The Green Scorpions have ordered the City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon, following continued failures at the Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works. The Green Scorpions have ordered the City of Cape Town to sort out the pollution of Milnerton Lagoon. This follows two earlier warnings. The City has appealed […]

Just over two weeks since Pretoria father Wayne Giles was shot by armed robbers outside a restaurant in Gauteng, because he wouldn’t give them his cellphone, he has sent this heartfelt message to friends, family and strangers – both in SA and South African expats abroad – who rallied together to help a man described […]

The South African High Commission (SAHC) in the UK, one of the busiest SA foreign missions in the world, has announced its decision to close until further notice, due to the latest UK Lockdown which began today. This is sure to compound the already shocking delays that South Africans living and working in the UK […]

The Basic Education Department has reviewed its COVID-19 exam protocols to allow learners who test positive for the Coronavirus to sit for their final matric examinations. The DBE previously issued a set of guidelines, which indicated that learners who were COVID-19 positive would not be allowed to enter the exam centre. Following a petition by […]

South Africa recorded 1 712 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, pushing the tally to 730 548 since the outbreak. Meanwhile, there are 46 more COVID-19 fatalities, which brings the death toll to 19 585. Of the latest deaths, 24 are from the Eastern Cape, nine from Gauteng, five from KwaZulu-Natal, four from the Western Cape, three from […]

As America and the world holds its breath, to find out whether incumbent Donald Trump will win a second term or if insurgent Joe Biden will become the next US president – here’s a quick explainer on how the US voting works, and how the outcome will affect South Africans. Biden is currently leading 243 […]

The Democratic Alliance in North West has condemned in the strongest terms the burning of a cross highlighting the plight of farm attacks and murders in Brits, allegedly by Madibeng FM journalist Nick Motloung to promote his radio show. The behaviour by Motloung was completely unnecessary, said Jacqueline Theologo MPL, DA North West Spokesperson on […]

Multi-award winning chef Chantel Dartnall last night added another award to her collection, scooping the Best Chef for 2020 award at the annual Hosco Luxe Restaurant Awards. Unsurprisingly, her restaurant, Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient, also walked away with top prize for 2020’s Best Restaurant. A delighted Chantel said: “At Restaurant Mosaic, we pride ourselves […]

Thanks to a team of kind and caring human beings in South Africa, two rhinos that were orphaned after losing their mothers to poachers, have been returned to the wild. Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Justin Sullivan filmed the moving journey these two rhino ‘best friends’ were taken on in order to release them into the Greater […]

A group of 15 homeless men have transformed a plot of land behind Durban’s famous beachfront Elangeni Hotel into a “booming” farm in just a few months… and become one of SA’s best feel good stories. It all began at the start of lockdown when some men at eThekwini Municipality’s homeless shelter in North Beach […]

South African expat and comedian Trevor Noah has been blasted for tweeting a video of the US state of Florida being blown up by the Death Star. The tweet was actually posted by The Daily Show and not Noah personally, but as the host of the award-winning show he has come under fire. The video […]

An extremely high demand for SA passport renewals in the UK has led to a backlog in some administration, South Africa’s High Commissioner to the UK, Nomatemba Tambo, told SAPeople today. She reassured South Africans living in the UK that this problem should be resolved within the following week. With the SAHC’s website in the […]

The appointment nearly two years ago of a new boss to head the agency that convicts and jails criminals sparked hopes of a significant turnaround at the beleaguered state unit. But the results so far have been mostly disappointing. Advocate Shamila Batohi took over as National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) at the National Prosecuting […]

After sending out his CV with no luck of securing a job for six years, a Katlehong man ignored the raised eyebrows of friends and family and decided to become a waste picker. Now, Tshepo Mazibuko, 40, is the renowned owner of K1 Recycling, a township-based waste management company. SAnews met Mazibuko at his Buy-Back Centre […]

There’s welcome news for South Africans as both grades of petrol are set to decrease by 27 cents a litre from Wednesday. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on Tuesday said fuel prices for November 2020 will be adjusted as follows: Petrol (both 93 ULP and LRP) will decrease by 27c per litre; Petrol […]

The police dog Black served his K9 unit well during his lifetime, tracking down stock thieves, finding a lost hiker, and identifying crime scenes, and his handler said his friend and partner flew the SAPS K9 tracker dog flag high during his years of service until he passed away last month from a terminal illness. […]

A Cape Town driver got a fright on Tuesday morning when his car suddenly dipped into an unexpected sinkhole on a busy road in Sea Point. Surrounding roads were flooded on what was otherwise a beautifully sunny day in the Western Cape. According to witness Mike Roberts, officials were on the scene quickly to tow […]

The American public may not find out who wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 or Nov. 4 or even Nov. 5. But, at some point, we will learn whether Republican Donald Trump is elected to a second term or if Democrat Joe Biden will be the next president. For the winner of the election, […]

A gunman in Austria, who was known to police, has tragically killed four people in Vienna, and wounded a further 17… of which seven are in a critical condition. The victims had been enjoying the last evening out at cafes and restaurants on Monday 2 November, before going into a second Lockdown today (3 Nov). […]

Coverage of the passing of Sir Sean Connery has inevitably been dominated by his legacy as the screen’s first – and best – James Bond. Connery’s “Bond, James Bond” moment near the beginning of Dr. No (1962) is one of the iconic moments of cinema history and has spawned countless imitations and parodies. Perhaps the […]

It was exactly a year ago today, on 2 November 2019, when the Springboks created a story for the ages – a team battered and bruised, with very little prospect of victory at an international championship, rises from the ashes to take the coveted crown. That was the case for the Springboks in 2019 when […]

Once again, that wonderful purple/mauve month of November is on us, although the jacarandas started in October already. When Johannesburg and Pretoria have come to a glory quite unlike any other city in the world. Tokyo and Washington can boast of their cherry blossoms, but we don’t think they hold a candle to our hundreds […]

Any day that Kate Hofmeyr leads evidence at the Zondo Commission is a good day. And today was an exceptional day, as she faced off against a former South African Airways board member accused of receiving kickbacks and her less than lucid lawyer. The main players in today’s hearing were an increasingly frustrated Deputy Chief […]

This beautiful piece of writing by Jacqui Ikin evokes all the emotions, scents and sensibility about what it means to be South African, or to visit SA… What It Means to Be South African, … a Poem by Jacqui Ikin I sit here quietly thinking about what it means to me to be South African, a visitor […]

Many of South Africa’s most beautiful and ancient trees and forests are in deadly danger of being destroyed by an invasive beetle. The good news, however, is that research at one of the country’s leading wine farms, renowned for its agricultural and horticultural research since 1700, could help defeat this dreaded pest. The polyphagous shot […]