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Cape Town Considering Commercial Uses for Stadium
06 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Trying to avoid the title of White Elephant trainers, the City of Cape Town is considering turning Cape Town Stadium “into a hub of commercial activity”. The idea is to introduce restaurants, night clubs, sports bars and coffee spots to the stadium to make back some of the R44,6 million a year running costs.
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Man Faces Off With Great White, Survives [VIDEO]
06 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The line between stupidity and bravery is a fine one, and the gentleman in this video seems to have a foot on either side. Taking on a Great White with nothing but a snorkel and a spear-gun is some kind of special.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
06 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Costner And Baldwin Go Head To Head In Court – A courtroom battle between actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin is under way over a £34m deal to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. [yahoo] Mark Keohane Never Was The Olympic Spokesperson – Following sports writer Mark Keohane’s resignation amid a sex and cocaine […]
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Getting Divorced? Check Into A Divorce Hotel
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you fed up with your marriage? Well you can now check in to one of a number of Dutch hotels for a long-weekend and get your divorce sorted at the same time. A great idea, I call it the reverse-honeymoon.
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Download Banksy’s Exclusive Diamond Jubilee Artwork, For Free [PICS]
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This past weekend marked the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 60 years of politely smiling, waving and occupying an ultimately powerless position. In celebration, renowned street artist, Banksy, created an exclusive piece, which can be yours for free! Click through for cultural enrichment.
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Global Warming Is Producing Arctic Forests
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Called “pop-up forests” forest by a New York Times blogger, areas of the Arctic Tundra are greening faster and faster as temperatures rise. What is worse, is that with the increase of vegetation, more sunlight is absorbed and contributes to the increase in temperatures.
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iPads Are Replacing Traditional In-Flight Entertainment
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A low-cost Singaporean airline has begun offering passengers iPads as an alternative to traditional in-flight entertainment. The bold move has allowed the airline to slash costs while improving passengers’ experience while on board.
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The Shark’s Beast, An Everyday Power-Lifting Machine [VIDEO]
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week the internet exploded with excitement at Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira’s incredible feat of strength when he lifted fellow player Anton Bresler, 112kg, above his head and held him there for several seconds. As it turns out, this was not a one-off occurrence, he did it again in the same game and then once more this past weekend! Click through to see his raw power.
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Avastar – A Totally Unironic Club Promo Video Straight Out Of Rivonia [VIDEO]
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 17 Comments
Okes – you think you’ve seen all the entertainment Rivonia has to offer, right? Wrong! There’s cool and then there is Avastar cool! Mike Basson is the owner of this exciting new night club in Joburg. This guy has managed to successfully fuse the world of nightclubs with…the world of Avatar (the movie with the blue people). Check out his promo video after the jump.
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Treasure Trove Of Steve Jobs Videos Released Online, For Free
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Throughout his life, Steve Jobs imparted many inspiring words of wisdom, many of which were caught on video during his onstage appearances at Apple events and during interviews. Yesterday a host of these were made available, for free, on iTunes. Click through for the details.
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Nando’s Awesome Diversity Campaign Just Went Live [VIDEO]
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Nando’s are at it again, and this time they’re tackling diversity, and they’re not taking any prisoners. Their new campaign forces us to face the reality we live in, and just get over it. Click through for the brilliant video.
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Finally, We’re Mainstream – “Generations” Makes International Headlines
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Generations recently caught the attention of some of our friends across the drink who were fascinated, and somewhat bewildered, not only by the riveting story-line, but also by the plethora of languages used simultaneously without any warning.
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Lessons From Our Vinous Past
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We love to forget to learn from the past. Learning from history has never been a strength of human beings. Even though we are continually reminded of our historical forgetfulness, generation after generation thinks it knows better. We repeat ourselves over time, asking the same questions and making the same mistakes; ignoring our artists and poets who have been obsessing over this phenomenon since the first falcon lost its hearing, and the gyre started getting fat.
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Russian Millionaire Taunts Passersby With Paper Money Planes [PIC]
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg, 27-year-old internet entrepeneur Pavel Durov, created a mini street riot in St. Petersburg recently when he and the vice-president of his popular Facebook-alike social networking site VKontakte were snapped throwing paper planes made out of 5000 ruble notes into the street below their head office. Picture of this cruel foolery, after the jump.
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Manchester United Coming Down To Play Amazulu And Ajax CT In July
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 64 Comments
Football fans ready your wallets, the world’s most popular team, Manchester United, are hopping over the pond to come play a pair of warm-up games against two local teams in July.
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Premier League Wage Payouts At Their Highest Ever
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
English football is no stranger to big money, but a recent report by Deloitte shines a light on the financial successes and failures of England’s Premier clubs on and off the pitch. Long story short: debt is down, but salaries are way, way up.
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Mitt Romney Clinches Republican Candidacy, Can’t Spell “America”
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s been both a good and bad week for US Republican candidate Mitt Romney as the States edges ever closer to a November Presidential election. He bagged a victory in Texas, but suffered an iPhone Mittastrophe. Read what happened, after the jump!
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FPB Exec Suggests Board Has A Duty To Suppress Criticism Of Political Leaders
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the dust settles between the ANC and the Goodman Gallery, all that’s left is for the Film and Publications Board to render their decision on the classification of our dear leader’s “umthondo” after a fraught hearing yesterday, but the how do you classify as offensive something that is no longer visibly offensive? And, what is the connection to “political criticism” in South Africa?
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Female Student Slams UCT For Allowing Breast-Emblazoned Coffee Cups On Campus
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 28 Comments
Coffee cups bearing a pair of lacy bra-clad breasts have caused a stir at the University of Cape Town in recent days. Part of a promotional campaign by Axe deodorant, the controversial cups have prompted a number of complaints and have since been removed from the Upper Campus coffee shop where they were being distributed.
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Butlers Pizza Thanks The Crew Of The SMIT Amandla Tug Boat
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those of you living on in the real world would have been vaguely aware of a Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, parked on South Africa’s fair shores in the last two weeks.What you might not have thought about in the ensuing drama was the incredible job that the crew of the SMIT Amandla tug […]
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The Facebook Smartphone Is Codenamed “Buffy”
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
More details are emerging about Buffy, apparently the codename for Facebook’s HTC smartphone which may run with Android, all the Facebook trimmings and an Opera browser. Or will it? We try sort the facts from the fiction as excitement mounts over the phone that might topple Apple.
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Youth Choose Mothlanthe Over Zuma On MXit Poll
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recent polling of 3 600 South Africans between 15 and 35 has revealed some interesting preferences for the next President of South Africa.
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The Sharks’ Beast Is Making Headlines Around The World! [VIDEO]
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sharks player Tendai Mtawarira is well-known in the rugby world as “Beast”, for obvious reasons. However, the marvelous brute is quickly earning international cult status for an immense feat of strength following a weekend clash with the Stormers. Click through for the details and amazing video.
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Tony Blair Called A “War Criminal” By Protester Who Breached Security [VIDEO]
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry following the News International phone hacking scandal. This morning Tony Blair was called to the stand, and whilst he was being questioned, a protester managed to make his way past security into the room. Watch him call Tony Blair a “war criminal being funded by JP Morgan” after the jump!
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City Press Ed Cites “Personal Harm” As Reason For Pulling Spear Pic
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Beleaguered City Press editor Ferial Hafferjee has published a cathartic editorial explaining the publication’s decision to pull the controversial pre-vandalised image of Brett Murray’s The Spear of the Nation that they have had posted on their website for a few weeks now, less than a day after she declared she would not. What happened, Miss Hafferjee?
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What Wes Anderson Thinks Of His Critics
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eccentric filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for his signature style made famous in movies like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic, recently spoke to the HuffPost about his latest venture, Moonrise Kingdom, the joys and pains of working with teenagers, and what he thinks about opinionated critics. Click through for details and the trailer.
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John Travolta’s Wife Walks Out – Reports
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Reports emerged last night that Kelly Preston, wife of scandal-embattled actor John Travolta has finally had enough of the controversies surrounding the star, and left their home, and possibly their marriage.
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Big Bang’s Jim Parsons (Sheldon) Outed In New York Times
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Jim Parson, the actor who plays Sheldon on hit U.S. comedy “The Big Bang Theory”, was outed yesterday in a profile of the actor produced by the New York Times as he prepares to lead a revival of 1944 comedy “Harvey” on Broadway.
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Marvel Gears Up For Their First Gay Wedding
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marvel is having a pretty good year this year, given the kajillions their Avengers film is making, not to mention all the glorious tie-ins, but another important event is set to drop in the pages of Astonishing X-Men this June – the long-awaited marriage of mutant Northstar (aka Jean-Paul Beaubier) and his human fiancé, Kyle in what will be a first for the comics giant.
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Man Survives 700m Helicopter Jump, Without Parachute [VIDEO]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, a British man made history by becoming the first person to jump from a helicopter at 2 400ft, without a parachute, and survive.
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