A film from Africa has scooped the top prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Cameroonian filmmaker Cyrielle Raingou won the festival’s Tiger Competition Award 2023 on Friday night, with her profound documentary ‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’, beating out 15 other finalists from around the world. Raingou sat down to speak with SAPeople […]

It’s nearly time for Friday, 3 February 2023’s PowerBall and PowerBall Plus draws. Here are the numbers – and hopefully they mean one thing: You are South Africa’s latest multi-millionaire. POWERBALL AND POWERBALL PLUS JACKPOTS ESTIMATED AT: R5 million (PowerBall) R58 million (PowerBall Plus) If you really want your share of the jackpot, you have […]

  Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Friday, 3 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 Friday, […]

A 30-year-old Portuguese dog has been named as the world’s oldest ever by Guinness World Records – beating a record that stood for a century. PICTURE | Only in South Africa! Bird makes nest using cable ties Bobi is a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo – a breed that has an average life expectancy of 12-14 years. The previous oldest dog ever was Australia’s Bluey […]

A proposed lucrative sponsorship deal between South Africa and a top English football club that sparked a two-day firestorm will not be backed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his spokesperson said on Friday. READ | PSL POWERHOUSE CLUB MAKE ‘PROPOSAL’ FOR PERCY TAU – REPORT Plans by South Africa’s tourism agency to sponsor Tottenham Hotspur were unveiled this week – at a time when […]

Kevin Pietersen believes that the 2022/23 summer has worked some magic for South African cricket. Pietersen has been impressed by the SA20 League and the Proteas performance in their three-match series against England. PROTEAS RODE THE WAVE OF SA20 The former England skipper feels the enthusiastic reaction to the SA20 had given the sport a […]

If you’re looking for an adventure this weekend, or on your next holiday to South Africa… head to Mossel Bay for a ride on their exciting zipline – the world’s longest over-ocean zipline! As you can see from the epic photos on this page, by Coulson Art Photography, it’s the perfect bucket list item for […]

Samantha Jacobs is becoming well known on social media for her honest opinions on the current state of South Africa, the world, and just life in general. Here’s her latest admission – she doesn’t always return her shopping trolley: I didn’t return my grocery cart. I am mentioning it since a meme on Facebook has […]

Multi-award winning singer Nomcebo Zikode – most famous for Jerusalema – has enjoyed an incredible couple of years that’ve seen her elevated to global superstar status. Her powerful voice in international super-hit ‘Jerusalema’ mesmerised audiences around the world. But it’s for a very different track that Nomcebo is poised to win one of her greatest […]

The Met Office suggests the temperature in London on Friday will be ‘warm’, while thunderstorms are expected in parts of South Africa. The forecast for the Greater London area is a minimum of 8 degrees Celsius with a maximum of 12. But we warned! Temperatures are expected to plummet to ONE degree on Sunday! Meanwhile, down […]

The 2022 matric exam results have been released and there was joy for some – and tears for others. ALSO READ | MATRIC RESULTS 2022: HOW MUCH IT COSTS FOR A REMARK OF AN EXAM PAPER For many, the mere thought of revisiting your school years – let alone rewriting matric exams – is enough to send […]

The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has welcomed about 6,000 crime prevention wardens in an effort to augment crime-fighting efforts made by SAPS and Metropolitan Police Departments. The 6000 recruits – who are all young – will undergo at least three months of training before being deployed to 361 wards in the province including townships, informal […]

In a ground-breaking judgment handed down yesterday by the Johannesburg High Court, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has won its long-running battle to expose the complete records of the ANC’s national cadre deployment committee’s role in the corruption, capture and collapse of South Africa’s public sector. South Africans will now for the very first time be able […]

With only hours to go until the PowerBall and PowerBall Plus draws on Friday, 3 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, […]

Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs are involved in a ding-dong battle for bragging rights in the 2022/23 DStv Premiership season. ALSO READ | Mamelodi Sundowns break 8-year-old Kaizer Chiefs PSL record After 18 (of 30 matches) in the 2022/23 season, the Buccaneers are in fourth place with 28 points. By contrast, Amakhosi occupy fifth spot with 27 points. […]

Only in Africa will you find a lion on your stoep next to your braai, a cheetah casually strolling into a safari lodge in Blyde River Canyon and a hippo paying regular visits to a Limpopo high school. Then there is the gutsy leopard that attempted to “take down” a minibus taxi… ALSO READ: WATCH: Hippo […]

Laughter is the best medicine, and South Africans in Mzansi and abroad could certainly do with a dose of the giggles these days! Two cows were talking in the field. One says, “Have you heard about the mad cow disease that’s going around?” “Yeah,” the other cow says. “Makes me glad I’m a penguin.” THIS […]

Bulls boss Jake White has shared a poignant message about how his perspective on life and work has changed after a brush with death. On Sunday, 8 January, two days after the Bulls had beaten Dragons RFC 29-14 at Rodney Parade in the United Rugby Championship, White was rushed into surgery for a two-hour operation to […]

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for February 2023. SASSA PAYMENT DATES FOR FEBRUARY As previously reported by The South African website, in 2022 SASSA said it heard beneficiaries’ complaints about the previous payment schedule and decided to make a change. SASSA said if the second day of the month falls on […]

Eskom is focussed on five key priorities in its mission to improve power station performance and ease load shedding for South Africa, according to board member Mteto Nyati. Speaking on Thursday he said the priorities are: The 24-month generation recovery plan, which has two key elements – firstly, “make sure that we have and we […]

Are you ready for the Daily Lotto draw on Thursday, 2 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, 2 […]

Multinational consumer goods company Unilever announced that it is discontinuing its Hellmann’s mayonnaise in South Africa last week. ALSO READ | Elon Musk confirms offer to eat Happy Meal on TV if McDonald’s accepts Dogecoin As reported by The South African website, Unilever said the decision was due to low consumer demand and high inflationary importing costs. Quick on the […]

Well known South African teacher Pamela Kantor has reached out on social media for help in assisting a young girl who is in her class this year. Beautiful little Livhu has crept right into Pamela’s heart… Livhu was born at just 28 weeks old, and subsequently suffers chronic lung disease. She’s also asthmatic, amongst other […]

Grey College has been voted the greatest rugby school in the world, based on results and the number of professional players it produces. Grey College has long been considered the greatest rugby school in the country and possible among the top five in the world. The famed institution has now received international acclaim, with the Rugby Pod podcast […]

Findings of a two-year study by The Open University in the UK show that it’s not grand bouquets of flowers and boxes of chocolates that keep love alive, but rather selfless gestures, with a cup of tea being singled out as a significant sign of a partner’s affection. Researchers interviewed close to 5,000 men and […]