Madiba Magic At World Cup Final

Nelson Mandela Attends World Cup Final – The 2010 FIFA World Cup final, which saw Spain beating the Netherlands one nil in extra time, enjoyed an even bigger highlight during the closing ceremony – in the form of a visit by Nelson Mandela. Other stars included Rafa Nadal, Naomi Campbell (sans diamonds), Morgan Freeman and Nick Goldblatt. Rafa must have lost his mind when the Red Fury took it.. [latimes]

The ANC Controls The SABC And Everything You Read & Hear – The SABC’s head of news Phil Molefe must explain to Parliament why there is a ban on television and radio coverage of former president Thabo Mbeki, the DA said on Sunday. “This (ban) amounts to a full-on assault on the rights of South Africans to receive impartial, balanced news from the public broadcaster,” said the DA’s Chief Whip and MP Ian Davidson. [koosbekker]

Jordy Smith Wins The Mr. Price – Twenty- two-year old Jordy Smith (Dbn) etched his name into the history books today, becoming the third ever South African winner of the Mr Price Pro Ballito, simultaneously moving into the No. 1 position on the ASP One World Rankings.Smith defeated South Coast star Casey Grant (Scottburgh) in the final to claim an emotional victory (and a R121,000 cheeque!) before his home crowd. [mrpricepro]

British Fugitive Raoul Moat Blows His Head Off – In a standoff with armed police lasting more than six hours, fugitive gunman Raoul Moat — suspected of shooting his former girlfriend, killing her new partner and shooting a policeman in nearby Newcastle — held a shotgun to his head before shooting himself in the early hours of Saturday morning. Ja, look, it was always going to end in tears. [cnn]

London Mayor, Boris Johnson, Heaps Praise On South Africa – One of 2oceansvibe’s favourite people, Boris Johnson, has penned a stunning account of his recent World Cup visit to South Africa. Apart from including a video of Boris blowing a vuvuzela, the article will leave you proud of what we have achieved and the impression this last month has left on the rest of the world. [telegraph]

Top Brazilian Football Star Chopped Up Girlfriend And Fed Her To Dogs – Charming little story this about Bruno Fernandes Souza, the goalkeeper for Brazil’s most poplar football club, Flamenga. Turns out he strangled his former girlfriend (she had a kid = bad), chopped her up and fed her to his dogs. The leftover body parts he buried in concrete. Not bad..not bad. Pity you got caught, asshole. [bbc]

Teenagers Snorting Nutmeg To Get High – Move over Smarties. There’s a new “drug” in town. Apparently nutmeg, found in just about every kitchen in the Western World when used in the right doses, provides a marijuana-like buzz. In a quest to document everything, teens have uploaded videos to YouTube to share their nutmeg exploits. Stunning – I must chat to NoMU about this – there’s would no doubt be the best quality.. [debaird]

BP To Sell $12Billion In Assets To Pay For Disaster – BP is in exclusive talks to sell up to $12 billion (R90 billion) of assets to Apache Corporation, an American rival, including a big stake in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, the largest oil field in North Americ. Apache approached BP with the plan a few weeks ago. Negotiations are under way over the structure of the agreement and what other assets could be included. [foxnews]

Fidel Castro Appears In Public, Wears Nike – Cuban leader, Fidel Castro has not been seen in public since late last year, shortly after we posted pictures of him wearing Puma tracksuits – this, a shift from his previous affinity for Adidas. Well it looks like there is no favourtitism after all, as his latest vibe is Nike! Don’t panic, we’ll get him back 😉 [cubadebate]

Online Porn Kills British Nanny – A British nanny didn’t turn up for work and her employer went over to her place to find her. What she found was the nanny, dead – lying on her bed, naked from the waist down with a vibrator in her hand and a laptop running porn on her lap. There was also a cat lying on her chest. The cat was alive. It is not clear what website she was on. [dailymail]

Webber Wins Dramatic F1 Silverstone Race – An angry Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) overcame the perceived injustice of team politics to win the British Grand Prix by 1.3 seconds from Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes).Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) was a distant third, followed by reigning world champion Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) who started from 14th on the grid and finished fourth. [supersport]

Google And China Meet Each Other Half Way – China confirmed Sunday it has renewed Google’s license to operate in the world’s most populous country, ending a monthslong standoff over Internet censorship. Officials at Google’s U.S.-based headquarters announced Friday that the company had received approval for another year. [businessweek]

Apple TV Offers 99c Rentals – Those of you who have total control of your lives, and make use of uncapped broadband, as well as Apple TV with a US iTunes account (get yours here), will be interested to hear this news. Much like their movies which rent for $3.99, the new system would give you 30 days to watch the TV show, or 24 hours once you hit play. Nice – I’m fine with that. [yahoo]

Celebrity Twit Pics – One of the best ways to get into the lives of your favourite celebrities, is to follow them on Twitter and hope for a behind-the-scenes pic. DailyBeast did us a favour and catalogued a whole bunch of such pics – from the likes of Paris Hilton and Jeremy Piven, to Olivia Munn, Jared Leto, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Jess Alba, Gaga and Dita von Teese! [dailybeast]

Kelly Brook Does Sexy Version Of Princess Leia – If you can injure yourself from too much self-pleasure, expect the Star Wars geeks to be filling the hospitals this weekend. Billy Zane’s ridiculously hot former lover, Kelly Brook went and re-created several Princess Leia looks for Total Film magazine, as well as “the boys” in general I’m sure. [egotastic]

[thanks g-man]