In this week’s installment of “Well, What Did You Expect?” we profile a man named Jack Vale, who people are calling a ‘psychic’ .

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So, Bafana Bafana lost a major sponsor in Puma, when they pulled out a while ago. Now, companies are scrambling to fill the place once occupied by the big cat brand.

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Many of us worry whether our bodies get enough exercise – but it’s important to remember that our mental health is just as important if we want to be successful and healthy. Clinical social worker Amy Morin prepared this list of things to avoid in order for your mind to be as strong as steel

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A man from San Francisco claims that a Google Maps satellite image near some train tracks shows the body of his teenage son – who was murdered in 2009.

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Julius Malema 10-day trial starts in the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court, where he is facing charges of money laundering and racketeering related to the alleged irregular awarding of a R52 million tender to On-Point Engineers, partly owned by Malema’s Ratanang Family Trust. M&G reporter Phillip de Wet reportr from the court case in Polokwane and gives […]

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Well, this is just a treat. Former Governor Sarah Palin punched her way back into the news this week by invoking slavery in remarks about American public debt, then doubling down on the remarks in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Martin Bashir presents the ‘Clear The Air’ segment on MSNBC in the States, and he used his platform as an opportunity to punish Palin for her stupidity.

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Alright, alright – so we had to post a story about this. One page on social media posts pictures of an American woman sitting next to a dead lion that she killed in South Africa, and the whole internet goes nuts.

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Located in Southern East Zanzibar, Shungi Jambiani Beach Resort overlooks the powdery white sands and turquoise waters of the island offering an exclusive getaway for travellers in need of a well-deserved break. CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS Choose from the following options: For travel between 1 November 2013 and 3 December 2013: R7 450 for […]

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You may have noticed a few ludicrous art sales happening lately, what with this Andy Warhol painting going for a billion rand, and this Francis Bacon piece which was sold for a billion and a half. But how is this value created? Where does it come from and how does it rise so exponentially? Perhaps the world of crime is to blame.

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We don’t know precisely why we get annoyed with Americans who want to ‘save Africa’. Maybe it’s because we see it as paternalistic. Maybe it’s because we see it patronising.

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This is either very sad or very legendary. If this man had bought the house for the express purpose of pissing off his ex, then it’s sad. If he had no choice, was forced to move next to his ex, and then erected the satue – he’s a legend. Alan Markovitz had recently broken up […]

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Before you get a fright, they’re not making a movie sequel – thank god – its just a sequel to the book. His former colleagues are having a little get-together, and are working to complete a book that will pick up where ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ left off.

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Before you read on, know that this article will divulge information about a bungalow in Clifton that you could have been (illegally) living in for the past 10 years, if you got there first. But you didn’t. Bergies did.

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The Vans Warped Tour was cancelled yesterday, after a show in London saw one of the artists leap into the crowd from 12 metres. A rapper from the US, George Watsky, thought it would be cool to leap off the lighting rig and into the waiting crowd below. It wasn’t.

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Were we supposed to be taking Scientologists seriously? Hah. If you, like us, had thought that it was just a fad, then you might have to re-examine your prejudices. These guys are not kidding around.

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Think about what you have to do today. Now, don’t do it. “How?” we hear you ask. It’s easy – just follow the instructions on this epic infographic. In fact, you might as well kick the procrastination off by reading the infographic.

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The English just love doing this sort of thing. Every year around Cristmas, they gather around and try to get a certain song up to number 1 in the charts just in time for Christmas. Why? Well, because they’re bored and lonely and live on a cold, rainy Island where it gets dark at 3pm.

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Here’s yet another reason not to become a politician. While some people use Bitcoins to buy things like socks and sushi online, Kawabatake Sanjuro invented a website called the Assissination Market, where you place a bid to have a government official killed in exchanged for Bitcoins.

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These twins are cuddling each other, mimicking the position their positions in the womb, as they take a relaxing spa bath. Yeah, you read that.

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We love Instagram because it allows us to explore our inner artist and to find and follow people who share interesting photos. As usual, however, there are those couple of people who take it one (or a hundred) steps too far.

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If working late behind your computer is getting you down, Colorado-based company TDA_Boulder has the solution to your problem. The company has invented the ‘Happy Hour Virus,’ which is a screensaver that fakes a computer glitch, allowing you to leave work early.

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We all feel a little bit uneasy about our private emails being stashed and archived in someones inbox forever. Surely when we invented digital mail, we could have thought ahead and prevented it? Anyway, we didn’t – but now someone has created a service that will help with this.

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South Africa’s roads are treacherous, we all know that. From the potholed one-lane nightmare-roads in the Eastern Cape, to the isolated N2 of the Karoo, staying alive on the road is never more important than it is within our very own borders.

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We’ve all had those flying dreams. You know, the ones where you can fly around endlessly – until you touch the ground and then can’t fly anymore. If you knew you were dreaming, that is, if you were “lucid dreaming”, you would be able to pick yourself up and fly again.

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It’s tough being an archaeologist. You spend months out in the field trying to pick away the sands of time, often finding nothing. And even when you do find something, it’s tough to get people excited. Well, the hard work may have paid off, as archaeologists have uncovered an entire city in the dust of Israel.

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In America these days, if you’re not knocking out random people on the sidewalk, you’re not cool. Aptly named ‘knockout’, the aim of the game is to identify a target – and then knock him or her out in a single punch. Which is bad enough as it is, but now several teens in New Jersey face jail-time after reportedly beating a homeless man to death.

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SNL gone done it again. Despite knowing how much Kanye West hates parodies of himself, they went ahead an produced this spoof video. In the clip, Jay Pharoah (Kanye) and Nasim Pedrad (Kim) nail their respective characters as they host the fictional breakfast show “Waking Up With Kimye”.

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McDonald’s have been receiving a very violent and prolonged spate of twitter-complaints from disgruntled customers, who have been complaining that the once-legendary drive-thru service has been seriously lacking. In response, they’ve completely changed the drive-thru forever. Sort of.

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LA-based start-up, The Honest Company aims to make eco-friendly, non-toxic, affordable products for babies and their families. In the normal run of business, it might have been hard to get going. But when Jessica Alba is one of your co-founders, that’s not too much of a worry.

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