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South Africans Drop Off Water to Help Overcome the Curse of El Niño

By Melanie Walker 04-01-16 17:35

The drought continues apace in South Africa. It’s hot as hell everywhere, including obviously Hotazel. Water shortages are a reality (even if some people in Joburg still think it’s cool to water their gardens during the day, despite the water restrictions that have been in place for a while). The Mother City isn’t taking the […]

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Anti “New Year’s Day on the Beach” Posts Go Too Far

By Pip Davis 04-01-16 10:55

So I woke up yesterday morning after our traditional New Year’s Day “Bugger All”. This is where we sleep as late as possible, move as little as possible, eat leftovers and try to remember why a 3am bedtime after the age of 40 is ever a good idea. I checked Facebook for news, pokes and jokes and discovered […]

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The Carnival of the Year Hits Cape Town – PICTURES

By SAPeople Staff Writer 05-04-18 00:08

Cape Town city was flooded with tens of thousands of people on Saturday, as the Cape Minstrels – or the Kaapse Klopse – took to the streets in one of the best and, surprisingly, least-known carnivals around. Tweede Nuwe Jaar, or Second New Year, is held on 2 January every year and was started by […]

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Archbishop Tutu’s Daughter Mpho Marries

By SAPeople 02-01-16 15:12

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Mpho Tutu, has married her partner in a private ceremony which took place in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu, who is the fourth daughter of Archbishop Tutu (84), wed her partner Marceline van Furth in Europe where Van Furth is a professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Vrije University in […]

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Some of the Last Photos of 2015. South Africa, You Are Beautiful!

By SAPeople 01-01-16 13:05

South Africa, you are beautiful… From Gauteng… All the way to… KwaZulu Natal… From Michaelhouse (KZN) above…to Langebaan in the Western Cape From Table Mountain…seen here on Christmas Eve To Sani Pass in KZN… And to the other side of Sani Pass (which joins KZN to Lesotho) You’re beautiful by day…and awesome for action and […]

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New Movie Revives Interest in a South African in Wartime Europe

By SAPeople Staff Writer 30-12-15 16:51

On Christmas Day, 1944, a young South African died tragically and far away from home, and despite his incredible achievements, bravery, creativity, not to mention the romance of his life, he still remains largely unknown in the country of his birth. George Steer, in the 35 years he was alive, crammed an exciting, dangerous and astonishing career. He […]

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Lucky Packet: 10 Stories from South Africa This Week

By SAPeople Staff Writer 28-12-15 20:03

From Jude Law to the law of returning politicians (ask the Democratic Alliance’s Dianne Kohler Barnard). From the orange sister of SAA to the red faces over #RhodesMustFall (in the United Kingdom this time). These are some of the stories you might have missed over the past 10 days. 1. The Airline Mango’s Groove While there has been […]

The Top Stories in 2015 on SAPeople

By SAPeople 28-12-15 12:04

These are the stories that proved the most popular on SAPeople.com during 2015… It was the year of the Rugby World Cup (RWC2015), xenophobia attacks and marches, Cape Fires and a spate of #MustFall hashtag campaigns from Zuma to Fees to Rain. It was also a year of goosebump moments from Springbok fans who made us […]

‘Twelve Days of Christmas’, South African-Style

By SAPeople Staff Writer 24-12-15 10:41

(To be sung to the tune of “Twelve Days of Christmas”. All objects were found at traffic lights/robots in South Africa.) On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a dar-ling wood African tree, On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two fab bouquets and a dar-ling wood African […]

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Max du Preez: “South Africa Can Survive 2016”

By SAPeople 23-12-15 10:39

Banana Republic. Failed state. Another Zimbabwe. An Arab Spring-type revolution. Perhaps we should just slit our wrists before the year is out. What nonsense. If we want to survive 2016 in one piece, we will have to cast off this paralysing, dark pessimism. It’s going to be a rough year with many social and political […]

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Camps Bay Taxi Driver in Demand after Grateful Facebook Post

By SAPeople 22-12-15 20:17

A taxi driver in Camps Bay has found himself in demand following a grateful facebook user’s report about his awesome service. Last week Capetonian Lee Peacock left her iphone in Brian Kudumba’s taxi by mistake. “When I got home I realised my phone was missing, called my number and he answered my phone and said ‘don’t worry […]

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VIDEO: Trevor Noah Reviews 2015 (and Gets Reviewed)

By SAPeople 04-07-18 14:35

While Trevor Noah wrapped up his last  show of the year with a review of his favourite stories from 2015…critics around the USA were reviewing the South African’s performance since taking over ‘The Daily Show’ from Jon Stewart in September. With all the shootings around the world during 2015, Noah battled to focus on good […]

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How One Teensy Painting by SA Artist Led to 250K Fans

By SAPeople Staff Writer 25-11-19 23:16

On 1 January 2013, Lorraine Loots set herself a goal: to produce one work of art a day for the next year. Two years and 730 paintings later, the results can be seen in “Paintings for Ants” and the newly launched “Postcards for Ants”. Along the way, Loots has picked up almost a quarter of a […]

Clouds in South Africa

South Africans Capture Stunning Cloudscapes over Gauteng & Centurion

By SAPeople 22-12-15 02:13

The skies over Centurion and Gauteng were heavenly this evening, like a beautiful Renaissance painting… with colours and shapes that had many South Africans stepping outside to capture the scene – of these magnificent Mammatus clouds – on film. Mammatus clouds, or mammatocumulus, is the meterological terms given to this “cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of […]

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A Pianist in the Karoo

By Julienne du Toit 21-12-15 10:43

A lanky teenage boy in jeans and a t-shirt takes a seat in front of a grand piano in a Karoo farmhouse. Behind him are a few dozen people on sofas and dining room chairs, waiting expectantly. At the entrance to the room is a platter bearing a small but growing pile of cash. The […]

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Christmas Miracle for Special Dogs of Emigrating Family

By SAPeople 21-12-15 02:29

One of the most heartbreaking aspects of moving to another country is the decision on whether to take your pets with you or not. When a couple in South Africa realised that their beloved blind Rottweiler cross, Misty, may not cope with the New Zealand quarantine requirements, they turned to facebook group Paws R Us to find a new […]

VIDEO: “Hectic” December Holidays 2015 in South Africa

By SAPeople 20-12-15 18:13

Check out this humorous take on some South Africans’ typically “hectic” holiday plans… The video was compiled by ADlast.tv and uploaded to YouTube today with a message saying: “Happy holidays to ALL form Merv, Sharon, Peter and the lunatics at adlast.tv” Watch Video: December Holidays 2015 PLEASE NOTE: If you’re sensitive to foul language, please […]

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