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Cape Town Crazy
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Taxi Nightmare Continues For Cape Town Commuters
15 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The nightmare continues for commuters throughout the Cape Town metropolitan area, due to continued striking by Santaco (the SA National Taxi Council). Violence re-erupted overnight when a bus was set alight and cars were stoned. Police are monitoring the situation but it’s still very hard to catch a taxi.
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Cape Town Taxi Violence
14 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Enraged Cape Town taxi strikers resorted to stone throwing this morning, due to controversy surrounding the issuing of operating licences and the “draconian” enforcement of traffic laws. This resulted in police firing rubber bullets at the protestors. There are still no taxis running on the main routes in Cape Town. So that’s been resolved well.
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READ THIS: The Cape Town Friday Rule – A Reminder
09 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
Almost four and a half years ago a penned an angry missive in an effort to educate the tiny percentage of the population who didn’t know already that ‘work’ related activity on Friday afternoons in Cape Town (should be everywhere) does not happen. Let’s repeat that that for those of your whose minds are exploding at this point. Together now. Breathe in, and hold it, and… “Work does not happen on Friday afternoons in Cape Town.” Click through for an important announcement.
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Shrien Dewani Attempts Suicide
22 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shrien Dewani has been hospitalised after taking an overdose of unspecified pills in an apparent suicide attempt. Dewani, who was absent from both of his extradition hearings due to “medical ailments”, has reportedly lost over 12 kilograms since allegations of his contract killing of his wife emerged in November 2010.
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Kitesurfers In Blouberg Are Siesa, My Bru
10 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Now I should clarify here, Norwegian kitesurfers in blouwberg are siesa. And by “siesa” I of course mean “an intoxicating mix of insanity, skill, and bravery”. Yesterday, Nick Jacobsen climbed up a crane on the deck of the now-permanently wrecked Seli I, with his kite and his board, and jumped off. Nuts.
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Someone Is Selling ‘Thera-Putic Herbal Weed’ On The M63
03 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
My god, but I love this town. An entirely trustworthy-looking cardboard sign appeared on the M63 over the weekend, advertising ‘THERAPutic Herbal Weed’ which I haven’t called because chances are that the entirely whimsical sign will be made weird and uncomfortable by calling that number.
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The Naked Guy At 40 Stella Road, Plumstead [Mildly NSFW]
28 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Well, ladies and gentlemen. Here we have demonstrable proof that Google Street View is a technology that a) makes our lives better, and b) provides canny insight into the daily habits of the human being. In this instance, it is one particularly special character from 40 Stella Road (corner of Dick Burton), Plumstead.
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Fear And Loathing In Le Sutherland – More Info On The French Cult Killer Couple
19 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Philippe Meniére and his life partner, Agnes Jardel, the French Couple who shot dead one police officer and critically wounded another, are still at large somewhere in the surrounding area of Sutherland. As police continue their search, some seriously bizarre details have begun to emerge about their cult and the 12 years they spent cultivating weirdness on the Karoo farm.
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Breaking News: Shots Fired At St Georges Mall Mr Price
18 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If shots are going down in the Cape Town City Bowl, it looks like they’re going down at St Georges Mall. Again.
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Audi R8 Car Guard’s Are Facing Fraud Charges
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When deceased property developer and sky-diving enthusiast, Rob Taylor generously donated his Audi R8 to two car guards at the foot of table mountain in January 2010, he probably didn’t bet on those same car guards would have fraud charges brought against them by Taylor’s business partner, and de facto owner of the car.
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It’s Been A Strange Few Days In Cape Town
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Skulls in lighthouses, unidentified bodies on Table Mountain, and mass food poisonings in Somerset West – it’s been a fairly strange three days in Cape Town.
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Separated At Birth: Kevin Pietersen And Chip Douglas
23 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This past weekend I suffered the doppelganger effect. It’s that moment of television watching when, just as the sofa threatens to ingest your lumpy physique, your whole body surges forward violently, propelled by sudden realisation. Kevin Pietersen met the Cable Guy in my mind’s eye.
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Shrien Dewani: Basically Game Over, Surely
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 20 Comments
The story broke on the Mail & Guardian, and needless to say, it’s being picked up all over the globe. Police sources in Cape Town allege that there is high resolution, colour video footage of Shrien Dewani handing driver Zola Tongo a bankie of cash in the restaurant area of the Cape Grace Hotel.
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Anni Dewani Murder: The Zola Tongo Indictment
08 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
For your reading pleasure: The criminal indictment of the taxi driver who has since been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of Anni Dewani. The 32 page document includes allegations of Zola’s employment as a hit man by Shrien Dewani, Anni’s husband. You can download it after the jump.
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Dewani Murder – Feel Free To Roll Your Eyes
07 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The investigation of the murder of Anni Dewani, a newly married British tourist who was gunned down in Gugulethu last month, has taken a spicy twist this afternoon. Yes, you can all roll your eyes and gesticulate wildly. Feel free to throw in a “I told you so” if you like.
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Cape Town Man Offers To Swap Green Card For Kawasaki Ninja And Sex
02 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ladies, if you’ve been thinking to yourself, “I could really use a USA Green Card but all I have to offer is a Kawasaki Ninja and my ‘hotness factor’”, fear not, for I am about to make your day.
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Innovative Parking Solutions In The Northern Suburbs
29 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Parking is a well-known bugbear for the citizens of the greater Cape Town Metropole, some might even say the situation is reaching a critical mass. But the men and women of of the Northern Suburbs are putting on a masterclass of guile and smarts in the parking department. Thanks to Mike and Mike’s brother for sending in the evidence.
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Breaking News: Stay The Heck Away From St Georges Mall
21 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Unless you have a penchant for getting shot in the face. Details are hazy, but word on the street is of an armed robbery in St Georges Mall, Cape Town, which is alleged to have spun slightly more out of control into a hostage drama. One shot was heard. Links to real time reports after the jump. [UPDATE: The perp is on the run]
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Die Antwoord Releases “Evil Boy”
07 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Die Antwoord have released their latest music vid on the interwebs, as they’re prone to. They’re pushing the usual Die Antwoord boundaries with copious bad haircuts, gold teeth, permanent markers, penises, tokoloshes, and handcuffs.
Oh yeah, probably NSFW, but in a comical, ridiculous, “is that a huge wooden knob?” kind of way [VIDEO].
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Randall Abrahams Sobs
05 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South African media’s most ubiquitous judge and man-about-town, Randall Abrahams has been filmed with what appears to be clear liquid seeping from his eye sockets during shooting for SA’s Got Talent.
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EFFECTS OF BIEBER’S VISIT ALREADY FELT IN THE MOTHER CITY
28 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Scores of dead pigeons lay strewn across the Table Bay Boulevard in Cape Town on the weekend, metres from the Cape Town International Convention Centre. A report has indicated that while the birds were initially thought to have suffered from a mass bout of the deadly avine Newcastle’s Respiratory Disease (no relation to the mining […]
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HOUT BAY HULLABALOO
21 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Twitter is abuzz with realtime reports of clashes between police and residents of Hangberg, in Hout Bay. News24’s Dan Calders is on the ground, posting an up to the minute photo essay on Twitter. Eye witnesses have reported plumes of smoke rising from the area, and police firing rubber bullets at residents, who are firing […]
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MARINE TAXIS SHOWS US THE BEST WAY TO FAIL
20 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 21 Comments
You know at school when you were playing cricket, or tennis, or badminton, or javelin, or whatever, and the coach lent in for a little advice? “Go hard.” That’s what every self-respecting coach tells his charges when the moment demands it. Even if you fail, at least you’ve failed hard. And Marine Taxis have gone […]
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BIG ISSUE UPDATE – FLORENCE IS THE BIGGER (WO)MAN
15 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember the most hated bakkie in Cape Town? The Big Issue vendor who suffered unwarranted humiliation at the hands of has shown us once again why this country is ultimately worth believing in. Despite initial reports that Florence Godonwana, 36, would lay charges of crimen injuria against the men who threw water on her, she […]
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THE MOST HATED BAKKIE IN CAPE TOWN
13 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 24 Comments
On Saturday afternoon, at around 15h30, a group of young men in a white bakkie (that’s a “pick-up” or a “ute” for our foreign readers) called a Big Issue vendor over to their stationary vehicle at a traffic light in central Cape Town. They then allegedly poured acid water all over her, and her wares. […]
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KALK BAY FISHERFOLK – BEWARE THE LURKING DANGER
28 Jul 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
About three hours ago a Kalk Bay fishermen walked into the e.tv Studios foyer off Kloof Street, and demanded to see the News Editor of e.tv. Surprisingly, the arb fisherman was denied access to the ed by security. And then…And then he lost his temper.
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“CAPE TOWN IS THE FUTURE” – ACCORDING TO AN AUSSIE JOURNO
08 Jul 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
My dad sent me this article from the Australian online publication, Crikey. Quite an interesting take and a must read for all! Personally I was taken by the quote, “Cape Town Is the Future.” It took me back to a few years ago when I attended the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. The crowd in […]
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YOLANDI VI$$ER PLAYS IT ICE COLD..
05 Jul 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The smaller half of Die Antwoord’s vocal duo, Yolandi Vi$$er, has just klapped Hollywood in the hol, ek se. She was approached by some corporate naaiers who tjooned her to play the main betty in a movie-film version of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Moreover, my pedigree chums, the film is to […]
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THE LONG AWAITED CAFE CAPRICE SOCCER BABES CALENDAR IS BORN
23 Jun 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Aah yes, finally! The de facto home of Cape Town’s cool, Café Caprice is loved by a band of loyal fans from locals to international stars and sportsmen, and its unique events and initiatives never fail to impress, with the Soccer Babes Calendar shoot being no exception. 1 X angel After gathering up some of […]
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GRAND DADDY HOTEL DROPS THE BALL – AGAIN
22 Jun 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 55 Comments
Remember the “alleged” tale of the Grand Daddy Valet who stole a customer vehicle and rolled it 70 kilometres away in Blue Downs? The Grand Daddy Hotel left a comment on that story. Let’s enjoy it with our morning coffee: A response to this post from the Grand Daddy: It is regrettably true that this […]
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