In a discovery that seems more at home in the script of a B-grade crime drama series, it was alleged that drug lords in Miami’s Federal Detention Center were receiving visits from pole-dancers.

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Four young boys were forced to slap each other as part of their punishment after they were caught stealing chocolates at a Shoprite in Limpopo. Security footage of the incident shows how the boys took turns in slapping each other, while staff watched, laughed and passed “silly” comments.

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Visitors to Cape Town (let’s face it, the migration to the Mother City for the summer has definitely started) may appreciate it if you point out Table Mountain to them tomorrow evening. With 1 December marking World Aids Day, the City of Cape Town has agreed to light up the natural wonder in red between 7pm and 11pm.

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Yesterday DJ Fresh tweeted the following regarding a family member: “Attention seeking person i know says ‘i just tried to kill myself’… would it be ‘wrong’ to send them 5 ways that WILL work? #SOselfish [sic]”. He also called his cousin “a suicidal brat”. This has upset a lot of people, including the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), yet Fresh remains defiant on the matter.

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Gabriele Amorth is the Vatican’s chief exorcist. And if he is to be believed, he’s pretty good at it with just under 70 000 banished evil spirits under his belt. He says yoga is the work of the devil and leads to a belief in Hinduism, which, in turn, leads to evil.

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Nelson Mandela is awesome. The whole world knows that. Upon pushing through the Protection of Information Bill in Parliament just over a week ago, a number of South African MP’s seemed to momentarily forget that.

Here’s something they should put in their cars, to remind them of how good Nelson Mandela smells.

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The Carrier IQ software, installed on most modern Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones, is supposed to record some of the things phones do so manufacturers can do quality control. Except it’s also been logging everybody’s text messages, web searches, and phone calls. Which is pretty bad.

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Good grief, this is what happens when you try to get granddads on an awards stage before they’ve had their lunch and/or an afternoon nap.

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Remember the surfer from a while back that rode the world’s biggest wave? I thought he had pretty big balls. Turns out he ain’t got nothing on this guy.

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Clearly the father (or “papa” as they like to say in France) of international rugby player, Imanol Harinordoquy had a touch too much pastis during a derby game between Biarritz and Bayonne. Check out the video after the jump.

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Police in riot gear are moving in on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles right now. They’re enforcing the mayor’s order to evict protesters who have camped outside City Hall for the past eight weeks. Supporters are streaming into the area in a show of solidarity as the protesters seek to defy the order and risk arrest.

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Last month, Google Maps’ Street View functionality started displaying photos of retail spaces’ interiors; now Google Maps itself is headed indoors, too, with a proposed Google Maps Floor Plans feature. This would mean Google maps of airports, shopping malls, and other buildings that you might somehow be able to get lost in.

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In a blow to those with shy bladders, a UK company has piloted a new urinal entertainment system that allows the pee-er to play a video game on a LCD screen positioned above the urinal, using their pee stream to control the game play.

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A scene which could’ve come right off the pages of Slumdog Millionaire took place at a Mumbai train station recently when a citizen-initiated flash mob erupted in the midst of commuters.

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Key decision makers on the global climate change issue have been hesitant to make a conclusive call at the COP17 talks, which are currently being held in Durban. There are major concerns that the world’s only legally binding climate agreement could sink entirely.

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Sealed up in the lower levels of a medical faculty building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands lies a genetically altered flu strain which could potentially cause a pandemic which could kill half of the world’s population.

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The Italian clothing label’s controversial advertising campaign, Unhate, which was launched less than two weeks ago, is surely going to garner more raised eyebrows with their latest stunt: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu kissing Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas on a large billboard in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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An American gun club has invited children and their families to pose for pictures with Santa Claus – and a high-powered firearm! They are able to choose between grenade launchers, assault rifles and AK-47s. The picture, taken against a festive backdrop, will then feature on a holiday card. Afterwards, the families also get a chance to test out the machine guns.

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Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s president, described the freshly-unveiled Fun-Vii as “a smartphone on four-wheels,” which sounds like something you would say to describe a car with lots of gadgets. Except Toyota’s new concept car, unveiled ahead of the Tokyo Auto show is like a smartphone on four wheels because it has giant touchscreen doors.

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As World AIDS Day approaches, health advocacy groups and charities across the developing world are tightening their belts following an announcement by the The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria that the expected 11th round of funding due in 2012 would be cancelled due to “resource constraints”.

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Oh dear lady. Here’s a little bit of advice to you Miley: When you’re at your 19th birthday party, chances are there’s someone there filming you, waiting to give something to the tabloids. Hence, don’t say anything stupid.

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Car Magazine is offering you a personalized print and downloadable calendar with exclusive photos of us every month, along with your Facebook photos, friends birthdays, and other event dates! CLICK HERE to create your unique calendar now.

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Celeste Coetzee gave The Gallery at Grande Provence in Franschhoek a little more than they’d agreed on last week. Her Unisa Final Year Student Exhibition was axed from The Gallery after she went a bit too far by posing nude and tearing pages from a Bible.

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Nearly 10 000 people dressed up in zombie gore and wandered through Mexico City this weekend, in a bid to set the new world record for zombie walks, which is a thing. Once verified by Guinness, the walk will blaze past the previous record of 4 093 zombies, set in New Jersey last year.

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The Beagle Freedom Project rescues dogs that are bred and used for lab testing. These dogs are born in laboratories and live in cages their whole lives. The project recently rescued 40 dogs, between ages four and seven, who have never seen outside sunlight.

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Are you a bro just looking to hang with another bro, with no funny business? Then new app, Bromance, might just be for you…

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John Carpenter’s 1982 ice-bound identity horror fest, The Thing, is one of those films that grew on audiences and critics hearts’ as the years passed since its mediocre initial reception. Let’s see if 2011’s ice-bound update get’s a less chilly reception.

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Fully equipped with a personal submarine, a helicopter that nests in a hydraulically operated hangar and water cannons, the PJ World Yacht is the ultimate floating luxury mansion that you’ve always dreamed of… and will never have.

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It’s Just a Plant is an illustrated picture book about marijuana for the younger members of society. The plot is fairly simple: Jackie catches her folks smoking a joint one evening, and then her mother takes her on a trip the next day to learn more about marijuana.

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The saying goes that you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight. But in Egypt, where violence is once again reaching a crescendo, protesters are protecting themselves with whatever they can find as they fight fierce street battles with the military. Check out their home-made armour consisting of garden buckets, gas masks and…egg boxes.

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