Violence continued in Hangberg on Thursday, as dozens of residents protested over the allocation of fishing quotas. [Government called for calm yesterday saying that the fishing allocation had not yet been finalised.] The Deputy Minister of Police Bongani Mkongi had agreed to an imbizo with the community, but the meeting was cancelled. No public reason […]

EASTERN CAPE – While police were battling to control housing protestors in Humansdorp, there was happier news being delivered at the Mlungisi Police Station… where a constable took on the role of a midwife, and assisted in delivering a baby boy. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement Thursday that the woman, […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) says it has heard with shock and deep sadness of the passing of two of its coaches, and the critical injuries to two others in an incident in Laudium last night. The two deceased are Given Nkosi, 24, and Charlson Maseko, 26, both Laudium Cricket Club coaches, while those seriously injured […]

A protest which broke out this morning over housing issues in Kwanomzama location in Humansdorp, South Africa, is still not resolved… with fears it could move into Boskloof, a suburb of Humansdorp, this evening. Local freelance photographer Christopher Scott captured these photos. The road between Humansdorp and St Francis Bay has been closed since Thursday […]

Here’s a sneak peek at Table Bay Mall, which is scheduled to open to the public on 28 September 2017. All photos by SAPeople contributor Alan Rudnicki. Last weekend the media were invited to a fabulous luncheon… and to walk around the brand new centre (with hard hats, because it’s still a construction site). Journalists and […]

In what was in effect a rubber-stamping of an agreement reached in July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Olympic Games to Paris, France, and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles in the United States. With the IOC members gathered for an official session in Lima, Peru, IOC president Thomas Bach made […]

A video showing a Porsche driver kicking and punching a vehicle in a road rage incident has gone viral Wednesday evening (watch below), clocking up 2,000 shares in three hours… as South Africans come down hard on the aggro driver, and stick up for the elderly man in the other vehicle. The footage was uploaded […]

The Department of Forestry and Fisheries says it has NOT yet taken a decision on the total allowable catch (TAC) for West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) for the 2017/18 fishing season. The department on Wednesday said it is concerned that the recent protests linked to a rumoured reduction in the TAC is premature. The department […]

Same speech, one year later. What a disgrace… writes anti-rhino poaching activist, SavingTheWild’s JAMIE JOSEPH, as she threatens to lift the lid on rhino poaching corruption if things don’t change. I woke up this morning to a report by East Coast Radio that “Officials from #Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, the departments of Economic Development and Environmental […]

A number of South African families living on the British Virgin Isles (BVI) have been devastated by the recent monster Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma, which lashed through the Caribbean before hitting mainland USA… killing at least 11 people, and leaving homes destroyed. SAPeople follower Kim Myburgh Lloyd called on South Africans to please help […]

There is a lot of news circulating at the moment around the 14 year old boy that was shot in the mouth at close range by police yesterday in Hangberg… writes JUSTIN SULLIVAN. I’m hoping this quick sequence of images will lay some of the controversy to rest. The image below clearly shows the Police […]

A gathering of disgruntled residents turned violent when police opened fire with rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd at the Hangberg Protest in Hout Bay writes JUSTIN SULLIVAN. Police in Riot gear were forced to move in when benches from a neighboring restaurant were added to the fire in the road. Protesters […]

Today – 12 September – is the day South Africans remember, celebrate and preserve the legacy of Black Consciousness Movement leader, intellectual and liberation struggle hero, Stephen Bantu Biko. Biko died 41 years ago in custody as a result of police brutality on 12 September 1977. The former medical student’s words of wisdom still inspire […]

The suspects seen in videos which went viral on Monday, showing two men (and a driver) trying to rob a young woman in Auckland Park, South Africa, have been caught. Social cohesion advocate, Yusuf Abramjee, tweeted a message, with a photo, this morning congratulating Constable M. Omarjee and Constable A. Mahomed for the arrest. The […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has won his first Emmy (of hopefully many to come!) for his YouTube comedy special, “The Daily Show: Between the Scenes”. The episodes include funny, interesting and varied titbits that Trevor offers as he engages the audience during the ad breaks, between the scenes that are actually broadcast for “The […]

The tide may be turning as South Africa’s Police Service (SAPS) gets serious about rhino poaching – a 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for rhino poaching related crimes; and another man has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in possession of five rhino horns! SAPS announced in a media statement […]

Two photos of an incident at the South African Cross Country Champs this weekend are sweeping social media… with their perfect display of what a true champion constitutes. In a beautiful gesture of Ubuntu and good sportsmanship, a competing athlete gave up his own chance of doing well in order to help another – from […]

As Hurricane Irma barrels up Florida’s west coast on track to hit Tampa, South Africans have told the mega-storm to… voetsak! And it appears the storm has listened… it has been reduced to a Category One storm. Sustained winds have dropped to 85 mph with gusts of up to 120 mph. However the worst is not […]

Standing 2.03 metres tall, Kevin Anderson was the tallest man to ever play a Grand Slam tennis final but that’s where the brave South African’s advantage ended as he was swept away in straight sets by the hurricane force that was Rafael Nadal in the US Open on Sunday evening. Spain’s Nadal won 6-3 6-3 […]

A search for five lions on the loose is ongoing Sunday night in Fochville, west of Johannesburg, in South Africa. Until a couple of days ago, rescuers thought they were searching for one male lion… which had been spotted outside the gate of a Fochville resident on the West Rand a few weeks ago, but […]

They first met when they were both 12-years-old. Eager young tennis players at the Junior Nike Masters in Stuggart, with hopes and dreams of one day playing the world circuit. Fast forward 19 years, and both South Africa’s Kevin Anderson and Spain’s Rafael Nadal have made their dreams come true. But tonight they both have […]

Hurricane Irma has regained strength to a Category 4 Storm, and is on course to make landfall on the United States mainland at around 07h00 Sunday morning. Winds of over 120km/hour were recorded late Saturday night in the Florida Keys as the storm uprooted palm trees and whipped up a tornado in a Fort Lauderdale […]

Since many people are arguing online about which South Africans have or have not played in the Final at the US Open, and since we’re all very excited about Kevin Anderson’s match against Spaniard Rafael Nadal in New York on Sunday, here are a few stats that may help: Kevin Anderson is the first South […]

South African expat and former tennis champion, Johan Kriek, has updated his Facebook timeline with a fantastic trip down memory lane… as he escapes Hurricane Irma (which is heading for his home in Florida), and returns to the US Open to support fellow SA expat Kevin Anderson as he steps onto the court at Arthur Ashe […]

Kevin Anderson became the first South African to reach the US Open final in the Open era… and his reward is a match against world No1 Rafael Nadal on Sunday in New York. (More info here about the Open era and South African tennis players.) Anderson reached the first Grand Slam final of his career […]