Reuters – A consortium of investors including South African World Cup-winning Springbok rugby captain, Francois Pienaar, has completed a £32-million (approx. R650-million) takeover of Saracens, the English Premiership club announced. Pienaar is a former Saracens rugby player. The club, which is based in North London, is popular with South Africans abroad, and are five-time Premiership […]

The world’s largest and most valuable blue diamond is set to go on auction in April. The diamond – known as the De Beers Cullinan Blue – is estimated to be worth more than $48-million and was found in South Africa. The rare blue diamond was only discovered last April, at SA’s famous Cullinan mine […]

EFF Leader Julius Malema today explained that Africa is a country. Malema pointed out that Africa was one land until it got divided into separate countries by non-Africans. Malema was speaking at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg today, where he is appearing in the ongoing hate speech case brought by AfriForum. When Malema […]

Hollywood star Tom Cruise is helping put South Africa’s Hoedspruit on the map! And delighting locals with his friendly demeanour as he choppers in daily for filming on ‘Mission: Impossible 8’, due for release in 2024. Gillian Leigh Soames, who resides at the spectacular Hoedspruit Wild Life Reserve, has a front row view of the […]

Everyone’s talking about the rainbow-coloured trees in Cape Town’s CBD! A whopping 730 trees have been wrapped in over 3,000 metres of colourful cloth to brighten public spaces in downtown Cape Town. (And yes, no trees were harmed in the making of this campaign!) The ‘Rainbow Tree Project’ is yet another successful venture by the […]

Leva Foundation, in Gqeberha, in partnership with Nelson Mandela University (NMU) and AWS in Communities, are on a mission to reach 10,000 learners with coding. Coding 4 Youth was launched on ENCA this past weekend. Watch below. The initiative, which runs from now until the end of March, aims to get more youth into the […]

Farmers and manufacturers in South Africa’s North West province are being encouraged to apply for hemp permits, in order to participate in the growing hemp industry and alleviate poverty… an opportunity which the province’s Agriculture MEC describes as “low hanging fruit”. Just last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his State of the Nation Address […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has reached a settlement with Virginia Giuffre, a court filing showed on Tuesday, after she accused him in a lawsuit of sexually abusing her more than two decades ago when she was 17. Giuffre sued the Duke of York (Queen Elizabeth II’s second son) last August, alleging he […]

To preserve and honour the legacy of South Africa’s iconic leader, Nelson Mandela, his home in Houghton, which was a symbol of his presidency and struggle against apartheid, has been transformed into a luxury hotel which was opened in September last year. “Sanctuary Mandela” as it’s now called was the Madiba’s first home in Johannesburg […]

The City of Tshwane continues its mission to receive payment for numerous outstanding electricity bills totalling millions, with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and SA Police Service (SAPS) Headquarters being the latest in a number of companies and organisations that are being targeted in the City’s ‘no fear, no favour’ campaign. With both SARS […]

An ongoing locust invasion of veld and farmland in South Africa, by bands of wingless nymphs, is wreaking havoc on a wide area in the vicinity of Vosburg, Van Wyksvlei, Prieska, Marydale, Victoria West and Hopetown. The government has been urged to scale up its locust combatting efforts to better mitigate the impact. SAPeople contributor […]

Another talented South African is wowing the world with her beautiful voice. This time it’s 39-year-old Natalie in France on The Voice 2022. Watch below. The latest season began on Saturday (12 Feb) on TF1, one of the country’s main channels. During the blind auditions, Natalie’s explosive performance caught the attention of all the judges. […]

South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park has always been particularly popular with holidaymakers from Germany… and soon those tourists will be able to fly directly from Frankfurt to Mbombela (Nelspruit), Kruger National Park, directly! Eurowings Discover is the first intercontinental airline ever to start scheduled operations to SA’s largest national park. Eurowings Discover is the […]

South Africa’s luxurious Blue Train is being suspended, effective from today 14 February 2022, until further notice, according to a Transnet message shared on social media. “Due to safety considerations the business has taken the decision to suspend The Blue Train operations in order to conduct a full analysis following the recent unfortunate incidents that […]

The 49th edition of the Midmar Mile in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, crowned two first-time champions as Stephanie Houtman and Connor Buck emerged victorious in the elite races. Just a week ago, Houtman wasn’t even planning to compete but made the last-minute decision to head to the famous KZN dam for the event. It was […]

Check out this hilarious video from South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout on how you know when a place is luxurious… or ‘kak fancy’, as Schalk says! While staying in Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit) while he shoots a TV show this month, Schalk treated himself to a couple of days off at the exquisite Kruger Shalati: The […]

As Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts says: “It’s the South African paradox – we are against seismic testing for oil around our coastline, but also not keen on buying electric vehicles. The decade ahead is going to prove how green we are prepared to be.” Marine Biologist, Dr Simon Elwen insists more research is needed […]

With Valentine’s Day approaching, South Africa’s world class Drakensberg Boys Choir has released this beautiful cover of Disney’s ‘Kiss The Girl’ (from ‘The Little Mermaid’) with a video that celebrates both young love… and the gorgeous, lush Drakensberg setting in KwaZulu-Natal! The choir said: “With Valentines day coming up on Monday, we thought we would […]

Hollywood star Tom Cruise has arrived in South Africa to film Mission Impossible 8… and he’s already been treated to a little SA hospitality and humour! UPDATE 16 FEB: See Gillian Leigh Soame’s latest spectacular photos of Tom Cruise in South Africa! Hoedspruit resident Gillian Leigh Soames, who’s renowned for spotting leopards in the bush, […]

Manager says he is used to addressing angry crowds at Durban office. By Nokulunga Majola. Chaos erupted outside the Home Affairs office in Umgeni Road, Durban on Thursday when scores of people demanded assistance after the office closed early at 3:30 pm. People had been queuing for more than eight hours to apply for IDs and […]

A South African student from Durban, Jade Reynolds, has achieved the top marks in the world for not only one, but two subjects, in her November 2021 Cambridge International Exams. The subjects are Biology and Accounting. Her delighted former tutor, Beverley Cooke-Tonnesen, from The Learning Coach (TLC), a Durban-based tuition centre, took to social media […]

After nearly four years and eight thousand miles, Born Free’s ‘Lions of Lockdown’ have finally reached African soil as they make it to the safety and sanctuary of their forever home. Born Free founder Virginia McKenna OBE, said: “I am overjoyed our ‘Lions of Lockdown’ are now at Shamwari, loved and respected as they deserve. […]

The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday remanded in custody a man who is alleged to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of 10 foreign nationals in the city in January 2022. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said Dilpazeer Azam, a 39-year-old Pakistani national, was arrested in Centurion on Sunday during an intelligence-led operation comprising members of National […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that the country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth, by tackling corruption and the endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment deepened by chronic power cuts and COVID-19. By Wendell Roelf. Addressing the many troubles that have plagued SA in the past decade in […]

United Airlines today announced its plan to start flying non-stop from New York / Newark to Cape Town International Airport (and back) all year long! “Nonstop to Cape Town, now year-round!” tweeted the airline. The service will begin on 5 June, ahead of schedule, and will include three nonstop flights per week between the US […]