A teacher in France has reached out to SAPeople readers to ask for help in teaching his primary school class about South Africa. If you have any postcards, pictures of the Springboks or Nelson Mandela, tourist memorabilia, please send it Olivier Levasseur at the address below. Olivier said: “?? Hello, I am a teacher in […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 12 February in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 14 February if you’re abroad. Loving with Convict(ion) A series of telephone encounters with a kind stranger leads a woman to love. […]

Major cities across the world are being increasingly plagued by severe water shortages. From Bangalore, India to São Paulo, Brazil and even Beijing, China, cities are at risk of drought in the near future. This has been true in South Africa too. Between 2016 and 2018 Cape Town experienced the real possibility of “Day Zero”, […]

This year marks 100 years since radio was introduced in South Africa, through “the first experimental broadcast at the Railway Headquarters in Johannesburg” on 18 December 1923. A century on, up to 94% of South Africans over the age of 15 confirmed in a recent survey that they owned a radio set in one form […]

Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably sounds to many like a strange occasion: World Pulses Day. But, as a researcher focused on forgotten and underutilised legumes, I think the initiative is an important step towards food security. Getting people to eat more pulses can ultimately help achieve UN Sustainable Development […]

With only hours to go until the PowerBall and PowerBall Plus draws on Friday, 10 February, Mzansi could well be welcoming its newest multi-millionaires of 2023. FOR THE LATEST LOTTO AND LOTTO PLUS RESULTS CLICK HERE There’s never a bad time to become super rich overnight! ALSO READ | SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY: TOP 10 PAYOUTS IN HISTORY But to win, […]

South Africa’s nascent social housing sector is facing systemic struggles. Rising construction costs, slow release of land, and insufficient grant funding are compromising the sector’s ability to deliver new units at the pace and scale needed. Social housing is the key to moving beyond apartheid urban planning, but it is faced with myriad challenges. GroundUp […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is working on mechanisms to improve protection for those who blow the whistle on corruption. “We are working to capacitate the Witness Protection Unit and will introduce amendments to the Protected Disclosures Act and Witness Protection Act to strengthen protection for whistleblowers,” he said on Thursday. Delivering the State of […]

A British passenger collapsed and tragically died at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Thursday. Michael Joseph Morris collapsed in the international arrival bathrooms after arriving on British Airways flight BA 57 from London, Heathrow. He was travelling with his wife. Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) CEO Mpumi Mpofu extended her heartfelt condolences to […]

Reports of radio presenter Mark Pilgrim’s ‘death’ spread like wildfire late on Thursday evening, but have subsequently been confirmed as fake news. ALSO READ | MARK PILGRIM: 5 FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S MUCH-LOVED DJ As extensively reported by The South African website, Pilgrim has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which he revealed in June 2022 had spread to […]

There was one winner of Thursday, 9 February’s Daily Lotto jackpot, with the lucky player banking over R460 000. FOR THE LATEST DAILY LOTTO RESULTS CLICK HERE Be sure to check your tickets! The player correctly predicted all five numbers drawn – and walked away exactly R461 828.30 richer. The five Daily Lotto numbers drawn were (in numerical order): 10, 18, 23, […]

Laughter is the best medicine, and South Africans in Mzansi and abroad could certainly do with a dose of the giggles these days! “Once, my father came home and found me in front of a roaring fire. That made my father very mad, as we didn’t have a fireplace.” THIS WEEK’S JOKES: Monday, 6 February […]

South Africa’s popular radio presenter Mark Pilgrim has not passed away. In a case of mistaken identity, false reports were spread on social media on Thursday night, following the sad death of a man in America who was also named Mark Pilgrim. Tributes to SA’s Mark Pilgrim, who has been fighting a brave and public […]

The DA has already briefed its lawyers to challenge in court tonight’s announcement of a National State of Disaster in South Africa. DA leader John Steenhuisen said in a statement on Thursday night: “In the absence of any real solutions to the permanent loadshedding crisis created by the ANC, President Cyril Ramaphosa during his SONA […]

Load shedding has been declared a National State of Disaster in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday evening (although many South Africans were unable to watch the address… because they were suffering Stage 4 load-shedding or planned power cuts). Ramaphosa said:the national state […]

Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Thursday, 9 February 2023? It’s yet another chance to find out whether or not you’re one of South Africa’s latest Daily Lotto winners. If you’ve decided to Phanda, Pusha, Play, then you might just strike it rich. Good luck! The Daily Lotto jackpot for Thursday, 9 […]

South Africa’s most popular car brand is Volkswagen while the country’s most popular model is the Toyota Hilux. That’s according to the 2022 AutoTrader Car Industry Report, which has just been published. ALSO READ: The EV ownership experience was seriously lacklustre in 2022 The report contains many other interesting findings too – such as the fact that […]

OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, has taken the world by storm and quickly reached 100 million global users between its launch on 30 November and late January 2023. It is the fastest-growing consumer application.  CHATGPT TALKS TO US ChatGPT is an advanced language model. It uses cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to generate human-like text based on the input […]

An estimated FIVE TONS of rock lobster have walked out of the sea on the West Coast in the Western Cape since Tuesday, 7 February 2023, due to a red tide (harmful alga bloom). RED ALERT OUT FOR ROCK LOBSTER The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DAF) has activated the West Coast Rock Lobster Contingency […]

Leading English club Leicester Tigers have reportedly added Rassie Erasmus to their list of top candidates to pursue as coach. Leicester are currently on the lookout for a replacement for Steve Borthwick, who has taken over as England head coach, and then promptly recruited a pair of other Tigers coaches in Richard Wigglesworth and Aled […]

It’s still too early to accurately predict what lies ahead for diesel and petrol prices in March, but the latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) looks DIRE, especially for petrol users. PICTURE | PowerBall winner comes forward to collect R32 million prize PICTURES | GUPTA FAMILY MANSION IN CONSTANTIA UP FOR SALE FOR R20 MILLION Mzansi motorists faced an […]

In news that went viral this week, Netwerk24 reported on how Jean de Villiers – who played 109 Tests for the Springboks – had grown suspicious of a man who was seemingly slipping items into his pockets before walking out of The Boer & Butcher in Paarl late last month. Store owner Edu Hanekom said that […]

Due to heavy rains in and around the southern part of Kruger National Park (KNP) several roads have been closed. South African National Parks (SANParks) advises guests to not use any gravel roads and to stay on the tar. Guests are further advised to not travel on any roads which have been closed and not […]

From a personal net worth point of view, South Africa-born Twitter owner Elon Musk won’t look back on 2022 with much fondness. However! ALSO READ | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A MATRIC STUDENT: CAN YOU ANSWER THESE MATHS QUESTIONS? This year has gotten off to a much, much better start for the 51-year-old from Pretoria. FOR MORE […]

About 60 people from several civil society groups marched to the Civic Centre in Cape Town on Wednesday. The groups want to “expose law enforcement brutality” and to mark Bulelani Qolani’s litigation bid against the City of Cape Town. Qolani was dragged naked from his home in Khayelitsha by Anti-Land Invasion officers during a lockdown in […]