Following the death of Beastie Boys band member, Adam “MC” Yauch, one of the co-creators of Chapelle’s Show has released previously unseen footage of the band performing “The New Style,” a song from their debut album, on the show in 2004. The show’s co-creator and host Dave Chappelle performs with them for a bit.

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African Cup of Nations Local Organising Committee head, Mvuzo Mbebe, told reporters yesterday that Cape Town had not been selected as a host city for the upcoming AFCON because it “did not meet the criteria for hosting,” but did not elaborate quite where the Mother City fell short. Mayor De Lille has different ideas however…

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Earlier this month, Apple was briefly the most valuable company in the world, and their cash in hand value currently stands at $76,2 billion. You could literally buy anything with that and still have enough change to buy some more anything. Still struggling? Click through for a look at the National Post’s lovely, informative and aptly named More Money Than God infographic.

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It is no secret that I am deathly afraid of flying. It takes me a fistful of meds just to get off the ground, and even then I’m in a mild panic until I’m back on terra firma. Which is why articles like this worry me, because I want my plane in the best condition possible.

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King Mswati III is down another wife, leaving him only 12 to make do with. She is the second to have left in recent months, and cited “physical and emotional abuse” as the reason for her exit.

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The DA’s National Spokesperson, Mmusi Maimane has penned an open letter, to Jessica Leandra Dos Santos, and Tshidi Tamane, who earned infamy last week by stinking up twitter with their respective outbursts of racist vitriol. Maimane offers to host both of the racist models at his home, for dinner. Read the whole thing, after the […]

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LG Electronics, the world’s second biggest TV maker, will launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google’s platform in the United States in May. The South Korean firm is after a share of the emerging Internet TV market, a senior LG executive said today.

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It has been two years since 4,9 million barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. In the midst of the disaster, BP and its contractors did everything they could to keep people from seeing the scale of the disaster. But new photos released today offer some new insight into just how horrific the Gulf became for sea life. See them inside.

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Just as Twitter was cooling off from last Friday’s Jessica Leandra furore, another South African model (and also actress, apparently) called Tshidi Thamana (@tshditee) set the infernos of South African outrage blazing once more with a tweet she fired off in response to the Leandra debacle this weekend. But the biggest question on our lips is, who the hell is Tshidi Thamana?

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Fed up with the damage that piracy is doing to the local music industry, Lords Fire Recordz have planned a march against digital piracy, scheduled to happen in Pretoria today. The group would like to see harsher penalties for those guilty of piracy, and is calling on government to do more to combat the trading of illegal music in South Africa.

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YouTube has announced that big Hollywood stars, including Jennifer Garner and Dakota Fanning, have signed up to appear on its new online TV channel, Where It Gets Interesting (WIGS). We’ve known for a while that web TV is the future of entertainment – and a number of A-listers agree.

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47 Ethiopian men were rescued on the weekend from being sold into slavery by a human-trafficking syndicate in Limpopo. Snatched for ransom, those whose families can’t pay, have their relatives unwillingly sold into slavery in SA. The United Nations now estimates that there are more than 27 million slaves in the world.

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Making predictions is a fools game, but I feel as though I can see a corner in the distance. It’s a corner that local wine producers are turning, or at least preparing to turn. The big, overworked and oaked wines are on their way out. We present a few wines that demonstrate this turning point, and most importantly, you can afford them.

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The Global Marijuana March is a yearly event embracing cannabis culture as a personal lifestyle choice. Around 700 different cities worldwide, including Cape Town, have signed up since 1999. This highly anticipated celebration took place over the weekend. How did Capetonian dagga supporters celebrate? Find out inside.

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If you missed this on Ian F’s Breakfast Show on 2oceansvibe Radio this morning, this cover was performed at the Hollywood Bowl on May 4, 2o12, just days before the passing of Adam Yauch (AKA MCA), a co-founder of the Beastie Boys.

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You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.

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Divisive comments on same-sex relationships and homosexuality by ANC MP and Head of the Congress of Traditional Leaders, Patekile Holomisa have drawn criticism from defenders of same-sex equality and caused the ANC caucus in Parliament to issue a statement distancing itself from Holomisa’s words.

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Fury broke out across social networks today after FHM model Jessica Leandra dropped the K-bomb on a “gentleman” in a shop last night. In an attempt to explain where “her anger boiled from”, she updated her blog, also saying she is “apologetic”. FHM, however, has since publicly distanced themselves from her. Read the full statement by editor, Brendan Cooper, after the jump.

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Last year Stimorol rolled out a series of ads to promote their Infinity range, in the TV spots gum-chewers were caught in an infinite loop of increasingly bizarre situations. In their latest radvertising venture we’re taken to even more bizarre heights, featuring an anthro-dog, a bouncer in a tie-dyed one piece and a creepy man in a polo-neck.

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For a political party that prides itself on being squeaky clean, it was only a matter of time before something emerged. It’s not the Arms Deal, but having child p0rn on your office computer is probably not the smartest thing to do – especially if the p0rn involves kids.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, along with three other Frenchmen, have been accused of gang rape. Judges in charge of the investigation into a prostitution ring involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn now face two options: dismiss the new allegations, or bring charges of gang rape against them. It’s likely that the charges will stick.

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With her name trending on Twitter, and most of the major news outlets having picked up the story, Jessica Leandra is having a pretty crap Friday thus far. Last night she tweeted a little bigotry that she may regret for a lot longer than it took her to respond to the backlash on her website. Her full apology, after the jump, but is it enough?

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Mark Zuckerberg officially filed its IPO with Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday afternoon, announcing its intention to sell 337 million shares at between $28 and $35 a pop – in the biggest Internet stock offering since Google went public in 2004. They’ll be going roadshow for the next two weeks to let big investors see what they’re buying.

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You cannot make this stuff up. FHM model and self-described “glamorous blonde of Mediterranean nationality, born and bred in South Africa” dropped a K-bomb on another shopper during altercation in Spar last night, and then took to Twitter with her bile. More of Jessica’s online foolishness, after the jump!

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It’s here people. The D is back. We broke the news last month that Tenacious D was training with Josh Groban and Dave Grohl, and the fruits of their labour has arrived. Here is the first video from the band, as well as details for the ENTIRE album on Soundcloud.

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When you’re a student, popping out to the shops in your slippers is not a crime. In some sleepy SA beach towns, it’s positively de rigueur. But when you’re in military uniform, this is a big fat no-no. Lt-Col Ruth Ndayi has the SA Air Force up in arms about a photo taken of her wearing pink slippers to a Pretoria shopping mall, while dressed in military regalia.

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Well at least we know where we are doing our shopping this weekend.

Thanks Richard.

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If you are one of those douchebags (or know such a douchebag) who text while driving, then you need to check out this video. Potential drivers in Belgium were told they had to pass a “mobile phone test” in order to get their driver’s licenses. See how they did, inside.

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Because what last year’s homage to excessive, overblown action movies needed most of all was a sequel. Starring even more overhauled action heroes – like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and, at a guess, more slow-motion explosions and weapon puns, it looks like something you guys should probably watch.

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Photo: Brian Witbooi – TimesLive UK Couple’s Cheetah Horror – A Scottish couple will return home with a different version of happy holiday snaps when Archibald D’Mello and his wife Violet look at photographs of her being attacked by a cheetah. As Violet tried to stop one of her children from running away, the cheetah […]

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