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Charities
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Local Bodybuilder Faces Paralysis Following Car Accident – Show Your Support Here
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The festive season is a time for celebration and gifts. It’s also a time to give back to those who need it most. Marco Pietrowski is a local body builder who might be paralysed after a horrific car accident. He needs your help.
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Prince Harry Will Be Hanging In Cape Town This Weekend
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tally ho, chaps. Prince Harry is coming to town. He’s been preparing for a charity race to the South Pole that will take place next week, and he’s going to stop by Cape Town for some sunshine.
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Enjoy This Astronaut’s Guide To Movember [VIDEO]
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Heard of Chris Hadfield? He’s that awesome Canadian astronaut who spent a few months in the space station, and tweeted about his entire journey. He even recorded a music video in space, as well as gave tips on how to sleep in zero-gravity. Now, he’s giving tips on mustache-cultivation.
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Tragic Photo Captures Life On The Streets Of Cape Town
16 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We have been sent in this picture taken today on the streets of Woodstock, showing a child in a pram, left in the care of a man who is passed out on the pavement.
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NBA Star Kyrie Irving Has Dance Battle With SA Kid [VIDEO]
26 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Good guy Kyrie Irving visited a school in Gauteng to participate in an educational program supported by UNICEF’s Schools for Africa initiative. While visiting the kids, an impromptu dance battle kicked off with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ point guard and one brave student. The rest of the class provided the soundtrack.
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Instant Fame – Samuel L Jackson Is Asking Fans To Write A Monologue For Him
30 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is an ‘Ask Me Anything’ with a difference. Samuel L Jackson has presented Reddit users with a challenge. Come up with a 300 word blurb and if it gets upvoted you could be famous. The movie star will read your blurb as a monologue.
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Zach Galifianakis Takes A Homeless 87-Year-Old Woman As His Date To Every Premiere – This Is Why [VIDEO+PICS]
22 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When Zach Galifianakis was 25-years-old, he befriended a homeless, elderly, laundromat volunteer. Elizabeth “Mimi” Haist was her name and Zach, being the legend that he is, got her an apartment and took care of the bills in the process. Now he takes her to red carpet events – take a look.
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Cape Town Girl With Rare Life-Threatening Condition, Launches Blog Detailing Her Journey
20 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Jenna Lowe is a very close friend of the vibe who, at 17, was diagnosed with a rare, little-known, degenerative, life-threatening lung disease called Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. This beautiful bright child has launched a blog detailing her journey.
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Cool Charity Thinks Of Moms Who Won’t Be Getting Mother’s Day Gifts From Their Kids This Year
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
12 May 2013 will see another Mothers Day roll around. Most of usbuy chocolates, flowers, and spend the day spoiling our moms. But some mothers won’t get to enjoy that luxury, because this year they’ll be sitting beside their child’s hospital bed, praying for a miracle. Click through for details on how to give to a charity that will change that
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Follow This Epic Road Journey From Norway To Noordhoek For Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Cape Town couple from Norrdhoek, Sally and Stan Hannath are undertaking a road trip from Norway to Norrdhoek. The aim of the trip ios to rais awaerness for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hosptial in Johannseburg. THe cape2cape4kids road expedition will cover 27 countries and will run form June to October 2013.
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Buddy Beatdown – Manning Up For Charity
17 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Comedians Siv Ngesi and Brendan Murray battle it out in the ring for charity.
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Barney’s Army – Don’t Miss John Smit’s Epic Final Match
21 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
John Smit’s final farewell to the Mr Price Kings Park faithful takes place on Friday 22 June 2012. John will bid an emotional goodbye to those who have supported him over the past 10 years when his Barney’s Army side play the Sharks. The game is in celebration of the launch of the John Smit […]
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Gordon Ramsey Owned By Teddy Sheringham In Celeb Soccer Match, Leaves On Stretcher [VIDEO]
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gordon Ramsey suffered an effing back injury in the recent effing Soccer Aid, held every two years in effing England. The match sees a team from effing England play against a team from the rest of the effin’ world, in a charity match where all the effing proceeds go to UNICEF. Ramsey was taken out by effin’ Teddy Sheringham, and had to be taken off the field in a fucking stretcher. Video after the jump.
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2012 Put Foot Rally Kicks Off In June, MINI Named Official Vehicle Sponsor Of Team Shake & Bake
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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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I Am An African Man: African Men, Hollywood Stereotypes [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the positive things to emerge from the Kony 2012 saga was the fact that discussion around some of Africa’s many problems increased. One could say that more people know about some of the things we deal with, than before Kony 2012. Charity organisation, Mama Hope, has since released a response video, seeking to break what it calls stereotypes of black African men.
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Google Launches Incredible Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to launch what will arguably become the most extensive online archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The free global access to photos, videos, letters and personal documents about his life and times will continue to expand as people across the world add their memorabilia to the archive.
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Face-Recognizing Billboard Only Displays Ad To Women
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An intelligent billboard set up in London has facial recognition tech built in that lets it scan passersby for gender – if a woman stops to take a look, it plays a 40-second video clip. Dudes only get a link to the advertiser’s website. It’s like they’re trying to send a message or something.
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Road Safety Initiative Calls For Kids’ Car Seat Donations
22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Driving over the holiday season can be hairy at the best of times, but imagine what it’s like for parents who cannot afford to transport their families safely. Road safety organisation Drive More Safely has launched a new children’s campaign which calls for donation of old car seats which can be used to help more families transport their kids safely.
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Recession Threatens Funding For Fighting HIV/AIDS
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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Charity Gala In Aid Of Camps Bay Strip Social Uplifment
21 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The new Camps Bay Business Forum is staging a Charity Gala Evening at The Bay Hotel on Tuesday 22 November, to raise much needed funds and awareness with a view to ensuring the sustainability of this truly iconic South African destination for visitors and locals alike. This stylish formal event for over 300 guests is […]
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The 4th Annual Go Bowling For Movember Tournament
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sunday, 27 Movember is an auspicious date. Kelvin Grove Club will never be the same, until next year. For those of you not in the know, during the month of Movember, men grow their moustaches as a sign of support for those men who have been afflicted with cancer. GO Bowling uses bowling as a […]
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Movember – You’re Doing It Wrong (A Public Service Announcement)
10 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Big Cheeser Bob and I were fortunate enough to have lunch with an Ozzie fella, JC – one of the founding members of Movember. We chowed at my buddy Luke Dale Robert’s new restaurant at the Biscuit Mill, called “The Test Kitchen.” Awesome, simple cuisine aside, I was intrigued by JC’s clarification with regards to […]
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Wikileaks Temporarily Plugged Due To Lack Of Funds
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It turns out publishing classified diplomatic files online isn’t all that lucrative! Whistle blowing site, WikiLeaks has announced that they’re pausing their publishing process to concentrate on raising funds. Julian Assange claims that the financial “blockade” mounted by Visa, MasterCard and other companies, has forced Wikileaks to “temporarily suspend its publishing operations and aggressively fundraise.”
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Volunteer Wildfire Services Family Day – Sunday
19 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A guy from Volunteer Wildfire Services emailed me. His name is Michael Brandt. No spice. More than enough reason to show you this flyer. We at VWS Jonkershoek will be holding our second Fire & Fynbos Awareness Day on the 25th September 2011. Our focus is once again on creating awareness of what our volunteer […]
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Jack Parow Joins The Mix For Thursday Night! Tickets Nearly Sold Out – Get Yours Now!
22 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Things have just gone from rad to awesome! I was in my element when I heard that Ard Matthews had secured Dan Nicholl as the MC for the “Ard Matthews & Friends” charity concert being held on Thursday night. But now they go and announce that one times Jack Parow will be joining the likes […]
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Ard Matthews & Friends 2011 – Do NOT Miss This Event!
15 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ard Matthews’ annual live charity event, in association with MyLife, is back again! Another star-studded show will be taking place on Thursday August 25 at the Upper East Side Hotel. I’m sure those of you who went last year will be back again – as you know just how much fun the evening is! 2oceansvibe […]
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Artist To Live In Enclosure With Lions For Five Weeks
05 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Aleksandr Pylyshenko, a Ukrainian artist who owns a private zoo in the city of Vasilyevka, plans on living in an enclosure with Katya and Samson, his lions, for five weeks to raise money to improve the zoo’s living conditions and to increase awareness of underfunded private Ukrainian zoos. So that makes sense.
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Amy’s Final Duet With Legend Tony Bennett
04 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Her untimely death shocked millions of people, but as proof that every cloud has a silver lining, a duet between Amy Whinehouse and Jazz Legend Tony Bennett is to be released as a charity single. All royalties from the pop classic Body and Soul, are to go to an organisation set up by Amy’s father, curbing youth drug use.
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Brooklyn, New York – Where The Real Superheroes Shop
06 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
That’s right fellow civilians, superheroism is no longer reserved for super-babies in rockets from other planets. The days of microwaving spiders, trying to recreate Spidey’s powers are over! Behold, now you too can slip out during your lunch break and save the world, and all it will cost you is a ticket to the Big Apple.
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket Sells For $1.8 Million At Auction
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The infamous red leather jacket worn by the deceased king of pop, Michael Jackson, in his renowned Thriller video, has sold this weekend at an auction in California, for $1.8 million. That is a cool R12.4 million at today’s exchange rate. The jacket also boasts Jackson’s signature on the one sleeve.
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