Here’s a list of things to take part in this year to honour Mandela Day, on what would have been former President Nelson Mandela’s 99th birthday! If you’d like to add your event, please inbox us on Facebook or email admin@sapeople.com Help Clean the Beach if you’re in Cape Town or KZN Sea Shepherd South […]

The Ndutu Safari Lodge in Tanzania has been thrust into the world spotlight since one of its lionesses was photographed this week, in an extremely rare position – nursing a leopard cub! Usually she would have killed the cub… but it’s believed her strong maternal instincts, brought on by the recent birth of her own […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that an intense cold front is expected in SA from 15-17 July, making landfall over the Western Cape on Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday morning, 16 July 2017. The good news is this could bring good rain for the dams… SAWS said: “Ahead of […]

South African student Tshidiso Ramogale is being celebrated on social media for his awesome achievement – obtaining a Master’s Degree from Harvard Law School. The humble graduate is meanwhile celebrating his family and friends who “carried” him all the way. According to a post on Wednesday by Olgar’s Auto Nigel, Tshidiso said: “Graduated! First in my family to […]

Congratulations to South Africa – represented by St John’s Preparatory – for winning the Kids’ Lit Quiz (KLQ) World Final 2017 in Canada this month… crowned the best from over 1,000 schools around the world which competed in the annual competition. The National Champion teams, all keen readers between the ages of 10 and 13, hail from […]

South African poet, Athol Williams has received a distinction for his thesis at Oxford University in the UK. It’s been a long time coming – award-winning Athol can be seen below wearing an Oxford jacket back in 1998, a gift from his brother, Nick, to help fuel his dream of studying at Oxford. Athol – […]

Remember ‘Lawn Mower Guy’? The South African expat in Canada who made headlines around the world when he insisted on finishing up with the mowing of his lawn… even though a massive tornado was looming in the background? Well, that guy – Theunis Wessels – was honoured by his local town of Three Hills in […]

South Africa has some fantastic brands (ask any expat who misses Woolies!) Last week well known South African writer GUS SILBER wandered into a Cape Union Mart to replace a K-Way jacket that had started unravelling at the cuff. It was almost six months after purchase… yet the staff simply smiled and replaced it. “I thought, […]

A tourist to the Kruger National Park (from which, btw, four lions escaped a couple of days ago) had an OMG moment when an elephant brushed up against her while she was sitting in an Open Safari Vehicle. The person who took  the video said: “We had been parked for about 10 minutes on the […]

PRETORIA – Government is putting in place several measures to combat the rampant crime in the country’s biggest and busiest port of entry – OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). The revised strategies will see the people working at the airport vetted and rotated to curb corruption, tactical response which will be intensified, increased police and security […]

The Importance of Ending on the Off-Beat is the title of a paper written by Johnny Clegg in 1982 for an Anthropology Symposium at Rhodes University. “Deeper social values have found their way into the dance and contributed to this constant drive for a ‘better ending’.” It’s Johnny Clegg’s final tour. The Final Journey. Guest artist […]

Tesla boss Elon Musk has tweeted photos of the new Model 3 Tesla, the company’s first electric car for the mass market with a price tag of $35,000 (almost half a million rand – R467,000). The South African expat tweeted “production unit 1 of Model 3 is now built and going through final checkout” before posting […]

Congratulations to Jordy Smith who won the 2017 Ballito Pro, presented by Billabong, yesterday in South Africa. Jordy beat Brazilian Willian Cardoso in the finals, to claim his second Ballito Pro win… while fellow South African Mikey February, from Cape Town, clinched third position. Durban surf sensation, Jordy, claimed his victory in front of an […]

South African expat Patrick Othandwayo Sakayi has mastered the art of living abroad: embrace the locals and never forget your roots! He’s been welcomed by a wonderful community in a small village in Ireland, and in turn has taught them to sing ‘Shosholoza’ with gusto! Watch below… Speaking exclusively to SAPeople, Patrick said he left […]

A half-century and four wickets by captain, Dané van Niekerk and a 65-ball 92 by Lizelle Lee laid the foundation for a resounding, 115-run victory for the Proteas over India, breaking their unbeaten streak when the sides met for the 18th match in the ICC Women’s World Cup in Leicester on Sunday. It was a […]

Check out this wonderful capture of a large pride of lions in Pilanesberg, South Africa… and if you’re South African (or a fan thereof!) you’ll love the running commentary! Filmed by Bianca near Bakubang this evening, she said: “Wow wow wow! We saw this pride early this morning but lying down and very cold. Now […]

If you need to convince a friend, partner, your kids or just the man at the pub that South Africa’s the place to visit – bookmark this page and show them this video… https://www.facebook.com/UNILADAdventure/videos/1801624716833674/   To see more similar footage, visit these awesome South African photographers’ pages (often featured on SAPeople): Luke Maximo Bell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJ-02TEGNS2GeD2wYetHSQ […]

Tour guide, Francois Van Rensburg, has shared his true life story of an unfortunate – but very funny – incident at the Pretorius Kop Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park,  Mpumalanga, South Africa. Francois, who works for PenQuin Tours, outlined the course of events – which happened two weeks ago – on Facebook, which […]

Snake catcher extraordinaire, Jason Arnold, captured this wonderful footage yesterday as he caught a venomous puff adder, near Verulum in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. When he was called out to the property to remove the snake, Jason had no idea he would find a puff adder… particularly such a large specimen. She’s about 70cm long and […]

Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk fired a crackerjack shot across the bows of any pretenders to his World Championship 400-metres crown in Switzerland on Thursday night, breaking Michael Johnson’s 21-year record in the 400m. Lining up for his first international one-lap event of the year, Van Niekerk cruised to a meeting […]

Elon Musk’s Tesla will be installing the world’s largest lithium-ion battery storage project in South Australia, it was announced Friday. The exciting contract comes after the former Pretoria Boys’ High student – and mega-entrepreneur (PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX etc!) – made headlines in March when he promised South Australia that his company could complete the project […]

After Miss South Africa, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, was criticised by some for wearing gloves to hand out food to children, at a soup drive this week in Soweto, Twitter went crazy with a #MissSAChallenge making fun of her… but nobody has posted a better video than Demi-Leigh herself! Watch below… Demi-Leigh, like all volunteers at the […]

The British PR agency – and ‘international reputation management’ company – that recently dropped the Gupta Family’s Oakbay Capital as a client, have sort of come clean with a statement today, admitting their horror at discovering some of the accusations levelled at them by angry South Africans (never mess with a South African!) are in […]

Dean Elgar has described the opportunity to lead the Proteas in the first Test match against England, which started today at Lord’s, as the proudest moment of his career. While the occasion of captaining at one of the most celebrated cricket grounds in the world can be overwhelming, Elgar says he will be treating the […]

The DA-led City of Tshwane has announced plans to sell the mayoral mansion it inherited from the previous ANC administration. It says the sale is “in order to prioritise bringing better services to Tshwane residents, particularly those living in informal settlements”. I am happy to announce that the City will officially be selling the Mayoral […]