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Shrinkflation – The Dastardly Way Retailers Get you To Pay More For Less

did you also notice how the 340 millilitres changed to 330ml along with the shape of the bottle?

There’s Something A Little Scarier Than Zombie Viruses Frozen In Permafrost

The permafrost is in trouble as the climate warms.

Swiss Bank Lists Most Expensive Cities In The World Right Now

The world’s most expensive city to live in right now is a bit of a new and surprising contender.

The Seychelles Explains Reason For Banning Nigerian Tourists

Negative stereotypes against Nigerians are widespread, even playing out in various African nations, including South Africa.

A Cape Town Atlantic Seaboard Gem Makes It On To TimeOut’s ‘World’s Coolest Hoods’ List

TimeOut has released its sixth annual list of the world’s 40 coolest neighbourhoods, and one of our own Cape Town gems has landed on the list again

A Final “Good Luck” To The Springboks [Video]

South African youth wishing our mighty rugby team well wishes

Unsuspecting Colorado Security Guard Gets A Real Whopping By Bear That Snuck Into Hotel Kitchen [Video]

A hotel security guard inside an Aspen, Colorado kitchen was treated to a solid whopping by a bear on Monday.

Alex De Bruin Believes Siya And The Springboks Are Our National Solution

Nicks helps us in the garden on Fridays. He works energetically, with a smile and a love for plants and the soil. We usually speak about compost, regenerative agriculture, and his football matches. I try to speak isiXhosa. He speaks much better English back. He gives Clementine a hug when he arrives and takes her […]

Tune In – Apple’s October Event Will Be Strikingly Different

Apple’s upcoming event promises to be thrilling and strikingly different.

Eek! Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Can Talk Now [Video]

Spot the robot dog built by engineering company Boston Dynamics can now speak thanks to ChatGPT.

First Recording Of A Dying Human Brain Reveals ‘Life Recall’ Activity

For the first time, human brain activity in the final seconds before death has been recorded, showing a ‘rhythmic activity’ similar to that seen while we are dreaming. The finding has finally given some credence to accounts of near-death experiences, in which life flashes before your eyes, in a phenomenon dubbed by researchers as “life […]

Thursday Throwback To When Goldfish Were Little Fish At Baraza

Let’s take a cruise down memory lane and revisit one of Camps Bay’s trendiest spots in 2004 – Baraza baby!

Cape Town’s First ‘Arcade Bar’ Brings Retro Vibes To Hout Street

Cape Town’s first arcade-themed bar, cleverly named Barcadia, has become the retro hangout all drinking-age gamers have been waiting for.

SA Horrorfest Celebrates Its 19th Year At The Labia In Cape Town [Video]

The South African Horrorfest is back again, marking its 19th year of bringing the chills to local fans and filmmakers alike.

That Nude Dating Show ‘Naked Attraction’ Gets Deeper Than You Might Think

The most balsy show on television was just added (in part) to HBO Max – even though it premiered in the UK in 2016 – and now it’s on everyone’s lips. Naked Attraction features singles choosing a partner based solely on their slowly revealed nude body parts – which is certainly a titillating premise. On this […]

HBO’s ‘Savior Complex’ Doccie Dissects How The “Angel Of Death” Caused Havoc In Uganda [Trailer]

Renée Bach, a white evangelical Christian missionary, used that image up top of her as a god-like saviour of starving Ugandan children as a way to fundraise donor support from the US. Bach was only nineteen when she founded a nonprofit in Jinja, Uganda, called Serving His Children (this was in 2009), which was focused […]

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