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Culture
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‘Go Fuck Yourself, Cape Town’ Blog Post Goes Viral – Gets Response
29 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
If you haven’t read it yet, now might be the time to do so. Jade Mitchell’s blog received some serious attention last week when she posted a scathing observation about Capetonians and their unwarranted sense of superiority towards themselves and their city. Titled “Go F***ck Yourself Cape Town” , the piece details an array of […]
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Does Anyone Pay Full Price For Anything Anymore? [VIDEO]
22 Apr 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Remember when people were willing to pay full price for stuff? Remembering when paying full price for an HD television, set of golf clubs, or pair of shades was completely normal? That was before the internet. Ah yes, a joke. But there’s truth in jest. Access to the internet has led to an explosion […]
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Cape Town Is Getting A Brand New Performing Arts Festival
16 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Arts Festival in partnership with the city of Cape Town, announced that a new performing arts festival will be launched in Cape Town and surrounding areas later this year. Cape Town will get its very own Fringe Festival.
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Incredible Pictures Show Mongolian Girl (13) Hunt Foxes With Her Eagle [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Somewhere on the slopes of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia, lives the most badass 13-year-old girl ever. She is most likely the only Kazakh huntress in training. Marvel at these stunning photographs of Ashol-Pan, hunting with her massive golden eagle.
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The Story Behind That Window XP Horizon Image [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Microsoft has recently shelved its famous operating system, Windows XP. Let’s take a trip down memory lane: here’s the story behind XP’s iconic default background, “Bliss.”
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Science Shows 4 Ways To Motivate Your Staff
10 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
To have a successful business it is vital to motivate your staff. Motivation is more important to a company’s success than employees’ intelligence, ability or salary. Here are four ways to motivate your kids, employees or spouse.
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“Thumbs Up” Means “Up Yours” In Some Countries [INFOGRAPHIC]
01 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hark! Worldly travelers should heed these hand signs. Knowing them might save you from landing in hot water with the locals. Crossing your fingers may be perceived in the west as wishing for good luck, but in Vietnam it’s a lewd sign for female genitals.
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Watch This Little Girl Respond To Beyonce And Co’s ‘Ban Bossy’ Campaign [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A couple of weeks ago Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg started a campaign to ban the word ‘bossy.’ But there’s an alternative. Instead of removing a word from language entirely why not start an informed dialogue around how the use of the word? Listen to what these little girls have to say about the word ‘bossy.’
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Art Student Makes Car Invisible [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This artwork takes a new spin on not remembering where you parked your car. Even if you remembered where it was parked, you might not be able to spot it. Check out how Sara Watson used paint to create an almost invisible car.
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Got An Idea? Live On This Island For Free While You Work On It
17 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Throughout history, creatively inclined people have had to sometimes rely on a rich benefactor for financial backing, while their ideas are still in the teething phase. “Ideas Island” is project by Fredrik Härén which allows creatives to stay on one of three private islands for free.
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Is Our Appetite For Cape Flats Gangland Cinema Only Fuelling The Gangsters?
04 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gangland thrillers, with their true-to-life characters and gripping storylines, are taking South African cinema by storm. Best-selling crime fiction writer Mike Nicol finds out why.
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Baby Gun Photo Causes Internet Backlash [PHOTO]
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Watch out! This baby has a gun! Not really though, she doesn’t even know where the trigger is – dumb baby. This picture a dad took of his baby daughter with a bolt action rifle resting on her lap has caused a ruckus on social media.
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Praat Die Taal? The Brain Benefits Of Speaking More Than One Language [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If english isn’t your home language in South Africa, there is a very high chance that you speak more than one language. And if you do, take this moment to bask in the glory that is your superior brain.
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Here’s A Very Cool Documentary Of People Eating A Burger For The First Time [VIDEO]
18 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Imagine a world without burgers – it’s scary, we now. This documentary created by Burger King features people that never knew burgers even existed trying them out for the first time. Our favourite is the guy who says he prefers seal meat.
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This Entire Town In France Is Nudist – Including The Shops And Restaurants
17 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cap d’Agde is “village naturiste” in France. And no, you may absolutely not go there with your clothes on. In fact, they have fairly stringent rules. Check them out, after the jump.
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Fascinating Documentary: The Boers At The End Of The World [VIDEO]
17 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over a century ago, 600 Afrikaner Boer families left South Africa for remote Patagonia. This community survives to this day – but is on the verge of dying out. This is a teaser for the documentary feature film in production, The Boers at the End of the World. Follow the project, here. Read an extensive story […]
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A Guide To The World’s Weirdest Festivals [INFOGRAPHIC]
11 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the ancient Hindu festival of Holi having recently been turned into an excuse for wearing a tank top and throwing lumo paint in the air, we offer you few new festivals from around the world to try in order to stay ahead of the trends.
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The Comprehensive Guide To Super-Villain Lairs [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We know it becomes very cumbersome to lug around your death-ray from flat to flat. Urgh – and finding property in town with two bedrooms, en-suite bathrooms, with a pool big enough to house your sharks with frickin lasers can be such a hassle.
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Are You Allowed To Like Woody Allen?
28 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Woody Allen’s wit and nuances, coupled with his unprecedented work load, churning out one movie every year, most of them award winning, makes it hard not to like the short, spectacled filmmaker. But a dark cloud has resurfaced around Woody Allen’s past recently, due to an article published by Vanity Fair.
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Neuroscience Combines With Virtual Reality To Create Body Swapping [VIDEO]
27 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Never mind wife swap, this is body swap. Yes folks, there’s a device out there that lets you see, hear, and even feel what what it’s like in another person’s body.
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WATCH: Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr Performing Together At The Grammy Awards [VIDEO]
27 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 56th Grammy Awards reunited Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr for a special performance of ‘Queenie Eye’ taken from McCartney’s 2013 album, ‘New’. The two Beatles members didn’t miss a beat and had the entire crowd of the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on their feet by the end of the song.
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Here Are All The 2014 Grammy Awards Winners
27 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 56th Grammy Awards splashed across television screens throughout the world last night, and there was good news for Daft Punk fans.
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Ukraine Police Abuse Naked Man In NSFW [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As the revolution in Kiev gets uglier and uglier, a video has emerged of riot police making a detained protestor strip and stand naked in the snow while they photograph him.
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Facebook In Bitch-Fight With Princeton University
24 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook and Princeton University are embroiled in what will inevitably be the nerdiest standoff in history. A few Princeton epidemiologists got together, did some research, and published a paper on a very dubious premise: that if you look at Facebook as an infectious disease, then 80% of its hardcore users may well have “recovered” and abandoned the service by 2018.
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This Man Will Pay You R1.4 Billion If You Can Make His Daughter Straight
24 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cecil Chao, the Hong Kong billionaire who oferred an initial sum of R650 million to the man who could win his daughters heart, has now doubled up his offer in a desperate attempt to ensure he has grandchildren.
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WATCH: Escaping One Of America’s Most Dangerous Cults [VIDEO]
23 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the FLDS, is one of the most secretive and mysterious cults in America.
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Noel Gallagher Is Hilarious As He Crits Old Oasis Music Videos
23 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s nothing quite as fun as mocking old-school music videos. And Noel Gallagher does it best.
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This Is Why Foreigner-Run Spaza Shops Outperform Locals
23 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
When was the last time you entered a corner shop that was locally owned and operated?
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There Is A Rabbit Inside The Mandela Sculpture’s Ear [Photo]
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren, the sculptors behind the newly-erected Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Buildings, have a secret hidden in Madiba’s ear. Because they weren’t allowed to put their signature on any part of the statue – they decided to take matters into their own hands – they put a little rabbit in there.
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Should We Bin The Olympic Games?
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Winter Olympics in Russia have not yet begun, but the scandals surrounding the games in Sochi started a while ago. One would think that hosting an international event in a country run by a despotic, homophobic regime would be a bad idea. Washington Post journo, Charles Lane seems to think so – he called the olympics a “corrupt quadrennial exercise.”
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