Former acting CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), Mthuthuzeli Swartz and another accused Syed Nadhir Mohiudeen are facing charges of outlandish fraud allegedly involving the sale of a large chunk of Eastern Cape railway line that was not Swartz’s nor Mohiudeen’s to sell. The matter will return to the Specialised Commercial […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa captain Siya Kolisi will return from injury to play for Western Province in their domestic Currie Cup clash against the Mpumalanga Pumas at Newlands on Friday. Flank Kolisi, the Springboks’ first black test captain and an influential figure both on and off the pitch, injured his knee playing Super Rugby […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Wednesday he will fight to protect the Reserve Bank’s independence if it is jeopardised by plans to bring it into public ownership. He has been vocal in expressing concerns over plans by the ruling African National Congress to nationalise the SARB, and some party […]

SAPeople is so excited to report that M-Net, kykNET and ShowMax are showcasing the groundbreaking, multiple award-winning STROOP in September! This announcement comes soon after the extraordinary documentary nabbed double nominations at the ‘Oscars’ of nature filmmaking! South Africa’s hard-hitting documentary film, STROOP – journey into the rhino horn war has been taking the world […]

The Constitutional Court of South Africa has denied the appeal of former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe against a ruling by a lower court that he pay back any of the pension he was awarded after he left the utility. In January 2018 the North Gaunteng High Court found that Molefe had unlawfully enriched himself from […]

The group Gatvol Capetonian is going ahead with a planned shutdown tomorrow of 13 communities on the Cape Flats to highlight the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in Cape Town. “We are shutting down in defiance of the marginalisation of the people of the Cape Flats because of apartheid spatial planning that forces us to […]

Swellendam teenage golfer Megan Streicher has become the first female winner of the SA High School Championship, which is really fitting as August is National Women’s Month in South Africa. The 16-year-old from Somerset College made golfing history at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate on Tuesday. According to a media release by GolfRSA, Megan scooped […]

A week after traders in downtown Johannesburg attacked police for raiding their stores in search of counterfeit goods, the South African Police today descended on the city centre again, and found arms and ammunition and phoney merchandise in the ongoing operation. SAPS continue raiding Johannesburg CDB and confiscated counterfeit goods #SABCNews #JoburgRaid pic.twitter.com/Lj4rskl0sa — SABC […]

Major Zizi Peters says she’s proud to be the First Flying Instructor of Colour in the South African Air Force. Her achievements – she’s also a military pilot – have been celebrated with a video interview posted to YouTube in August, National Women’s Month. Stationed at Air Force Base Langebaanweg, Major Peters says she’s proud […]

South African police have reportedly arrested three suspects in connection with the case of missing Cape Town woman Meghan Cremer. They were found in possession of her stolen vehicle, although there is no trace of Meghan, an avid horse rider. The 30-year-old brunette was last seen on Saturday evening, wearing a green top and black […]

Watch this brilliant, brilliant performance by the Rustenburg High School Choir in South Africa, singing Queen’s famous Bohemian Rhapsody. WATCH VIDEO: Bohemian Rhapsody by Rustenburg High School As Joburg Public Relations consultant Georg Knoke told SAPeople: “Freddie Mercury smiles! What incredible talent! Bravo!” The conductor behind this mesmerising performance is none other than Ralf Schmitt, […]

Judgment was handed down in the Pretoria High Court, South Africa, today regarding the controversial lion bone export quotas from South Africa. The Court ruled in favour of the NSPCA, finding that the setting – by the Minister of Environmental Affairs – of the annual quotas in 2017 and 2018 was unlawful, constitutionally invalid, and […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s state power utility Eskom urgently needs a turnaround plan as its capital structure is unsustainable, credit ratings agency Moody’s said on Tuesday in a report which sent the rand to a two-month low. A week ago Eskom reported a mammoth R20.7 billion ($1.39 billion) annual loss, and its outgoing chief executive […]

Nobel prize-winning author Tony Morrison passed away on Monday night, after a brief illness. She was, in the words of South Africa’s EFF, “a truth teller, a groundbreaking and visionary novelist, an essayist and a teacher”. Morrison’s publisher Alfred A. Knopf said in a statement on social media “We are profoundly sad to report that […]

The National Council of SPCAs has the formidable task of ensuring the nationwide protection of all animal species from abuse, neglect, and cruelty. One of the most effective ways to do this, is through the courts. Sadly, in the fight for justice, the plight of animals is often ignored or found at the bottom of […]

South African Airways has denied reports that there was a fire in the cockpit of one of its planes flying on Sunday from Johannesburg to Washington via Ghana, but said the plane had experienced “a technical problem” that forced it to return to Accra. “Contrary to reports on social media and other platforms, SAA would […]

A series of emails leaked to the press purporting to show President Cyril Ramaphosa knew who donors to his presidental campaign were, after he had said in Parliament he didn’t know, were nothing but a “calculated maneuver” and an “effort to undermine public confidence” in him, the ANC said in a statement today. The emails […]

At least 72 children were injured in South Africa on Tuesday morning, two of them critically, after the school bus they were travelling on overturned at Centocow, near Underberg. This has led to calls for safety inspections of all school transport services in KwaZulu-Natal. According to local reports, the injured children have been transported to […]

MAPUTO – After decades of conflict the leaders of Mozambique and the rebel movement Renamo will sign an accord today, and the ceremony in the capital will be attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his foreign minister. In 1992 the governing Frelimo party and Renamo signed a ceasefire after years of a bloody bush war, […]

Small Business Development Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has condemned the attack on law enforcement agencies in Johannesburg, describing it as an attack on the State, which cannot be accepted. “What happened [last] Thursday when law enforcement agencies were attacked with stones by street traders and hawkers, is not acceptable. Any attack on law enforcement agencies… cannot […]

A message to the American nation from its former president Barack Obama has gone viral on social media following the latest US shootings over the weekend, where 80 people were killed or wounded in two attacks. Some of what he said struck a chord with South Africans at home and living in the US. On […]

JOHANNESBURG – Nedbank called for more urgent government action to fix South Africa’s struggling economy on Tuesday after first-half earnings at its main domestic operations flatlined. More of Nedbank’s corporate and retail clients defaulted on their debts or swerved riskier investments due to a tough economic environment as unemployment rose to an 11-year high and […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from test cricket, but will be available for one-day international and Twenty20 cricket, he confirmed on Monday. Steyn, who has battled a recurring shoulder injury that kept him out of the recent World Cup in England, said he has made the decision […]

South African polo players took part in the second annual Lux Afrique Polo Day in Richmond, London on Saturday… to celebrate polo – the Sport of Kings – and African culture, alongside Kenyan and Nigerian players. “We like to think this is our African Ascot where you can come every year, wear your best outfits […]

Salary and bonus demands by senior managers at the already financially troubled Eskom could cost the utility R300 million, according to the Democatic Alliance, who said this was akin to holding the economy to ransom. The managers earn between R1.5 millon and R3 million a year, according to a statement released today by the DA, […]