Cape Town Woman Blows Too Hard – Any sexual innuendos in that headline were purely coincidental, as we learn about Yvonne, the Cape Town woman who got too keen with her Vuvuzela and ended up rupturing her throat. “Ripping her windpipe” is how they also described it. Check her pic out after the jump. I must say, she doesn’t look like a chick who would struggle. [failblog] (you’re welcome, 5FM)

England Return To England – See what I did there? So here’s a story from SKY News, where they back the England side, then punish them, then pick them up again and then dump them again at the end. This, as the side returns home with their heads bowed. Expect for some, who were laughing. But it wasn’t their fault. But they’ve let us down. But they’re tired from the Premiership. But they’re losers. Etc. [skynews]

SAA Crew Charged With Even More Cocaine Smuggling – For the third time in less than two years, British authorities are investigating an alleged attempt by an SAA crew member to smuggle drugs through Heathrow International Airport.A senior SAA flight attendant from Cape Town is in British police custody after allegedly being found with more than R1 million in cocaine strapped to her body. Come on, guys.. again? [iol]

World Cup Update…

Vodacom Tells ICASA To Go Fuck Themselves – It takes a certain audacity, not to mention arrogance and long experience, to walk into a public hearing – open to any of your customers who may wander along – and tell the regulator that controls your entire industry to take a hike, because that regulator wants to force you to stop price-gouging your customers. That is pretty much how Vodacom approached the Independent Communications Authority of SA on Monday. [thedailymaverick]

Forbes Releases New “Most Powerful Celebrities” List – Pants-less pop stars, late-night warriors and sexy vampires spiced up the fame game last year, with Lady Gaga, Conan O’Brien and Twilight superstars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson joining the Forbes Celebrity 100 list for the first time.But despite their impressive debuts (Gaga hit the list in fourth place), Oprah Winfrey is the year’s big winner. [forbes]

China Tunes Google To Be Very Careful About Their Vibe – Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet license. Google shut down its China-based search engine March 22 to avoid cooperating with the communist government’s Internet censorship and has rerouted users to its unfiltered site in Hong Kong. But Google’s internet license expires today.. [associated]

Man Missing on Chapman’s Peak – The NSRI are appealing to anyone with information on the current whereabouts of a Sunvalley, Noordhoek, resident who has been missing since Saturday night after last being seen wandering on the slopes of Chapman’s Peak below Chapman’s Peak Drive. Nigel Roberts, 34, wearing khaki pants and a white and red two tone t-shirt. Photo after link. Keep your eyes open, gang. [nsri]

The Truth About Mel’s Ex – The relationship between Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, has become a tabloid war over allegations of domestic violence. Daily Beast’s Nicole LaPorte looks into Grigorieva’s mysterious past. “shying away from the spotlight is hardly how friends, acquaintances, and ex-boyfriends have described the 40-year-old pop star with the cascading hair” [dailybeast]

Porn Sites To Get “XXX” Domain Extension – The pornography industry and the Christian conservative lobby (what a rad combo!) don’t usually agree on much but the two groups are united this lunchtime in opposition to a proposal to create a new domain name catering specifically for pornography on the Internet. This, as the international body which allocates names and numbers on the net recently gave conditional approval for the tag “dot – triple x” to be used. [abc]

Pope To Re-Evangelize” The West – Hmm. Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and “re-evangelize” the West — a tacit acknowledgment that his attempts to reinvigorate Christianity in Europe haven’t succeeded and need a new boost. Well I’m glad he has spotted there’s a problem. Good luck with that, by the way. [associated]

Tsk tsk.. Kimora Lee Simmons In SA: Diva Behaviour – As much as reports suggest that she was an absolute sweetheart during her time in South Africa, it seems this may not be true with regards to her vibe before and during a recent Cosmopolitan cover shoot. Five hours late was only the beginning. And the shots themselves? Apparently the Photoshopping would verge on moral dilemma.. [hurricanevanessa]

Eskom Going On Strike During The World Cup – The National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) leaders have voted to go on strike at Eskom from next week. “They’ve taken a decision to go on strike. They will mobilise (Wednesday) and go on strike from next week,” spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka said on Tuesday. The decision was taken despite the possibility that a strike may be illegal. Excellent vibe, guys – shot! [fin24]

Massive Oil-Skimming Super-Tanker Arrives In The Gulf – 10 stories tall and nearly four football fields long, the world’s largest oil skimmer dropped anchor Friday in Norfolk, on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and a possible bout with the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. It’s called A Whale and “can handle 500,000 barrels of oily water a day – slightly less than what all the skimmers now in the Gulf have gathered in more than 60 days on the job.” [hamptonroads]

Further Advancements In Internet Radio Technology – Those of you who’ve been tuning-in to online radio will enjoy this. RadioTime, Inc., a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, today announced it provides its Internet radio guide to the Dension Webradio, a small USB dongle that can bring the world’s radio stations and programs to any USB-capable home entertainment system or car radio. [rsnews]

Ras Dumisani Is Back – Loathed by millions for butchering the SA national anthem ahead of a Springbok Test in France last year (here), Ras Dumisani has attempted to redeem himself by releasing a reggae version of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. I haven’t listened to it yet – I’m still recovering, to be honest. Are you going to listen? Do you care? Probably not. Let us know if you you do. [sport24]

[thanks dave, clinton]

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[WC scores: Google]