If you’ve been missing South Africa, here’s a visual feast from a sunny Sunday in the Eastern and Western Cape… It started Sunday morning with these beautiful hues. Eddy Bronwyn Bakker shot this photo while “waiting for the sun rise at the lakes in Wilderness, Garden Route.” And finally the sun rose. Seen here by Maureen […]

In barely two months the Gupta family has gone from being the alleged darling of President Jacob Zuma – apparently able to manipulate business deals with government and get cabinet ministers appointed, according to media reports – to suddenly taking flight from South Africa last Thursday with a mountain of luggage, headed for Dubai. In the past few […]

The rhino of South Africa just got a new hero in their corner – South Africa’s popular and much trusted Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela – thanks to the passionate persistence of Jamie Joseph, founder of Saving the Wild, which connects conservationists engaged in Africa’s poaching crisis. Jamie, who has been working full-time on the rhino poaching crisis for years, announced […]

I decided to walk off my babelaas and check my voter’s info at the same time. It’s a 5km round trip and more interesting than gym. Walking is such a good way to connect with your environment, your journey and your soul. Walking can change you. Can you imagine if the ‘Long Walk to Freedom” […]

A proposed luxury eco-village, near Somerset West in South Africa, is making news around the world after CNN International featured an article about the supercool, eco-friendly and car-less residential estate on Friday. Blue Rock Village – on the shores of Lake Blue Rock in the Western Cape – is being touted as the ‘Greenest Village in […]

According to this spoof advert “Truthpaste is the only certified toothpaste that helps you lie through your teeth”. ZANews first uploaded the video in November, but re-shared it yesterday on Facebook, saying: “6 out of 6 of the ANC Top 6 who lied recommend it. Tell lies, feel nothing!” Clearly, with the Panama scandal et al […]

It seems that the voices against President Jacob Zuma grow louder daily, as the gravity of his actions and, after the apparent meaningless of his apology for Nkandla, sink in. If you have missed any of the voices – besides all the opposition parties – who are seeking to get him to step down, here […]

The Brothers Streep have released a lighthearted fun song – “Let’s Go To London”… where they leave South Africa’s currently ‘bleak’ shores for the so-called greener pastures in London…but they don’t stay too long… The song ends with the words: “We made a mistake, South Africa’s great / It’s got problems, but it’s not too late […]

The Sharks are spreading a whole lot of love…and some fun…with what might be a first for South African sport – a ‘Kiss Cam’ at a Sharks rugby match. Watch Video: Kiss Cam at the Sharks Match Were you caught on our Kiss Cam this past weekend? Posted by The Sharks on Thursday, 31 March […]

Like many expats, although Susanna van Aswegen left South Africa when she was only nine, she will forever share “a special and unbreakable bond” with the country…as can be seen in this video. The twenty-year-old filmed the following footage – a love letter of sorts – on a recent holiday to South Africa. Her mother Christa told SAPeople: […]

Inspired by Durban’s humble bunny chow – a curry served in a hollowed-out loaf of bread – the Full English Bunny, which was last year named the winner of the Innovative Breakfast award category in the British Best Breakfast Awards, continues its popularity in the UK for those who fancy their breakfast in bread! And along with […]

South Africans can now apply for their Smart ID Card and Passport online, thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and four major banks – ABSA, FNB, Nedbank and Standard Bank. However there are no plans just yet to roll it out for South Africans abroad (see below.) President Jacob Zuma officially launched […]

Cape Town has most of the top expensive streets in South Africa, according to a new survey, which put six of the country’s top 10 costliest addresses on the Atlantic Seaboard side of the city. Three were in Johannesburg. Top out of the list is Nettleton Road, high above Clifton, which, with a value of almost R45 million, was almost […]

What a shot. What a legend! Gary Player almost danced for joy yesterday after becoming the oldest golfer to hit a hole-in-one at the Masters Par 3 contest. The 80-year-old South African sportsman was playing with fellow golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson when he used the slope on the seventh hole to pull the ball back […]

Countless adventurers have jumped, abseiled and done a free-fall off the iconic Orlando Towers, and now the famous old power station in Soweto is going to get some new art. A competition is underway to select whose it will be. A panel comprised of visual artist Helen Sebidi, illustrator Karabo Poppy Moletsane and fine artist Bambo Sibiya will oversee the […]

They say life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. And as British photographer ALEX NAIL has discovered, the Drakensberg Escarpment provides a platform for an abundance of those moments. His video of the dramatic landscape in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has swept social media […]

It has been many years since I’ve awoken to the long, mournful toot of a steam locomotive engine. If I wasn’t lodged here in the staff house just across the tracks from Hoekfontein Station on Sandstone Farm in the Eastern Free State, I’d say it was all a dream. But it’s not. It’s a call […]

Here’s all the proof one needs that it was a stunning day in South Africa yesterday…taken from the International Space Station by British astronaut Tim Peake. Tim, who’s currently living and working on the Space Station for six months, uploaded this photo to Facebook an hour ago. He said: “Lovely pass-by South Africa yesterday – still […]

If you haven’t visited Durban for a while, you’re in for a stunning surprise … as you can see in these brilliant photographs taken by PETER DE GROOT of PdGPix Photos. Apart from the beachfront, which has been transformed with a beautiful boardwalk that’s become popular with families, joggers and surfers… … there’s been a lot of development and […]

In an interview in the UK’s Guardian newspaper this weekend, Trevor Noah hit back at critics of his Daily Show, saying the show is still in its infancy and is attracting a vital new audience. Noah told journalist Lanre Bakare: “I’m a baby in this thing. I’m flattered by the fact people judge me as […]

So what do South Africans miss when living abroad? For a start – “Your mother” (Jou ma…) insults will never quite have the same level of burn. 1. South Africans miss a proper “braai” The crackling of fire. The delicious aroma of flavours. The biltong starters. The general lack of excuse needed to have a […]

If you missed it – watch Evita Bezuidenhout’s April Fool’s joke yesterday. Ironically after she (well he – Pieter Dirk Uys) posted this video late Thursday night, President Jacob Zuma did make an announcement to the nation on Friday evening. However, while many expected him to resign…he only apologised (albeit the first time since the #Nkandla […]

Want sun in your house all day? Look no further than this two-storey for sale in Helderberg, Somerset West, which turns. What’s more, access to the top floor can be cut off by lowering or raising a walkway at will.  The 625-square-metre house, which is on the market for R25 million, has a ground floor with a separate entrance […]

Following yesterday’s apology to the nation from President Jacob Zuma, in which he largely blamed legal advice and the Public Works department for the Nkandla issue, Advocate Thuli Madonsela has tweeted a message that for many says it all… In a tweet posted Saturday morning, South Africa’s Public Protector said: “We all make mistakes but it […]

British actor Idris Elba – who starred as Nelson Mandela in ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ – made a surprise appearance tonight at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival. 702 presenter Gugulethu Mhlungu tweeted: “The one year, in 5 years, that I choose not to go to the jazz fest, Idris Elba is there!” Events management […]