Three suspects, among them two police officers, are today expected to appear before the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for allegedly defrauding and laundering proceeds from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) COVID-19 relief funds. This comes after the trio, aged between 25 and 39, were arrested in Durban on Monday afternoon by the Germiston Serious […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to desist from the nationalisation of COVID-19 vaccines and has requested that they join a vaccine pact. The call from WHO comes as countries across the world race to find a vaccine for COVID-19. Following a letter to all member states requesting them to join the vaccine […]

Soccer star Lucas Radebe along with other South African celebrities like Francois Pienaar and Karen Zoid are inviting South Africans abroad to join them to raise funds for South Africa’s COVID-19 Solidarity Fund this weekend, which is a Bank Holiday weekend in the UK. South Africans across the globe can join the well known personalities […]

The ANC Parliamentary Caucus says it has learnt with “great shock and sadness” of the sudden passing of ANC MP Comrade Hishaam Mohamed due to a heart attack early Monday evening. Mohamed joined the National Assembly in the 6th Parliament, serving as a member in the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and Whip […]

South African citizens in the UK, with passports that are expiring, have inundated SAPeople with desperate messages after saying they have been unable to get hold of anybody at the SA Embassy in London for months. Phones have gone unanswered. Offices have been closed. And since around 12 August, the website no longer exists. We […]

An 11-year-old lifesaver in training in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, this weekend took it on himself to paddle out to two men hundreds of metres offshore who appeared to be panicking on their inflatable mattress and he helped them back to the beach.   Braedon Powell, who is with the Nippers division of Fish Hoek […]

Cape Town dams are standing at 88 percent of capacity, up four percent from last week and up from 81.7 percent this time last year, because of recent rains and a sustained reduction in water consumption, the city has said. Theewaterskloof is 85 percent full, Wemmersheok 84 percent and Berg River Dam 100 percent. Consumption […]

The South African government said over 10 private sector funders, private equity investors and partners – which still remain unidentified – have expressed interest in South African Airways and its subsidiaries, as time runs out for the ailing airline to be saved. As at the beginning of August, the Department of Public Enterprises had received […]

Firefighters in Durban have managed to save the famous Juma Masjid Mosque in Denis Hurley Street (formerly Grey Street) from being engulfed by flames. Five apartments in a neighbouring building were also saved as the fire blazed on Monday afternoon. It is believed that the fire began at around midday in a building beside the […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s seven-page letter to his ‘comrades’ in the ANC yesterday has been met with much skepticism around the country. The letter, which holds hope and promise, begins with a bold heading in capitals – “Let this be a turning point in our fight against corruption”. The letter details the public’s “sense of anger […]

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, has expressed shock at the death of three Tshwane Metro Police officers, who were killed in a head-on collision at the hands of a suspected drunk driver. According to reports, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a TMPD vehicle collided head-on with a suspected drunk driver, who was evading […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly reprimanded Finance Minister Tito Mboweni following comments made by the Minister on social media regarding the removal of Zambia’s Central Bank Governor by President Edgar Lungu. In one of his tweets, Mboweni “promises to mobilise”, if not given the reasons the Zambian Central Bank Governor was fired by President Lungu. […]

South Africa’s oldest man – Fredie Blom – has passed away at the ripe old age of 116. The news was announced on Twitter by local TV personality Doreen Morris who spent time in Delft, Cape Town, with Fredie and his wife, since profiling him for a show two years ago. He died of natural […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Lebowakgomo outside Polokwane are appealing to members of the community to assist with information that can assist in locating missing teenager, 15-year-old Motlatso Rachel Maditsi from Lebowakgomo Zone A. The teenager is a learner at Derek Kobe Secondary school in Zone B and she was reportedly last seen […]

The Office of the Military Ombud has found that the official conduct of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members was improper, irregular and in contravention of the Code of Conduct, Operational Orders and Rules of Engagement in their interaction with the Khosa family and other members of the public in Alexandra during the lockdown. […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape says it welcomes the life sentences handed down to four of the five accused, and eighteen years for the fifth accused, in the murder trial of DA councillor, Johannes Baatjies, and his business partner Jeffrey Shuping Nouse who were shot dead in 2016, just hours before Baatjies […]

SANParks has announced that it will be laying charges against individuals who posted allegedly racist and defamatory remarks about the Kruger National Park’s accommodation. South African National Parks (SANParks) tweeted this morning that in “light of the racist, factually incorrect and defamatory postings” made by some social media users, regarding the Kruger’s accommodation, “SANParks has […]

Katrina Jacobs grew up on a farm in Varkens Vlei, Philippi, where both her parents worked. She was in her twenties, when her father was diagnosed with TB. She saw him coughing up clots of blood. Thousands of community health workers deliver life-saving medicines and support for patients at their homes across the country. Covid-19 […]

Anoj Singh, who has been repeatedly implicated in deals benefitting the Guptas during his time as CFO at Eskom and Transnet, has been stripped of his chartered accountant title and found guilty of 12 of 18 charges against him by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, who found him grossly negligent and dishonest. Singh […]

Even though the deputy president is meant to carry out government’s business in Parliament, South Africa’s David Mabuza has been obviously absent lately. His non-appearance at an important meeting yesterday was his seventh missed meeting since late 2019. The Democratic Alliance has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a replacement from his Cabinet, as […]

After a good start in Johannesburg in 2016, and plans for a big roll-out across South Africa for as many as 200 stores, which didn’t happen, Starbucks Coffee said it is finally opening in Cape Town. Adrian Maizey, owner and CEO of Rand Capital Coffee, the custodian of Starbucks in Southern Africa, said he was […]

Between July and August 2020, 10 critically endangered African White-Backed Vultures have tragically been discovered dead in four separate incidents in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thanks to special GPS tracking units, these are helping identify what the threats to the species are… which unfortunately appear to be man-made threats. Of the 10 deceased birds, four […]

The inspirational story of South Africa’s young Paralympic star, Ntando Mahlangu, is featured in the Netflix documentary ‘Rising Phoenix’ which launches on 26 August. ‘Rising Phoenix’ is a ground-breaking movie about the Paralympic Movement, which will showcase in over 190 countries on Netflix. Featuring Paralympians from across the world, ‘Rising Phoenix’ tells the extraordinary story […]

Mvuleni Mapu, Acting City Manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, was arrested at his home on charges of fraud and corruption in the early hours of Friday morning. According to the Hawks the charges against Mapu are based on actions within the Municipality’s department of human settlements, […]

On 24 October, Cape Town will host the 2020 Miss South Africa contest, the first time the event has been held in the Mother City. The top 10 finalists were revealed on 5 August (see the video below). The venue in Cape Town still has to be announced. Miss South Africa organisers said the event […]