President Zuma has urged the international business community to “look towards Africa and invest in employment-creating growth”.  Zuma was addressing international businessmen, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, during his trip to the G-20 Summit in Cannes, South of France. South Africa is the only country from the African continent in the G-20 (Group of Twenty), […]

Jislaaik. It was close. But we won today! South Africa played Wales in their opening match at the World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand…and just won by 17 to 16. The match started well. Within 4 minutes Francois Steyn had scored a conversion and Morne Steyn converted. 7-0 to the world champions in less than […]

President Jacob Zuma will visit Former President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu this afternoon, to wish him well on his 93rd birthday. President Zuma will give Madiba an architect’s impression of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge that will be constructed across the Mbashe River between Ndondolo Village in the Mbashe Local Municipality and […]

President Zuma will be receiving UK Prime Minister David Cameron today in Pretoria during the PM’s shortened three-day working visit to Africa. The African trip had to be cut back from 5 days amidst the phone-hacking scandal currently besieging the British press, police and politicians – all of which require’s Cameron’s attention. The enquiry into […]

In his birthday message to former President Nelson Mandela, President Zuma said each one of us “must spread love, ubuntu, humility and selflessness”: From the moment Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela strode out of prison on the 11th of February 1990, we knew that South Africa would be a different place. People across the globe were mesmerized […]

President Jacob Zuma received the Freedom of Makana Municipality from the Makana municipality in Grahamstown, the municipality’s highest honour. The municipality said the President is being recognised for his role in ensuring South Africa’s successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, and for his outstanding performance in the political sphere of the country, […]

The students at Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa are going to be benefit from some private lessons from the media mogul herself! After receiving her Honorary Doctorate in Education at the University of the Free State, Oprah Winfrey is heading back to South Africa as a teacher! In an email newsletter […]

At just 16, Zimbabwean-born model Nyasha Matonhodze has been named as one of the faces of luxury label Louis Vuitton’s 2011 Autumn/Winter campaign. The news has made headlines around the world, turning the shy teenager into a household name overnight. Here are 10 things you should know about her: Legend has it that she was […]

South Africa is filled with personalities who have won prestigious awards for various achievements. Just think of Oscar winner Charlize Theron or Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Sydney Brenner and Nadine Gordimer. Now the country can again count Helen Zille among that number. The award recognises the Democratic Alliance (DA) leader’s contribution to South Africa’s […]

Table Mountain is in the running to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature (www.new7wonders.com) and the iconic mountain needs a few more votes in order to take it from its current 10th place to at least number 7! You can sms or vote online. If you live in South Africa, you can sms/text the […]

On 27 April, Freedom Day, President Jacob Zuma will bestow National Orders on a number of worthy South Africans and citizens of foreign countries. The Presidency released the list of recipients for 2011 on 21 April. Zuma will confer the six categories – each one representing a specific service offered to the country – of […]

Check out the great South African exhibition at London’s prestigious V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum). The exhibition – ‘Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography’ – presents the vibrant and sophisticated photographic culture that has emerged in post-apartheid South Africa. It features works by some of the most exciting and inventive photographers living and working […]

A South African friend of sapeople has helped put together an amazing auction of memorabilia from artists like the Beatles, Duffy and Coldplay – to raise money for the Japanese tsunami survivors. There’s a Ferrari, one of Jane Birkin’s own handbags (a Birkin of course)…and a cupcake trampoline from Katy Perry. Plus loads more, with […]

by Ray Maota OR Tambo International Airport is Africa’s best, according to a survey of more than 11-million airline passengers of 100 different nationalities. Africa’s Best The airport, based in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, won the title of “Africa’s Best Aiport” at the World Airports Awards, held in Copenhagen on 30 March 2011. The […]

by Ray Maota Campaign Earth Hour was celebrated amid a shower of candlelight and music in Johannesburg recently. The cause was symbolically marked in the city by the switching off of lights at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, south-west Johannesburg, on 26 March 2011 between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. The celebrations, held at the Orlando West […]

For those SAReunited members who didn’t receive the letter sent out in March 2011, you can catch up on the why’s and what’s of the latest SAReunited developments by reading the following letter from SAReunited founder, Amanda Stergianos. We will have some exciting new announcements soon. You can also read the responses to this letter. And please […]

by Nicky Rehbock As the first black African to summit Mount Everest and walk to the South Pole completely unaided, Sibusiso Vilane, 40, is one of South Africa’s – and indeed the continent’s – most inspirational heroes. He is also the first black man to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents, earning him […]

The royal wedding of Prince Albert II in early July will be a huge day for Monaco…and for his beautiful bride Charlene Wittstock. In an interview with Monaco-Matin the South African former Olympic swimmer said “I feel immense joy and emotion as you can imagine. I also know that this is an important time for […]

by Janine Erasmus South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has thrown its weight behind the study of a small indigenous legume that, reports say, is effective in treating symptoms of HIV/Aids. The humble Sutherlandia frutescens is a small shrubby plant that’s popular in South African gardens because it’s hardy, attractive, and brings sunbirds to pollinate […]

South Africa’s unique mix of energy, humanity, sheer doggedness and knack for problem-solving are showcased in a six-page supplement in the prestigious Washington Post newspaper, titled South Africa Now and produced on behalf of Brand South Africa. The supplement hit the streets of Washington, DC, in the 6 October 2010 edition of the newspaper. It […]

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has released the National Crime Statistics for the past fiscal year announcing a significant decline in the murder rate for that period. Murder decreased by 8.6 percent from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. “We have seen the third largest decrease since 1995. For the first time in […]

by Nicky Rehbock Prof Alice Walker has arrived in South Africa to deliver the 11th annual lecture honouring the late Stephen Bantu Biko, an anti-apartheid activist and leader who founded the Black Consciousness Movement. Walker, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Colour Purple, was invited to the country by the Steve Biko Foundation, […]

South African archaeologists have found what is believed to be the earliest evidence of human-made stone-tipped arrows, 64 000-year-old stone tools – still with traces of blood and bone – that push the development of bow-and-arrow technology back 20 000 years and throw light on humanity’s cognitive development. The finds, unearthed from layers of very […]

by Janine Erasmus South African researcher Alison Kock of the Save Our Seas Foundation’s Cape Town shark centre, is one of an international group of contributors to an extensive photo library of great white shark fins – one they hope will enable them to eventually track the movements of every great white and boost shark […]

A young Zimbabwean is about to become a household name in Britain (and maybe the world), thanks to TV show X-Factor and her extraordinary talent. Her name is Gamu (Gamuchirai) Nhengu and she’s 18. The new season of X-Factor kicked off with Gamu’s audition in Glasgow in June. In the show, Gamu said it’s her […]