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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

During the UK broadcast of tonight’s episode of Reggie Yates’ 3-part Extreme South Africa series, expats took to Facebook to post their opinions of Reggie’s visit to Khayelitsha. Carlaine Milledge described it as “a devastatingly accurate portrayal of Khayalitsha. I have no words to describe what I’m seeing” whilst Don Beukes said “I am already […]

Here’s a preview of what British viewers will see tonight on “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa”. (See below.) This is the second episode in a three-part series in which the British TV presenter gets “up close and personal” with different communities in post-apartheid South Africa. Last week’s episode was met with some shock and sadness […]

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 […]

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 […]

South African expats in the UK reacted with sadness and shock (and even some anger) after watching a BBC 3 documentary last night about poor white people in Pretoria, South Africa. The 55-minute doc was the first in a three-part series – entitled “Reggie Yates’ Extreme South Africa” – in which presenter Reggie Yates gets […]

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 […]

EuroNews, a European news channel featuring international news, published a documentary recently about Coronation Park – a squatter camp in Krugersdorp, South Africa, where a lot of impoverished white (and black) people live. They describe this camp as one of a growing number of townships becoming populated mostly by white Afrikaners who are facing poverty […]

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 […]

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 Sharks and the Bulls will meet on the field at Kings Park Stadium in Durban tonight. But that’s not the only challenge facing the Bulls. In the spirit of paying it forward that’s currently sweeping South Africa – since Brent Lindeque uploaded a #changeonething video of himself doing a good deed – the Cell C […]

Action star Jackie Chan has teamed up with a unique co-star, Spike the Rhino, in his latest video – Tools of the Trade. Their mission is to deliver an anti-rhino horn message, and the Chinese media are on side. With 1004 rhino slaughtered in South Africa last year, this message could not be more urgent. […]

On the anniversary of South African model Reeva Steenkamp’s tragic death, Oscar Pistorius has said he will carry the loss of Reeva and the trauma of that day forever, and that it was a “devastating accident”. In a statement published on his website, he said: No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating […]

South African President Zuma gave his State of the Nation address in Cape Town this evening. Here’s the full transcript (we’ve put some things in bold so you can skim!). Good evening, sanibonani, molweni, dumelang, riperile, ndimadekwana, goeienaand. I wish to thank the Presiding Officers for this opportunity to speak to the people of South […]

You can watch the State of the Nation Address by President Zuma of the Republic of South Africa live below:

In the week that Jack Parow’s latest album Nag van die Lang Pette is released, debuting at Number 1 on iTunes South Africa – he took some time out to speak to SAPeople… Jack Parow was born Jack Zander Tyler and grew up in Parow in the Western Cape. One night he was drunk, watching Pirates […]