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Culture
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Another Reason To Fly Emirates – Shisha Lounges Coming Soon!
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Emirates first class and business class passengers may be in for a treat as the airline is looking to trial a shisha lounge on board select Airbus A380 aircrafts.
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Witches In Swaziland Beware, Flying Too High Could Get You A Hefty Fine
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, Swaziland believes in witches and they seem to take it seriously. There is a statue governing the hieght limit they cannot exceed. If they do, a rather large fine awauts them.
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Comedian Trolls The Westboro Baptist Church Across America [VIDEO]
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brick Stone, also known as comedian Dave Sirus, has taken a liking to being a Westboro Baptist Church groupie. When the Westboro Baptist Church pickets,Sirus is there.
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Not Your Average Gap Year: Middle Class American Kids Abandon Home To Become Train Hopping Vagrants [GALLERY]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Author, Mike Brodie has spent years documenting the phenomenon of train hopping in the US, and he’s found that most train hoppers are middle class kids. Mike Brodie is one of them, Brodie left home when he was 17 years old and has never looked back.
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Shocking Footage Shows Beijing Dance Teacher Abusing Students [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A dance instructor in Beijing, China can be seen verbally and physically abusing her students in class. The instructor kicks her students, hits them with a cane and slaps them on the head when they are not dancing correctly, bringing them to tears and shouting at them for that too.
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Incredible Photos From Egypt’s Lost City Of Thonis-Heracleion [GALLERY]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Heracleion was once believed to be nothing more than a myth, a legend set far beneath the blue ocean. Ten years after divers stumbled upon its treasures deep beneath the ocean, archaeologists have produced a scientific rendering of what life in the city may have looked like.
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App That Prevents “Accidental Incest” Proves To Be A Hit In Iceland
19 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Scared of going to bed with your aunt? It sounds ridiculous, but if you’re from Iceland, it’s a valid fear. Luckily for them an app has been launched to prevent this from happening
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Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs Fuelling Another Industry: High-Tech Prostitution [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Bay Side area of Silicon Valley attracts crowds of successful entrepreneurs to settle down, owing to its close proximity to a concentrated cluster of hyper-successful tech companies. And boy, do sex workers like this neighbourhood
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WATCH: Local Film Makers Punish ‘We Are One’ And ‘Holi One’ Festival Goers With Genius YouTube Video
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
This is almost too good to be true. Cape Town and Johannesburg recently played host to the Holi One and We Are One festivals, respectively. There are almost too many highlights to mention, but the Yellow Hand Print Guy should get a special round of applause.
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Anti-Tokoloshe Salt Sees Spike In Sales In Mpumalanga
08 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Is the tokoloshe back? Hundred year old salt recipe, Tokoloshe Salt, blessed by traditional healers to ward off the infamous Tokoloshe has made a come back in Mpumalanga.
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William Shakespeare Was A Backstabbing Businessman
03 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shall I compare thee to a shyster douchebag? Compelling new research paints famous playwright, William Shakespeare as a shrude businessman, to put the matter mildly.
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Kenny Kunene’s Lifstyle Is “A Nightmare” For Karl Pilkington [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
British travel star, Karl Pilkington has a new five part series of An Idiot Abroad, titled “The Moaning of Life,” which sees him traveling around the world to gain advice on how to find happiness and enjoy his success. Standard Karl stuff, really. For the South African episode in the series, Ricky Gervais and Steve […]
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Attention Constantia: Botox Has A New Rival
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) is expected to seek US approval next year for a new anti wrinkle drug that would serve as the stand-alone competitor to Botox. The company said the product could be made available in 2015 in the United States. The anti wrinkle drug market enjoys annual revenue of almost $900 million (R8,3 […]
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The Definitive Gallery Of Awful Paintings By George W. Bush [GALLERY]
22 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The small handful of leaked photographs (here and here) showing paintings by ex-President of the United States, George W. Bush was but a taste of marvelously childlike collection that we have in store for you, here. From a topical view of a watermelon on a table to a study of a horse (or a donkey, […]
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Fleeing North Korea – A First Hand Account
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hana Lee is an 18 year old girl who fled her native North Korea on foot in 2000. Fleeing to China, Lee was on the run from North Korean authorities and unsympathetic Chinese officials for five years. Lee is currently living in Japan and attending a university there. Known as a “dappokusha,” meaning “person who has fled […]
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Samsung Is Also Having A Run At Making A Smart Watch [GALLERY]
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lee Young Hee, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s mobile business confirmed during an interview in South Korea that Samsung will indeed be making a smart watch. According to Hee this is not in respsonse to rumours that Apple is working on a watch. We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long. We are working very […]
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Privacy May Not Be A Legal Right For Much Longer
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In a recent study, researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University detailed how Facebook erodes users’ privacy. Researchers found that during the first four years, users steadily limited what personal data was visible to strangers within their school network. Yet through changes Facebook introduced to its platform in 2009 and 2010, the social network actually succeeded in reversing […]
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New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as […]
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Nando’s Nation: Britain’s Love Affair With Chicken
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apparently Britain’s elite, celebrities and Olympic Gold medalists choose Nando’s. The first woman to win a gold medal for boxing, Nicola Adams celebrated at the popular food restaurant. And footballers earning £25 000 (R330 000) a week, choose Nando’s as their after training meal of choice, not to mention Rihanna, Britney Spears and Lewis Hamilton. In […]
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Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has […]
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South Africa’s Most Beautiful Object – The Finalists [PICS]
26 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Tenth Annual Design Indaba kicks off tomorrow for five days of inspiration under one roof from 27 February to 3 March 2013. And as with every installment of the Design Indaba, South Africa’s most beautiful object will be crowned. Check out the finalists, below. Zanzan umbrella – Gareth Cowden, Babatunde The Babatunde brand stands […]
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Cut For Communism: North Korea Launches Range Of Officially Sanctioned Hair Styles [PICS]
25 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
North Korean women are being urged to choose one of the 18 approved hairstyles below, to do their bit for their country. The hairstyles have been approved by communist officials in an attempt to outlaw any western influences. It will also be easy to distinguish between married and unmarried women based on their hairstyles under […]
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George W. Bush Is Worse At Painting Than Being President [PICS]
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Since leaving the White House, former United States President, George W Bush has become quite the painter. A hacker by the name of Guccifer hacked into the former President’s private emails and photos. The cache obtained by Guccifer contains paintings and several photos that Bush allegedly painted for friends and family. Entitled: The Bath Stunning. […]
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5 Must-Have Apps To Boost Productivity And Streamline Your Online Life
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The simplest way to lead a productive lifestyle is to form good habits, like having a set time to drink your morning flat white or for uploading your cat photos on to Instagram. For a lot of us, most of our time is spent online so it makes sense to streamline that vibe. Please enjoy […]
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Travel Back In Time To The Internet’s Awkward Adolescence
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everything in life goes through a teething stage and the internet has been no exception. Things were rather awkward way back when. Please enjoy this stunning collection of past home pages from our favourite websites. Google (1999): MySpace (2004): Ebay (1999): Ask Jeeves (1998): 2oceansvibe (2003): Thanks to Wayback Machine, you too can see what […]
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Schools May Not Prohibit Religious Headwear
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, the media was abundant with reports about an incident that occurred at Eben Donges High School in Kraaifontien when teachers at the school asked two siblings to remove their headscarf and fez a week ago. They have since been allowed to wear their religious attire. The Western Cape Education Department said on […]
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Mindblowing: Man Transforms Into Woman Over Three Years [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An incredible time-lapse video of a male transforming into a female over three years have surfaced online.
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Swaziland Bans Miniskirts And Tanktops Because They Are “Rape-Provoking”
24 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Swaziland has banned women from wearing miniskirts, low-rise jeans, and tanktops, saying these items of clothing provoke rape. Those who break the law will face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal act dating back to 1889.
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2012’s 100 Most Popular Baby Names
30 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Browsing the list, it would appear that things have gone and taken a bit of a more traditional turn this year. Aiden won boys, and Sophia girls, but there are definitely some good normal names doing the rounds. The data for the name list is collected historically for comparison, and this year nearly half a […]
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Jeremy De Tolly And G-Man Are In This Play – ‘Loving Liars’ – 30 Nov and 1 Dec
13 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Good luck buying tickets to this play, starring Dirty Skirts frontman, Jeremy de Tolly and our very own G-Man. The play ‘Loving Liars,’ by Nicol Ritchie is about family secrets, art, naughty behaviour and manipulation. Don’t miss this. Click for more.
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