Compiled by Gary Green Check out the quiz questions below. We’ll publish the answers on Wednesday (6 November 2013). Monday morning music quiz. Six clues for six songs. 1) The dilemma is whether to depart or remain. 2) A piece of granite and a islamic fortress. 3) The junior male is not permitted to shed […]

South African surfer Jordy Smith is in with a chance of winning the Moche Rip Curl Pro at Supertubos in Peniche, Portugal today! After four lay days, competition resumed yesterday in firing 1-1,5 metre waves. Earlier today Australia’s Mick Fanning was knocked out in the quarter finals which allows Jordy, Joel Parkinson (Australia) and Kelly […]

South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel has put a smile on many faces in the past week – modelling for Operation Smile charity and posing in video clips. But the biggest  smile  was the one on her own face…when she spotted her mom at the airport in South Africa. She described it, on Instagram, as “that […]

Princess Charlene has recently been the toast of Paris (where she outshone the supermodels at Paris Fashion Week), New York where she and Prince Albert II dined with the President and First Lady…and, with barely a moment back home at the Palace to unpack, she and her husband are on their way today to the […]

Richard Branson broke a Guinness World Record in South Africa this morning by squeezing 25 women into a Mini Cooper! Yes, you read that right! And all 25 ladies were each over five-foot tall. The inimitable entrepreneur, who has a penchant for Guiness World Records, published a post today on his Virgin website headlined “How […]

Feel-good South African film FELIX – which carries  the message that ‘in every one of us lies a talent waiting to be shared’ – has aptly had its own talent recognised by winning the Best Children’s Film at a Festival in Germany. FELIX was selected from over 400 worldwide entries for the €7 500 award at […]

Proving princesses do a lot more than simply pose for magazine covers, Princess Charlene  packed a variety of activities in to her recent trip to America with her husband, Prince Albert II of Monaco.  The royal couple’s September visit to America culminated in a dinner reception hosted by President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama […]

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has issued a statement admitting that referee Romain Poite DID make a mistake when he showed Bismarck du Plessis a yellow card during yesterday’s rugby match between the All Blacks and the Springboks. The incident occurred when the South African hooker tackled the All Blacks flyhalf in the 17th minute […]

Outraged South Africans have taken matters into their own hands to make sure Romain Poite never refs another rugby game! The international referee caused a furore yesterday during the match between the Springboks and All Blacks at Edenpark in New Zealand. He made several controversial decisions – most notably, yellow-carding Bismarck du Plessis for what […]

Have you ever noticed how President Jacob Zuma is always the most cheerful in a room full of politicians? While the others turn on stiff and stilted smiles, staged mainly for the cameras, the South African President sports an irrepressible full-vaultage beam through even the most tedious of meetings. Perhaps less stressed than most? In […]

After weeks of waiting, and days of speculation…some brave, bare-cheeked hikers proved there truly is snow on Table Mountain today, posting a couple of “cheeky” pictures on Facebook. UPDATE August 2020: Snow on Table Mountain again? In fact the social media website was “snowed under” with pictures of Cape Town’s famous landmark covered in snow, […]

You know you’ve made it when you’re the star of a huge American television series! And that’s what happened recently to a full body X-ray scanner designed by a small but very worthy South African company, Lodox Systems. The scanner played a major role in a recent episode of popular TV show Grey’s Anatomy, with […]

So here’s one of those emails doing the rounds that’s full of all the good stuff that makes us so proud to be South African. But before you rush off to quote all these great claims to your overseas friends, please bear in mind they may not all be quite as true as we’d like […]

Award-winning South African author Marie Williams talks exclusively to SAPeople about love, loss, Green Goblins and discovering what makes your heart sing. Marie was recently awarded the Finch Memoir prize in Australia for GREEN VANILLA TEA, a heart-wrenching and inspiring memoir of the loss of her  husband Dom, a fellow South African. The two had […]

A heartbreaking song is making waves on the internet. Written and performed by South African teenager Blaise Draper, it touches the hearts of all those who’ve ever lost someone incredibly close to them. What makes Blaise’s song even more special is that it is not written for a boyfriend or conventional family member. It’s written […]

Take a look at this moving behind-the-scenes footage of the shooting of the first #21ICONS portrait, featuring South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, in which Mandela admits he never thought he would ever leave prison. Scroll down for Video. The 21 Icons Global Project is the brainchild of an award-winning Australian photographer and film-maker, Adrian […]

By: Mary Alexander

One of South Africa’s most popular fashion value retailers, Mr Price (MRP), has gone global…now offering its popular ranges to South African expats around the world. MRP – who were voted ‘Coolest Clothing Store’ in a Sunday Times survey of local and global retailers in the South African market – will now be available online […]

South African surf legend Shaun Tomson is launching his new book – The Code, the Power of ‘I Will’ – in California this week.  The code is a simple strategy for confronting everyday challenges and making positive, life-changing decisions. In the book, Shaun uses twelve of his personal stories to share the power of “I […]

President Zuma has announced that he will mark Nelson Mandela Day – on Thursday, 18 July – by officially handing over houses to the community of Danville, Pretoria West. Now the rest of us aren’t expected to do something quite like that, but we should each do something. And preferably we should do that something […]

Five cool young South African surfers are in hot contest to compete in the International Final of the Quiksilver Pro France 2013. All they need is votes…and the one with the most votes for the region of Africa will go through to the King of the Groms Godfathers voting panel, where the final regional selections […]

Strictly Come Dancing kicked off to a scintillating start on Wednesday 10 July in South Africa…with its two new hosts – globally-adored comedian Marc Lottering, and popular South African TV presenter/actress/DJ Pabi Moloi. The show, which is based on a BBC format and aired in over 40 countries, is brought to South African screens by […]

An impala being chased by two cheetahs made a wise move – he jumped through the window into a tourist’s car to take cover! The adventure, which took place in the Kruger National Park, was caught on video by a couple of South African girls on holiday. The impala (and the rest of the herd) […]

An Australian newspaper caused outrage yesterday by publishing an article that brandished the headline “Beware, the Brits are about to become unbearable”. The article – written by Candace Sutton – is both provocative and tongue-in-cheek…acknowledging the Brits have a lot to be proud of lately (a soon-to-be royal birth, Wimbledon win and Tour de France […]

Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler has confessed that he thought he was going to die in South Africa…when he was attacked by a cheetah. (View the video below.) “All I was going to do was let him eat me,” said Sandler, “There was not one part of me that was going to fight back. I was […]