SA Military Bases On High Alert – First Time Since 1994 – The status was imposed – for the first time since the advent of South African democracy – as axed ANC Youth League president Julius Malema prepares to speak to soldiers near a military base in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, today. [timeslive]
Zuckerberg Admits Stock Price Is ‘Disappointing’ – The performance of Facebook‘s stock has been “disappointing” but Facebook has a number of new products in the pipeline, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco yesterday. [forbes]
Bakkies Rubbishes Bok Ban – Bakkies Botha has denied that his French club, Toulon, is refusing to release him to play for the Springboks in the Rugby Championship. [sport24]
Is Kate Pregnant? – Kate Middleton has sparked a renewed bout of speculation that she may be pregnant when, during toasts at a state banquet in Singapore today, the future queen TWICE made toasts to the Queen by drinking water instead of wine. [dailybeast]
Man’s Body Found Near Lonmin’s Marikana Mine – The body of a man, who appears to have been hacked to death, has been found near the koppie where striking miners usually meet. [mail&guardian]
Apple Sues Polish Grocery Chain A.pl, Claims Copyright Violation – David meet Goliath. Apple on Tuesday filed a copyright lawsuit against Polish grocery chain A.pl, a company Apple claims is copying its logo and brand icons in a direct attempt to confuse customers. [inquisitr]
Eyes On Apple For “iPhone 5” Debut – The stage is set for Apple to unveil a new-generation iPhone on Wednesday as the culture-changing company once again lays claim to the heart of the Internet age lifestyle. [ecotim]
iPhone 5 To Go On Sale In UK On 21st September – Two well-placed mobile industry insiders have told the Telegraph that the iPhone 5, which Apple is expected to launch tomorrow at an event in San Francisco, will go on sale in Britain nine days later. [telegraph]
YouTube Launches iPhone App – YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing service, on Tuesday launched a new official application with advertising for Apple’s iPhone, one day before Apple is set to unveil the latest generation of its smartphone. [eastday]
Alps Shooting Witness Describes Horror Scene – A hiker who says he was among the first on the scene of a quadruple murder in the French Alps has spoken of the horrific aftermath of the attack. [skynews]
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Kristen And Robert Are Back In The Mix – According to laineygossip.com, “It was communicated to people during TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) that they are [back together] but they’re worried about how it might affect his career, like whether or not there will be some kind of crazy backlash.” [dnaindia]
Britney Spears Cuts Deal In Genital-Flashing Lawsuit – Britney Spears has struck a settlement with the former bodyguard who claimed the pop star was a genital-flashing sexual harasser during his time with the singer. [tmz]
New King Tut Death Theory – Tutankhamen’s mysterious death as a teenager may finally have been explained. The condition that cut short the Egyptian ruler’s life may also have triggered the earliest monotheistic religion, suggests a new review of his family history. [washpo]
Sheryl Crow Has a ‘Theory’ That Cell Phone Use Caused Her Brain Tumor – On yesterday’s inaugural episode of Katie, guest Sheryl Crow volunteered a theory that her benign brain tumor was the result of cell phone use. [gawker]
George Clooney’s Rep Denies Stacy Kiebler Split Rumours – A rep for George Clooney has issued a statement slamming The Sun’s recent report that ollowing a Clooney and his girlfriend of one year, Stacy Keibler have split. [yahoo]
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The Rolling Stone Chart – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! [justjosie]
Godfather Of Tens Rugby, Bob Skindstad On The Front Row Grunt – From 17h00-18h00 tonight, Tank Lanning will be chatting to one of the Godfather’s of Tens rugby, Bob Skinstad, as they build up to the Jozi Tens festival this weekend. Of course on the agenda will also be a piece by piece investigation of the Bok team selected to play the All Blacks, which shows just the single unforced change today – that being Francois Louw coming in for Marcell Coetzee. [frontrowgrunt]
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Symptoms Of Childhood Cancer On Mommy Matters – September is the month dedicated to those young ones suffering form cancer – It is Childhood Cancer month. Jess and Kathy talk to Mandie from the NGO Little Fighters Cancer Trust via telelphone about the importance of this awareness month. Listen to the podcast for what to look out for in our own children in order to assist making early diagnoses and reduce some of the scary statistics surrounding death in children due to cancer and late detection. [podcast]
Do You See Visiting Strip Clubs As An Acceptable Recreational Activity? – The Dr. Eve Show kicks off with remembering 911, as she talks about relationship losses. Dr. Eve covers the different ways we loose relationship alliance – even when we’re still in the relationship! The Sexual Health Trend of the week is whether going to strip clubs is an acceptable recreational activity and the show ends off with her sexual health product review. [podcast]
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