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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.....

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

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...

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

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 wi...

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 rundow...

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 f...

"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 Veld...

Teach us to dance away all of our fears (and its apologies to Ellamental!). A week that has seen some sunshine through the rain. A teacher bringing light - and great dance moves - to her students and the world; Johannesburg’s mayor scores a win in the courts; communities coming together to foster goodwill; what ex-pats are up to in their part of the world; what you should be watching on the small...

Breaking news - The N1 has become blocked after a truck Shed its load of brightly coloured writing paper... Police say the traffic is pretty stationary... When things feel like they're dire, there's inevitably a ray of sunshine peeping through on SAPeople.com's podcast, where Jen and Mel get busy finding out the behind-the-scenes stories of the stories that are making the 'good' news. #ListenHere...

Mel and Jen take Philip K. Dick's Advice! In this, SA's Mental Health Awareness Month, Jenni Baxter and Melle Walker bring some inspirational stories, and a bit of madness, to the mix. With news for and from Ex-pats, local good news, and a quick look at entertainment available on the big and small screens that pertain to SA, SAPeople.com's podcast gives you an abridged rundown of what's making new...

Sure, not all news coming out of SA is good news, but take some time out and find out why you should look for the positives - and the positive stories - and make a note to join the Watershed moment many SA Natives are realising - by coming together, we can make a difference. So forget watershedding on the menu along with loadshedding - we are Saffers, we have fortitude! Ex-pat Jenni Baxter Joins J...

Taking on the World, One Bite of Biltong at a Time. With the Ubuntu that Heritage Day brought, South Africans around the world are seen to be pulling together and joining forces to make things work! And Jenni Baxter & Melanie Walker join forces in bringing the news to everyone at home and abroad. Of moonshots, hot shots, hot bodies, cigarette boats, and boatloads of people saving the environment,...

The lights may not be on, but there are plenty of people at home! Jenni Baxter - founder of SAPeople.com - isn't hampered by lack of power - as she proves by having the power to bring news and stories that will lighten the hearts of Saffas at home and abroad. Do you know about SA wine in cans? That Princess Charlene has set up a Society for the Protection of Animals in Monaco? (And that you can vi...

In a week that has marked the death of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Melanie chats to Gershom Aitchison of Education Incorporated about different perceptions of news reports by people of different ages. Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com is still travelling, but still keeping Mel and the rest of SA and expats up to date with the latest good things being done by good people at home and abroad. Hambe kahle Motl...

In a week of highs and lows - petrol price decreases, but loadshedding back on the schedule - Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com is leaving Melanie to her own devices as Jen crosses the continental divide from France to England. Good deeds being done by rugby players (apart from winning against the Ozzies!), Ramaphosa is off to the US, Gift of the Givers getting R6.9 million from Mercedes Benz SA, the w...

A week of great sporting happenings - The Comrades has been run, the golfing scene is looking great, thanks to Paula Reto and lions on the fairway in Skukuza, Stage 9 of the Vuelta went to a Saffer, and the Sevens did us proud. If you're into finding out the back stories and lovely things happening around these events - and around the SA World - then have a listen and discover more. Jen and Mel br...

We’re all at sea - but in a good way. KZN is in the news this week as Melanie hits the South Coast. Don’t go swimming in Durban though, the Comrades is coming up on Sunday and we’re looking for a whale - of a time. From pothole strikes to hits on the small screen, #ListenHere to catch up on news and views from Seffricans at home and abroad. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

One of SA's longest-running TV series, the investigative show Carte Blanche, is now also available in podcast form. Derek Watts (the man who's been presenting it since he was '12') joins Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in studio to talk about this new and exciting addition to the stable, and to chew the fat about the news stories making headlines that concern South Africans at home and abroad. Hea...

It's all about doing good, and the people doing it on SAPeople.com. Jenni and Melle are joined by Nick Dreyer of Veldskoen, who lets us in on the latest big project they have going, a colab with Briana Evigan, and what she's doing to get people on board with the MoveMe Movement. There's sporting moments aplenty, SAffers giving drought and loadshedding tips to Europeans, and what SA expats who are...

Inspirational Saffricans Doing Fabulous Things! South Africans bringing Gold back home from overseas, not just at the Commonwealth Games but also at events such as the World Champs of Performing Arts! This week, Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com has had stories as diverse as beekeeping, opera, braai broodjies, and geocaching crossing her desk. For these stories and more, firstly listen here, and then c...

Bringing it home! SAPeople’s Jenni Baxter gets hot in the studio with Melanie Walker and a surprise guest from the Radio 5 days, but not hot under the collar as they discuss what good deeds Seffricans and doing in the Rainbow Nation. To find out more about what’s hot and happening on SAPeople.com, then listen here! Connect with Lance on LinkedIn · Watch Joburg waiter's song for his mom (goo...

It's been a beautiful week for South Africans at home and abroad. Find out more about the stories making headlines on SAPeople.com with Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker - and then head on over to the site and FB pages and become a subscriber. Keep up-to-date with all the great things our people are doing, get the latest news on how you can make a difference, and suss out the beauty of SA. Our Bokke...

Coming at ya from Joziburg and France, this is SAPeople.com! We're right behind the Bokke for their third test against Wales - and Eben Etzebeth had better be worried Melanie ain't physically so if he doesn't up his game for his 100th Cap! We reminisce about media superstars, Barry Ronge and Kevin Savage, who along with John Berks are no longer with us. Consider the drought in the EC, Find out mor...