There were mass celebrations in the streets of Harare today as news came that President Robert Mugabe – who has ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years – has (finally) resigned! The news was confirmed by the speaker of the country’s Parliament, Jacob Mudendahe, as proceedings were about to begin to debate Mugabe’s impeachment. Mudendahe said he […]

As reported by SAPeople yesterday, the McGown family thanked South Africans and the world for their support and prayers for the last five years when Stephen McGown was held captive by Al-Queda… but it has been a bitter sweet welcome home for Stephen as the former expat has now learned that his mother passed away […]

The prognosis that the South African economy is in dire straits is pretty obvious even to the untrained eye. The solution to the country’s present predicament is also pretty much understood. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently produced a comprehensive view which deserves to be considered. The IMF identifies three key ailments as causes […]

CAPE TOWN – The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says Operation Phakisa in the oceans economy has unlocked R7.3 billion in investments. The Minister said this when he tabled his department’s Budget Vote in the National Assembly on Wednesday. “Since its launch by President [Jacob] Zuma in July 2014, […]

Residents from Eldorado Park and Freedom Park (south of Johannesburg in South Africa) protested over the lack of housing and jobs on Monday. The protest turned violent; residents and police had running battles along the Golden Highway which runs through both suburbs. “There is no future for the youth here” Shaun Jacobs a young protester explained […]

In an exquisitely written message on Facebook, Professor Jonathan Jansen has paid tribute to not only the incredibly moving funeral of Ahmed Kathrada, but to the beautiful land in which the funeral took place… our beloved South Africa. The message has been shared by thousands on Facebook and countless more on Twitter. Jansen wrote: “Show me […]

Many see the decision by South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) to send the disgraced former CEO of the power utility Eskom to parliament as the precursor to another attack on the National Treasury and to remove finance minister Pravin Gordhan. The decision to give Brian Molefe a seat in the country’s parliament has […]

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on South Africans to support democracy by taking to the streets of Pretoria on the day that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will appear in court on charges of fraud, 02 November 2016. Malema’s call came Tuesday, following the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) announcement that Gordhan and two former colleagues from the SA Revenue Services […]

PRETORIA – Newly elected Tshwane mayor, the DA’s Solly Msimanga, declared that today “corruption, cronyism, nepotism and patronage comes to an end” in the capital. He said there will be no more “blue lights” and that Tshwane is to be a city for all the people and not just a small-connected group. Msimanga was sworn in […]

Here’s the remaining 21 of 42 interesting tidbits about South Africa to enrich your understanding and save you several lifetimes trying to truly experience all SA has to offer. With a buffet of landscapes from mountain ranges to sprawling savannahs, forests to white sandy beaches – it’s a feast for the hungry tourist (and yes, I am biased)… […]

These are the stories that proved the most popular on SAPeople.com during 2015… It was the year of the Rugby World Cup (RWC2015), xenophobia attacks and marches, Cape Fires and a spate of #MustFall hashtag campaigns from Zuma to Fees to Rain. It was also a year of goosebump moments from Springbok fans who made us […]

It was a crazy week, where sanity prevailed in the end. Pravin Gordhan rose, #ZumaMustFall protesters marched, the minister of education promised action against abusers of the school system, and a court ruled that SAA could not cover up a report exposing its financial woes. In all this excitement, it was easy to miss some stories, so we’ve […]

This week the South African jokes have been flying on social media, centred around the President’s fumbling of numbers, Springbok rugby players meeting the Queen, and the forthcoming Rugby World Cup (RWC) quarter finals between SA and Wales on Saturday. Here’s a selection… 1. That number blunder A video went viral of President Zuma fumbling over […]

For those who missed it, here is the full State of the Nation Address by President Jacob G Zuma in Parliament on 12 February 2015, in Cape Town. (To see the EFF scuffle which made the biggest news of the night, click here.) Good evening, sanibonani, molweni, riperile, dumelang, lotshani, goeie naand, ndimadekwana, !gai//goes. I would […]