A total of 23 athletes across nine different sports have been announced by governing body SASCOC to fly the Team SA flag at the 2022 World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama (not to be confused with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games which begins later this month). Olympic medallist Bridgitte Hartley and veteran Andrew […]

South African-born Cameron Norrie will walk out onto Court 1 at Wimbledon – the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament – to face US Tommy Paul in the final 16 on Sunday, the first time Cameron has made the fourth round of any of the four Grand Slams. Despite being born in Johannesburg (in 1995), Cameron […]

A last-gasp penalty goal by Damian Willemse secured the Springboks the narrowest of wins over Wales in the first of three Castle Lager Incoming Series Test matches, with the 82nd minute effort edging the home side past Wales by 32-29, after the visitors held an 18-3 lead at the break. A few minutes earlier the […]

A Family Feud Africa episode from a couple of years ago has started going viral again in South Africa as the country experiences various stages of power cuts. It’s the episode where American TV show host Steve Harvey learns about what South Africans call ‘load shedding’. When Family Feud Africa posted the video on YouTube […]

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick say they are thrilled about the prospect of playing in front of a capacity crowd at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday when they kick off their Castle Lager Incoming Series against Wales and said they wanted to make the nation proud. UPDATE: Springboks win against […]

The overall outlook of South Africa’s national water levels improved slightly in the past week, BUT the Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated its call to water users to exercise maximum caution when using water. The improvement is largely due to the expected winter rainfall in the Western Cape, and unexpected wet weather in […]

Commonwealth Games champion Akani Simbine showed he is in fine fettle ahead of the Birmingham showpiece when he raced to victory in the 100m at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Thursday night. The South African athlete picked up his first big win of the season with a 10.02sec victory, after Olympic champion Lamont Marcell […]

Several South African sailors produced impressive performances at the recent Kiel Week in Germany where 5000 competitors converged on the German city for the nine-day event. Kiel Week includes numerous different classes, one of which was the Musto Skiff World Championships where South African Andy Tarboton finished in second place overall. The Musto Skiff is […]

When most young people are educated, it is one of the steps to alleviating poverty. When young people are empowered and confident to achieve anything that they want, they become active contributors to the community. To end off Youth Month Red Bull sat with Springbok Captain and Red Bull athlete, Siya Kolisi, as he expands […]

The University of Stirling yesterday bestowed a well-deserved honorary doctorate on South African (and British) endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh. Lewis said on social media: « This year marks my 35th year of endurance swimming and ocean advocacy. So I’m especially delighted to be receiving (this) honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling ????????‍? » He gave a […]

Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours with two males – possibly brothers – right next to my car in Maze National Park, Ethiopia. Lions come in the night, very quietly. Despite weighing well over 20 […]

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has soared past the $1-billion (£813 million or R16,109-billion) mark at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year so far. SAPeople was at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this year for an invite-only interview with Tom Cruise as he launched the blockbuster… read the interview […]

DA Leader John Steenhuisen shares his findings below after paying an oversight visit to the South African Consulate and Regional Home Affairs Offices in London, UK, this week: Over the past two days I have concluded a successful oversight visit to the Department of Home Affairs office at the South African Consulate in London, accompanied […]

The Constitutional Court has given legal recognition to Muslim women married in terms of Sharia law, and also their children.  By Tania Broughton The Constitutional Court has the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that the Marriage Act and the Divorce Act are unconstitutional for failing to recognise Muslim marriages. The Women’s Legal Centre Trust and Muslim […]

In the Showmax Original horror series Pulse, which was launched a few days ago, a group of game creators discover that survival is no longer just a game when an electromagnetic pulse bomb fries every electrical circuit in their office high-rise – and people’s heads. Sam Wright caught up with Cape Tonian Tarryn Wyngaard, the […]

Following a productive meeting earlier today – Tuesday 28 June – between Eskom and union leadership, Eskom has confirmed that it has agreed in-principle with the recognised labour unions on the way forward in the wage talks on Friday at the Central Bargaining Forum. Subsequent to this agreement, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and […]

While Eskom announced it was plunging South Africa into Stage 6 load-shedding from 4pm this afternoon, the City of Cape Town has managed to avert Stage 6 altogether… although unfortunately things have not quite gone according to plan. The City of Cape Town said it has been building reserves to assist in the event of […]

A joint operation by various SAPS Units has led to the recovery of Eskom cables worth R2.5 million and the arrest of eight suspects. Whilst most South Africans are suffering through Stage 4 Loadshedding, the suspects – aged between 29 and 49 – were responsible for stealing six rolls of aluminium cables. The Eskom overhead […]

Last time the Ndlovu Youth Choir was in the USA, the small group from Limpopo became an international sensation, performing on America’s Got Talent. Since then, the fairytale has continued… and last week, a few of them went back to America, this time – fittingly – visiting Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where they collaborated […]

The Pumas emerged as the Cinderella men of the Carling Currie Cup’s modern era when they pipped Griquas 26-19 in a momentous final in Kimberley, South Africa, on Saturday afternoon to clinch their first title. In a historic battle of ultimate underdogs, the visitors maximised their maiden finals appearance by outscoring the hosts by three […]

SAPeople sits down its co-founder Amanda Stergianos, a “mumpreneur” (digital entrepreneur and mum to three daughters), who has just launched her first children’s book – a true story about her family in early childhood, navigating life-threatening food allergies. The purpose of the book is to help other young children in a similar situation. Here, Amanda answers […]

The 19th FINA World Championships are under way in Budapest, Hungary. In Friday’s action Lara van Niekerk won her 50m breaststroke heat in an African record 29.77, which qualified her the fastest from the heats. After missing out on qualifying for the 100m breaststroke, Lara says: «I’m excited about the 50. With all the speed […]

South African Airways, once routinely rated the continent’s best airline, is a shadow of its former self: after a difficult business rescue, it’s been shorn of planes and personnel to ease the pressure it places on the fiscus. SAA: What’s the Big Deal? After years of taxpayer-funded subsidies, a majority share in the airline has […]

Many South Africans have been relieved today to whip off their masks as several Covid-19 regulations – relating to face masks, gatherings and people entering SA – were repealed on Wednesday. But now some have a cupboard full of unused masks… and aren’t sure what to do with them. That’s where fabulous South African humour […]

Quantas is expected to soon announce direct flights between Johannesburg, South Africa, and Perth, Australia, three times a week from 1 November, according to The West Australian. The new flight schedule is most likely to be a year-long service and not just a seasonal addition which had been discussed a few years ago. There are […]