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Durban Plans To Harness The Power Of The Ocean
02 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Plans have recently been put into motion which could make Durban the first South African city to harness energy from the power of the ocean. If successful, it would be a massive boon to the city’s green investment potential. Click through for the full story.
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Can Roy Hodgson Turn England’s Title Drought Around?
02 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, England’s Football Association announced the rather controversial choice of Roy Hodgson to take the reins of the national football team from Fabio Capello for the next four years. Hodgson has the experience of a long career in coaching behind him, but can he turn the fans and even the players to his side in order to recapture England’s long gone football glory days?
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Old Spice: Make Your Dad Feel Like Clint Eastwood On Father’s Day
30 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cast your mind back to your days as a wee lad, or lass. Barring an unfortunate condition of some kind, the chances are that your father shaved. He definitely shaved. Nay, he shaved, definitely. Every stroke of the blade/pen knife/shard of glass was deliberate, powerful, pregnant with intent to do grievous harm to the brutal […]
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Residential Buildings To House Surface-to-Air Missiles During London Olympics
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Oh awesome, this makes total sense. The UK’s Ministry of Defense is planning to install surface-to-air missiles on top of residential flats in east London for the duration of the Olympic Games. The bulk of the missile array is intended for the Lexington Building Water Tower, which has about 700 people living in and around it.
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Former Minister Sicelo Shiceka Dies
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Troubled former South African Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, passed away in an Eastern Cape hospital this morning after a long illness, according to an ANC press release.
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Yosemite Range Of Light, The Most Beautiful Time-Lapse Of The Park Yet [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the tender age of 18, photographer Shawn Reeder won a trip to Yosemite National Park and promptly fell in love with its “beauty and awe”. Since then he’s been compiling wonderful, high-definition footage which he has finally deemed ready to share with the world.
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Controversial, Privacy-Destroying CISPA Bill Passed In House Of Representatives
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
CISPA – the ugly cousin of other internet-crippling bills SOPA and PIPA, whether Facebook admits it or not – passed late last week in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. Worse, the bill was amended before it passed to allow even more types of private information to be tapped and shared by government agencies in the US.
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Australian Billionaire Commissions Second Titanic From China
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of Australia’s richest men, mining magnate Clive Palmer, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a replica of the H.M.S. Titanic, and is planning to launch Titanic II at the end of 2016. Our report will go on, after the jump!
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Cape Model Agency ‘FUSION MODELS’ Shuns Local Retail Business
26 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 56 Comments
If you are involved in the marketing or advertising department of any one of South Africa’s retail chains, be warned that some model agencies do not want your business. In fact, one agency in particular believes that working with you may well make them a “laughing stock.” For the last five and a half years, […]
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Charles Taylor Found Guilty Of Aiding War Crimes By UN-Backed Court
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor at the Hague has come to an end with a guilty verdict in all of the eleven counts against him after nearly five years of proceedings. Taylor is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes at the U.N.-backed International Criminal Court.
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Nando’s Delivers On Santam’s Challenge, And Then Some
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Nando’s didn’t hesitate accepting the challenge that Santam had set them this week. In fact, Nando’s delivered a day early, and then bettered it, showing they definitely weren’t chicken. Some might call it a very good example of symbiotic radvertising.
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Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” Looks Like It Sort Of Sucks
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Last year, James Cameron called on filmmakers to start shooting film at 48 frames per second – twice the industry standard, and twice as smooth, visually. Peter Jackson was the first to respond, shooting The Hobbit at 48fps. And, according to people who saw a 10-minute preview at CinemaCon this year, it looks like a made-for-TV BBC movie.
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Who’s On Top Of The Forbes Wealthiest Fifteen Fictional Characters List?
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Forbes is well known for cataloguing the world’s powerful, rich and famous every year, but they also produce a list of fictions wealthiest characters, drawn from TV, film and literature. Who’s on top this year? A hint, he’s no friend to a thatched roof. Full list of this fictional fortune foolery, after the jump!
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Helicopter Poachers Massacre 22 Elephants In Congo
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I believe it’s safe to say that animal poaching has now gotten completely out of hand. This is a scene I’d rather not try and picture – a herd of 22 elephants, were swooped on by a helicopter, and massacred.
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Pixar Release Movie Lineup For 2013-2015
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So! Disney likes your money, and likes for you to dedicate that money to it in advance – which is why they’ve unveiled their animated movie lineup for 2013 to 2015, shedding some light on what will fill the release dates they’d previously reserved for new Pixar flicks. Because those guys take forever to make.
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Coming Soon: Live-Stream Of Planet Earth From ISS [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new startup called Urthecast is in the process of putting together HD cameras to be fitted to the International Space Station, so that people can watch real-time video of the planet from space. Which is at once really cool, and sort of pointless. The footage is looking impressive, though – take a look.
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Khulubuse Auction: Sheriff Somehow “Misses” Khulubuse’s Fifteen Other Cars!
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Remember the auction of Khulubuse Zuma’s possessions we covered on Monday? Well, it appears Khulubuse Zuma has some more cars that the Sheriff of Verulam missed. Fifteen to be exact, hidden at a house owned by one of Zuma’s associates. We’ve got the details on the hidden luxury wheels, not to mention some more of Sarah Britten’s thoughts on the matter, after the jump!
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Google Drive Goes Live
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hey there, people who like free online storage. As expected, Google’s potential Dropbox-killer, Google Drive, has gone live – offering users 5GB of free online storage, with the potential to upgrade to 25GB for $2,50 per month. The service is available on PCs, Macs, Android phones – and is coming soon to iOS.
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Cape Town To Hire More Spotters In Wake Of Fatal Shark Attack
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the wake of the tragic death of 20-year old Capetonian bodyboarder, David Lillienfeld last Thursday, the City of Cape Town has agreed to implement a shark spotting programme at Kogel Bay, where the young man lost his life.
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Pres. Obama “Slow Jams The News” On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
“Hit me presidential style!” croons Jimmy Fallon as The Roots ease into a beat smoother than a wet dolphin’s back and President Obama breaks into song. This isn’t a parody or a spoof, this the President of the United States slow jamming the news. Click through for the amazing footage.
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IKEA Shows Off Cardboard “Disposable” Digital Camera
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Of all the companies you’d expect something like this from, IKEA is probably at the top of the list. The company revealed this nifty looking device in a press pack recently. Hipsters the world over just busted a semi.
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Shocking Jozi Metro Cop Bribe Stats
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all knew that they were going to be bad, but to be told that one in four of Jozi’s drivers were asked for a bribe in 2010 is quite something. 154 440 motorists were asked to pay a bribe, but only 184 cases of corruption were reported.
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Forbes Reports 12 Out Of Africa’s 20 Most Powerful Business People Are South African
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Forbes.com released a list of Africa’s 20 most powerful business people yesterday (they do like a list over there at Forbes) and it wasn’t too hard to pick up a trend on the list of the continent’s commercial high flyers – no less than 12 of them are South African. Are we awesome, or what? We’ve got the full list, including our Mzansi business powerhouses, after the jump!
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Man Fighting For His Life After Court Shooting This Morning
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This morning a man was shot in the neck outside the Cape High Court, and is currently fighting for his life. His attackers are unknown and immediately fled the scene. According to people who know the victim, he was attending a murder trial involving five members of the Junky Funkie Gang.
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Santam Throws Down The Gauntlet To Nandos
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In traditional Nandos style, the nation’s favourite Portuguese fast food outlet recently spoofed an iconic ad, originally flighted by Santam. Check out the original Santam ad, here! Check out the spoof, here! In a fantastic display of advertorial sparring, Santam have hit back at Nandos, with this: That went down so well.
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Julius Malema’s Expulsion Has Been Upheld
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
SABC Radio and The New Age newspaper have reported that Julius Malema’s expulsion from the ANC has been upheld. As from today, 24 April 2012, Julius Malema is no longer a card-carrying member of the ANC, and holds no office in the party, or any of it’s organs.
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National Geographic Is Live-Updating Their Mount Everest Ascent [GALLERY]
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s Mount-Everest-climbing season, apparently – with the National Geographic team attempting to recreate the route used in the first American ascent of the mountain, the 1963 NG-sponsored American Mount Everest Expedition. The team is live-updating their progress online, with a live stream of photos, blog posts, and twitter updates. I think one of them’s using Instagram, too.
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SA Post Office Releases Gorgeous New Stamps To Celebrate Freedom Day [PICS]
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The South African Post Office is celebrating the 18th anniversary of our transition to democracy this Friday with a set of eight gorgeous new stamps designed by Lize Marié Dreyer, a third-year student at the Open Window School of Visual Communication in Gauteng. We’ve got the full set of these philatelic fancies, after the jump!
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Mansome – What It Means To Be A Man [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the modern times in which we find ourselves, the definition of a “real man” has become somewhat blurred. Male grooming, manscaping and metrosexuality have all but replaced rugged faces, calloused hands and auto-mechanical knowledge. As a result of this, a few brave men have set about creating a documentary that seeks to answer the question, what is a real man?
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Going Going Gone! Khulubuse Zuma’s Possessions Go Under The Hammer [PICS]
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Downed mining magnate and Presidential nephew, Khulubuse Zuma’s belongings are on auction in Verulam, KZN. We’re following Sarah Britten (@anatinus) on Twitter to get the low down on the high price of Zuma’s luxury living. All our favourite tweets and pics, courtesy of Ms. Britten, after the jump!
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