For World Cancer Day today (4 February 2015), we thought we’d share one of our favourite South African videos ever – the morning that 36-year-old mom Gerdi McKenna’s friends and family surprised her with the ultimate act of love after she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer…but then Gerdi sent us a message that’s even better […]

There’s a trend emerging in South Africa of spotting selfless acts of kindness. And with social media as it is, these acts which in the past would go unnoticed – or certainly unshared – are now being spread faster than a viral video on load shedding. And each one brings hope. The latest story comes from DJ […]

Cape Town has been ranked by National Geographic as the world’s second-best beach city in their latest Top 10 list. The international magazine places Cape Town’s beaches behind Barcelona’s “eight white-sand beaches that rim its Mediterranean coastline”. But the South African “capital of cool” pips Hawai’s Honolulu, Nice in France, Miami in the US, Rio […]

Philani Dladla is a well-known feature of Joburg’s streets. The Pavement Bookworm reads books and gives reviews to passers-by. If they like the review, they buy the book. This way, he pays rent and buys food. But his bigger goal is promoting literacy among children. Walk along Gleneagles Road in Greenside and you will find […]

You know the drill. You move overseas and your first foreign friend (or even a guy in the queue at the post office) asks you whether lions roam the streets of South Africa, if Joburg’s roads are paved with gold, and whether we all live in trees. And it’s the same if you stay in […]

South African Airways (SAA) will this week become the first airline globally to install the SatAuth (Satellite Authorisation System) which will allow for secure credit card transactions anywhere in the skies. “The system, first installed on the airline’s cabin trainer for testing in May last year, will not only allow secure credit card transactions anywhere […]

Let us make 2015 the year of unity and cooperation amongst all South Africans, as we continue to transform our beautiful country into the prosperous one described in the Constitution, the Freedom Charter and the National Development Plan,’’ said President Jacob Zuma in his new year address. As we move South Africa forward in 2015 […]

The partnership between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Primedia Group, via the collaboration between Crime Stop and Crime Line – is continuing to yield successes in the fight against crime. As a result of tip-offs by community members to the Crime Stop number (08600 10111) and the Crime Line SMS line (32211), […]

Bafana Bafana head coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba has opted for an offensive starting XI that will take on Ghana in a crucial must-win final Group C match of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) later tonight. Bafana Bafana will battle it out for three points against the Black Stars of Ghana in a match that […]

Due to a shortage of generation capacity, Eskom has moved to stage two load shedding. “We moved to stage two in order to manage our reserves at our pump storage schemes and gas turbines so that we can better manage the rest of the week,” said Eskom Acting Chief Executive Dan Marokane on Tuesday. Stage […]

 The Amajita, South Africa’s men’s under-20 national team, beat Finland 2-1 in a gruelling final to win the Commonwealth Cup tournament in St Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday. Goals by captain Motjeka Madisha and inspirational Pule Maraisane gave Amajita a historic win ahead of going to the CAF African Youth tournament in Senegal in March.And to […]

Wits scientists have found three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way. The scientists are part of a multinational team of astronomers working on the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) telescopes that have again demonstrated its excellent capabilities in searching for high-energy gamma rays.In the […]

South Africans have long believed that biltong is superior to beef jerky…but there’s nothing as satisfying as hearing a foreigner praise our ‘African jerky’! Especially when it’s on a record-breaking TV show! In the video excerpt below, Willie Robertson  – of the hugely popular Duck Dynasty American reality television series – describes South African biltong as delicious, exotic, […]

Miss World Rolene Strauss has sent a message of support to her Miss South Africa replacement – Ziphozakhe Zokufa – tweeting “May today be an amazing day! Your personality and beauty are like stars in the dark. Go on that Miss Universe stage and shine your South African light!” Ziphozakhe will represent South Africa tonight at the […]

Two dancers in Soweto have captured the attention of a New York-based British director…who happens to be the son of legendary musician Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) and Trudie Styler. The two dancers – Jabu and JR – have been performing their own interpretation of pantsula dance for years, and had already caught the eye of many […]

“I can’t compete with people who have full time jobs.” That’s something I have heard several times from professional photographers in the last three short months since I have moved to Durban. It blows my mind how people can think this way. Did you not choose your profession? Is this not the life you wanted and […]

The second season of the swashbuckler television series filmed in South Africa, Black Sails, starts in the United States this weekend. Starring Toby Stephens, it was filmed on location at the Cape Town Film Studios on the road out to Somerset West, where the set doubles for 1715 Nassau during the Golden Age of Piracy. […]

Car Guru, an app created by South African developer Sukasha Singh, beat off stiff competition from other emerging markets to be named runner up in the international Vodafone appStar competition. Vodafone, the international mobile telecommunications group, selected 10 regional winners from Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, India and South Africa to compete in the final leg of […]

On the day of my graduation I couldn’t help but feel isolated at the far bottom tip of Africa. It felt as if I was missing out on the connected world ‘up there’. I was young, ambitious and curious. So I packed my bags and ventured over to France…working on Luxury Yachts as a stewardess […]

South African statesman Nelson Mandela, who died in December 2013, attended the World Economic Forum‘s annual meeting in Davos three times. The first was in 1991, less than a year after he was released from 27 years in jail, the second in 1992, two years before he became South Africa’s first democratic president, and the […]

Good news for all South Africans who want to do something positive to help inspire each other (oh, and perhaps the world too while we’re at it!). Brent Lindeque – the guy who changed one thing last year…and changed everything – is launching a new RAKNomination campaign and YOU can be part of it! Brent […]

In less than five minutes, the video below tells the heartbreaking – and inspiring – story of Themba and Thandi, two rhino in South Africa that were brutally poached and left to die two years ago. One of them did ultimately die, tragically drowning 24 days later because of his weakened state. The other survived…and gave […]

Bafana Bafana failed to open their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) campaign in commanding fashion in group C as they were battered 3-1 by Africa’s number-one ranked, Algeria, in Mongomo stadium, on Monday night. Despite a bright start by Bafana Bafana, a series of poor defensive errors, a missed penalty and poor goalkeeping cost […]

Yesterday SAPeople and other facebook pages shared a photo that had been uploaded to FB by Mbali Ndhlovu showing an entrepreneurial homeless guy on a street corner, offering Zulu lessons in exchange for cash (at the very reasonable rate of R1 per word!). Some people suggested “give that guy a Bells”. Well today he’s been given […]

Wow! We knew millions of people loved Table Mountain…but we’re blown away by how many millions! Today – 20 January 2014 – the 24th millionth visitor stepped in to the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway to make her way to the top of South Africa’s legendary landmark. The lucky lady was Maria Usenne (27) from Mozambique. She’s […]