(Reuters) – Proteas cricket star David Miller struck two consecutive sixes in the final over to help South Africa edge Sri Lanka by four wickets in a thrilling but low-scoring Twenty20 World Cup match in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday. Needing 15 in the last over for their second Super 12 […]

The number of political parties in South Africa has increased significantly from the 19 that participated in the first democratic election in 1994. Both 2011 and 2016 saw the number of political parties grow. But this year the number has increased exponentially. Over 500 are currently registered with the Independent Electoral Commission. Over 300 will […]

South Africa’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus (48), does not mince his words, a trait that could earn him the wrath of the sport’s governing body, World Rugby. This weekend Erasmus faces the organisation’s wrath as he defends himself in a disciplinary hearing after a video of him criticising a match official went viral. Erasmus […]

South African National Parks (SANParks), together with Total Energies and FNB will be hosting the 16th annual SA National Parks Week from 22 to 28 November 2021. The free access will only be valid until Friday 26 November at the following national parks: Addo, Kgalagadi, Kruger, and the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National […]

Facebook, which owns several companies including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, has changed its company name to Meta… although its popular Facebook social media app will retain the name Facebook. Facebook (or Meta) said: “Meta is helping to build the metaverse, a place where we’ll play and connect in 3D. Welcome to the next chapter of […]

Speaking to BBC Africa, Hollywood-based South African actress Charlize Theron called on highly vaccinated countries to share vaccine supplies in order to reach the target, noting that the continent has only been able to vaccinate five per cent of its total population. The 46-year-old actress says she believes countries need to share vaccine supplies in […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) alleges that small parties are conspiring with the ANC to bring a “coalition of corruption” to Cape Town, as they’ve done elsewhere in parts of the Western Cape. Jaco Londt – DA WC Provincial Chairperson – said in a statement on Thursday afternoon: “Recent revelations that the ANC in the Western […]

The City of Cape Town has thanked its residents for confirming that Cape Town is the “most trusted metro in South Africa”, as reported in the 2021 Consulta Citizen Satisfaction Index (SA-csi). According to a City of Cape Town statement, Cape Town is the only metro to significantly lead in the citizen satisfaction index with […]

ABU DHABI: South African cricketer Quinton de Kock has issued the following statement on Thursday, regarding his withdrawal from the cricket World Cup match earlier this week because he didn’t want to obey a Cricket South Africa directive to ‘take the knee’. Here is Quinton’s statement in full: I would like to start by saying […]

Two billion people around the globe don’t have their waste collected, and only 10% of waste is recycled in South Africa. Two local recyclers based in Johannesburg hope to step up South Africa’s waste management after they won a prominent international award from UK-based NGO WasteAid. The two local entrepreneurs, Sbu Shongwe from BoombaDotMobi and […]

Here’s a summary of the arguments… By GroundUp Staff Trust the South African cricket team to be at the centre of a political controversy. The Proteas “took the knee” in support of Black Lives Matter before their T20 World Cup game against the West Indies on Tuesday. But Quinton de Kock, perhaps the team’s leading […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) says the award recently bestowed on Table Mountain as a Leading Tourist Attraction in Africa for 2021, together with a nomination of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) as the World’s Leading Cable Car… “brings much-needed hope to the ailing tourism sector hugely affected by the novel coronavirus”. Dr […]

South African dancer Johannes Radebe, who is currently starring in the UK on ‘Strictly Come Dancing‘ says he is stopped “all the time” by British police, and has subsequently tried to change the way he dresses. The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional dancer, 34, has opened up about how crucial it is to consider location and […]

Eskom has announced that “regretfully Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented from 12:00 on Wednesday until 05:00 on Friday”, but that it’s no cause for alarm (although it’s certainly alarming for businesses and matric learners who need to study online). Stage 2 loadshedding will continue from Friday at 05:00 until 05:00 on Saturday. South Africa’s […]

The Pretoria Boys High School has produced a fantastic combined performance of The Lion Sleeps Tonight that is possibly a world first – Big Band, Pipe Band and Gumboot Dancers! Watch below. As their version of Solomon Linda‘s global hit is delighting South Africans worldwide, the school says it is proud to have a Cultural […]

South Africa rose to an eight-wicket victory at the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday against defending champions, the West Indies, in their second Super 12 match of the ICC T20 (Twenty20) World Cup. The victory came following an upset to the team when wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock allegedly refused to obey a team directive to […]

After many long months, South Africa is officially off the UK’s red list as of 11 October 2021. Fully-vaccinated South Africans are now cleared to enter the country for both business and leisure purposes without having to worry about quarantine. The news led to a frenzy of bookings from South African travellers keen to travel […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg […]

Flick through a news feed on your phone and you are likely to scroll across an article discussing the heated rivalries of the new space race. Forget the geopolitical struggles of a cold war. This time, it’s Tesla CEO Elon Musk (who was born and brought up in South Africa) versus Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: […]

The Drakensberg Boys Choir in South Africa has dropped its latest single – their version of Imagine Dragon’s ‘Follow You’ – and the joy is contagious! As the school’s English teacher Pamela Couzyn told SAPeople: “So much energy and happiness from our boys now that we are performing to larger audiences again.” The enthusiasm and […]

Gift Matjila admits that with tears in his eyes, releasing his very first single is a dream come true. For South Africans hearing the new track – ‘Ek Staan By Jou‘ (I Stand By You) – it’s bringing tears to their eyes too, and giving them goosebumps. With lyrics like “Ek staan by jou soos […]

New Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane, will be officially welcomed as an ambassador of Brand South Africa by Deputy Minister in The Presidency, Thembi Siweya, on Wednesday. “Mswane joins over 200 distinguished South Africans who have been recognised and endorsed as ambassadors in the promotion of the nation brand. “The Brand South Africa Ambassador concept […]

Oz, the very first live, adult rhino in South Africa to have a CT scan (after presenting with an unusual swelling to his face) is “doing very well”, according to Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary. The sanctuary said many people had been asking after hearing the exciting news of the ground-breaking scan on Tuesday. The […]

The Rhino Peak Challenge, a unique trail run, enters its 6th year of successfully raising funds for conservation and presenting participants with a 21km climb of the iconic ‘Rhino Peak’ in the Southern Drakensberg Mountains. The Rhino Peak Challenge is not a race for victory nor for glory, but a race against extinction. Over the […]

The 2021 Cape Epic finale today was made even more special by the fact that it was won by a South African, Matthew (Matt) Beers, with his French partner Jordan Sarrou. He becomes only the second South African to ever win the race. Matt said today: “Wow what a week! It’s not often you win […]