Police ballistics expert Capt. Christiaan Mangena gave an explosive testimony, illustrating the last moments of Reeva Steenkamp’s life. Over the past couple of day’s Oscar Pistorius’s defense have repeatedly attacked the evidence, claiming that the police contaminated the scene. However, this was not the case when Mangena testified.

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Two men were killed when workers at a building site set off a buried World War 1 weapon while trying to dig it out, in Ypres, Belgium. At least two more were injured during the resulting explosion, one of whom is in critical condition.

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With the report by the Public Protector finally out, let’s take a walk down memory lane and see where R246 million ended up being spent. Nkandla’s humble beginnings to the extravagant compound that it has become, have been documented in a series of photographs.

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No business can afford to ignore the power of social media. Big business in particular is starting to cotton onto the fact that social media gives consumers inordinate power over their carefully crafted brand identities. So what’s the next big thing in this rapidly developing space? Here’s Seth’s opinion.

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Jennifer Lawrence dances like nobody’s watching in this deleted scene from ‘American Hustle,’ but a small boy on a couch is privy to her routine. Her dance moves are pure gold as she lip syncs and channels Santana.

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The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority has a new record holder for the most complained about advertisement in that country’s history. Want to bet what it was about?

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Look, if you’re going to isolate yourself from the City Bowl behind one of the worst morning commutes in the world, you need to get a lot of bang for your buck. In that sense, this is a nuclear bomb. In fact, it’s so nice, you won’t even want to leave your pad. How many of you have considered a “braai room”? Start considering it.

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CCTV footage captured the horrific moment when a Chinese schoolboy jumped out of his classroom window, to his death.

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Christopher Walken, more like Christopher Dancing. The highly acclaimed actor tends to bust a move in most of his films. Watch the mashup of all these silver screen gems in the video you’ve been dreaming of.

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The cost of living is exorbitant these days, and if you have a hard time staying connected due to the cost of a good internet connection, then you should be using one of Cape Town’s many free WiFi networks. The incredible peeps at Our Hood have compiled a rather nifty navigable Google Map, which pin-points the best free WiFi spots in Cape Town.

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Trust us now, okay? You WANT to go to Wembley Taps in Gardens TONIGHT, and you WANT to go to Cabrito in Gardens on Saturday night. And you WANT to keep an eye out for the #ISEARCHMYCITY emblem. What the heck’s going on here? A competition, with a prize worth THIRTY. THOUSAND. RONDS. That’s right. Keep reading.

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Residing in an unknown location in Russia, the famous whistle blower Edward Snowden made an appearance in Vancouver via a robotic mobile camera. In his TED speech “Here’s how we take back the Internet,” Snowden speaks about surveillance, Internet freedom and PRISM.

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Who knew talking gibberish on YouTube could change your life? The latest viral YouTube sensation is Sara Maria Forsberg. Since posting her video titled “What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners,” she has become an overnight hit.

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Finally a Kickstarter campaign video that shoots from the hip. It seems like every person with a half-arsed idea, thinks that their business idea is worth crowdfunding. Labeling your startup as indie doesn’t merit scamming gullible people on the internet for their milk money.

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Last year a Chinese zoo was busted for trying to pass one of these dogs off as an actual lion. But don’t expect to be able to afford one of these puppies. A golden-haired one-year-old Tibetan mastiff puppy was sold in China at a luxury pet fair for R21 million.

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“The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) has received information based on satellite information of objects possibly related to the search. Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified.” So said Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbot.

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Get a piece of the past without having to build a time machine or steal from a museum with an awesome vintage designed Crossley Ranchero Table Top Radio. With impressive sound from its built-in speaker, this brand new 1950s style radio is more than just a vintage replica, boasting aux in jacks allowing playback from […]

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The “Secure in Comfort” report by the Public Protector is over 400 pages of devastating findings, that will in most likelihood be used as loo paper by the government. The ANC refuses to see it at all. Even if the results end up being benign, as journalist Richard Poplank puts it, Zuma “will be forever remembered as a thief, a fool, and a Zulu man who was incapable of managing the affairs of his kraal.”

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Terrorism and hijacking are among the speculative theories regarding the disappearance of MH370. Here is a much simpler and more believable theory from a pilot with 20 years worth experience.

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Reports of a possible jumper in Cape Town CBD have been flooding in on Twitter under #WaleStreetJumper. Police have cordoned off Wale Street and are trying to talk the man down. We will keep updating this article as the story progresses.

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A couple’s quick thinking saved the life of a 3-year-old boy as he fell from the third storey of an apartment in Burbank, California. They were busy moving out of their apartment, when they spotted the toddler throwing his toys out of the window above. Trying to collect his toys the small boy fell out the window.

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The official line up is only meant to be released next week, but music insiders couldn’t wait any longer to leak a couple of the headlining acts ahead of schedule. Check out who will be headlining the 2014 Lollapalooza here.

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The report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found President Jacob Zuma has misled Parliament when he claimed the Zuma family paid for the costs of buildings in Nkandla.

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SA consumers are generally more tech savvy than their retail counterparts. A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) indicates SA consumers want retailers to up their game; provide convenient store locations, websites that enable them to easily find and purchase products online and provide easy-to-use mobile platforms.

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The Rolling Stones frontman penned a tribute message to his long time girlfriend L’Wren Scott on his Facebook page. Mick Jagger wrote that he will never forget Scott, clearly still in shock from her apparent suicide on Monday.

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‘Deepface’ sounds like a Bond villain or his plot to destroy the world, and it should. Using the world’s largest photo gallery, a la Facebook, the company has created a program that can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% accuracy. If you consider humans have 97.53% accuracy doing the same task, this program is mind blowing.

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Courtney Love added her two cents on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight by posting an image of the suspected aircraft in the ocean to her Facebook and Twitter accounts. She even outlined the craft in what looks like MS Paint. Courtney Love please meet the internet.

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The concept of a baby hatch is actually not a uniquely Chinese idea, some European countries literally have a baby hatch where unwanted babies can be dropped off. In America they are called ‘safe surrender sites.’ The Chinese variety is a mixture of the two, basically a tollbooth with a crib in it.

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Maybe it’s the cool sea breeze, the mountain with it’s tablecloth of clouds or just the Cape Town attitude – we don’t know, but Capetonians live longer than Tshwane residents – fact. According to the report on mortality and causes of death for 2011 by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Cape Town residents have a longer life span.

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After a 4.4 magnitude quake shook Californians awake in the early hours of 17 March, the LA Times were the first to report the incident, mere minutes after it was announced by the U.S. Geological Survey. You might be thinking it sounds faster than humanly possible. Well, yes. It was written by Quakebot.

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