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Slops, Sarmie and Muti. The Best Short South African Slang

By SAPeople Staff Writer 20-06-16 17:46

In South Africa we love the diminutive and the shortened word as much as the next far-flung English-speaking country – arvie for afternoon, mozzie for mosquito, and so forth. A recent video by Australian friends Josh and Rhys explains “How to Speak Australian – Abbreviate Everything” (see video below) that strikes the same note. Many of the words […]

“There are Miracles Performed Every Day” in South Africa

By SAPeople 16-05-16 15:52

A Johannesburg resident has shared her harrowing but uplifting story which involves a special young student whom she refers to as her “human Angel”. On Saturday Nicole Gillian Morgan decided to share her “incredible story about a wonderful human called Obakeng Seutane (aka my human Angel”. It has since been shared over 9,000 times! Nicole wrote […]

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WATCH Video: Appreciate… the Beauty in Our Backyard – Kloof Gorge

By SAPeople 15-05-16 13:37

Durban photographer KIERRAN ALLEN has shared a video to remind us all how much there is to appreciate in this beautiful land, South Africa… “There is so much negativity in South Africa right now that we are losing sight of how lucky we are to live in this beautiful country!” says Kierran. “Let’s appreciate and […]

Kenya Is Aiming for Those SA Tourist Rands

By SAPeople Staff Writer 13-05-16 12:29

About 30,000 South African tourists went to Kenya last year, making it the biggest African source of tourism for the country, and Kenya wants to push that figure up by 20 percent this year. “Our ease of access with a flight of less than five hours to Nairobi by Kenya Airways and South African Airways, products suited […]

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Cape Town and Joburg Get Ratings Upgrade by Moody’s

By SAPeople Staff Writer 13-05-16 12:45

The international ratings agency Moody’s has given Cape Town the highest possible credit rating, the city said on Thursday. At the same time Moody’s raised some of the ratings for Johannesburg. Cape Town now has the highest possible level of credit quality within the national context, the city said. The cities’ ratings are different from the country’s rating, which […]

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Gratitude from a South African Graduate for his Hardworking Parents

By SAPeople Contributor 13-05-16 10:09

A post written by South African graduate Zukisani Ndwendwe in tribute to his parents – who did all that they could to encourage their children’s academic studies – has gone viral highlighting the importance of education… and gratitude. Zukisani’s parents couldn’t read or write themselves, but they made sure that their children could. Today Zukisani […]

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Naledi Pandor Awarded Germany’s Grand Cross of Merit

By SAPeople Contributor 28-11-20 15:11

Germany has awarded South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, with the Grand Cross of Merit and described her as symbolising the new South Africa: “modern, innovative, progressive, outstanding female leadership”. The German Ambassador to South Africa, Walter Lindner, said at the ceremony: “With the Grand Cross of Merit we recognise Naledi Pandor’s continuous […]

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New Online Visa System for South Africans Visiting UK

By SAPeople Contributor 12-05-16 11:43

South Africans applying for UK Visit visas are now able to make use of a new online system called Access UK, as part of the British Home Office’s commitment to making the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) service quicker, easier and more convenient for applicants. As part of a global rollout, Access UK (formerly know as […]

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Big Stars in Cape Town to Shoot Stephen King Movie

By SAPeople Staff Writer 12-05-16 10:01

Shooting of “The Dark Tower”, based on the best-selling Stephen King book and starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, has started in Cape Town and the Western Cape. The movie is being directed by Dane Nikolaj Arcel, famous for making the first (and best) “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and the brilliant but much-overlooked “A Royal Affair”. […]

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“Ag Pleeze Deddy” and Other Tales from Orange Grove

By SAPeople Staff Writer 11-05-16 14:35

For anyone from who remembers the Doll House, the drive-in, Springbok Radio, the Radium, Highlands Park and “Ag Pleeze Deddy”, here’s a big old blast from Johannesburg’s past. For those who don’t, the abovementioned would be 1) a roadhouse, 2) an outdoor moviehouse, 3) the radio version of MTV, 4) a beer hall, 5) a football club […]

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Update on Kidney Donor Match of Schoolfriends in Joburg and Canada

By SAPeople Contributor 10-05-16 16:28

Whilst waiting anxiously to find out if her old classmate, who now lives in Canada, will be the perfect match for her to receive a lifesaving kidney, Johannesburg-based Di Wilkinson has been updating her blog “Diary of a Living Donation”. As reported by SAPeople last month, Di and Jill Hamilton (née Symes), first met in their teens at school in […]

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Quarter Million Rand Raised for South African Train Hero Darryn August

By SAPeople 10-05-16 09:48

Funds raised locally and internationally for the recovering South African hero, who was thrown from a train by robbers, have soared to over a quarter of a million rand… with the hero in question – Darryn August – revealing that the kindness of strangers who have donated unselfishly has “made me even stronger in the process”. As […]

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SA Rider Brad Binder Clinches 2nd Victory in a Row at Moto3™ FrenchGP

By SAPeople 09-05-16 16:26

There’s no stopping South African rider Brad Binder as he clinched his second Moto 3 GP win yesterday, Sunday 9 May, with Binder telling journalists “the Championship is looking good!” The 20-year-old won the French Moto 3 grand prix at the legendary Le Mans’ Bugatti circuit, extending his lead in the race for the world championship title. Last month […]

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100 Planes Take Off Over Pretoria for Air Show VIDEO

By SAPeople Staff Writer 09-05-16 09:41

Over 30,000 people attended the South African Air Force Museum’s annual Pretoria Air Show on Saturday, with the theme this year being “Celebrating Aviation Through the Ages”, with some grand old dames of the air taking off to show what they are still capable of doing. More than 100 aircraft gathered at the Swartkop Air Force Base […]

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9 Postcards from South Africa’s 9 Provinces

By SAPeople Staff Writer 09-05-16 09:13

As the tourism show Indaba 2016 wraps up in Durban on Monday, where thousands gathered to sell and promote the best destinations in Southern Africa, we give you a postcard from each of the nine provinces. The famous and the not-so-obvious destinations – all gorgeous, all worth visiting. Soon! Blyde River Canyon, Mpumulanga Lisbon Falls, Mpumalanga. iSimangaliso national […]

Happy Mother’s Day from Google, Facebook, Rio, Africa and the World

By SAPeople 08-05-16 12:08

In honour of moms in South Africa and around the world, here’s a selection of messages and campaigns celebrating the wonderful, unique, vital role that mothers play… From Google Google’s Mother’s Day doodle features two pairs of shoes – one for mom and for her child. The artist who created the drawing, Sophie Diao, says: […]

Watch Winning Video from Salt Rock Surfer Shane Sykes

By SAPeople 07-05-16 16:54

Nineteen-year-old KwaZulu-Natal surfer Shane Sykes has won the Volcom South Africa’s TCT ‘Rhinofish’ video trails with this 1-minute video which he not only surfed in, but edited himself. The competition was open to South African surfers under the age of 20 and was voted for by the public. The Salt Rock teenager has won a trip to […]

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Oh Baby. Rhino Orphanage Takes In Abandoned One-Week-Old Hippo

By SAPeople 07-05-16 14:21

He’s not a rhino. And his mother wasn’t poached. But a one-week-old baby hippo is being taken care of by Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage, after he was abandoned by his pod. World renowned rhino expert and orphanage consultant, Karen Trendler, reported yesterday that local conservation authorities had referred the “very tiny, very weak” hippo calf to […]

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WATCH Cassper Nyovest’s “War Ready”, in Memory of Soweto Uprising

By SAPeople 06-05-16 20:18

South African hip hop artist Cassper Nyovest released “War Ready” today, a video dedicated to the 750 killed and thousands others arrested and/or tortured following the Soweto Uprising in 1976. Released this morning, the song has already received over 18,000 hits on YouTube and was one of the top trending items on Twitter in SA most […]

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Pics of Mom-to-Be Candice Swanepoel and Her Trip to South Africa

By SAPeople 06-05-16 19:46

As we ease into Mother’s Day weekend in South Africa (Sunday 8 May if you’re overseas and unaware!) – here are some gorgeous pics that excited supermodel and mom-to-be Candice Swanepoel has been posting on her Instagram account… as her tummy grows. (Plus a great video below of her trip to South Africa to shoot an […]

Retiring in South Africa: How One Couple Fulfilled a Dream

By Sine Thieme 06-05-16 13:08

It’s no secret that many South Africans have left their native land over the last few decades to build a new future elsewhere, particularly seeking out Western countries with stable political environments such as Australia or England. What surprises many, however, is that there has been a fairly large flow of human capital in the opposite direction […]

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Baby Cheetahs Born in the Wild of Rescued Parents

By SAPeople Staff Writer 06-05-16 11:14

Rescuing wild animals is a long-haul occupation, as Louise Joubert of SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary knows. But a few weeks ago, a more than four-year-long cheetah project – which had lots of heartache in between – came to fruition, with the birth in the wild of at least six cheetah from parents that had been rescued. “We […]

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