SA People - Your Worldwide South African Community

Is Jy Gereed vir die RWC? The Bokke are getting ready - and so are the bokkies, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker. The new Springbok jersey has been unleashed, Veldskoen are on board with bringing goodness to the world, and the CEO Nick Dreyer is giving us a rundown of all the exciting happenings that SA's iconic shoe brand is giving a Lift to, and SAPeople.com has a rundown of all the places you can visit where your ZAR goes a little further. #ListenHere mense - we'll always be Stronger Together, Stronger Forever. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

No problem if you Don't - We're Multilingual! With learners of isiZulu reaching 502k on Duolingo, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker are upping their skills! (However, whether Jen would make the sheep-shearing team is another story - although she also lived in Australia!) Join them as they discuss the latest news and views of Seffricans at home and abroad, as found on SAPeople.com - your one-stop destination for all things lekker. There's sunny skies, biltong and octopi aplenty - find out more... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Stories of Saffer communities getting it all together Either too much or too little, water has it's own way. Floods in the Western Cape in recent weeks have left some towns and farmers completely adrift and cut off from civilisation. The upside is that we have seen smaller communities really pulling together (with the help of the incomparable Gift of the Givers) to work through what for some has been a life-changing natural disaster. Enjoy Guest Farm owner Lauren Bradley gives Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker a first-hand account of their plight in the Cederberg. Proving again that Seffricans aren't just made of really tough stuff, but are seriously lekker too! For more on this story and others making the headlines in the SA community at home and abroad, #ListenHere SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

So many Saffers celebrating around the world at the moment at being given back their SouthAfricanNess! Jenni Baxter sheds a tear of Joy that the courts saw sense, Melanie's happy about a re-beaked vulture and Faf's Speedo, and (almost) all is right in the SAPeople.com world. Get Happy, Be Proud. Join the fastest growing Ex-pat movement.. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

All the Treasures of SA in One Place On SAPeople's Podcast this week, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker get to grips with the stories behind the stories making the news about Saffers. Who's going to the Olympics? Who's got a Laugh Headache? What beer should you be drinking? What's up in the World of Rugby? And what should you be watching on the small screen? For all this and more, listen up! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

... and The People Who Keep us Proudly SA With Tears of joy and sadness being shed for various South Africans at home and abroad, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker visit the stories that make their hearts druk 'n punt. Britain and America's Got Talent are finding out just how talented our people are, sporting events are being visited by the cream of our crop, and Don't Panic - The Dept of Tourism is going to have your back! Catch up with the news that will make your heart glad. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Then Listen Here! SAPeople.com keeps people in touch, wherever in the world they may be. From Durban to Dubai, PE to Portugal, and Hollywood to Hollyveldt, Saffers can find out what's happening with people from their home towns. Looking into some strange happenings from the mists of time in the dodgy days of early Joburg, author Ted Botha joins Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker to chat about the launch of his new book on the mystery that was Daisy de Melker - you know you want to know more! Serial Killers, TV series, movies and power plays - with the odd indigenous flower thrown in! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Of Queens in Every Form Forget loadshedding and winter for a short while - let Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker warm the cockles of your heart with the heartwarming stories coming out of South Africa - and from Saffers doing extraordinary things abroad. Whether it's sport, survival training innie bos, how to behave in different parts of our lekker country, or finding out more about Kiffness, we have an irreverent guide for you. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

SAPeople Have It All Coronation Chickens have been popped into the fridge (or left out in the cold now that winter has hit), and other Chickens are coming home to roost! Want to know about Urns, Rowing, Scottie Dogs, Olive Oil and how they relate to Saffers at home and Abroad? Then look (and Listen) no further than SAPeople.com! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

It's Saffer fun around the world with Jen & Mel Making a big noise in the Saffer universe, Pretty Yende and Coronation Chicken, the 1st woman - and she's proudly SA - to win a round the world yacht race, a breakdown of the New Money (and who to share it with ;) ) and a little bit of hide-and-squeak! Join Jenni and Melanie for their take on the latest greatest things happening with, and to South Africans around the world... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

And some of the best voice artists in the world... SAPeople.com isn't just about bringing the good news stories that really matter to Saffers at home and abroad - it's also about giving people a Voice, a place to show what strong stuff we're made of! Our K9 Units, Fireside Stories, Hippos, Turtles and Octopi make the headlines. And we have a special surprise drop-in guest in the SAPeople Podcast studio - don't miss it!! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Join Us in the Forest of Good News Of Doctorates, 2m beds on planes, Photography, marathon runners, Potjes and (apparent) Real Housewives, the range of topics surrounding Saffers at home and abroad is egte diverse! Join Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker for this week's SAPeople.com podcast to discover more! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

With Derek's Devils! There's no stopping the irrepressible Connoisseur, Carrie Adams, as she joins Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker of SAPeople.com - No - they're not Charlie's Angels (or angelic in any way), but have decided to be Derek Watt's #1 fangirls. From drone saviours, to local heroes, gardening and wine, you'll hear about all the best Saffer stuff on the SAPeople podcast! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Let us Spin you Some Tall Tales. 30 minutes of great news awaits you on this week's SAPeople.com Podcast. SA stalwart Derek Watts is on the mend, our golfers are swinging high and mighty, hemp buildings are on the rise, Spinners are taking top honours on the small screen, and Jenni and Melle discuss the origins of Slaating met 'n nat vis! #ListenHere.... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Of Finny and Funny Stuff A week that sees SA Funny Man Trevor Noah hitting town, 5 Saffers out of over 3000 billionaires making the top spot in the world, Dolphins in the bay, and hints on the best places to see Homo Sapiens au naturel! It's the Ride of a Lifetime on this week's SAPeople.com podcast... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

SAPeople is Cleaning up (and SA) Never fear when Jen and Mel are near. Just #listenhere for the latest stories about lovely Saffer people, bromances and snêks! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Of Scottish Accents and Parktown Prawns. This week, the blondes (Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com in Antibes, and Melanie Walker, Joburg correspondent) tackle issues as diverse as whether Parktown Prawns travel well, How to Get Ahead in Hollywood, everyday heroes in SA, how YouTubers get their bucks, and how the Bokke are doing... Get Switched On to what's happening in the good old Saffer universe. #ListenHere SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

We've Got This! We may be power deficient - but we have a lovely bunch of Tomatoes! In a week that sees many past their prime being shuffled around (ministers, that is, not tomatoes), Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker of SAPeople.com sauce... um, Source the good news South African stories that are going viral. We live in a beautiful country - let's spread the joy around. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Bright sparks giving you a Liff... In a place mostly covered with reports of doom and gloom, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker bring you the Brighter Side of what's happening in Sunny SA. If you're an expat or a stay-at-Home, Listen here to find out what our amazing people are doing to improve others lives. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Do What you Can for Your People Looking on the positive side, Jenni Baxter (who's being left out of the loadshedding woes as she's sitting pretty in Antibes!) and Melanie Walker (who rarely has any lightbulbs happening in her house :D ) don't need to go scrabbling around in the dark to find the stories that make our hearts warmer. If you're feeling disempowered, take your power back by helping someone else. #listenhere for some good ideas how to... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

SAPeople will Be With You Just Now! Hit the link... A doubly disastrous state of affairs for the Government, but Jenni Baxter, chief cook and bottle washer of SAPeople.com and Melanie Walker (a minion) find the fun and good news stories making waves across the world of Saffers and Expats. There may be deluges around the country, but the flood of help from people at home and abroad is most welcome. If you want to know the story behind RWSGFY, are on the search to find out more about Quest, or how to speak lekker SouthAfricanese, this is the place to listen! Watch on YouTube · SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Music, Sport, Good Deeds and more.... When it feels like the world is collapsing around you, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker go on a mission to find the great stories and events happening concerning Saffers at home and abroad to prop you up. Gift of the Givers is in the news again, as are Grammy Winners of Best Global Music Performance, The Bokke (on the field and the dancefloor), SA Movies making waves in Rotterdam, whether Jesse Clegg outstrips Imagine Dragons and if Sting is still relevant (sis Jenni!), the public and a paramedic telling the government off, and a request that we all boycott SONA! (Oh, and why Melle shouldn't bother applying to be the head of Eksdom... Um, Eskom.) SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

They're the Ones Listening to SAPeople.com! State of Disaster? What Disaster?! South Africans still have their sense of humour - and we need it what with tigers roaming the streets of Gauteng. (Although we shouldn't be alarmed - the Cougars have been prowling the Northern Suburbs for years...) We get a first-hand report from Cassandra, Entertainment Editor of SAPeople.com, from the Rotterdam Film Festival, where SA film makers are going great guns, discuss Sailing, rugby and cricket (lots of the latter, plus journo Tom Eaton's thoughts on the various formats) for all the sports fans, and young South Africans, the Eintsteins, bringing robotics to Massachusetts - Have a listen to the good news, and get inspired... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

All the People marching today (for anti-corruption, load-shedding, cadre deployment or varsity students) will be wishing they had a comfy pair of shoes to do it in. On this, our 100th episode of SAPeople.com's podcast, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker are joined by occasional guest, Nick Dreyer to celebrate not only our milestone but also the return to the 1830s in Wupperthal. Listen in to hear about the great news stories making SAffers at home and abroad a little happier... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker have those stories making the news by the tail (including the sad tale of the tiger....) Things to think about - the number of cougars walking the streets in Joburg; how to see the light when all around you may seem dark; when is a non-island an island; Books on the Bay and our wealth of great SA authors; and others doing great things for others. Get positive - get listening... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Back to work! Don't let rolling blackouts get you down - Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker are here to help you lively up yourself with a healthy dollop of some good, some lovely - and yes, alas some dark - news. To get a Blonde perspective on the stories making news on SAPeople.com, #ListenHere! Watch on YouTube · SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Just because there's load shedding doesn't mean we can't see the lighter side of life! Join the blondes for a walk down memory lane, and get in touch to let us know how you're making your own memories. Jen and Mel are on about swimming - elephants and Springboks - twits, Tom Cruising the SA Skies and much, much more! #ListenHere for all the great Saffer stuff. And have a safe and festive holiday... SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Just because there's load shedding doesn't mean we can't see the lighter side of life! Join the blondes for a walk down memory lane, and get in touch to let us know how you're making your own memories. Jen and Mel are on about swimming - elephants and Springboks - twits, Tom Cruising the SA Skies and much, much more! #ListenHere for all the great Saffer stuff. And have a safe and festive holiday...

Love! Kindness! Two Mad Blondes!! On being marked 'safe from flooding', porcupine attacks (and the leguaan balloon), Avatar Rooibos, Little Drummer Boys, Rassie Erasmus and not discussing the Soccer, Jenni and Melle have sought out all the stories that are making news on SAPeople.com Watch on Youtube · SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Love! Kindness! Two Mad Blondes!! On being marked 'safe from flooding', porcupine attacks (and the leguaan balloon), Avatar Rooibos, Little Drummer Boys, Rassie Erasmus and not discussing the Soccer, Jenni and Melle have sought out all the stories that are making news on SAPeople.com Watch on Youtube

Of Hailstorms, No sex before marriage, Donkerbosse en Reel Dancing. Jenni Baxter, sitting in Antibes, missed out on the biggest hailstorm in 45 years in Joburg this week, while Melanie mourns the loss of her gutters and tomatoes! Golf, the Paige Project, Americans getting twitchy about braais, and a local's guide to the 21 rules of Hoedspruit are on the menu - as well as which restaurants have the best menus! Watch on Youtube · SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Of Hailstorms, No sex before marriage, Donkerbosse en Reel Dancing. Jenni Baxter, sitting in Antibes, missed out on the biggest hailstorm in 45 years in Joburg this week, while Melanie mourns the loss of her gutters and tomatoes! Golf, the Paige Project, Americans getting twitchy about braais, and a local's guide to the 21 rules of Hoedspruit are on the menu - as well as which restaurants have the best menus! Watch on Youtube

Play On! #ListenHere On a special episode of SAPeople.com's podcast, this week Jenni and Melanie chat to Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director of the Mzanzi (and KZN and Joburg) Philharmonic Orchestras about music, life, Juilliard- and Springbokkies! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Play On! #ListenHere On a special episode of SAPeople.com's podcast, this week Jenni and Melanie chat to Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director of the Mzanzi (and KZN and Joburg) Philharmonic Orchestras about music, life, Juilliard- and Springbokkies!

Joining Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in the SAPeople studio to chat about all things SA, is Carrie Adams - of the soon to be released podcast and YouTube Channel, Carrie's Connoisseurs. Three lovers of things that are good to put in your mouth (especially wine!) chat about Cyril in England, wine in England, Bokke going to take out the English, French wine, good things happening in SA, and SA wine! (And a couple of SA Whiners ;) ) Wine-not? Want more? #ListenHere... YOUTUBE · SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Joining Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in the SAPeople studio to chat about all things SA, is Carrie Adams - of the soon to be released podcast and YouTube Channel, Carrie's Connoisseurs. Three lovers of things that are good to put in your mouth (especially wine!) chat about Cyril in England, wine in England, Bokke going to take out the English, French wine, good things happening in SA, and SA wine! (And a couple of SA Whiners ;) ) Wine-not? Want more? #ListenHere... YOUTUBE

Hold the presses! We've got hot news to share with Saffers at home and abroad. Following on from the stellar success of Tali's Wedding and Baby Diaries, Tali's Joburg Diaries hits the small screen this coming Friday, the 18th of November. And her 'mom' - the uber glamorous Kate Normington - is joining Melanie and Jenni in the virtual studio to tell us all about it. Don't miss this - and our rundown of the top stories making great news here in-country and across the world. #ListenHere! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Hold the presses! We've got hot news to share with Saffers at home and abroad. Following on from the stellar success of Tali's Wedding and Baby Diaries, Tali's Joburg Diaries hits the small screen this coming Friday, the 18th of November. And her 'mom' - the uber glamorous Kate Normington - is joining Melanie and Jenni in the virtual studio to tell us all about it. Don't miss this - and our rundown of the top stories making great news here in-country and across the world. #ListenHere!

Listen up and Join Saffers at Home and Abroad. In a week that saw a video of someone jumping out of a car in the Hluhluwe-Mfolozi Park to evade a tusker, more level-headed people (well, those with their feet firmly planted on SA soil, while their heads are in the stars) are reaching for Mars and beyond, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker encourage you to do go for the elder people in your world, we find a pocket full of happiness with Richard E Grant down under, and JRR Tolkien has become the most-paid dead celeb! Local good news has no limits - catch our podcast! SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

Listen up and Join Saffers at Home and Abroad. In a week that saw a video of someone jumping out of a car in the Hluhluwe-Mfolozi Park to evade a tusker, more level-headed people (well, those with their feet firmly planted on SA soil, while their heads are in the stars) are reaching for Mars and beyond, Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker encourage you to do go for the elder people in your world, we find a pocket full of happiness with Richard E Grant down under, and JRR Tolkien has become the most-paid dead celeb! Local good news has no limits - catch our podcast!

"The Whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit." So said French rugby player, Jean-Pierre Rives. And this pretty much sums up what South Africans and SouthAfricanNess is all about. Joining rugby superfans Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in the SAPeople.com podcast studio this week are Former Bok, the legend AJ Venter, and Main Man at the legendary brand Veldskoen to talk about the upcoming European Tour, and of course, next year's World Cup which will be held in France. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

"The Whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit." So said French rugby player, Jean-Pierre Rives. And this pretty much sums up what South Africans and SouthAfricanNess is all about. Joining rugby superfans Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in the SAPeople.com podcast studio this week are Former Bok, the legend AJ Venter, and Main Man at the legendary brand Veldskoen to talk about the upcoming European Tour, and of course, next year's World Cup which will be held in France.