‘Zuma Has Fallen’. All through Zuma’s ‘reign’ Don was relentless in creating video parodies that poked fun at and exposed the alleged corruption under former President Jacob Zuma. Don said: “That great moment has FINALLY arrived!!! SHARE the joy far and wide people! […]

The reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the Gupta brothers and Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, has risen to at least R1.4-million… and extra cash has been offered to entice the Gupta bodyguards and those already arrested to come forward with information. The Hawks declared Ajay Gupta a “fugitive from justice” on […]

The ‘Distracted Boyfriend’ meme has been popular around the world – depicting a disgruntled girlfriend looking at her boyfriend looking at another woman – and is even up for a Shorty Award (recognising great social media content)… But perhaps nobody has nailed ‘Distracted Boyfriend’ as well as this photoshopped version from South Africa, which has […]

Zelda La Grange, former private secretary to the late President Nelson Mandela, says Mandela would be “incredibly proud” of President Cyril Ramaphosa, and that “we should all walk very tall” from now on. In a post on facebook last night, after the State of the Nation Address (SONA), Zelda said: “We commit with you Mr […]

Here is the Hugh Masekela song that President Cyril Ramaphosa movingly quoted at the end of his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town last night, Friday 16 February 2018. Sadly the iconic South African musician who gave us ‘Send me’ passed away on 23 January 2018, from prostate cancer, less than a month […]

Let us put all the negativity that has dogged our country behind us “because a new dawn is upon us” – was the strong message that newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shared with the nation on Friday night. “Together we are going to make history. We have done it before and we will […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes South Africa can DOUBLE the size of employed people in tourism, and has called on South Africans to welcome tourists with open hearts. Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament in Cape Town on Friday evening, Ramaphosa said tourism sustains 700,000 direct jobs and is performing better than […]

South Africa’s newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa has an illustrious career which has seen him working in the private sector, the labour movement and he was among the writers of South Africa’s new democratic constitution. Born on 17 November 1952 in Johannesburg, President Ramaphosa played an important role in the liberation struggle for a democratic […]

To My Fellow South Africans We have come a long way. There is hope for change, hope to be a better nation, a nation where all who inhabit prosper. We must stop listening to the ignorant minority who want to incite hate, violence and discordance among us. They are small people with big voices who […]

A photo of a beaming President Cyril Ramaphosa striding through the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, just hours after being sworn in as South Africa’s fifth president has gone viral. The photo was taken by South African model Lee-Ann Liebenberg (who was voted FHM-South Africa’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005), who then posted […]

If you missed it, here’s the message that DA Leader Mmusi Maimane delivered to President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament earlier today: “Mr Ramaphosa, we wish you well, but know that we will hold you accountable!” Watch Maimane Address Ramaphosa: https://www.facebook.com/DemocraticAlliance/videos/10155461356058111/ Ramaphosa’s Response: Ramaphosa said that in his tradition when a young man becomes a man, […]

Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the fifth democratically elected President of South Africa on Thursday. In a packed Media Centre in the Presidency precinct at Tuynhuys, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng officiated the swearing in of the President following his election in the National Assembly earlier in the day. The jovial President, looking dapper […]

The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament will today, in the National Assembly, nominate ANC President and Deputy President of the Republic, Cyril Ramaphosa, to be elected as the new President of the Republic of South Africa. This follows the resignation of President Jacob Zuma as President of the Republic, after the decision of the […]

The owner of Fairview Wine and Cheese farm in the Paarl region of the Western Cape, South Africa – Charles Back – has posted an inspiring message that conveys such hope for SA, despite having suffered a brutal attack on his popular farm… where he was left for dead. Charles, who also owns The Goats […]

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says the Joint Programming Committee – which held an urgent meeting on Wednesday afternoon – has agreed to hold a debate on the Motion of No Confidence on President Jacob Zuma on Thursday. It will be by open ballot. UPDATE: The ANC Chief Whip confirmed in a media release late […]

Jenna Lowe’s family has been invited to attend the 6th World Symposium for Pulmonary Hypertension in Nice, France… where the official theme song will be Kristi and Jenna’s song: “I Need More Time”! The symposium – which runs from 27 February to 1 March – will be attended by approximately 4,000 doctors from all over […]

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) officially released the statistics for the unemployment rate in SA during the fourth quarter in 2017. The statistics, released on Tuesday, show the rate has dropped down to 26.7%.  Stats SA says that 5.9 million people are unemployed but actively looking for jobs. The unemployment rate for females remain higher than […]

An aerial photo taken by Stan Sanetra this morning in South Africa, flying over the Western Cape’s False Bay, had many people wondering just what caused the phenomenon of the ocean appearing to be split in half, displaying two distinct colours on either side of an invisible boundary line. We turned to an expert – […]

As the commemoration to mark the 28th anniversary of the release from prison of Former President Nelson Mandela continued on Sunday, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced that it will issue a set of commemorative banknotes to honour the former statesman’s centenary. Mandela would have turned 100 years this year. Events have been […]

South Africans are known for being incredible entrepreneurs. And nobody proved it more than SA expat Elon Musk, when he launched his Tesla sports car into space this week! So when President Donald Trump tweeted congratulations to Elon, and claimed it as “American ingenuity at its best”, many tweeted back reminding Trump that the former […]

Watch the daring rescue below of a giraffe which was choking on a metal wire wrapped dangerously around its neck. The video was uploaded by Inside Edition on 29 January 2018. It was apparently filmed in Mikembo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rescuers worked together to tranquillise the large animal with a […]

SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era – the Falcon Heavy rocket – setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry a payload equivalent to sending five double-decker London buses into space – which will be invaluable for […]

Capetonian freelance photographer Jan Fischer captured this awesome time lapse video of the rain approaching drought-stricken Cape Town on Friday evening in the Western Cape, South Africa. “I filmed it in Somerset West today, from 17h15 to 18h45, using an iPhone 6s with the time lapse function,” Jan told SAPeople late on Friday evening. Just […]

Many were fearing the worst when Eastern Cape Granny, Denise Bartlett, was kidnapped after an armed robbery at her home in Sterkstroom, South Africa… but the Dispatch newspaper has just reported the good news that she has been found, alive! The elderly Sterkstroom woman was found – by Komani police – locked in a house […]