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Travel
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Renovations To Gauteng Premier’s House, Millions Squandered
16 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gauteng’s top brass are being flushed out again for misappropriation of taxpayers’ money. This time it’s totalling a little over R12 million since 2005 on lavish refurbishments and renovations to the official Bryanston residence of the Gauteng Premier.
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Cape Grace Hotel Hosts Hole And Kock Party
15 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Spotted at Cape Town International. Stunning! [thanks carryn]
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The Put Foot Rally 2011 Is Here! Any Vehicle, Your Route, 7 Countries, 7 Checkpoints, 7 Parties And 7,000km In 17 Days!
14 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
If you’ve ever been keen to do the world famous Gumball Rally, or perhaps, like me, you have discussed the need for something similar to be hosted here at home – but with a more African vibe to it – look no further, my boet! The Put Foot Rally 2011 is here and registration is […]
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The “Super Moon” – Let’s Have That Chat
09 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everybody loves a little bit of sensationalism, especially when the majority of news starts becoming rather bland and repetitive. Take for example the way The Sun headlined this piece: “Disaster as moon closes in” – awesome vibe. Fact is though, that no disaster should technically happen and surfers should actually be getting amped for a mission, bru.
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The Burqa Ban Deadline Is Fast Approaching
07 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The French are preparing to sail themselves into unchartered waters when the ban on wearing the Muslim burqa and other Islamic face coverings in public places comes into effect in just over a month. Racial tensions in that country have already begun to boil with the John Galliano “I love Hitler” incident. This will be interesting.
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Panaromic View From Lion’s Head
25 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Local photographer, Lee Casalena, has taken a stunning night-time panoramic shot of Cape Town from the lower peak of Lions Head. The shot is fully interactive, and features the usual breathtaking view of the mountain, the City Bowl, the lights of the flats and Northern Suburbs, Table Bay, Clifton, and Camps Bay.
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Google Unveils Recipe Search Function – Google Recipes
25 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The giant has realised a gap in the market with this new feature it’s adding to the existing structural layout of the site. Like you’d click on the left toolbar to access news or images, soon you’ll search for a recipe based on quite specific criteria. Even real chefs are amped.
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Floridian 18 Hole Country Club’s Now A Steal At Under $1 Million
24 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No, we’re not trying to pull any wool over anyone’s eyes here. We know how some of you enjoy a good round of golf from time to time, and what with Pravin Grodhan going hard at the “sinners” again this year, what better way to spite him than buying your very own country club in Florida?
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Braaied Himalayan Tahr Steaks, Anyone?
21 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may be aware that there have been Himalayan Tahr’s living on the slopes our beloved Table Mountain for many years. The population has dwindled in recent times, and it was decided to remove all of the exotic creatures for good. However, a have few managed to evade the sniper’s barrel. Until now.
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Thai Airline Now Employing Ladyboys
16 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new Thai airline, P.C. Air (appropriate that), is set to become the first airline in the world to employ openly transsexual flight attendants. Thailand is known for its tolerance of transvestites and transsexuals, known locally as ‘katoeys’ or ‘ladyboys’. But, up till now, the only jobs available to them have been in the beauty and ‘entertainment’ industries.
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Floods, Potholes, Overcharging And Double Road Tax
10 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Today is an important day because it’s the day our President gives his state of the nation address. It should be an interesting one and I heard there may even be autographed heaven cards for sale afterwards. It’s therefore important to highlight some issues our Jozi brethren currently face and ask whether they are getting a fair deal.
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Good Effort By Illegal Immigrants
09 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A valiant effort was made late last Wednesday by two daring would-be Mexican immigrants. The two, suited up in full wetsuits, made an assault on Imperial Beach, just a few kilometres south of San Diego with the aid of dive scooters. Until a US Customs and Border Protection helicopter crew spotted them.
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Only A Quarter Of A Percent Of The Sky Searched
04 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nasa has discovered a new habitable planetary system. Needless to say, calling the new system part of the Kepler-11 is mildly ironic considering what is being sent to orbit the pitches and dressing rooms of the approaching Cricket World Cup. But we won’t go there and that’s not what this is about either, it’s much more important.
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Goldfish Cape Royale Rooftop Sky Bar VIDEO
04 Feb 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
While our Facebook photos from the event can give you an idea of the awesomeness of the vibe that day, it can never do it justice. That is why I invented the ‘moving picture’ and, subsequently, this video. Jump in and re-live that day with us. Feel the vibe throughout your body, not just through […]
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Paul Allen’s Yacht Helicopter Ditches In The Ocean
02 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, and holder of the title of “worst teeth for a rich person” also happens to own the world’s second largest yacht – The Octopus. One of the logistical tentacles of the Octopus is a helicopter used to ferry crew and guests to and from the vessel. It crashed into the ocean. Click for the pic.
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Julian Assange Travelled In Drag
01 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ja, so apparently Julian Assange travelled in drag to hide from people after him. The 1.8m super spy liked to dress up as an old woman to effortlessly glide through the world’s airports with that funny walk of his. Sometimes he’d stay in disguise for much longer than was needed. The way you hide from government “spooks” says a lot about your personality.
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The Goldfish Cape Royale Rooftop Gig In Pictures
26 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well, ladies and gentlemen. That’s what we call a “success”. Weather-wise, Cape Town served up a typically stunning Friday evening. The sky was azure, the rays were mild, and oh hey, look at that – a rooftop covered in beautiful people, ice cold beverages, and international music superstars. Click through for the pictures.
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George Clooney’s Darfur Efforts Gets Him Malaria
21 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
George Clooney travelled to Sudan recently to promote peace and love and things and came back with malaria. George becomes the first celebrity to contract malaria while on a cause. Angelina Jolie always makes sure she has repellent and Bob Geldof is said to have a fierce fetish for mosquito nets. This is George’s second bout of malaria. Twice bitten, once shy. Or is it the other way around?
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Watch Goldfish LIVE On Our Webcam From 16h30 TODAY (Friday)
21 Jan 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Do you stay at work longer and watch Goldfish LIVE-STREAMING on the web, from the roof of the Cape Royale Hotel? Or do you leave work early and watch them on the webcam from home? That is question that our non-winners will have to ask themselves, as we bring you live streaming footage of this […]
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They’re STILL Chowing Our Lions In Arizona
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just before the soccer world cup we brought you a story about a deranged restaurant owner in Arizona serving up lion’s meat as a cute homage to SA. Now those yanks are at it again. This time in a different restaurant in the same carnivorous state. They just can’t keep their hands off our cats.
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Goldfish On The Roof Of The Cape Royale On Friday – You And Seven Friends..
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Imagine that? Well it’s a very real thing, my friends. Goldfish are performing a DANGEROUSLY intimate gig on the roof of the Cape Royale hotel tomorrow (Friday) from 15h30 and all the 2oceansvibe brands are taking care of drinks. That’s right – we’re talking Jack Daniel’s, Corona, Jack Black, BOS iced tea, Boschendal bubby, De […]
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Johannesburg Traffic Lights Stripped For Unlimited Phone Calls
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is sort of cool and sort of awful. Jozi thieves have stripped about 400 ‘high-tech traffic lights’ of their sim cards, modems and GPS systems, using the sim cards to make unlimited free phone calls. It will cost about R8,8 million to replace these fancy, legitimately robot-like traffic lights. Regular GPS-free traffic lights are unaffected.
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Another British Honeymoon Murder
12 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Strange. We just had one. As sad as this is, this is likely to unfortunately cement in international tourists’ subconscious that old cliche of Africa as beautiful and exotic, but dangerous. On the face of it there are some differences here to the Anni Dewani murder – the victim was strangled, not shot, and it happened in Mauritius, not Gugulethu. Nevertheless, the couple was on honeymoon. The wife got murdered, in Africa.
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Rob Taylor May Have Been Haunted By Drugs, Depression, And Guilt
12 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we had a comment on our story, Rob Taylor Took The Ultimate Jump which prompted us to do a little extra digging. Professionals suggest that his unusual behaviour leading up to his death may have been a result of drug use or a mental health ailment.
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Rob Taylor Took The “Ultimate Jump”
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Soon after we published the story that property development tycoon, Rob Taylor, was suspected of having perished by suicide by leaping off Table Mountain, online conversations around the incident began to reveal a number of curious, if not unnerving details of the circumstances leading up to Taylor’s death.
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Charitable Audi R8 Donor Suspected Of Committing Suicide
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Rob Taylor, the property tycoon from Howick (KZN) who donated his R2,03 million Audi R8 to two car guards at the base of Table Mountain in January of 2010, is suspected of committing suicide by leaping from the base of the top cable car station on Sunday evening.
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Why Little Boys Shouldn’t Run Around In Little Santa Suits [VIDEO]
24 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re all in the festive spirit of things welcoming loved ones with open arms and big bear hugs. It’s a lekker time of the year just don’t get carried away and run around in airports in your little red santa suit holding stuff in front of your face. This little boy didn’t listen. He probably had it coming.
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Kim Kardashian Thinks We’re “Totally Tubular”
20 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kim and sis Khloe were stranded in Cape Town on the weekend and tweeted about it throughout their ordeal. There were talk of peeing, cries for help and a surreal tubular reference.
A Christmas reunion on someone’s dad’s side hanged in the balance as sad faces flew all over the place. It was a wild, wild ride. -
Cape Royale Rolls Out Killer Christmas/New Year Specials
14 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
1800 Degree Grill Room is pleased to offer a world class, 3-course Christmas lunch and dinner on the 25th December (Salmon starter + Turke/Lamb/Gammon main, veg and dessert), as well as a New Years Eve dinner, featuring Yellow Fin Tuna sashimi, tournedos of beef fillet, truffle creamed potatoes, asparagus and… I must stop there…I’m drooling.. […]
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Beam Me Up, Sakkie
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our Science and Technology minister didn’t mince her words announcing the arrival of SANSA (South African National Space Agency) yesterday using terms like “launch” and ”local scientific research sector” at free will. She even went so far as to say a decade from now South Africa would be a thriving space nation. Let’s look at some of the pros and cons of Mzansi in orbit.
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