American actress Kirstie Alley – who was popular in South Africa (and the rest of the world) with her roles in hit TV show Cheers and the three Look Who’s Talking movies with John Travolta – has sadly passed away at the age of 71. Her children, True and Lillie Parker, said in a statement: […]

PRASA says 400 stations were vandalised during the Covid lockdown. By Ezekiel Kekana. A number of PRASA train stations in Pretoria vandalised during lockdown have been repaired. Trains on the Pretoria-Pienaarspoort line now stop again at Mears, Devenish, Walker, Loftus and Rissik stations. PRASA has spent R40-million repairing stations in Pretoria. About 400 PRASA stations […]

Springbok rugby star Sbu Nkosi, who was reported missing over two weeks ago, has been found safe and sound! The Blue Bulls Company said they and the “Vodacom Bulls family” are happy to confirm that the contracted player has been located. Nkosi was found today (Monday 5 December) at 14h02, following the club’s lengthy and […]

South African Filmmakers Tebogo Malebogo and Petrus van Staden are at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) with their project ‘Where is the healer?’. They sat down to speak to SAPeople. Tebogo and Peet, could you tell us a bit about yourselves and your backgrounds? Tebogo: I’m a South African filmmaker. I finished my matric […]

Missing cyclist, Alan Broderick, has been found and is being airlifted to hospital for a medical check-up and observation. Alan went missing two days ago, after setting off on a cycle through Diepwalle Forest in Knysna on Saturday morning. Volunteers had joined Emergency Medical Services and SA Police Service in the hunt – which included […]

Big Concerts International confirmed today that UB40 will be returning to South Africa in 2023. They will be performing in Cape Town on 30 May at Grand Arena, GrandWest, Durban on 1 June at the Durban ICC, and on 3 June at SunBet Arena, Time Square in Pretoria. UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell will add another […]

Pleas have been issued for volunteers to join the search for missing cyclist Alan Broderick, who was last seen in the Diepwalle Forest in Knysna on Saturday 3 December. UPDATE: Missing cyclist Alan Broderick has been found! The search has been hampered by the sheer size of the area, and that there is very little […]

Fourteen members of a church congregation tragically drowned in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday after a huge flash flood, with a surge wave over two feet high, torrented down the Jukskei River as they performed a cleansing ritual. The deluge washed 33 terrified worshippers away in seconds – many to their deaths. Most were standing on […]

The DA has today submitted a motion to dissolve the National Assembly. We call on South Africa’s 400 Members of the National Assembly to support this motion, because it is strongly in the country’s best interest, writes Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader John Steenhuisen. Thereafter, we call on President Ramaphosa to proclaim and set dates for […]

AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) – England may have triumphed tonight on the field in Qatar, but it was Senegal that won the hearts of FIFA World Cup fans around the world. Even the BBC tweeted after the match, in which England won 3-0: “What a great run for the African champions!” England overcame a pedestrian […]

(Reuters) – Home favourite Thriston Lawrence held off a spirited charge from Frenchman Clement Sordet to win the DP World Tour’s South African Open by one shot in Johannesburg on Sunday. It was an emotional rollercoaster, with Lawrence admitting afterwards that it was “unbelievable, unbelievable. I want to cry. I’ve got no words.” The win […]

Stage 4 loadshedding is currently being implemented in South Africa until 05:00 on Monday morning, whereafter Eskom promises it will be reduced to Stage 3 until 05:00 on Tuesday morning. And from Tuesday morning, the situation brightens further with Stage 2 loadshedding to be implemented until further notice, although the power utility cautions that circumstances […]

Springbok rugby winger Sbu Nkosi has been missing for three weeks. The Blue Bulls Company said in a statement that Nkosi, who signed with the Vodacom Bulls in May this year, “has been absent without leave for the past three weeks”. UPDATE 5 DECEMBER 2022: Missing Springbok rugby player Sbu Nkosi has been found safe […]

The Khoi people called Augrabies Falls in the Northern Cape ‘Aukoerebis’, which means Place of Great Noise. And in the last week or so of November, this famous landmark lived up to its name as an incredibly powerful flow of water tumbled 60m swiftly and dramatically from the rocky surroundings of the 18km granite abyss […]

Gymnast Alejandra Morales Martinez is considered one of the brightest gymnastics talents in South Africa and she was given another accolade with the announcement that she would carry the flag for Team SA at the opening ceremony of the Region V Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Friday. The young gymnast celebrated her 14th birthday last […]

Outgoing The Daily Show host Trevor Noah this week sat down with Hollywood actor Will Smith to discuss Will’s latest movie project and how he’s spent the last year since the Oscars incident. South African comedian Trevor – who is good friends with both Will and Chris Rock (whom Will hit) – said he prefers […]

Leaders of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) delayed a decision on Friday (December 2) as to whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should stay on or not. UPDATE 3 Dec: The ANC said on Saturday, that it will meet on SUNDAY to continue a meeting it halted midway on Friday to discuss the future of […]

A South African teenager – Zulaikha Patel (19) – who protested against her school’s hair policy is one of just six youngsters from around the world who has been honoured at the 2022 Young Activists Summit (#YAS22) at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The awards took place today during a live event with participants from […]

The world’s best hidden gem is tucked away in South Africa, in beautiful Hermanus in the Western Cape. The local restaurant – Perlemoen – won the ‘World Hidden Gem’ award at the prestigious La Liste gala event in Paris, France, this week! The restaurant is located in one of the historic buildings in the heart […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 4 December in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries on Showmax from Tuesday 6 December if you’re abroad. Rugby Rumpus Intense and full of drama, rugby union is one of the globe’s biggest […]

A leading Chinese telecommunications company has donated R1.15-million (about US$65,274) to help students studying information science at Wits University in South Africa. The donation has been welcomed by students and faculty at the university. Lungelo Cala, a Wits Information engineering student, says: “In the past years, I’ve struggled with funding and it has been very […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 80 senior officials in South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) are gathering today to decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should stay on after an inquiry found evidence of misconduct over cash hidden at his farm. The ANC announced that officials from its most senior entity, the National Executive Committee […]

Swiss engineering company, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), is expected to pay some R2.5 billion in “punitive reparations to South Africa” for its part in State Capture, says the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The company was allegedly irregularly awarded a lucrative control and instrumentation contract at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station in 2015 after allegedly colluding with […]

Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years. By Daniel Steyn.   In 2020, pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare announced that a bimonthly injection of its new drug, cabotegravir, prevents HIV infection. More than two years later, the drug is still unaffordable in countries where HIV is highly prevalent. Local medicines manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare says that licences […]

Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert. By Steve Kretzmann. When he took office, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis promised to make dealing with sewage pollution a priority. One year on there has been some progress, and water quality data is now available on the […]