A couple of weeks ago the Treasury Department confirmed in Parliament that the law change forcing South African expatriates to start paying tax will go ahead, although some amendments were made including a R1 million tax exemption per year for expats. Many South Africans living abroad were confused and concerned about how the law would impact […]

The DA has condemned South African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula’s comments made at the Pretoria West Police Academy on Friday which they say encourage “police brutality and impunity”. Whilst addressing the police’s specialised Tactical Response Team on the importance of cracking down on South Africa’s high crime rate and catching criminals, Mbalula didn’t hold back. […]

A Specialist Team has been appointed to quell the situation in Phillipi East in the Western Cape where 10 people were shot dead last night in four separate scenes in the Marikana informal settlement. An eleventh person died later in hospital from gunshot wounds sustained during the attack, according to the South African Police Services […]

Eish! Wales International rugby star Scott Baldwin was forced to miss his match after being bitten by a lion in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Watch video below.) Scott was quick to add – on social media – that it was his fault and not the lion’s! The Ospreys team were visiting Weltevreden Game Lodge in Bloemfontein […]

Eight suspects, including three police officers, were arrested by brave officers on Thursday following the foiled robbery of a cellphone store at the Fourways Mall, north of Johannesburg in South Africa. In a video of the arrests (watch below), the woman behind the camera can be heard saying “I think they’re fake cops”, similar to […]

Crime in South Africa against individuals and households has been on a steady decrease over the past four years, according to the latest stats released by Statistics SA yesterday, as part of their latest 2016/2017 Victims of Crime Survey… however that’s not how it feels to many South Africans. The Survey found “deteriorating feelings of […]

South African actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for an International Emmy Award for her role as a schoolgirl in Is’thunzi. A very excited Thuso took to Instagram to express her pure delight at the nomination (and we think she could use this for her acceptance speech […]

President Donald Trump apparently compared his daughter Ivanka (35) to South African movie star Charlize Theron (42)… and Charlize didn’t come off that great (in his opinion). In interviews that he gave famous (and infamous) radio DJ Howard Stern between 1993 and 2015, it’s been revealed that he rated the looks of many well known […]

LOS ANGELES – Veep actress (and Elaine from Seinfeld), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. But in that moment, the one most women dread, she proved just how awesome she is by immediately thinking of others and using the opportunity to call for universal health care for all. The […]

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, who was raised in South Africa, has just done more for women over the age of 40 than any amount of botox could accomplish! As the new face of CoverGirl, Maye – a grandmother of 10 – proves that being yourself is what’s most beautiful. Covergirl made the announcement Thursday. Global […]

A freak hail storm in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, on Tuesday night, has allegedly caused millions of rands worth of damage to the farming community… as big winds and large hail struck the region in South Africa suddenly, destroying between 80% and 100% of crops in some cases. Witnesses told Letaba Herald that the storm came out […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) President, Chris Nenzani, confirmed today that CSA and Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, has mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect. Nenzani cited the reason as being due to a breakdown in the relationship between the Board and Lorgat. “We recently tried on a few occasions to remedy the situation between […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up for South Africans abroad. SA expats can now watch their favourite SA current affairs programme just two days after it airs in South Africa, if they’re subscribers of Showmax International. (Watch the trailer below.) KPMG: The Unravelling The so-called SARS Rogue Report, compiled by KPMG, had devastating consequences for the […]

A cute video of a baby hippo and a baby rhino playing together at an orphanage in South Africa has been shared around the world by small and major news outlets, including MSN. Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/HelpingRhinos/videos/1662663127086707/ The video shows baby Charlie, an 18-month old hippo, playing with six-month-old Ntoto. But while the video is adorable… […]

Playboy magazine announced in a tweet on Wednesday (USA time) that “American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef.” On the Playboy website they have today replaced their site with a large photo of Hefner, carrying his quote: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” Playboy […]

WESTERN CAPE – A dog is commonly known as man’s best friend… but to Sergeant Marius Claassens from the West Coast K8 Unit, based in Saldanha Bay, his ‘paw enforcement’ partner, Alex, is his partner and so much more. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Alex – a Belgian Malinois – has been […]

Loving tributes have poured in for South African comedian Fernando Lamy who passed away last night, hailing him as a legend who brought such happiness and laughter to so many for over three decades. Fellow comedian, Joe Parker, said: “So saddened to hear of the passing of SA comedy great Fernando Lamy. Will be missed […]

A photo uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday has got thousands of South Africans talking, and has already had over 16,000 shares in less than 24 hours. The photo depicts a white man called ‘Wayne’ allegedly looking for a job. Above the photo is a caption saying: “Let’s put social media to the test. An honest South […]

JOHANNESBURG – A group of Dutch tourists has cut short their holiday in South Africa to return home to the Netherlands, after being robbed in a frightening incident soon after arriving in SA. The 36 tourists were robbed by a group of six men which included one masquerading as a policeman, wearing a South African […]

‎Johnny Clegg‎ will be playing some intimate unplugged shows in the Netherlands next weekend. In a messgage to SAPeople on Tuesday evening, he said the shows will take place on 6, 7 and 8 October 2017. “Tickets are limited and all shows will be hosted in the eclectic YADA YADA Market venue at the Hembrug […]

The Man Cave – Season Six, just keeps getting better and better. The Safta nominated show starring Janez Vermeiren, Lunga Shabala, Siv Ngesi, Warras, Qhama Xhali, Alex Caige, and their newest presenter, the larger than life Jason Goliath shot for the stars when they invited Hollywood Legend Antonio Banderas to join them in studio… while on his […]

Pietermaritzburg gardeners offer free vegetables to the elderly… Five residents of France location in Pietermaritzburg have turned a dump site into a vegetable garden, selling and donating vegetables to the community . Mduduzi Hlongwane, 51, Nkosingiphile Chule, 22, Khethiwe Zulu, 29, Xolile Chule, 23 and Sindisile Stephanis, 24, are the brains behind the garden, which […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Mmusi Maimane is clearly unhappy with Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s conduct and has requested a formal meeting with her… to discuss a number of “pressing matters linked to her office”, and the “performance of her constitutional mandate to investigate misconduct by government departments and entities and to protect the public’s […]

Well known ‘dieredoktor‘ Dr Pieter Engelbrecht is happy to be alive after a very close call with a leopard on Tuesday. In a post on Facebook, he described it as “wild Africa on the East Rand”! The popular South African vet (from Via DSTV 147) got an unexpected call from the farmer that a wild, fully […]

South Africa has previously been labelled the rape capital of the world. Some statisticians estimate that one in three South African women have been raped or will be raped, writes Jani Allan. Lily Reed became that one in three on the 23rd August 2012 when she was gang-raped, robbed and beaten by twelve armed men […]