New Zealand Police Shoot Dog Delaying Flights at Auckland

By Guest Contributor 17-03-17 12:11

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Flights from New Zealand’s Auckland Airport are returning to schedule after a runaway dog near the tarmac was shot dead by police because it was delaying planes taking off. Sixteen domestic and international flights were delayed for safety reasons at the nation’s busiest airport while the dog was on the loose for […]

Today’s Most Shared Video: Kids Interrupt BBC Interviewer

By SAPeople 10-03-17 19:09

This has to be the most popular video being shared on social media today… because almost every parent can relate! That moment when you’re trying to act professional on Skype, and your children wander in… It happened to Professor Robert Kelly, who was being interviewed live on BBC News about South Korea. “I think one of […]

Cute Kids Get Same Haircut So Teacher Can’t Tell Them Apart

By SAPeople 03-03-17 20:02

A photo of two best friends in Louisville, USA, has gone viral around the world for the valuable lesson these little five-year-olds are teaching adults! Mom Lydia Sith Rosebush posted the photo last week on Facebook. It showed her son Jax, and his friend Reddy. She wrote: “This morning Jax and I were discussing his wild […]

Hope Starts School, One Year After Viral Photo

By SAPeople 20-02-17 09:45

One year after a photo went viral around the world of Danish philanthropist, Anja Ringgren Lovén, giving water to a young, starving boy in Nigeria… she has recreated the pose with the now healthy and happy young boy, Hope. Hope had been abandoned by his family because they claimed he was a ‘witch’. Anja said: “On the […]

Inspiring ‘Handshake Teacher’ Video Becomes Viral Sensation

By SAPeople 03-02-17 03:20

Teachers have been inspiring students and adults around the world this week – from South Africa to the USA. Riaan van Straten melted hearts when photos were uploaded to social media of the sports teacher giving a piggyback to a young girl (with both legs amputated) who was desperate to participate in an athletics race at a school […]

GQ Apologises to World & Dlamini-Zuma Slams US for Taking Slaves but Not Refugees

By SAPeople 31-01-17 12:05

GQ Men’s Magazine has posted a video apologising to the world for the “unforgivable actions of the man who has assumed power here”, while South African President Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has slammed the United States for taking slaves from Africa, yet banning “refugees from some of our countries”. In the seven-minute presentation of The Resistance, […]

South Africa Wishes Chinese Community a Successful Year of the Rooster

By SAPeople 28-01-17 13:18

On behalf of the people of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has wished “all members of the Chinese Community in South Africa a happy and successful New Year – the Year of the Rooster.” (See 11 Chinese New Year Fun Facts below.) He said the Year is known for bringing success to those who have been patient, and signifies the […]

South Africans Hold Nationwide Cake Sales in Save Syria Drive

By SAPeople 28-01-17 11:02

Over 30 cake sales are being held around South Africa today in a final bid for South Africans to raise  funds for Operation SA’s #SaveSyria initiative. The humanitarian campaign kicked off last month, and has already raised R12.45-million – money which, with a 100% donation policy, goes directly to the people in need in Syria. Social […]

Actress Mary Tyler Moore Passes Away at Age of 80

By Jenni Baxter 25-01-17 22:51

Popular American actress Mary Tyler Moore has passed away at the age of 80. Her longtime representative Mara Buxbaum issued a statement Wednesday saying: “Today beloved icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine.” TMZ had […]

WATCH Trump: Make America LEKKER Again! Plus The Post Shared Over a Million Times

By SAPeople 24-01-17 12:16

No matter whether you love or hate America’s new president, this video of Donald Trump talking with an Afrikaans accent is sure to bring a smile to your face. Afrikaans4Dummies – who have previously produced videos featuring famous Hollywood stars with Afrikaans accents as well as Trump vs Hillary Clinton during a presidential debate in the lead-up […]

Meet Africa’s Lost Tribe in India

By SAPeople Contributor 21-01-17 18:47

Deep in the heart of India is an African tribe who still retain their African features and African roots… although their nationality and way of life is now Indian. The Siddi Tribe in Gujarat originally came from South East Africa, taken to India as slaves by the Portuguese about 750 years ago. They’re now fluent […]

Donald Trump Labels Meryl Streep “Over-Rated” After Her Golden Globes Speech Slams Him

By SAPeople 09-01-17 15:10

As predicted, American President Elect Donald Trump has woken up this morning and reacted to major media coverage of Hollywood actress Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech, with a derogatory tweet labelling her as “over-rated”. During her acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award in America Sunday night, Streep addressed Trump’s “instinct to humiliate”. Without mentioning his name, […]

South Africans Caught in Devastating Thailand Floods PHOTOS

By SAPeople 09-01-17 14:37

While South Africa – particularly Gauteng and Mpumalanga – has been experiencing heavy downpours over the past few days… on the other side of the world Thailand has suffered a week of unseasonable downpours which have led to at least 12 fatalities and many villages totally flooded with water up to their rooves. South African expat […]

Famous Hollywood Sign Defaced to Say Hollyweed

By SAPeople 01-01-17 23:38

LOS ANGELES – LA residents woke up this morning to a slightly different version of their famed ‘HOLLYWOOD’ sign. Overnight it has been transformed to read ‘HOLLYWeeD’, perhaps by someone who smoked a little Hollyweed! At this stage, nobody has claimed responsibility (or is likely to!). According to reports in American media, it’s either a […]

British Pound Sterling

2017 Will Herald A New Quid on the Block

By SAPeople 01-01-17 19:45

LONDON — The countdown to a historic new £1 coin officially began today, with UK Chief Secretary David Gauke revealing it will enter circulation on 28 March 2017. Gauke stressed: “if you have a round one pound coin sitting at home or in your wallet, you need to spend it or return it to your bank before 15 October.” […]

Pope Says Terrorism Casts Bloodstain Over World, Condemns Istanbul Attack

By SAPeople 01-01-17 15:26

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged leaders to work together to fight the “plague of terrorism”, saying in his New Year’s address on Sunday that a bloodstain was covering the world as it started 2017. Speaking to some 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square for his traditional noon address, Francis departed from his prepared […]

Gunman Kills 39 in Istanbul Nightclub Attack, Manhunt Underway

By SAPeople 01-01-17 16:33

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on New Year revellers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 people, including many foreigners, then fled the scene. (Updated 01 January 2017, 14h00 SA time.) Some people jumped into the Bosphorus waters to save themselves after the […]

Disney Faces ‘Star Wars’-Size Dilemma Over Loss of Carrie Fisher

By SAPeople 28-12-16 10:06

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Carrie Fisher’s unexpected death on Tuesday did not just leave “Star Wars” fans heartbroken. It thrust movie studio Walt Disney Co into a dilemma over the fate of her iconic character, Princess Leia, as it moves forward with the blockbuster film franchise. Fisher, 60, enjoyed a new round of fame […]

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