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Lucky Kick By Former Springbok Coach’s Son Wins Him A Car At Cape Town Tens [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Douglas Mallett, 23, won a Golf GTI in the fading light of the Cape Town Tens rugby festival over the weekend. This post could also be titled: “How To Kick A Rugby Ball At A Crossbar…Like A Boss”.
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Libyan Diplomat Suffered Atrocities At The Hands Of Militia
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It is very, very dangerous being ambassadorial these days. Probably moreso if you were ever one of Muammar Gaddafi’s diplomats. Libya’s former ambassador to France, Omar Brebesh, died during detention by armed militia in Tripoli – and judging from the autopsy, it was not a merciful killing.
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OK Go Wins The Internet Again. With Sesame Street.
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK Go did a song about the primary colours on Sesame Street. No other band would make me care about this, but OK Go are sort of the kings of viral videos. So click through for some stop-motion, a new track, and primary-coloured theme outfits. No spandex this time, though.
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Back To The Future: The Musical?
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fresh off the multi-million dollar catastrophic failure that was Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, comes news that a musical version of Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic time travel trilogy, Back To The Future, might be in the works.
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Groundbreaking Music Distribution Service Embraces File Sharing – Airborne
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
And the virus is airborne. Are you one of the millions of people worldwide, who share and consume music digitally? Are you willing to pay for music, but irked by the ridiculous and restrictive licensing measures that labels put in place, for the sake of keeping their wheezing, dying CD-based business model alive? What do […]
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SpaceX Test-Fires ‘Super’ Rocket Engines [VIDEO]
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spaceflight start-up, SpaceX – those guys who want to put a person on Mars in the next decade or two – has been demonstrating the potency of its SuperDraco rockets at their test facility in Texas. Take a look at the fancily-named rockets in action after the jump.
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Zimbabwe Bans Foreign Papers
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Think our South African Protection of Information Bill is scary? It’s nothing on Zimbabwe’s media commission, which has announced that it will actively ban foreign newspapers and magazines henceforth.
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Friday Morning Spice
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Trump endorses Romney – Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if Romney is the Republican nominee. Trump, who has repeatedly flirted with the possibility of his own White House bid, revealed his decision in Las Vegas two days before Nevada’s Saturday […]
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Who’s Who In Lindiwe’s All New DA Shadow Cabinet?
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Late yesterday, the DA’s leader in Parliament, Lindiwe Mazibuko, released the names of her new DA shadow cabinet to the press, continuing the DA’s rather weird tradition of maintaining such a unit in South Africa’s rather one-sided political system. We’ve got the new cast of the DA Show in Parliament, after the jump.
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NASA’s Recording The Dark Side Of The Moon [VIDEO]
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
People who like Pink Floyd references, rejoice, because NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has beamed back its first video of the dark side of the moon. Click through to see what that astronaut that everybody forgets about saw while Armstrong and Aldrin were hogging all the glory.
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Aussie Rugby Star Reveals Battle With Depression
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Wallaby legend Clyde Rathbone has broken his silence about his years long battle with the depression that cost him his marriage, and almost his life. We’ve got his full awe-inspiring statement, detailing how he fought back, after the jump.
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ZANews’ Take On The DA Mixed Race Poster [PIC]
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Controversial mixed race posters have been all the rage lately. It’s therefore not surprising that the clever people behind ZANews picked up on it and responded with their own advert. It features Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille, both naked, in a passionate embrace. Have a look – after the jump!
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South Africa’s “Passion Of The Christ” Gets Hollywood Nod
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Regardt van den Bergh is a pretty big name in South African film circles, and now his star is set to shine even brighter as a Hollywood producer has stumped up US$20 million for a new production of his, set in and around the events of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Check Out Die Antwoord’s Latest, Creepy Music Video
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
With less than a week to go before their second album is unleashed upon the world, Die Antwoord has dropped the video for its lead single, I Fink U Freeky, on the interwebs. Directed by Ninja and SA cult photographer Roger Ballen, this video is their best (and most disturbing) work to date. Check it out after the jump!
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Timelapse Of International Artist Drawing Mural At 2oceansvibe – Conor Mccreedy [VIDEO]
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansvibe Radio was privileged to have one of South Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists in the studio recently – the internationally-acclaimed Conor Mccreedy. Born and raised in The Republic, Conor is currently the darling of the New York art scene, and will be hosting his second completely solo show in New York at the end […]
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Donovan Moodley Retrial Application Dismissed
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Convicted murderer, Donovan Moodley has lost his application at the South Gauteng High Court to have his conviction for murder overturned. Now the man that kidnapped and murdered 21-year old Leigh Matthews, and then tried to extort money from her father, will return to jail to serve the rest of his life sentence.
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TopTV’s CEO Axed After Plans For SA Porn Channel Go South
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been a rough ride for TopTV the last few months. The alternative pay TV provider has been adamant in trying to provide a full time porn channel on its network. This has faced monumental opposition, and their CEO has now been let go.
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Facebook’s IPO Launch Set For Today
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook is expected to file for an IPO later today – Wednesday morning stateside – raising $5 billion. This is a fair deal less than the $10 billion previously rumored. Folks figure Zuckerberg wants to start with a conservative base at first. Because he can’t be sure this “Face-book” thing is going to take off.
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Gauteng In Pre-Petrol Price Hike Panic?
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African Fuel Retailers Association is trying to pre-empt petrol price hike panic in Gauteng just hours before the price of go-go juice flies up a massive 34c around the country.
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The 2nd Game Of Thrones Season Two Trailer [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Few TV shows had us hooked last year like Game of Thrones. And if the three-month waiting period before season two feels like an eternity to you, then take comfort in this brand new trailer – after the jump.
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Human-Shaped Remote-Controlled Planes Fly Around NYC [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m not entirely sure I care that this is just some publicity stunt for a mediocre-to-bad “found footage” film about super heroes. This is awesome advertising. Click through to see how 20th Century Fox teamed up with Thinkmodo for their unusual viral promotion for the upcoming Chronicle.
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Check Out India’s Record-Breaking Gandhi Flash Mob [PICS]
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Check out this awesome gallery of young Indian boys marching to commemorate their country’s hero, Mahatma Gandhi, dressed like the man himself!
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Your Controversial Mixed Race Poster Of The Week
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A few days ago we told you about a spicy DA Youth poster, which was causing a bit of a stir because it showed an inter-racial couple embracing, in the nude. This week there’s a new one hitting the headlines – a promotional poster for a play by SA legend Athol Fugard.
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Twitter BlackOut Protest Results In Mass Tweeting
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, look, I know the successive restriction of online liberties is something we should be fighting tooth and nail, but I can’t be the only one who heard about last Saturday’s ‘Twitter Blackout,’ in protest of Twitter’s new censorship policy, and failed to care.
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Brazilian Scientists Claim C-Sections Make Children Fat
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Brazilian science takes on the US of A as the mystery of the porky C-section babies deepens…
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South African Runner Makes History With Fifth Consecutive Olympic Nod
27 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South African long distance runner, Hendrick Ramaala, made history this morning by becoming the first South African to qualify for five consecutive Olympic Games.
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Amazing New High-Definition Photo Of Earth
27 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Looks like the iPhone is going to have to update its default lock-screen. A new 64-megapixel, high-definition version of the “Blue Marble” has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite, Suomi NPP, 824 kilometres above the earth. It’s a stunning photo of the planet, built out of several composite “swaths.”
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Science Says Sorry, There Is No G-Spot
27 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A brand new study has revealed there really is no such thing as the female G-spot. So that’s disappointing. But scientists have been trying unsuccessfully to find the mysterious sexual hot button for so long now that we were all getting bored anyway. (Right?)
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Pythons To Reunite For Animated 3D Feature
27 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All the surviving members of Monty Python are set to reunite for the first time in over a decade to provide voice talents for a film to be directed by fellow Python alumnus, Terry Gilliam.
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Google’s New ‘Emergency Alerts’ Feature
26 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Google has been saving up a tonne of creepy private information about you lately, which is unfortunate, but the company’s philanthropic arm just launched a new crisis response project to win back our hearts and personal data: emergency alerts on Google Maps.
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