I’m not sure if you know this, but the Mount Nelson Hotel (or, the Nellie, as we like to call her) likes to reward South Africans for the hard work of living in such a beautiful country by offering specials that apply to SA residents, only. And they’re a flipping steal.

Continue Reading

Nymphomania, for those of you who do not know, does not specifically refer to the insane and uncontrollable desire for sex. It’s quite gender-specific actually. In  the late 19th century, Nymphomania was a mental-illness diagnosed to woman who had what would by todays standards just be a regular sexual appetite. So what would happen is […]

Continue Reading

We have another long weekend on our hands, filled with action packed sports. As always, someone is offering ways to make your long weekend a profit filled break. Yup, this is the place to play your hand in sports betting with incredible odds and four out of fivers.

Continue Reading

South Africa’s crime epidemic has inspired films like Tsotsi, Jerusalema, A Million Colours, How to Steal 2 Million, Stander, Hijack Stories and more recently, Four Corners. We’re living in a gangster’s paradise with a flourishing subculture of violence and criminality. While the SAPS and local crime watch initiatives are trying to combat this, crime is still a prominent issue in South Africa.

Continue Reading

Hello ladies. Winter is coming, and you’re digging your coats out from the back of the cupboard. But you’ve noticed something – over the course of the summer you seem to have picked up a few extra garments, and now you’re in a bind with space. Double problem: you don’t want to give any of your stuff away to make room. So what do you do?

Continue Reading

Tomorrow is a public holiday, which means that you may well be treating tonight as a Friday. Which is to say, you might not be treating it very well. For goodness-sake, the new phone that you forked out for barely has the protective film off the screen, and already you’re flirting with the idea of smashing it on the bar floor. Don’t be that friend that other friends can “only contact through Facebook for now.”

Continue Reading

Here’s a pretty cool new schoolboy rugby highlights show, based of Facebook, but also available on Youtube for those who don’t book faces.

Continue Reading

Colton Burpo is a special child. At the age of 4 his appendix burst and doctors told his father Todd, that his toddler would not survive. Did we mention that the Burpo family are devout Christians? What happens next is one of those things that would make Richard Dawkins pretty agitated and has the Bible […]

Continue Reading

A mother’s love is enduring, her sacrifices are many. Heck, the woman gave you life, alright? And at R999 per night per person including breakfast during the Mother’s Day Weekend (11 May 2014), you’re kind of out of excuses. Check out this amazing offer, below.

Continue Reading

What if we told you we could solve one of the most vexing problems of urban life – the search for a parking spot? We’ve discovered a nifty app that takes the guesswork out of the search. It isn’t perfect yet, but it’s definitely worth a look.

Continue Reading

Oh dear Mbalula, what have you said now? It looks like an apology  by the ANC to yet ANOTHER African country will need to be made after this guy went and said something rather embarrassing. Again. On Tuesday, Fikile Mbalula who is our country’s Minister of Sport and Recreation, sat at a meeting with some […]

Continue Reading

Do you know what the petrol price is in Cape Town? It’s R13.98 per litre. Do you know what the petrol price is in Jo’burg? R14.39. The consider this: we have no control over the oil price, which is set in dollars, and the Rand to dollar exchange rate stinks worse than a day-three Afrika Burn attendee. Quick heads up: petrol isn’t getting any cheaper, any time soon.

Continue Reading

Microsoft is known to have made some of the best Windows phone operating systems and of course their office tools are still pretty badass. And now that Microsoft has completed their acquisition of Nokia, they have the potential to step in to the gaping gap in the market left in the universe of other purportedly […]

Continue Reading

A luggage scale is more important than you might think. Especially if you spend more time sitting in the business lounge of  an airport than on your living room couch. It can become rather tiresome to constantly guess the weight of your luggage on your frequent trips or having to pay more than you actually […]

Continue Reading

Aeroplane travel. Most of us safely assume that because planes have been built by ENGINEERS and that pilots have spent a million hours completing flight school that we must be in good hands. Right? Actually what happens in the cabin of an aeroplane is not always as sanitary and efficient as you may think. There […]

Continue Reading

Adhering to BEE legislation is a vital part of your responsibility as a business person in South Africa, but more than a handful of people shy away from starting their own enterprises because they imagine that the the paperwork involved, including obtaining a BEE certificate isn’t worth the major effort. Reality check: it’s dead easy. […]

Continue Reading

The NBA‘s Clippers Team owner, Donald Sterling, no longer owns his own team. Shame. NBA commissioner Adam Silver made this call and banned poor old Donald from his own team because apparently Donald is racist and Adam is not. Let us explain: Sterling made some pretty outlandishly racist comments, which were then recorded and published […]

Continue Reading

Do you see what’s happening with the weather today? Take a look. Take one damned good look. It’s gone to hell in a handbasket, and there are only a few decent days left. A dozen real stunners, if we’re lucky. You have to make those guys count – in that spirit we’ve put together this […]

Continue Reading

There’s nothing quite like spotting news anchors ballsing up, live on air. Even better is when someone compiles all the latest bloopers for you. Yet another reason to love Youtube! Enjoy!

Continue Reading

As we head towards Season 2 of the Oscar Pistorius trial (starts May 5), a blogger’s interpretation of the timeline presented by Oscar Pistorius is being passed around. Here it is..

Continue Reading

Think about that for a second. TWO WEEKS. One thing I must say is they are very good at telling me on Twitter Direct Message that the issue has been ‘escalated’ and it ‘needs to be resolved,’

Continue Reading

You won’t believe who just broke up. ‘Knox dealt fatal blow.’ SA elections are under way. Khanyi punished for Reeva comment. David Geffen wants Clippers. Google and co’s ‘Manchine’ race. iWatch in production. MH370 plane wreckage claim.

Continue Reading

If you haven’t read it yet, now might be the time to do so. Jade Mitchell’s blog received some serious attention last week when she posted a scathing observation about Capetonians and their unwarranted sense of superiority towards themselves and their city. Titled “Go F***ck Yourself Cape Town” , the piece details an array of […]

Continue Reading

Amal Alamuddin is undoubtedly unique in terms of the ‘type’ George Clooney has previously been known to date. Looking at Clooney’s history of models/actresses/waitresses, it safe to say that Amal is the cream of the crop. The couple first stepped out in the public eye last October – and now it is rumoured that the […]

Continue Reading

Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been found guilty of a multiple crimes against four women, some of whom were underage at the time of the attacks. of During his trial, the sex offender couldn’t resist the lure of the media. Maximising his creep powers, Clifford snuck up behind Sky News reporter, Tom Parmenter, and began mimicking his hand movements.

Continue Reading

A local clothing and apparel company called Dranged (do you think they know they spelled that wrong?) leveraged the awesome power of social media last week to promote their brand. Except that they used a convicted hate crime murderer, and they seemed pretty chuffed about it.

Continue Reading

Oh dear. It’s so easy to forget just how quickly time flies when one discovers that Victoria Bekham, the former Spice Girl known as ‘Posh Spice’ recently celebrated her 40th birthday at the Arts Club in Mayfair. Victoria doesn’t seem to phased by her near ancient age however. In fact this horrifyingly-hot-considering-birthing-four-kids former pop-star decided […]

Continue Reading

Pinot Noir – two words you’ve been hearing a lot, lately. The delicate grape has enjoyed some serious attention recently, and with the likes of Ard Matthews spouting these sorts of statements wherever he goes, we’re hardly surprised: “I’m convinced that Pinot Noir is one part heat-sensitive grape and 99 parts angel blood. It is the perfect blend between rosé and red, which means it can and must be drunk as often as possible, where possible, if possible.”

Continue Reading

The South Korean Coast Guard released footage of captain Lee Joon-seok fleeing the passenger ferry Sewol as it sank in coastal waters off Jindo Island on 16 April. In the video Lee, wearing only a sweater and underpants, can be seen leaping from the sinking ferry, which is tilted about 45 degrees, onto a rescue boat alone.

Continue Reading

Stop filing TPS reports! This demands your full attention! On 27 and 28 June 2014, someone is going to be living the dream with their partner in a one-bedroom Luxury Suite at the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve Forest Lodge. Is it going to be you? Don’t leave it to chance – enter now!

Continue Reading