A mother caused chaos yesterday when she called the 1Time call centre to tell them there was a bomb on one of their aircrafts. The valiant woman didn’t want her daughter to board a flight from Jozi to George, but alas, it was too late, and the aircraft was already in the air by the time the threat was received.

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Yesterday morning, actor Martin Short appeared on The Today Show in the US. The ex-Saturday Night Live performer was there to promote “Madagascar 3”, in which he voices the part of Stefano. Watch below as show host Kathie Lee Gifford keeps asking him about his wife and their relationship. The wife in question died two years ago. Awkward.

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English football is no stranger to big money, but a recent report by Deloitte shines a light on the financial successes and failures of England’s Premier clubs on and off the pitch. Long story short: debt is down, but salaries are way, way up.

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It’s been both a good and bad week for US Republican candidate Mitt Romney as the States edges ever closer to a November Presidential election. He bagged a victory in Texas, but suffered an iPhone Mittastrophe. Read what happened, after the jump!

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Holy backpedal, Batman! After a hell bent crusade against the Goodman Gallery, the ANC has decided to withdraw its case. This comes following the march on the gallery yesterday, where the gallery and the ruling party got together and reached an agreement. The announcement was made this morning in a media briefing at the gallery.

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He may be worth $20 billion, but when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took his new wife, Priscilla Chan to lunch during their honeymoon in Rome he spent 32 Euros – and elected not to leave a tip. The cash-flush couple’s bill came to 32 euros after a lunch of deep-fried artichokes, fried pumpkin flowers, and […]

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Well this is awfully troubling. Robert Mugabe, and his buddy, and political ally, Zambian president Michael Sata, have been honoured as “leaders for tourism” by the UN’s World Tourism Organisation. They join the likes of Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin.

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Following a recent survey, the chances that someone is a Manchester United supporter are now as great as one in ten. That’s almost 660 million people around the world.

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Last week you might have caught the interview on 2oceansvibe Radio with John McInroy, leader of the intrepid Avis Unogwaja team. You can listen to Graeme Joffe’s chat with John, right here! The team has been preparing for an event that brings to life the unique history of the Comrades, by following in the cycle […]

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Owing to what is arguably one of the more bizarre printing faux pas in cartoon history, Donald Duck has found himself embroiled in a Nazi-related scandal after an old comic book story was republished in Germany, featuring the word ‘Holocaust’ instead of ‘Congratulations’.

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If you haven’t seen the latest episode of Mad Man, now is a good time to stop reading, as there are some spoilers ahead. The latest episode of season five of the show saw Sterling Cooper Draper Price trying to woo the business of automobile manufacturer, Jaguar. Their method wasn’t too orthodox. Jaguar took to Twitter to respond.

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The 64-year-old warlord-turned-president is the first former head of state to be convicted by an international war crimes court since the Second World War. He was found guilty last month of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes, and crimes against humanity by supporting rebels between 1996 and 2002 in return for conflict diamonds.

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Remember that Dylan lyric: “Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king”? That’s kind of how I feel when I read that Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, earns a R4,6m salary annually – without paying tax on it. This is the very same person who very recently attacked the Greeks for failing to pay their taxes.

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As the dust settles between the ANC and the Goodman Gallery, all that’s left is for the Film and Publications Board to render their decision on the classification of our dear leader’s “umthondo” after a fraught hearing yesterday, but the how do you classify as offensive something that is no longer visibly offensive? And, what is the connection to “political criticism” in South Africa?

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Team Shake & Bake The Put Foot Rally is a 17-day journey through Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. One of the rally’s crews, Shake & Bake, will also be responsible for maintaining their own vehicles and route. The four members of this journey are Meegan Rourke, Louise Gans, Andrew McGill and Gordon McTavish. They […]

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Coffee cups bearing a pair of lacy bra-clad breasts have caused a stir at the University of Cape Town in recent days. Part of a promotional campaign by Axe deodorant, the controversial cups have prompted a number of complaints and have since been removed from the Upper Campus coffee shop where they were being distributed.

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The brand new Goldfish music video is here! The official music video for “Washing Over Me”, featuring Morning Parade, that’s been directed by Matt Torod, is very rad. Watch as Goldfish man accidentally alters the course of history wherever he goes. The new track is a collaboration between Goldfish and Steve Sparrow, from Morning Parade, […]

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Those of you living on in the real world would have been vaguely aware of a Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, parked on South Africa’s fair shores in the last two weeks.What you might not have thought about in the ensuing drama was the incredible job that the crew of the SMIT Amandla tug […]

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More details are emerging about Buffy, apparently the codename for Facebook’s HTC smartphone which may run with Android, all the Facebook trimmings and an Opera browser. Or will it? We try sort the facts from the fiction as excitement mounts over the phone that might topple Apple.

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Yesterday was Memorial Day in USA, celebrated on the last Monday of every May. This is a great time for politicians to make some noise, including John McCain. His sentiments weren’t exactly echoed by some members of his audience – resulting in a reaction that may have been the biggest display of cojones in his career. Video after the jump.

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Vodacom announced a short while ago that their Century City office would from August boast the largest array of solar panels on a single building in Africa. Nearly 2 000 mono crystalline solar panels will cover the 3 600m² roof of the building, it said.

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A protest march is currently underway and heading towards the Goodman Gallery, with people having been bussed in from as far as Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Check out all the action, and protest signs, after the jump.

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Recent polling of 3 600 South Africans between 15 and 35 has revealed some interesting preferences for the next President of South Africa.

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Sharks player Tendai Mtawarira is well-known in the rugby world as “Beast”, for obvious reasons. However, the marvelous brute is quickly earning international cult status for an immense feat of strength following a weekend clash with the Stormers. Click through for the details and amazing video.

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Are you a massive Elvis fan? Do you own all of The King’s records? Looking for a special piece of memorabilia and deeply concerned about where you’ll be laid to rest when you leave the earth one day? I may have just the thing for you.

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Instead of ripping into these competitions again, I thought I would try to find a few ways that they can be of use to you. Let’s see if I can find a couple of ways to make these seemingly silly, almost pointless competitions useful.

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Police commissioner Bheki Cele is currently suspended. It is also recommended that he be fired and that a criminal investigation be launched into his involvement regarding the irregular awarding of police headquarter leases worth R1,7bn. But Cele has now allegedly written to President Jacob Zuma, asking to be reinstated. As easy as that.

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The Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry following the News International phone hacking scandal. This morning Tony Blair was called to the stand, and whilst he was being questioned, a protester managed to make his way past security into the room. Watch him call Tony Blair a “war criminal being funded by JP Morgan” after the jump!

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Beleaguered City Press editor Ferial Hafferjee has published a cathartic editorial explaining the publication’s decision to pull the controversial pre-vandalised image of Brett Murray’s The Spear of the Nation that they have had posted on their website for a few weeks now, less than a day after she declared she would not. What happened, Miss Hafferjee?

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Anyone traveling from Cape Town to Johannesburg, especially on the “business run” on a Monday morning, knows that it’s a heck of a busy route. Exactly how busy, though? The Economist crunched the numbers and it turns out its one of the world’s busiest, outranking anything in the USA.

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