Ben Affleck, Hollywood actor and director of  Iran hostage-crisis drama “Argo”, reprised one of his more serious roles this week, as expert on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a far cry from his next on-screen role as Batman! Affleck testified on Wednesday in Washington D.C. on the murder and mayhem in the DRC. […]

A group of Hollywood heavyweights has arrived in South Africa – looking to spend their film and TV production budgets in the country. With that as their mission, the four American executives met South African production professionals at National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) headquarters in Houghton in Johannesburg, before travelling down to Cape Town […]

South African rapper JACK PAROW, riding high on the success of his newly released album, Nag van die Lang Pette, is opening for international rap star Eminem tonight. Jack Parow will be opening for Eminem tonight at the Cape Town Stadium and at Ellis Park on Saturday night.  ”It’s an honour.  I’m super amped to play with him.  […]

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will present the Budget Speech to Parliament today (26 February 2014) at 14h00 South African time. It’s been a disappointing year financially for South Africa with slow economic growth, a plummeting rand and escalating government spending. With the controversial introduction of initiatives like e-tolls, many South Africans have a lot to […]

Three award-winning restaurants, a lauded cook book, and a big heart mean Reuben Riffel will long be one of South Africa’s favourite chefs.He grew up in Groendal, in Franschhoek – renowned for its beauty and world-leading wines and restaurants – in the Western Cape, and from an early age reaped the joys of a large […]

The perenially cool Wendy Oldfield turns 50 today. Happy Birthday to one of South Africa’s most beloved rock stars! Wendy burst onto the South African rock scene at the age of nineteen in the ’80s as lead singer of The Sweatband, with the very catchy single “This Boy” (which still works today – take a […]

So Cape Town’s changing it’s corporate identity. The City was forced to make an announcement prematurely about the new identity after a series of leaks and rumours which resulted in a South African newspaper publishing an incorrect version of the proposed new identity. Today Mayor de Lille outlined the City’s proposed new corporate identity in […]

The first official trailer for ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’ movie – which was largely filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa earlier this year – is ready to view! The film, starring Robert Downey Jr, is due to hit movie theaters in May next year. Marvel Entertainment uploaded the trailer two days ago for movie fans to […]

Dr Taddy Blecher is a pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa. A man with a great vision, he believes that with an inwards-out approach to life, everyone has the ability to be successful. A philanthropic social entrepreneur, also known as the transcendental crusader, who looks like Harry Potter, Blecher is a bubble of energy […]

Popstar, fashion designer and wife to one of the planet’s hottest football players, Victoria Beckham jetted in to Cape Town today. She’s in South Africa to support the Born Free Africa initiative, which is meeting in the Mother City this week to highlight “South Africa’s progress toward elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV”, according […]

This is Arabella Latham’s debut single below – “Like This” – and it’s awesome. She’s 16, from Durban and  has the voice of an über cool angel. She writes all her own music and lyrics, plays guitar and sings. Here the South African schoolgirl – who’s in Grade 11 – talks to SAPeople about her first guitar, […]

As the 2014 Vodacom Super Rugby season kicks off this evening for the DHL Stormers, the team has published a preview video discussing their thoughts on the upcoming season. Tonight the Western Province team will face the Lions (whose season began last week when they beat the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein 21-20). “I’m very pleased and […]

Calling all South Africans abroad who are registered to vote! President Zuma has today signed the election date proclamation! Important for Expats: It will be published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday 25th February From that date, you will have 15 days to complete and submit the VEC10 form online The form will ONLY be […]

It’s been less than three weeks since Brent Lindeque uploaded his ‘South African NekNomination’ video and changed one thing…which changed everything. Today he spoke to SAPeople about optimism, South Africa and his day job. On 31 January Brent uploaded his Neknomination challenge in which he had changed the social media game’s rules and done something […]

Tim Harris MP, DA Shadow Minister of Finance, delivered the following speech in parliament today, during the debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address. (Again we’ve put the more interesting bits in bold for the skimmers!) Harris pointed out that in his State of the Nation address, Zuma claimed credit for the past […]

Award-winning South African drama ‘Otelo Burning’is now available for people outside of South Africa to download and watch. The film tells the emotional coming-of-age story about three teenagers in a township who discover joy – and freedom – through surfing at the end of apartheid. It’s based on a true story. ‘Otelo Burning’ was screened […]

South African Sunday Times photographer James Oatway has been awarded second place in the prestigious POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year competition. James (35) graduated from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1999 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. Here, he talks exclusively to SAPeople about representing South Africa, the comfort of family, and when natural […]

Andy Birkett and partner Sbonelo Zondi won the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon on Saturday, and 23-year-old Birkett joined an elite group of under-25s who can proudly boast their Dusi green numbers – an honour given to those who finish 10 marathons. A handful of youngsters have done 10 Dusis by their mid-20s, some having started […]

Two South African students have been named as finalists in the Student Focus competition of the Sony World Photography Awards – Tara Mette from Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography, and Russell Bruns from Rhodes University. The ten finalists were announced today by the World Photography Organisation. The Student Focus competition is one of the largest […]

South African tennis star Raven Klaasen continued his outstanding start to 2014 when he and partner Eric Butorac teamed up to capture the doubles title at the US National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis, USA, on Sunday. Seeded second, Butorac and Klaasen upset the top seeds and world number one pairing of Bob and Mike […]

Gauteng teenager Filipa Carmo da Silva (18) has won the global One Direction cover song competition, run by American TV show host Ryan Seacrest. An hour ago she wrote on her Facebook page: “Woke up to the most amazing news! Thank you so much to everyone who stood by me all this time! Im so […]

Over a century ago, after losing to the British in the Anglo Boer War, 600 Afrikaner Boer families left South Africa and set off on their journey away from their beloved homeland, becoming perhaps the country’s first expats! They travelled across the ocean to a remote and desolate corner of Patagonia in Argentina, where they’ve remained […]

While some of us wait to get nominated to do a good deed (like a #raknomination), there’s a 17-year-old teenager in Cape Town who’s doing everything she can, on a shoestring budget, to raise the confidence of kids in Joe Slovo/Phoenix and help them and herself follow their dreams. Kimite Cancino lives in Milnerton with […]

The Big Apple will welcome South Africa for three weeks in October, when the city’s iconic Carnegie Hall will host a music and arts festival focusing on the nation, called Ubuntu. An exciting array of events has been planned for the famous space and for partner venues throughout New York City. Audiences will be able to explore the dynamic and […]

Foreigners can ask the strangest questions about South Africa (but then we probably ask foreigners the strangest questions about their lands!). Here’s a list of some questions expats have been asked (from ‘The Expat Confessions‘): “I was once asked if I was black.” – white engineer, Munich “I work on news and once had a […]