The details on this morning’s shooting are still unclear, but whatever the outcome it should serve as another warning againt raising a simple sportsman up to be something he ultimately isn’t.

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The identity of Oscar Pistorius’s current girlfriend has been revealed.

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Paralympic hero, Oscar Pistorius, has shot and killed his girlfriend. The shooting happened in the early hours of this morning at his home in Silver Lakes, Pretoria.

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Twitter and American Express (Amex) have collaborated to make an online shopping cart, via Twitter. You’ll first need to sync your Amex to twitter. The twitter account has to be public and no prepaid or corporate American Express cards are compatible. You tweet the appropriate product hashtag and the @AmexSync twitter account will tweet a confirmation hashtag […]

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Here’s something light for those of you who’ve had a terrible Wednesday. It has been known for years that the mountainside above Tamboerskloof is inhabited by semi-wild donkeys that make occasional appearances in Bo-Kaap parking lots and Tamboerskloof streets. Two of the elusive beasts trundled gracefully from the mist this morning on to the Signal Hill road, and were […]

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At the end of last month, we predicted that these two guys would probably die. Well, here’s our steaming humble pie. Two British adventurers, Philip Young(64) and Paul Brace (45), left Cape Town on 1 February for a trans-continental drive. The two left the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town in their 875cc Fiat Panda, to drive the […]

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Anti apartheid activist, Mamphela Ramphele resigned as chairwoman of the Gold Fields Mining yesterday. This news only fuels the fire that Ramphele is starting her own political party to challenge the country’s ruling African National Congress. According to Gold Fields, Ramphele retired “to further her socio-economic and political work.” Speculation went into overdrive when Ramphele visited […]

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Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he’s resigning for the “good of church”, which of course makes our ears prick up immediately. Sure, he could be resigning for health reasons, but many previous Popes have shuffled off their mortal coil while in Papal power. So, apart from failing health, what could have sparked the Holy […]

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Given the recent conversation around rape in South Africa, we decided to test how prepared our officers in the immediate Cape Town area are to assist a citizen wanting to lay a charge of rape. We visited Lansdowne Police Station, Claremont Police Station and Wynberg Police Station, and asked the Constables on duty to define […]

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Remember this guy? For those of you who were born in the last 12 months, here’s a brief catch-up. There once was a Mr South Africa 2011 candidate named Adriaan Bergh. In order to promote his profile and garner votes, he produced this video – which was totally sincere, by the way. Mr South Africa […]

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Downhill skater, Dec’io Lourenc’o, will not be prosecuted according to Cape Town traffic enforcement. This is a far cry from the words of JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, and his response to Lourenc’o’s “reckless and negligent” behaviour captured in YouTube videos filmed on Kloof Road and the Glen to Clifton. Why? The videos […]

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Oh. I’m going to be sick into my mouth. This is what the most perversely masochistic nightmares are made of. Erick Reis was the unfortunate soul who stood outside (ONE COULD BE ON YOUR BACK, ERICK) to witness the horror after leaving an engagement party in the Brazilian town of Santo Antonio da Platina. Apparently […]

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A new show is hitting the airwaves of 2oceansvibe Radio. Two and a Half men starts Tuesday the 12th February, and runs from 19h00-20h00 live form Melrose Arch. If it’s trending they’re talking about it – be it music, fashion, food, gadgets, style, entertainment, movies, travel, sport or beautiful babes. Join DJ Wags, Jason Greer […]

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In tribute to his time in the Papacy we present: The Pontiff in a gale. His Holiness in a hurricane. The Holy Father in a howl. Our @pontifex in a squall.

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Ever year, four schools behind the boerewors curtain in Cape Town’s Northern Suburbs and outlying districts gather for a day of sporting and cultural competition. Of course, one of those contests is in school cheerleading. Known as the MTBS, the day sees DF Malan, Stellenberg, Tygerberg and Bellville highschools pitted against each other in a […]

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Okay, look, it isn’t very funny to poke fun at hipsters anymore, seeing as the term is roughly 40 years old already. Apart from that, it has been done to death. You can’t even poke fun at hipsters in an ironic, self-reflexive way anymore. So this video is really late to the party, and should […]

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There really is no excuse for not finding a date this Valentines Day! Seriously. There’s a dating site for every delightful variety of human being out there. No matter what side of the tracks you happen to fall on, no matter what extra-mural activity tickles your fancy, there is something just for you. Because why? […]

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Over the weekend, NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully drilled into the surface of Mars and collected its first sample from inside a Martian rock. Take a moment to stand right beside Curiosity, and enjoy the Martian landscape. The context, courtesy of Wired: Late on Feb. 8, Curiosity drilled a 6.4-cm-deep hole into a rock nicknamed John Klein on the surface […]

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You don’t need to pit a car against a Vietnam-era attack helicopter in a speed test. But Top Gear Korea (South) did just that. Except that the helicopter did something unexpected, by delivering its pilot into the ground with great gusto.

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In this video above, Raytheon’s “principal investigator” Brian Urch explains how their Rapid Information Overlay Technology (RIOT) software uses photographs uploaded to social networks and data logged by networks like Foursquare, Facebook and Twitter to determine the exact, real time location of an individual. These images sometimes contain latitude and longitude details – automatically embedded […]

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Several roads will be closed and parking restricted around Parliament during the State of the Nation address on Thursday, 14 February 2013. The closures and parking restrictions will take place from midnight on 13 February until 01h00 on Friday, 15 February. A rehearsal will be held in parts of the Central city from 11 to […]

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COMPETITION CLOSED: THE WINNER WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY If you read our article last week, you’ll have a better idea of why getting your data on to the cloud in 2013 should be top of your life priorities. Cloud Storage removes the need to carry around an external hard drive, or worry about it being […]

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Charlie Sheen is crying out to Christopher Dorner, the rouge ex-police cop who allegedly killed three people, to call him to talk about his crimes. On Saturday, Sheen released this video urging Dorner to contact him, after the actor was mentioned in Mr Dorners manifesto. Dorners didn’t make too much mension of Sheen other than saying, […]

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If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. In this week’s edition, show presenters Phillip de Wet and Verashni Pillay cover allegations of physical and emotional abuse leveled against Cabinet Minister Tokyo Sexwale, the upcoming state of the nation address and the […]

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30 million pilgrims gathered to bathe at the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at sunset yesterday to celebrate Kumbh Mela, the holiest day of India. The Hindu festival is held every 12 years and this year’s installment expects to receive 100 million bathers over the course of the 55 day festival. The Hindu religion believes that bathing […]

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The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will resign on 28 February, an italian news agency has announced. Twitter, in the mean time, has gone into a feeding frenzy.

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Carrying a load of bricks from boat to shore sounds a logistical challenge. Unless you’re this guy. He casually loads them atop his head, strolls from the the boat, across the gangplank, and into the Boss Hall Of Fame. He might also be the king of Jenga, but we’re still waiting for that video to […]

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Should skateboards be allowed on Cape Town roads? Do skateboards and bicycles deserve the same amount of respect on the roads? Did Dec’io set off the speed trap, or was it the car right behind him? The answers to all these questions, and more, inside

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British scientists are working on a new type of prosthetic material that could allow you grow your own hip, in the event that the one your mother gave you no longer works. This technology could be available within the next 10 years. Patient implants would be made from a revolutionary type of plastic material which […]

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Since leaving the White House, former United States President, George W Bush has become quite the painter. A hacker by the name of Guccifer hacked into the former President’s private emails and photos. The cache obtained by Guccifer contains paintings and several photos that Bush allegedly painted for friends and family. Entitled: The Bath Stunning. […]

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