Derick Watts

Exclusive: Interview with PAYDAY song duo, Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues

By SAPeople 08-09-15 14:51

Cape Town comedy duo Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues have a ‘kiff’ new video called Payday, being billed as “their most ridiculous song yet”….and with lyrics like “when I get my paycheck, it’s like my life’s begun, When you have no paycheck it’s like you’re having no fun” – everyone can relate! Here the guys […]

World champ to return for MTB World Cup opener

By SAPeople Contributor 26-03-14 11:37

After undergoing surgery on his left knee late in 2013, three-time MTB downhill world champion Greg Minnaar returns to the UCI World Cup circuit at the Cascades MTB Park in his hom e town of Pietermaritzburg from 11 to 13 April. Minnaar, a legend of downhill racing, will be the star attraction at the season- […]

Wheelchair star Montjane shines in Louisiana

By SAPeople Contributor 26-03-14 11:31

South Africa’s top women’s wheelchair tennis star, Kgothatso “KG ” Montjane, added another title to her list of achievements when she won the doubles event at the 25th annual Cajun Classic Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the weekend. The ITF Grade 1 event was contested at the Lamar Tennis Centre from 19 […]

Missing Cape Town? This video will make you ‘Happy’!

By SAPeople 26-03-14 09:29

If you’re missing Cape Town – here’s another awesome version of Pharrell Williams’ latest hit ‘HAPPY’ from the Mother City…featuring all your favourite scenic spots and happy Capetonians! The “Cape Town (Happy)” video was shot two weeks ago, and uploaded a couple of days ago to YouTube where it has already received over 65,000 views! […]

The State Wraps its Case in the Oscar Pistorius Trial

By Suzanne Brenner 25-03-14 18:45

Much to the surprise of Oscar trial observers, the prosecution called it a day today and court was adjourned until Friday March 28, when the defence will make its case. For us armchair members of the jury, Advocate Gerrie Nel’s case seems incomplete but what we should not forget is cross-examination of witnesses for the defence is […]

Look what we found last night in our garden at our house at Thula Thula!

Um, there’s an Elephant in the Room…Sweet Baby Elephant Rescue

By SAPeople 25-03-14 17:25

It’s not often you can say there’s an elephant in the room…and there really is! In one of the sweetest stories on Facebook today, Thula Thula MD Françoise Malby-Anthony, related how she and her safari lodge staff rescued a baby elephant that wandered away from its herd and into her garden last night. Thula Thula […]

Durban Beach Sand Art

Durban Beach Art Thrives

By SAPeople Contributor 25-03-14 12:12

Durban’s beach art has survived last year’s permit system hiccup and is thriving, as evidenced by these fantastic photographs taken during the Durban Sky Grand Prix at the weekend. In May 2013 Durban Metro Police removed several unlicensed beach artists in an effort to control the burgeoning trade of sand sculpting which  can earn its […]

Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Bombshell Cell Update

By Suzanne Brenner 24-03-14 19:07

As the prosecution winds down its case, we can expect some bombshell revelations, and today – Monday March 24, 2014 – was just the beginning. Hawks’ cellphone expert Captain Francois Moller read out transcripts of WhatsApp messages between Oscar and Reeva, which have been downloaded from Reeva’s cellphone. Below is a sample. Oscar has denied witness testimony […]

Are Oscar's spectacles a choreographed detail?

A Self-Confessed Junkie’s Fragmented View of the Oscar Trial

By Suzanne Brenner 24-03-14 19:10

I’m back on the beat of the Oscar trial after time away from the action. Like a voyeur, I’ve been playing catch-up, tracking the replays of the Oscar Pistorius trial on Channel 199 as his uncertain fate nears. I’ve missed writing about Oscar. Like anyone with a habit, I had withdrawal symptoms and couldn’t wean […]

Dolphins Join PE’s 3 Beaches Challenge

By SAPeople Contributor 24-03-14 12:53

It was an awesome day out in Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth yesterday for both the competitors who took part in the City Lodge Hotel Group “3 Beaches Challenge”…and for the dolphins who joined them! Photographer Dirk Erasmus was out in a rubber dingy to capture the day’s activities in this fairly new event […]

It’s not easy to talk about Madiba – Ahmed Kathrada

By SAPeople Contributor 24-03-14 10:21

“It’s not easy to talk about Madiba,” Ahmed Kathrada said at the third Mandela Colloquium in Johannesburg this week. And then proceeded to spend almost an hour talking about his affectionate memories of Nelson Mandela, mostly in the present tense – perhaps giving a sense how present Mandela still is in his life, even after […]

Awesome Photos of Durban Sky Grand Prix of Aerobatics 2014

By SAPeople 23-03-14 17:15

Durban hosted one of South Africa’s hottest aviation events on Friday and Saturday – the Durban Sky Grand Prix of aerobatics, and as can be seen by the photos, their promise to “take you to the sky and back” was delivered. The Land Sea Air event was held at North Beach and featured a special […]

Thuli Madonsela

Most Popular Person in South Africa? Thuli Madonsela. The People’s Champion.

By SAPeople 22-03-14 14:17

We-love-Thuli-Madonsela fever is spreading through South Africa. For those who don’t yet know her, Advocate Thulisile Madonsela is the Public Protector (Ombudsman) who recently completed the investigation and report on the over R200-million upgrade to President Jacob Zuma’s residential complex in Nkandla. Facebook fan pages have risen rapidly to support and commend Ms Madonsela for […]

Celebrating Happy Day with Cape Town Bistro & Pharrell Williams!

By SAPeople 20-03-14 22:24

The United Nation’s International Day of Happiness has had an extra happy vibe to it this year with Pharrell Williams’ latest hit song “HAPPY” playing all the way from Tokyo to Toronto, Cairo to Cape Town. It seems every country around the world has uploaded their own version – Bosnia, Tunisia, Australia, Madagascar, Japan…in fact […]

Anna in Cape Town

10 reasons to Visit South Africa (and never leave)

By Anna Lysakowska 21-03-14 07:17

Visiting Cape Town was always on my to-do list, however I never thought that the rest of the country would be as interesting as it turned out to be. I briefly visited Johannesburg in 2010, but didn’t enjoy it that much at the time. When I finally managed to land in Cape Town in 2012 […]

Dershowitz, Morgan and Kelly on CNN

Brand SA Manager Speaks up for SA – Failings are not Failure

By SAPeople Contributor 06-01-21 23:26

As the Oscar Pistorius trial continues, with some describing it as oscillating between ‘gore’ and ‘bore’, so too does the trial of South Africa, with Brand SA Manager Simon Barber being the latest to step up and defend the country from being branded a “failed state”. American lawyer and outspoken political commentator, Alan Dershowitz, marched […]

An Ingenious Comic Strip from SA Soldiers in the Congo…

By SAPeople 16-03-14 10:19

A South African soldier stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has produced a creative and unique comic strip (see below)…about a day in the life of the South African contingent of the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB). The comic strip – which is presented in the form of photos with voice bubbles […]

The Barry Roux Parody Song

By SAPeople 15-03-14 23:15

Highveld Stereo 94.7 Producer Brad has created one of the first Oscar Trial parodies to go viral. The Barry Roux Parody Song started as an audio file on SoundCloud but has now been published on YouTube. The video visuals include a collage of photos from the trial showing defence advocate Barry Roux in his most […]

Durban is So Worth Celebrating – Awesome New Video

By SAPeople 14-03-14 08:11

Spectacular, sensational…Durban. Here is another awesome timelapse video from South Africa’s ‘surf city’. This time the video presents the activities going on in Durban, and the people and culture of this wonderful and often overlooked part of South Africa. The stunning showreel has been compiled by Media Linc’s Mattew Wilkes, who grew up in Ballito […]

Mark Gevisser

Lost and Found in Johannesburg

By Ted Botha 13-09-15 14:42

I must confess that I’d never read much of Mark Gevisser before someone at work in New York brought me this book because it had Johannesburg in the title and I was a South African. They thought I’d relate. Which I did, except it was more to the title than to the author. At last, […]

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